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Scottie wrote:Woman posts photo of anti-police graffiti to Instagram. Cops arrest her. Meanwhile, the Cops don't arrest person responsible for the graffiti.

Yeah, but there are "circumstances they can't reveal" behind the arrest. So I'm sure it's all fine.

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Thinking of Jamie Lannister and Game of Thrones reminded me that I think my first record (45) was The Things We Do for Love, by 10cc.

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bfj wrote:Ridiculous Hockey Save

Holy Shit.

Very impressive the way it turned out, but in hindsight, a reckless move. It was more likely to knock the puck into the net then keep it out.

Though I guess there's no way for the goalie to figure that out in the 0.01 seconds he had to react.

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That's incorrect. For example, have a look at the 2012 CFL draft: http://www.cfl.ca/canadian_draft/list?year=2012" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; . . . there's certainly no shortage of US College players. And if it is supposedly "a poorly-handled publicity stunt" ...

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From an SBNation article in 2010: I'll guarantee this now: Tebow will not play a down in the Canadian Football League. The negotiation list serves in place of a draft for American college football players, and it's generally a poorly-handled publicity stunt. Putting Tebow on their list is about as l...

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Hell, I thought everyone at Stanford was gay.

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I'm not touching any predictions. This is just set up for another Chicago post-season flameout.

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Gosh, thanks for posting last year's results.

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Johnny Carwash wrote:So...12 hours on and no mention of Ygritte getting naked?

Also, Robb Stark's military situation is starting to look like Robert E. Lee circa January 1865.

She looked so emaciated it freaked me out. She looks better with layers of fur on.

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Keep. You took on all the risk by taking your house off the market, trusting that they could really buy it. The fact that your house resold quickly should be irrelevant. And it's not just four days after you relisted - it's all the time between accepting their offer and your getting a new one. That...

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garyclark wrote:Ugh. 6-0 at home. Newcastle may be going down indeed.

Yeah. It does not look good for the Magpies.

On the bright side, that means two games against Blackpool next year. Those are always fun.

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Shirley wrote:
brian wrote:Or he paid for an escort.
Hmm, could be! Although he gave her name, they stayed in a hotel together and she was still with him the next day.

So he paid a lot for an escort.

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So, I know this is very late, but... What the fuck was Bloomberg doing calling a press conference to announce that Suspect #2 said he and his brother *might* have been heading to Times Square to blow things up? What was that? Seriously. He figured that now that the story "might" involve N...

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In early WW II the Germans used a massive glider to transport tanks. The thing was so heavy it took three planes and two detachable rocket engines to get it airborne. [media=450,300]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OvyOeXnW0k[/media] This seems as inefficient as hell to me, but I guess if you don't h...

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You know they just smoked it themselves.

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Sabo wrote:This game is in Germany.

4-1, 70th minute.

Yes, but the way the Germans have played the last two days is like the way they marched through ... oh, never mind.

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Wow. Anyone heard from Grits?

Edit: Dayum. Can't type fast enough to keep up. Are the Germans playing Spain or Poland?

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AB_skin_test wrote:That's just how he rolls.

Perfect.

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ZMan wrote:I thought some of the best episodes were the ones featuring Sidney Freedman. Well, him and/or Colonel Flagg.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I seem to recall one episode with both of them, and it was hilarious.

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They finally opened one in Salt Lake City a few months ago, without booze of course.

I only went once, though, and was underwhelmed.

But all this talk about snacks is making me want to go back again. I'd better head out for lunch.

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I think that the bombing and the killing of the MIT officer are far enough apart in time that they would not fall together under Federal "terrorism" charges. There may be another angle that makes this crime Federal, but the four day difference is likely enough to not include it in the sam...

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devilfluff wrote:Anybody else try Defiance? Thoughts?

Saw the first episode. I am sure my wife will watch it religiously, but since I have a trial coming up in June, I think I am going to have to miss this season and catch up next year if it sticks.

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i hope they charge him for murdering his brother, too, since he ran him over. nice little cherry on top. I think that under the common law, the felony murder rule did apply to accomplices - even if an accomplice was shot by police during the felony. I don't know if this is still the case. If nothin...

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Yes. Double jeopardy does not apply to charges brought by different sovereigns. If Tsarnaev's alleged actions violate both federal law and state law, he can be charged by the feds and the state. Didn't that happen to the cops who beat Rodney King on video? Acquitted on state charges, but then convi...

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I'm vehemently anti-death penalty, too. I don't believe in Big Government, and a government that claims the right to kill its citizens is about the biggest government possible. Here's a question for lawyers et al. And I'm not a lawyer (although I would have made a particularly useful evil one; think...

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Wow. The Cubs certainly are impressive.

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It's been a few years since I've been in a criminal courtroom, but I never heard Miranda rights in court, unless someone was being arrested right there, (not that often an occurrence). (Guilty) plea colloquys often involve a longer discussion of the rights that the defendant has, but there's some r...

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Unless some vile scumbag like Ron Kuby steps up and decides that self-promotion and personal politics trumps all, Tsarnaev gets a court-appointed attorney, right? As I understand it, yes. There is an office of the Federal Public Defender, who represented him in the initial hearing. Presumably they ...

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This is the kind of shit that makes me chant USA! USA! USA! Yes. The Feds announced (clearly, publicly) that Tsarnaev would not be read his Miranda rights for at least 48-hours given that his circumstances merited such. Then, 48-hours later (perhaps less), they read him his rights. This was the pla...

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Regardless of what the FBI has or has not done, the Magistrate Judge gave Tsarnaev extensive Miranda warnings at his initial appearance today. Transcript can be read here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/04/22/dzhokhar_tsarnaev_hearing_transcript_boston_bombing_suspect_said_only_one.html...

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I really hope they clinch so they run out a bunch of second string players next Sunday against Arsenal. The battle for 3rd, 4th and 5th is absolutely insane right now. Seems like it would be a good chance to get the senior players an extended off-season, basically, which is damn near impossible in ...

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If we're going to designate anyone an enemy combatant, let's start with the owners of that fertilizer plant in Texas. They killed more people than the Tsarnaevs.

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Scottie wrote:While visiting Skye, did either of you happen to see Dunvegan Castle?

Yup. It was one of my favorites.

(Though it couldn't hold a candle to Doune.)

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However, Mr. Senator Lindsey Fucking Graham is what sent me into a tizzy. That is the bullshit I fucking hate. Along with the use of the Miranda thing as a sideshow. "Look at how fucking tough we are on this terrorrist--we're not going to tell him he has the right to a lawyer! How about a big ...

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2+ days in Dublin just because why not 7 days in Scotland - 2+ in Edinburgh then hired a car for 5 days. General route was up the A9 through the country, stopping at Pitlochry for tour of Edradour (Scotland's smallest distillery) to buy a bottle, dinner. Inverness. Muir of Ord for a tour of Glen Or...

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"Public safety exception" I hate this fucking bullshit so much. Fuck Lindsay Graham up the fucking peehole with a rolled-up glossy of Ernesto Miranda. And make him choke of a copy of the Bill of Rights if he squawks. I'm fine with then not giving Miranda warnings immediately. The Constitu...

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Johnnie wrote:TurdRyan determined the real answer was 'Cavendish' a while back. So lemme Googlewikisearch something and...

William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Needs more Nigel.

There are Williams and Henrys from the US and other countries.

There are no Nigels.

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Ok, that's an impressive Brush with Evil.

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howard wrote:And it's done. Alive, being taken away by ambulance.

Now can I get me some Jeopardy!?

Talk about beating the odds.

So, I guess it's time for the news to follow the body count in the Texas explosion.

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MaxWebster wrote:Drambuie is a Scottish liqueur.

(i now proclaim myself an expert having just returned from a week there. mmmmm)

kinda sweet. i prefer the single malt whisky myself but hey to each their own.

Hey! Where'd you go, Max?

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