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FrankD.

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« on: May 18, 2019, 06:38:12 AM »
I googled Pimlico/Preakness this morning trying to find it if a jock had been named on the Ness horse in the 12th.....

These are the first 2 items that popped up!


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/sports/horse-death-santa-anita-pimlico-.html


Can’t get the Washington Post article without a subscription. If someone has it, feel free to post it.
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Tavasco

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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2019, 06:59:17 AM »
I bet that filly and was really confused when the handsome gray gal just never got into the race came away thinking I\'d never bet Saint Javier again.

What a shame but I really don\'t think it warrants front page attention any more than mass murderers and so many other things.
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richiebee

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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2019, 08:46:57 AM »
Frank:

I am fairly certain if the writer of The Times article was not able to blame
Donald Trump for the equine fatalities, said writer will be called on the carpet
Monday morning.

Some might say that Racing is in a decline. The Times is in a free fall.
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Al Caught Up

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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2019, 08:58:57 AM »
well, there\'s also a nice piece by Drape in the Times sports section on Kelly Rubley.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/17/sports/preakness-stakes.html

I\'m more appalled by the NPR weekly sports segment I just listened to, which couldn\'t even pretend to show interest in the race and just dumped on any fans of the sport as worthless degenerates.
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TGJB

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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2019, 09:45:35 AM »
Richie, we have found something we disagree about. Vehemently.
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JR

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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2019, 09:50:29 AM »
Bet you Pimlico closes down before the Times.
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FrankD.

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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2019, 09:51:26 AM »
Besides who buys at last call ?
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JimP

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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2019, 10:19:15 AM »
Fortune: ‘Failing’ New York Times Hits 13-Year High as Subscriptions Soar
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2019, 10:31:26 AM »
Given your mention of Donald Trump, two words from his sidekick Kellyanne Conway come to mind regarding the Times in decline:  Alternative fact.
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hellersorr

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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2019, 12:25:09 PM »
I think I\'ll stand with Ted Koppel on this.  The NY Times and the Wash. Post, both of which used to be somewhat left-of-center, have now abandoned all semblance of objectivity.
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richiebee

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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2019, 01:37:20 PM »
I’m blaming this entire political frolic and detour on a big racing day on Frankie Rainbow for posting this article from “The Grey Lady”

For the rest of you, I will offer a response which many will likely find barely credible sometime before Belmont Day.
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TGJB

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« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2019, 02:08:33 PM »
Left and right are ideological positions. NONE of the issues being fought about today are ideological, that\'s a con being promoted to get people worked up, and to root for a team. The issues are factual (true/false) and ethical (right/wrong).

We are not on the teams. I\'m a Met fan. I\'m not a Met. Partisanship and ideology are entirely different things.

String ends here.
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