The Pandora’s Box of Powerlifting
50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD
Jim McDonald
4.9 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Where’s the line between holding an organization accountable for turning a blind eye to unspeakable acts and stirring an angry mob to chase Frankenstein’s monster with torches and pitchforks? (Are there any more metaphors we can muddle here?)
Can organizations recover when called on the carpet for their lack of accountability? How are lifters supposed to react, and better yet, where should they lift? How much change can members truly expect if leadership changes but ownership remains the same?
We have more questions than answers, but the questions bear discussion.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:08.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, we're here. |
| 0:12.0 | What do they call it? Pandora's Box. |
| 0:15.0 | Pandora's Box. Or Pandora's Box if you're watching to have a tar. |
| 0:20.0 | Oh, what's that called? Pandora's Box. |
| 0:23.0 | I thought it was Pandora also. |
| 0:25.0 | I don't know. I don't know either. |
| 0:27.0 | I was supposed to go see it. I don't know why I didn't. |
| 0:29.0 | I was supposed to go see it. I almost went too. |
| 0:31.0 | I mean, either that or Black Panther, I was going to go to the movies because my wife had this bug |
| 0:37.0 | and her ears were stopped. I just couldn't hear anything. |
| 0:39.0 | So basically there was no conversation at home. |
| 0:41.0 | I was like, I'm going to go to the movies. |
| 0:43.0 | Both of those movies are right up my alley and right up I feel like the type of movies that are better in theater. |
| 0:50.0 | Yeah. And so I feel bad not going to them. |
| 0:53.0 | Well, it's not too late. |
| 0:54.0 | That's true. They're both still out. |
| 0:56.0 | Yeah. And even though I think Black Panther's out in Disney plus in like a week. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, yeah. I still read this yet in the theater. |
| 1:04.0 | Yeah. Marvel's are obviously still good. |
| 1:06.0 | And that one got pretty good reviews. But Avatar everyone said was banging. |
| 1:10.0 | And they are just so good on like big screen type shit. |
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