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Outrage as 18-year-old high school basketball star taking D.C. by storm is ... almost 21
The Daily Mail Online ^ | January 23, 2013 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on 01/23/2013 7:24:54 AM PST by Uncle Chip

A towering high school basketball star dominating the court in the nation's capital has much more than a height advantage, a startling new report has revealed.

Junior Etou, who is originally from the Congo, is the talk of the town in Washington, DC, where he plays power forward for the Bishop O'Connell High School Knights.

But the 6'7" high school senior, who has drawn interest from several colleges with storied basketball programs, is almost legally allowed to drink.

An investigation by Deadspin.com found several different birthdays listed for Etou, both in 1992, which means he is just months away from his 21st birthday.

The site reported that Etou, whose full name is Luc Tselan Tsiene Etou, has appeared on rosters for three Congo-based teams, which list his birthday as being either June 4, 1992 or April 6, 1992.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arlingtonva; athletes; basketball; catholicschools; congo; etou; highschool
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1 posted on 01/23/2013 7:24:59 AM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

State-controlled media can background-check a high school basketball player, but not Obama.


2 posted on 01/23/2013 7:27:24 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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To: Uncle Chip

Lie after lie after lie with Obama.


3 posted on 01/23/2013 7:29:16 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Uncle Chip

I thought birtherism was bad especially against people of colour.


4 posted on 01/23/2013 7:30:48 AM PST by frogjerk (Obama Claus is coming to town!)
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To: Uncle Chip
An investigation by Deadspin.com found several different birthdays listed for Etou, both in 1992...

Poor writing. Since when does "several" mean 2?

5 posted on 01/23/2013 7:34:18 AM PST by Veggie Todd (That's some bad hat, Harry.)
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To: Uncle Chip

So his background doesn’t fit his resume.

Who gives a smelly Obama.

The Obamadork (aka “pointy-eared-b*stard”- PEB) has the patent on lying about his background.

And we reap the presidential benefits of an average IQ libtard who’d be fired from running a lemonade stand were it not for the fact that he’s a quota baby.


6 posted on 01/23/2013 7:36:47 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Uncle Chip

Having just been to Rwanda - which borders Congo - and seeing how most people live, I’m surprised they know how old the young man really is.


7 posted on 01/23/2013 7:37:49 AM PST by astounded (Barack Obama is a clear and present danger to the USA)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s hilarious bc apparently Coach Joe Wooten, the Bishop O’Connell coach, has likened the inquiries into this kid’s date of birth to BIRTHERS asking for Obama’s birth certificate~!! THis was the topic of conversation on the local drive time radio station this AM.


8 posted on 01/23/2013 7:42:55 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

State-controlled media can background-check a high school basketball player, but not Obama.”

...common sense comment of the day.


9 posted on 01/23/2013 7:43:18 AM PST by albie
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To: Uncle Chip
Lying in Washington DC? I'm shocked, shocked!
10 posted on 01/23/2013 7:45:46 AM PST by frizzled
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To: Uncle Chip
I wonder if he pitched for the Congo's Little League World Series team?

Japan used to be notorious for using over age kids...........

11 posted on 01/23/2013 7:49:28 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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12 posted on 01/23/2013 8:04:02 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

Japan used to be notorious for using over age kids...........

That was actually Taiwan.


13 posted on 01/23/2013 8:10:10 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: Uncle Chip
Fernando Valenzuela pitched for the Dodgers claiming to be young upcoming pitcher but he looked older than he claimed and looked even older after a couple of years.

There were rumors at the time that the man pitching was NOT who the Dodgers claimed he was.

14 posted on 01/23/2013 8:28:24 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Uncle Chip
An investigation by Deadspin.com found several different birthdays listed for Etou, both in 1992, which means he is just months away from his 21st birthday.

He has also been known to use the name Harrison J. Bounel. </sarc>

15 posted on 01/23/2013 8:28:52 AM PST by Perseverando (Gun control? It's really not about gun control is it? It's really about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
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To: xsmommy
That’s hilarious bc apparently Coach Joe Wooten, the Bishop O’Connell coach, has likened the inquiries into this kid’s date of birth to BIRTHERS asking for Obama’s birth certificate~!! THis was the topic of conversation on the local drive time radio station this AM.

He'll probably try to blame George W. Bush as well.

16 posted on 01/23/2013 8:32:59 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: SeaHawkFan

That was actually Taiwan
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Think you are right on this one...there was a time when Taiwan was ‘unbeatable’ in LL World Series and I think they even changed the rules to ‘guarantee’ an American team in the finals, which wouldn’t be necessary if it was strictly American.
Do WE partake in the German LL World Series etc...?

Also think one of the countries involved with the age thing was it was claimed everyones birthday was Jan 1 or something like that?


17 posted on 01/23/2013 8:37:10 AM PST by xrmusn (6/98 "It is virtually impossible to clean the pond as long as the pigs are still crapping in it")
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To: albie
"State-controlled media can background-check a high school basketball player..."

I don't know about that. Is Deadspin part of the state controlled media?

18 posted on 01/23/2013 8:44:42 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: Uncle Chip

No WONDER Bishop Ireton never does well in basketball...
should be getting students from Africa...
just like getting a US president from there.


19 posted on 01/23/2013 8:49:25 AM PST by matginzac
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To: SeaHawkFan
That was actually Taiwan.

ok

20 posted on 01/23/2013 9:05:08 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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