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News & ArtsTuesday, March 17, 2009
Hetero Mr. Hands
Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:26 PM
The hands of the old man in this image for a story in the Mail, "Frail Muhammad Ali still The Greatest as he charms Beyonce at basketball match." 
I only have eyes for the retired boxer's big and lumpy hands. Those are history-heavy hands.
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Curiously, had Charles posted this image without any text, I would have assumed that the body parts in this picture were all attached to white people. Those are some weirdly pale African Americans.
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Okay, why is everyone so awed by Mohammed Ali, a homophobic, wife-beating, philandering, draft-dodging misogynist whose claim to fame was a sport that involved beating up other people? I don't get it.
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This isn't rocket science. Erica did something stupid, the Weekly is desperate for someone to pay attention to them, they heard Erica did something stupid, they reported it, now they're spamming the comments of Slog in order to keep the little story alive. Check out Brian Miller's sad plea for all the PI trolls to start trolling at the Weekly's blog. Again: It's not rocket science. When you're putting out 50 page papers and you know you're about to follow in the PI's footsteps -- with a much weaker presence online -- you have a lot of time to spam a rival's blog.
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#5, seriously, please look beyond what you read on wikipedia. you probably think Malcolm X hated white people.
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Why all the talk about ECB for this particular post by Charles??? Are y'all trolling on the wrong post?
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Wasn't "Mr. Hands" the handle for some guy who got fucked to death by a horse? The one you, uh, made a movie about? This post is not what I expected (which is good).
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Seriously, 11. Hating on ECB has never been clever or interesting, but it used to at least be confined to her posts. I don't think we need registrations, just a few good mods and a banhammer with the force of a horse cock.
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Hey Sarah #11 - Because you won't see a Slog post about ECB's shoplifting plea anytime soon.
Hey RL #13 - You just gave me the biggest boner!
Hey RL #13 - You just gave me the biggest boner!
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Is it me or does it seem like comments only get moderated during business hours?
And what's all this business about Muhammed Ali stealing something? I missed that part.
And what's all this business about Muhammed Ali stealing something? I missed that part.
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Slog definitely needs registration. So sick of the lame racist comments on most of Charles's posts, sexist comments on Erica's posts (even before the wine), Dan's 7-year old Iraq War article references, etc. The Stranger has an awesome blog commenting feature in place at the Portland Mercury (for the past 10 months). Who's holding back comment registration on Slog? Dan? The racist troll lobby? You're not only making Slog worse to read, you're detering people from making thoughtful comments because they're just overwhelmed by trollish garbage.
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Whoa!!! Holy crap. That moderator came down so fast it shook the ground... Wow. I didn't even see that guy right next to me and now he's gone!
MUHAMMED ALI!!! Muhammed Ali!!!
I'm on topic! I swear I am!
MUHAMMED ALI!!! Muhammed Ali!!!
I'm on topic! I swear I am!
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Maybe Ali got a few jabs in Beyonce's boxing ring after the pic was taken...surely Jay-Z would let it slide.
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Yes. The Racist Troll Lobby. Definitely.
But why force registration when you can just delete unwanted comments by calling them "Spam"?
But why force registration when you can just delete unwanted comments by calling them "Spam"?
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If you don't know what was great about Mr. Ali, see the film When We Were Kings. Great music in that film as well.
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@RL
I'm sorry you think comments on Slog attempt to be clever or interesting. In fact, I feel sad that you've been living in such a idiotic, fanciful world.
I'm sorry you think comments on Slog attempt to be clever or interesting. In fact, I feel sad that you've been living in such a idiotic, fanciful world.
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Eta Carinae will probably go hypernova some time in the next few thousand years. In its final convulsions, it will shoot a jet of x-ray radiation out from the poles so intense that it will completely destroy star systems hundreds of light years away.
*That's* how hard I would fuck Beyonce, if given the chance.
*That's* how hard I would fuck Beyonce, if given the chance.
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You don't have to agree with a man's opinions to respect his fight to hold those opinions. Ali was never a smart man, but he was given an extra dose of courage. He took an unpopular stance in which he believed, and did not back down when challenged. He sacrificed greatly for the things he believes.
Most importantly, he provided a great example to kids around the world:
It is just as important to be able to take a punch as it is to throw one.
Most importantly, he provided a great example to kids around the world:
It is just as important to be able to take a punch as it is to throw one.
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It's easy to overlook now, but Muhammad Ali was at one time the most famous person in the world by a wide margin. Michael Jordan or Michael Jackson or JFK or FDR couldn't touch him.
He was a boxing champion back when that meant something, but more importantly he was a figure of pride for the whole world. He stood up and denounced his government's conduct in Vietnam when that was unheard of, and refused to serve, and went to jail for it. For a couple of billion people in the Third World, as a black man, that was a heroic act.
He was The Beatles and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and Bob Marley and Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama all rolled into one, times eleven; FAR AND AWAY the most recognizable person worldwide, probably in history. Much bigger than Jesus Christ, because he was famous in places where Jesus was unknown.
You whippersnappers have no idea how big a deal Muhammad Ali was in his day. It's difficult to imagine -- think about how you'd feel if Obama was also a sports superstar, and was in prison.
But even before that, as Cassius Clay, he was a sporting figure like no other, because not only was he a great champion, he had an outsized personality, in a way that no sports star had had since Babe Ruth. He was an amazing talker and dancer and braggart and joke-teller in a time when most sports figures had all the personalities of chairs and tables -- Roger Maris for instance. In fact, America itself was just coming out of a straitlaced time when brash and loud just weren't seen -- compare Elvis Presley, who, for all the excitement generated by his hips (laughable today), was just about the dullest country boy you ever saw. Clay was DIFFERENT. He's a big part of what made The Sixties happen. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
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He was a boxing champion back when that meant something, but more importantly he was a figure of pride for the whole world. He stood up and denounced his government's conduct in Vietnam when that was unheard of, and refused to serve, and went to jail for it. For a couple of billion people in the Third World, as a black man, that was a heroic act.
He was The Beatles and Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and Bob Marley and Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama all rolled into one, times eleven; FAR AND AWAY the most recognizable person worldwide, probably in history. Much bigger than Jesus Christ, because he was famous in places where Jesus was unknown.
You whippersnappers have no idea how big a deal Muhammad Ali was in his day. It's difficult to imagine -- think about how you'd feel if Obama was also a sports superstar, and was in prison.
But even before that, as Cassius Clay, he was a sporting figure like no other, because not only was he a great champion, he had an outsized personality, in a way that no sports star had had since Babe Ruth. He was an amazing talker and dancer and braggart and joke-teller in a time when most sports figures had all the personalities of chairs and tables -- Roger Maris for instance. In fact, America itself was just coming out of a straitlaced time when brash and loud just weren't seen -- compare Elvis Presley, who, for all the excitement generated by his hips (laughable today), was just about the dullest country boy you ever saw. Clay was DIFFERENT. He's a big part of what made The Sixties happen. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
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Dude, for once, with her face free of all that fucking makeup (or at least made to look that way) Beyonce looks truly hot.
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