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I would encourage the "adults" of Silsbee to try and ensure the whole point of the punishment is not missed.  Devon is young and has 2 more years of high school ball.  He is a good kid and is loved by many.  Human nature, and especially for kids, is that when you get put on a pedestal for so long, you begin to think you can do what you want. 
This thing has gone viral thanks to a guy from Orange who thought it a good idea to post the video clip all over social media.  Now I've seen it on Bleacher Report, etc.  Regardless, I believe this will be largely forgotten by the public in general 2 years from now when he graduates.  Assuming he learns and behaves the way he knows how to on the court.  When you are as supremely talented as he is, you don't need to do a dang thing but play to shine.  He has that advantage over 99 percent of the kids he will play at the high school level. 
Conversely, if this opportunity is taken to make him a martyr, the great benefit he can actually RECEIVE from this whole ordeal will be robbed from him.  He won't be as likely to learn anything from this and will be prone to think he is being mistreated.  That would be a HUGE disservice to Devon in my opinion.  Because if he doesn't take this experience and grow from it, and makes any similar mistakes in the future, he could be branded beyond repair and just about as bright a future as you will see around here in basketball will be wasted.  
So I beg the adults around him to help him understand what is to be GAINED from this and keep the focus where it should be.  He's a smart kid with a huge heart who has always been very coachable.  That inherently means he's also teachable.  Anyone with a dialogue with him should make sure that's exactly what happens with this.  

I am not uncomfortable or against it...although neither would matter,,,it's their business.
Anyone that says there is something wrong with an interracial marriage is a racist, plain and simple...and I don't use that word very often. 

So why not leave their best and brightest in place to influence their own country...aren't we doing them a disservice by pulling their best here?
The left is always claiming that the US is very unfair to the rest of the world...isn't stealing the best from all nations the epitome of unfair?

The sooner Dodd-Frank is gone the better.  Govt needs to get out of banking totally.  If lenders want to give risky loans, that's their choice.  Just know that the government won't be there to bail them out.  

I find it interesting, but not surprising.

Profound.

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.......speaks about Trump and America. I have always liked George Foreman. I think he has 6 sons and they are all named George.

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If these reports are true, the guy should never be allowed to coach again.

That's right. It says first day.

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Why should they, or any other school, be getting federal funds anyway?

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I just usually don't "pull over to the side of the road to use the phone" in sketchy areas. 

Fixing to be a lot more folks hearing "You're Fired!"
...hopefully to never be replaced.

What does well outside the mainstream have to do with it.  His job will be to follow the Constitution, no matter what the "mainstream" thinks.  Pelosi basically saying she wants an activist SCJ, which we all know. 

Trump may be outsmarting Soros
 
A 
This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  from the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) indicates that Donald Trump took steps last week to outmaneuver nonprofit organizations, leaving them unable to officially campaign against him over the next few years of his Presidency.

Filed on January 20th, 2017, the letter states that, while not an official announcement for reelection, Donald Trump has filed an FEC Form 2 in order to "ensure compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act." This is an unprecedented, although legal, move for the President to make. Barack Obama did not file for his 2012 re-election bid until April 2011. Having filed (even if not formally announcing a bid) as a candidate, Trump would be able to coordinate with PACs and other similar organizations.

More importantly, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations would no longer be able to engage in "political speech" which could theoretically affect the results of the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election without running the risk of losing their nonprofit status. The move effectively bars interest groups from creating nonprofits which they could funnel money into for the purposes of opposing Trump's initiatives. This will likely create chaos for political opponents of Trump such as  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who has sunk significant amounts of money into various nonprofit groups with the intent of opposing Trump's government.  

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lol...I'm BARELY over that age requirement. 

Dove, arent you going to congratulate Big Ned?
 

So the Pope made my health insurance go up and shut down coal mines...hmmmmm.

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No, I was agreeing with you

Now that would be barbaric...but if still in the womb, it's simply a "choice".

I was in the process of reiterating this same sentiment. I almost copied your sentiments twice in the same thread. I will go with the old adage "great minds think alike".

No problem, some articles deserve multiple posts...and this one really deserves its own thread.