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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.

I dont know how many of you notice institutional racism (racism engrained in the institutions of society, sometimes not noticed as racism, because the behavior is not necessarily aversive or out and out racist), but i notice it alot. Just the other day, me (mixed asian male) and my wife (black...

I know I am years late on this post, but i got a bunch of the .99 cent cd's from the Tower Records sale, and I am hella impressed with the Riderlife cd. In all i bought about 30 cd's. So far, that cd has impressed me.

Were you ever thinking of signing a dude named Mak Demon from Utah? He said he was thinking of signing with a Las Vegas label, and yours is the only promenent label that i could think of.

Sorry niner fanz but i think my titans will get your niners tonite, at least during the first half when the starters play. However, i do realize that the tribute before the game puts this thread and the game into perspective, but once the game gets going, go titans

Honestly isnt this a pretty hard fight to predict? Just because Hopkins has been so phenomenal for several years, yet because he is 40 (or in his 40's), he could be coming VERY close to the downward part of his career (as history suggests). Also, Taylor has been babied so far in his fight...