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Batkid saves Gotham

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MileHigh, Nov 15, 2013.

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  1. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    City Supervisor Eric Mar said on Instagram: "Waiting for Miles the Batkid and wondering how many 1000s of SF kids living off SNAP/FoodStamps could have been fed from the $$."
     
    MileHigh, Nov 16, 2013
    #37
  2. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The supervisor is appropriately named.
     
    DanOregon, Nov 16, 2013
    #38
  3. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    Yup. And how many food stamps kids will a new basketball arena feed?
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Nov 16, 2013
    #39
  4. deskslave

    deskslave Active Member

    Is it wrong that I look at that Mercury-News front and can't stop myself thinking "there's no such thing as an at bat in cricket"?
     
    deskslave, Nov 17, 2013
    #40
  5. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    This is exactly why the "mantra of the burden of immigrants" is such bs; immigrants know that they have no one out there to help them but themselves.
     
    qtlaw, Nov 18, 2013
    #41
  6. lcjjdnh

    lcjjdnh Well-Known Member

    http://m.washingtonpost.com/opinions/heartwarming-causes-are-nice-but-lets-give-to-charity-with-our-heads/2013/12/19/43469ae0-6731-11e3-a0b9-249bbb34602c_story.html?hpid=z3
     
    lcjjdnh, Dec 20, 2013
    #42
  7. KJIM

    KJIM Well-Known Member

    Caught "Batkid Begins" on a flight the other day. Great documentary about the snowball effect of a simple Make-a-Wish plan. Apparently, guy portraying the Penguin started the storm with a tweet.

    Cool stuff I hadn't known -- I live across the globe, so I didn't know as much about it as most anyway. The day prior to the event, the little boy went to a gym to prepare and acrobats who trained there wore borrowed superhero costumes. And for the skeptics, the fact the $105k tab was picked up by a grant.

    It didn't say how much the event brought in for SFO but did mention people flying in to take part.

    Just a nice story in a world in dire need of nice stories.

    Was, by far, the best thing showing on the plane.
     
    KJIM, Nov 20, 2015
    #43
  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Glad to hear, but when I saw the update, I was fearing the worst.
     
    Baron Scicluna, Nov 20, 2015
    #44
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  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Me too. I was dreading this.
     
    poindexter, Nov 20, 2015
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  10. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I was a small part of a Make-A-Wish thing today at my office that my boss earlier in the week said would be like the Batkid of our town. That was a colossal stretch, but it did involve the young kid as a superhero going to the local NFL complex, my office and other outposts around town to hunt a bad guy (who oddly looked like Dom DeLuise but I digress). There were police escorts and every local TV station in tow, but nothing remotely like the SFO Batkid. That was truly an amazing day.
     
    playthrough, Nov 20, 2015
    #46
  11. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Ah yes, the long-awaited Captain Chaos heel turn.

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    dixiehack, Nov 20, 2015
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