The Deck at 260 Part 16

We're on the last week of summer on the Deck. Mosey and Spud decided to join in! Here's the rundown as it consistently ramps up as the weekend nears. 

Charlie Kirk, whoopty doo, Jimmy Kimmel, Gilmore transfer, Dame Dash, young man hanging at Delta State University. 

Charlie Kirk being murdered has really caused division across not only political and racial lines but HR departments also. We'll talk more in depth with Jimmy Kimmel's show being canceled. I will limit and be reserved in what I say. It is indeed sad when a tragedy such as this brings out negative vibes and feelings. I may be disconnecting from social media until October aside from certain matters and content. 

Ok many folks have lost their jobs due to comments being made against Charlie Kirk and even Donald Trump. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel is the latest and perhaps most visible. All I will say is pick your battles carefully when regarding social media and public comments regarding this matter. 

Whoopty Doo is the latest phrase to go viral this past week. I wasn't sure what it meant until I finally Googled it.  Rapper Young Thug said it during an interview and it's caught everyone by storm. It's something how the most unexpected of phrases can be famous when said properly. 

The high school transfer portal in South Carolina is lighting up. First South Pointe High School in Rock Hill's quarterback has transferred and is now at another school. Now at Gaffney, the local powerhouse, Jayvon Gilmore has not only left the school, he's enrolled at another high school in the Midlands region of South Carolina. Gilmore is expected to start for the school on Friday night and has decommitted from Arkansas. That's a lot of drama in just two weeks. Basically Gaffney had a quarterback controversy due to the high school transfer portal and it was seemingly resolved via the transfer portal. I expect this to be very common until the SCHSL gets a handle on this. 

Hip hop mogul Dame Dash is the latest to come onto The Breakfast Club and read Charlemagne Da God a new one. Dame definitely had an agenda by agreeing to the interview and showing out like he did on the air. History will tell us Dame has did this for years and he is definitely salty with Jay-Z and others in the industry. I watched the interview and I thought Charlemagne handled it very professionally. He's had a lot of growth mentally and isn't quite the "shock jock" he used to be. 

There was a possible modern day lynching at Delta State University in Mississippi. A young black man was found hanging in a park nearby the university. Now while mental illness is alive and well everywhere, there is too much suspect about this situation. The law enforcement down there hasn't conducted enough of an investigation just to rule this as a suicide and say there is no foul play. I'm also into forensics and I am curious how does anyone determine whether it is a clear suicide? 

Let's see what next week brings as both summertime and September come to a close!