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DGuller

Quote from: Phillip V on September 03, 2013, 09:21:17 PM
The county I live in ranks No. 1 in North Carolina for gonorrhea. HIV/AIDS and syphilis cases have also increased. :showoff:


http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2013/09/04/1279782
Why the :showoff:?  It's not like you had much to do with it.  I hope. :unsure:

CountDeMoney

QuoteCleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead, prison official says
By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBC News

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years in July after pleading guilty to imprisoning and raping three women for a decade, was found dead in his jail cell, a prison spokeswoman said early Wednesday.

The 53-year-old convict was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, officials said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315504-cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-found-dead-prison-official-says?lite

Eddie Teach

http://www.sporcle.com/games/serf_in_USA/okay-can-you-at-least-bring-back-mighty-mouse/results

Quizmaker reminds me of Ide. Picks name "serf_in_USA" then posts this
QuoteThe concept of an antihero isn't that elementary.

It regenerates, or—as the case may be which we're witnessing in the age of a disappearing middle class around the world and the rise of the prison-industrial complex—degenerates with the passing of time and the demise of social taboos.
to defend his inclusion of Gilligan and Screech as "anti-heroes".  :lol:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Ideologue

My parenthetical compositions are not that clumsy.  I hope.

Apropos, though, since I'm currently writing an exegesis of Pain & Gain in which I gush over its brilliant and nuanced anti-capitalist message. -_-
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

Ideologue

Also if I were a serf I'd have a piece of land for life and my yearly rabota.  But I can recognize that certain changes to the economy possibly compensate for my lack of lifetime employment, close relationship with my labor, and the bonds of loyalty that tie me to my feudal lord and he to me.  Running water and pornography are pretty sweet, I concede.
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

jimmy olsen

It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Ideologue

I've read that comic.  It's by Morrison and Millar, and it's a fucking piece of shit, legally speaking.  Not just because of the fake amendment.  The whole thing is garbage.

It's also a very stupid comic for other reasons, which I've forgotten.
Kinemalogue
Current reviews: The 'Burbs (9/10); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (9/10); John Wick: Chapter 2 (9/10); A Cure For Wellness (4/10)

Eddie Teach

QuoteThe Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted.
The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.[1]
The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.

Seems legit.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Grey Fox

Damn it. I scratch about half of my passenger side back door. Right thru the paint and up to the metal for about 3 feet long. This is going to be expensive so fix :bleeding:

Worse thing? It happened in my driveway.
Colonel Caliga is Awesome.

Syt

How TheBrain spends his weekends:

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

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Ed Anger

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 12:59:05 AM
QuoteCleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead, prison official says
By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBC News

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years in July after pleading guilty to imprisoning and raping three women for a decade, was found dead in his jail cell, a prison spokeswoman said early Wednesday.

The 53-year-old convict was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, officials said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315504-cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-found-dead-prison-official-says?lite

:)
Stay Alive...Let the Man Drive

merithyn

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 12:59:05 AM
QuoteCleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead, prison official says
By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBC News

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years in July after pleading guilty to imprisoning and raping three women for a decade, was found dead in his jail cell, a prison spokeswoman said early Wednesday.

The 53-year-old convict was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, officials said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315504-cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-found-dead-prison-official-says?lite

I feel as though this was the best for all involved.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...

Barrister

Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 12:59:05 AM
QuoteCleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead, prison official says
By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBC News

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years in July after pleading guilty to imprisoning and raping three women for a decade, was found dead in his jail cell, a prison spokeswoman said early Wednesday.

The 53-year-old convict was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, officials said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315504-cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-found-dead-prison-official-says?lite

Dude's on a suicide watch - why the hell is he only being checked every 30 minutes?!?

And I'm vaguely pissed.  I wanted this guy to suffer for a good long while.
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

jimmy olsen

Quote from: merithyn on September 04, 2013, 08:56:51 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 04, 2013, 12:59:05 AM
QuoteCleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found dead, prison official says
By Mark Stevenson and Hasani Gittens, NBC News

Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man who was sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years in July after pleading guilty to imprisoning and raping three women for a decade, was found dead in his jail cell, a prison spokeswoman said early Wednesday.

The 53-year-old convict was found hanging in his cell around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday at the Correctional Reception Center in Orient, officials said.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/04/20315504-cleveland-kidnapper-ariel-castro-found-dead-prison-official-says?lite

I feel as though this was the best for all involved.
His victims probably wanted him to suffer for years like them, they're probably pissed.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

merithyn

Quote from: Barrister on September 04, 2013, 08:59:59 AM

Dude's on a suicide watch - why the hell is he only being checked every 30 minutes?!?

And I'm vaguely pissed.  I wanted this guy to suffer for a good long while.

I don't know. I think his death will make it easier for the three women (and the child) to move on. Having him alive probably prolonged their suffering, to a degree.

He was filth. What happened to him is irrelevant. I'm only concerned about the women.
Yesterday, upon the stair,
I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
I wish, I wish he'd go away...