Recent content by MISTADON

Go read this book if you are into books about race, medical ethics, and poverty. It's amazing!!

Did anybody else watch the hbo doc, assault in the ring? Hbo docs usually are very good, and this one was no different (I believe this one may have been sold to hbo from an ind film maker tho). Its a must see for boxing fans, imo.

Has anyone heard, read the book Prison Nation: The warehousing of America's poor? It was written in 2003 and is a collection of scholarly type essays on the misuse of prison, including the justice system problems, racism, power, funding, mandatory minimums, etc. I recommend, if you you like...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3471118&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1 Tracy McGrady walks the hero's walk, gliding past smiling security guards and fist-bumping maintenance men in the bowels of the Toyota Center. His game against the Wolves, one assist shy of a triple-double, triggered...

A thoughtful and read on the prep star that was killed in LA, by ESPN writer, Bill Simmons: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/080312 'To An Athlete Dying Young' 1. On Tuesday afternoon, I witnessed a superhuman act of strength. We were gathered inside the West Angeles...

Anyone read that book? I have had a couple people tell me to read it. Just wondering if anyone in here has.

Good ole Utah, hahaha! http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=2190410 Man Tased for Refusing to Sign Speeding Ticket November 20th, 2007 @ 10:00pm Randall Jeppsen and Whit Johnson reporting A video of a Utah Highway Patrolman is getting big play all over the Internet. So, is the trooper in...

Cities sue gangs in bid to stop violence By ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 29, 7:44 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas - Fed up with deadly drive-by shootings, incessant drug dealing and graffiti, cities nationwide are trying a different tactic to combat gangs: They're suing them...

From ESPN page 2 columnist Bill Simmons: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/070220 To the craziest rumor of the weekend: That rapper E-40 was shot to death on Friday night, leading to roughly 10,000 "Who the hell is E-40?" conversations between 99.9 percent of the white...

Messy Marv & San Quinn - Want Me To Stay - Love that song

From the open forum's rhetoric, almost everyone on the Siccness hates the police. Which, from my view is understandable, to a degree (although, I still cannot blanket statement all cops as bad). So, for the people who hate the police, what are some alternatives to having a police force enforce...

I was at DelTaco over a week ago. My wife and I were in line waiting to order. There were two or three people in front of us in order, and I specifically noticed two people use their credit cards (they dont have a debit card feature, only credit card, so you have to use your debit card as a...

I thought some of yall may be interested in this show tonite. It is on the National Geographic Channel. I mentioned it in another thread in the open forum, but here are the details: SUNDAY, MAY 7 ***WORLD PREMIERE*** "Lockdown: Gangland" at 8P et/pt For two decades, Pelican Bay State...

Does anyone read Bill Simmons on Page 2 of espn.com? That dude is funny as hell, especially his mailbag articles. His read's definately pass the time at work, lol.

Hey you seen that show "Merchants of Cool"!! It was funny, they used ICP as an example of a group that would "never sell out". At the end of it, it said that ICP had just signed to a major label. Haha.