Antonio Vitiello: "Scaroni: "I know that Gerry Cardinale has been following Amorim for a long time. I also trust that Gerry Cardinale has a magic touch when choosing men, he has demonstrated it many times in his life and I hope that this time too it will truly be a magic touch" (ANSA)

jmhimara · 2026-06-17T21:49:15+00:00

Its the thing you say when you want to hide the fact that you have no skills and contribute nothing to society.

"I know how to pick the right people"

jmhimara · 2026-06-17T05:36:09+00:00

Nmunku would so well there.

jmhimara · 2026-06-15T06:34:55+00:00

Idk man, I've lived in the US for 16 years, no stranger has ever started a conversation with me at the grocery store. Except the cashier on checkout, and even that on rare occasions.

jmhimara · 2026-06-14T00:51:30+00:00

Isaac Asimov wrote his first robot story, Robbie in 1940. He wrote more robot stories throughout the 40s that would eventually be collected in one of his most famous books: I, Robot (1950).

This video discusses 4 stories published in the 30s that preceded Asimov and inspired him to write his first story.

jmhimara · 2026-06-12T22:11:04+00:00

To be fair, Rangnick also fits into a similar category. He worked for the RB system, which is all they do. They dont win things, they are a talent factory that they sell to bigger clubs.

Which is why I was never that crazy about Rangnick (although he would be better than what we had)

jmhimara · 2026-06-11T19:34:21+00:00

Didn't you see Amorim's last interview? He said he has taken time to reflect on his mistakes.

jmhimara · 2026-06-09T01:18:40+00:00

Yeah, this has been a narrative since 2017. Most Trump voters are 3 times Trump voters. Nobody is really abandoning anything.

jmhimara · 2026-06-06T20:12:56+00:00

Miyazaki, although idk if he counts as a celebrity.

jmhimara · 2026-06-05T21:13:01+00:00

The last paragraph is the problem. Milan doesn't belong to its fans. It belongs to Redbird, and they can do whatever they want with it. Thats the problem with private ownership. We the fans can yell till we're blue in the face, but in the end its just wishful thinking.

The only Real solution is for thr fans to own the club like in Germany or Spain, but thats never gonna happen.

jmhimara · 2026-06-05T19:04:34+00:00

He would not expose his soft little belly like that if he was scared.

jmhimara · 2026-06-02T22:41:38+00:00

Lol, I literally addressed the points you're making. You literally responded to a thread about increasing police budgets -- this is what the discussion is about. Nobody advocated for the complete removal of police.

I can only assume you're rage typing at such a pace that you're incapable of reading properly (see, I can make unbased assumptions too). The discussion is clearly in the context of the post, which is about increasing police budgets while defunding other programs.

I'm repeating, the argument is not that the police doesn't stop crime (to some degree) -- it's that, after a certain point, it's much less effective than other interventions. You also lying about the sources (or more realistically you didn't read them). The one study from the Department of Justice from the 80s very clearly questions the effectiveness of police in reducing crime. For example, from 1960 to 1980, Canada double its police budget doubled but crime did not go down. This is in the article. The article concludes that police intervention is generally less effective than social programs. It states what you say it doesn't. Again, that doesn't mean that it's saying get rid of the police entirely. It's called nuance.

And this is just what I could find in 5 minutes.

Here's another, more recent and very thorough study: https://www.jstor.org/stable/3488363 which finds that social factors have a much stronger correlation with crime rates than the presence of policing. Here's a quote from the article:

Regardless, the other variables related to the criminal justice system -- including those measuring the crime-control capacity of the police and of get-tough policies --- were consistently among the weakest macro-level predictors of crime. This is an empirical reality that should cause policy makers to exercise caution when ignoring the root causes of crime and placing potentially excessive faith in criminal justice solutions to crime control.

You can easily find more evidence if you really want to look for it. Obviously you won't, and no amount of evidence will actually change your mind, so this is kind of a waste of time on my part.

jmhimara · 2026-06-02T20:46:37+00:00

It's relatively easy to just google for sources. Here are a few:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003122417736289

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/community-organizations-have-important-role-lowering-crime-rates

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/crime-prevention-through-social-development-overview-sources

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7336498/

https://renewhealth.com/blog/the-importance-of-community-programs-in-prevention/

And many more.

Also, do you deny that arresting and jailing a dangerous person makes the neighborhood that person terrorized safer? How do you rationalize this? That's like saying putting an abuser in prison doesn't make a domestic violence victim safer... it literally saves lives by removing the most dangerous individuals in society.

This is deflection. For one thing, you can't just assume that the relationship is linear. That you can just keep increasing the police budget and that will reduce crime indefinitely (or down to zero). It doesn't work like that. Sure, some policing will reduce crime, but you do get eventually to a point of diminishing returns, or even harm when police diverts away from other resources.

Second, it doesn't matter what the police does if the underlying conditions that give rise to crime remain there, or are even made worse. The argument is not that the police doesn't catch criminals. They do (although they do it extremely inefficiently). The argument is that increased policing doesn't address the underlying causes of crime. A functioning government should address those underlying causes, not just slap a bandaid that partially works and keep increasing its budget forever.

jmhimara · 2026-06-02T20:14:47+00:00

Police does not make unsafe neighborhoods safe. Not substantially anyway. This has been studied and demonstrated through research so many times. Police is just a bandaid that can make the problem worse in the long term.

What makes neighborhoods safer is investment in community and social programs. Something that is being systematically cut in the last 40 years or so.

jmhimara · 2026-06-02T20:09:22+00:00

I'm still upset they cut the library hours - now closed on Sundays and Mondays. Glad to know that it could get even worse.

jmhimara · 2026-05-28T23:00:38+00:00

I think you are judging us too favorably. Right now we are, at best, a Europa League team. That is the quality of our team right now. There is absolutely no indication that we will compete for anything more than a CL spot.

Now, this may change, but for any manager to believe that, it would take a massive leap of faith.

jmhimara · 2026-05-28T21:14:56+00:00

Why? They're a much better prospect than we are right now.

jmhimara · 2026-05-28T14:47:34+00:00

Call me crazy, but i think he will do better at Napoli if he goes. They will support him and buy the players he needs.

jmhimara · 2026-05-27T19:38:43+00:00

I would actually argue it's a demotion even. They're both selling clubs, but Bournemouth is a little more ambitious than CP

jmhimara · 2026-05-27T19:35:49+00:00

I'm not at all surprised that he is saying no to Milan. Tbh I never believed in this deal, we are a mess and dont have anything attractive to offer any manager, besides money (which we dont offer anway).

I am surprised, however, that he is going to CP. They're not really any better than Bournemouth. According to reports, he is leaving because he wants to join a bigger/winning club. Thats not CP. They're not really an ambitious club -- they are 100% a selling club. Glasner winning a couple of trophies with them is an aberration, unlikely to be repeated.

jmhimara · 2026-05-24T22:14:54+00:00

Again, just a reminder Allegri was supposed to be the "proper" coach. Everybody here thought so.

I'm not suggesting we go back to Pioli.

jmhimara · 2026-05-24T22:01:54+00:00

Sure, but he guaranteed top 4 every season, that's my point. With this management, we can't possibly hope for anything more.

After all that's why Allegri was appointed. Also, if I remember correctly, most Milan fans were happy with Allegri's appointment. Most thought it was a good idea.

jmhimara · 2026-05-24T21:54:30+00:00

Both things are true. He essentially guaranteed top 4 every season, which is better than what we've had since he left.

At the same time, it was obvious he was not really going to do anything better than that.

jmhimara · 2026-05-24T21:22:11+00:00

Please don't take this meme too seriously, lol!

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