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Who ya gonna trust: Matt Damon or Miss America?

By adamg on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 7:45am

Damon: No, he didn’t cheat, and he’s the greatest quarterback of all time.

Miss America: If there were any question to be had, I think that he definitely cheated, and he should've been suspended for that.

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By onelith on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 9:17am.

"I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”
Caitlin Upton, South Carolina

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 9:31am.

That girl was barely old enough to drive.

But, yeah.

Here's a better read on the subject of sports: http://www.alternet.org/noam-chomsky-why-americans-know-so-much-about-sp...

When I'm driving, I sometimes turn on the radio and I find very often that what I'm listening to is a discussion of sports. These are telephone conversations. People call in and have long and intricate discussions, and it's plain that quite a high degree of thought and analysis is going into that. People know a tremendous amount. They know all sorts of complicated details and enter into far-reaching discussion about whether the coach made the right decision yesterday and so on. These are ordinary people, not professionals, who are applying their intelligence and analytic skills in these areas and accumulating quite a lot of knowledge and, for all I know, understanding. On the other hand, when I hear people talk about, say, international affairs or domestic problems, it's at a level of superficiality that's beyond belief.

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By anon on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 9:34am.

Not the most ethical person to quote.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 2:43pm.

Care to elaborate?

Please include the part where your ethics concerns are actually relevant to the subject that he is discussing.

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By anon on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 9:57am.

Could you have found a more biased opinionated website to reference.

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By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 12:13pm.

This was from an interview with Chomsky that was later published in the Chomsky Reader. It isn't presented as a peer-reviewed and vetted fact, but as a thought exercise in how the average person really does possess the ability for critical thought and dialectical exploration of relatively complicated topics.

But, hey, don't let your ability to read links and never bother reading actual content get in the way of reactive trolling.

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By Markk02474 on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 12:57pm.

Specifically, fans of football teams other than the Pats, plus men appreciating ball handling by a Miss America contestant.

"I think I'd have to be there to see the ball, and feel it to make sure it was deflated or not deflated."

[edited for clarity}

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By essteess on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 11:54am.

My demographic is getting pretty large right now -- aw, gee whiz, I'm sorry.

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By Malcolm Tucker on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 11:55am.

I guess some guys would enjoy one of the most beautiful women in the world scrutinizing their balls, but I feel like that would make most of them shrivel right up.

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By anon on Tue, 09/15/2015 - 2:32am.

Please.

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By anon on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 12:01pm.

Wow, more meaningless people commenting on a meaningless news story. An actor and a model - two people surely famous for their sober, intellectual, and learned approach to issues - give an opinion on a guy who's contribution to society is ball-throwing. A guy who has generated tons of news stories and for/against whom millions of dollars have probably been spent, because he may have made one of those balls a tiny, tiny bit firmer to grip.

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By Scumquistador on Mon, 09/14/2015 - 2:20pm.

ironic, really

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