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Discussion in 'General Discussions' started by Craven Morehead, Jul 2, 2013.

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  1. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

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    Very dumb.

    There is no qualifying test to become a licensed criminal. There are no entrance requirements and very little training available.

    Street criminals are young, poor, impulsive, stupid, and in a hurry.

    Crimes like armed robberies are rarely ever well thought out in advance.
     
    Street Pattern, Jan 11, 2014
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  2. hamsterball

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    hamsterball, Jan 11, 2014
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  3. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

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    Prison inmates typically have a lot of time on their hands. Some of them while away that time by filing bizarre legal papers.

    A prison inmate I had never had any dealings with, never even met, once sued me and a co-defendant in federal court for one hundred trillion dollars.

    That's about six times the US national debt.

    My co-defendant was the Ku Klux Klan.

    Yet, oddly, neither I nor the KKK were mentioned in the complaint itself. Rather, it was a litany of grievances against the prison system.

    I was never served with any notice of this lawsuit. Rather, the judge, in a written opinion, prohibited the plaintiff from filing lawsuits without the court's permission.
     
    Last edited: Jan 11, 2014
    Street Pattern, Jan 11, 2014
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  4. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Borla, Jan 14, 2014
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  5. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Borla, Jan 17, 2014
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  6. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

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    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    ZombieSquirrel, Jan 17, 2014
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  7. Katia

    Katia Very Tilted

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    Katia, Jan 17, 2014
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  8. hamsterball

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  9. Lish

    Lish Very Tilted

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    Im here, but heart is somewhere else
    nun has a 'virgin birth'

    Nun 'unaware' she was pregnant




     
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  10. hamsterball

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  11. Street Pattern

    Street Pattern Very Tilted

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    Street Pattern, Jan 28, 2014
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

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    One of Canada's federal party leaders, Justin Trudeau of the Liberals, just eviscerated the partisanship of the Senate. A third of Canadian senators just became independents. Independents now make up about 40% of seats (accounting for vacant seats).

    Realize that Canadian senators are appointed (by the PM essentially), not elected.

    I'm not yet sure what all this will mean. I hope it will lead to further senate reform at least.

    Trudeau orders Liberal senators to sit as independents | canada.com
     
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  13. snowy

    snowy so kawaii Staff Member

    Man, I think Justin Trudeau must be the hottest politician ever.
     
    snowy, Jan 29, 2014
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  14. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member

    Atlanta mayor defends using emergency lanes in jam - Yahoo News


    I don't get the huge deal, or why he is getting ripped so hard for this.

    His traveling a few miles didn't impact anyone else it seems. He used emergency lanes, never made any emergency vehicles move, didn't hold any up, and didn't use any resources that would otherwise have been used to deal with the weather situation. He did however get the chance to make a public plea as to how people should respond to the situation using a means that a huge portion of the impacted people would have access to. Seems reasonable to me.
     
    Borla, Feb 1, 2014
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  15. hamsterball

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    I agree, but right now the people of Atlanta are hopping mad and a lot of that anger is being directed at the Mayor. He's being perceived as having dropped the ball in a big way.
     
    hamsterball, Feb 1, 2014
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  16. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member



    I guess he should've invented a weather controller, eh? :D
     
    Borla, Feb 1, 2014
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  17. hamsterball

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    It wasn't the weather per se. The perception is that he didn't have a good emergency management system in place. I saw an estimate that up to a million vehicles were dumped into the Atlanta highways in a very short span, starting the traffic overload.

    He also made the PR blunder of sending out a tweet in the morning stating that Atlanta was ready for the storm.

    And let's face it. Most Atlantans aren't used to dealing with snow.

    It may be a perception issue, but a lot of Atlantans are pretty pissed from what I hear. There's also a lot of anger being directed at the governor of Georgia, too.

    I'm glad I'm safely ensconced in the Philly area, where we don't waste time. We start panicking way before a snow storm hits. It's much more efficient that way. :D
     
    hamsterball, Feb 1, 2014
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  18. Borla

    Borla Moderator Staff Member



    I get the frustration.

    But guess what we'd be hearing about 90% of the rest of the time if Atlanta actually spent the money to be prepared for the "once every 10 years" storm like that they get? :p
     
    Borla, Feb 1, 2014
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  19. hamsterball

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    Can't argue there. There's no real way to win that if you're a politician. :)
     
    hamsterball, Feb 1, 2014
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  20. Taliesin

    Taliesin Slightly Tilted

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    Western Australia
    So this is all over the morning shows today...

    Teen turns star witness in Chris Lane murder case | smh.com.au
    The murder was almost 6 months ago, but the trial is now and one of the three accused has turned witness for the prosecution

     
    Taliesin, Feb 4, 2014
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