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Acelerion posted:I'm not saying they wouldent be, just wondering how people in and around the real life versions are influenced by the Hollywood version. It's a recognized problem that juries now expect forensic evidence to look like it does on CSI.
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Acelerion posted:I'm not saying they wouldent be, just wondering how people in and around the real life versions are influenced by the Hollywood version. If the abuse were going towards rich, powerful men? I might think that had a hand in it. But poor black youths aren't ever getting off on technicalities concocted by slick lawyers.
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Raskolnikov38 posted:It's a been a decade since I read it myself but how does 'American serviceman wanders around Iceland and finds a gently caress buddy for half the book' reveal anything about Soviet tactics. I bet he loved the "America would have won real quick if it wasn't for those loving liberals holding us back" bits. Of course, given that Clancy owes his entire career to Reagan recommending Hunt for Red October, I'm not surprised that Reagan enjoyed the follow up too.
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Acelerion posted:But how many people at the CIA are living out their own personal spy fantasy. There was at least one at the NSA. As a cynical self-hating white leftist American, what bothers me most about our intelligence apparatus may be how clownishly incompetent it is. It deeply offends my pro-bureaucratic sentiments.
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Talmonis posted:If the abuse were going towards rich, powerful men? I might think that had a hand in it. But poor black youths aren't ever getting off on technicalities concocted by slick lawyers. That's not really true, though. One man's lawyer-concocted technicality is another man's constitutional violation.
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AShamefulDisplay posted:I've tried Ecclesiasts and Job but to no avail.  "Fantastic_Mr_Fox posted:God should have never separated powers. The increased bureaucracy, mixed with partisan divides, has completely gridlocked the godhead since the end of the first century. Ever since the socialist Holy-Spirit and God-The-Son coalition collapsed, God-The-Father has been able to filibuster any progressive miracles, only allowing the occasional joint anti-sinner miracles between God-The-Father and the Holy-Spirit to make it through.
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The Warszawa posted:That's not really true, though. One man's lawyer-concocted technicality is another man's constitutional violation. The example was Hollywood though. Everything from Lethal Weapon 2's "Diplomatic Immunity" to any of the Beverly Hills Cop movies, were all about Rich people who were untouchable by the law. Sure, in reality a rich man who has his rights violated in the process of bringing him down will get away with it. Though I still doubt that young black men whose rights are often violated are getting off without some serious luck intervening.
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Combed Thunderclap posted:Some seriously crazy poo poo Holy gently caress, the fact someone this insanely religious was leader of the most powerful nation on Earth is bonkers.
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Talmonis posted:The example was Hollywood though. Everything from Lethal Weapon 2's "Diplomatic Immunity" to any of the Beverly Hills Cop movies, were all about Rich people who were untouchable by the law. Yeah, that's rooted in the late-80s/early-90s anxiety surrounding the economic slowdown along with the very public, very punchable yuppie/investment banker face. If you drop back to the mid-70s and such you find a lot more "fear of radicals/gangs," which also comes back around in the early-90s after the riots in LA. Hollywood tends to reflect the brewing anxieties of society.
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UrbicaMortis posted:Holy gently caress, the fact someone this insanely religious was leader of the most powerful nation on Earth is bonkers. Ronald Reagan consulted an astrologer on important decisions.
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UrbicaMortis posted:Holy gently caress, the fact someone this insanely religious was leader of the most powerful nation on Earth is bonkers. Oh we have such sights to show you, sweet summer child.
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Combed Thunderclap posted:This link omits the even more fun excerpt from Kurt Eichenwald's 500 Days immediately before it: Lol I wonder why the Muslim world viewed the whole thing as a Christian crusade
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AShamefulDisplay posted:I've tried Ecclesiasts and Job but to no avail. Too bad. They're considered to have great literary significance. Job in particular is regarded as one of the finer examples of bronze age poetry.
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Also instead of Gog and Magog I keep thinking Mork and Ork
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haveblue posted:It's a recognized problem that juries now expect forensic evidence to look like it does on CSI. Or 1hr DNA profiles. What? Get in line it'll be out in a week if you're lucky. State here likes to hire young, attractive lab rats because they appeal to juries better though.
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Epic High Five posted:Also instead of Gog and Magog I keep thinking Mork and Ork Ha-ha, me too! 
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Saw this on Facebook: But clicking through only shows a ton of right wing links (mostly The Daily Caller) saying that this is the beginning of the end of the 2nd Amendment (hurray!). Anyone know more about it?
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SquadronROE posted:Saw this on Facebook: "California becomes the first state to allow family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat. Democrats proposed the legislation in response to a deadly 2014 rampage near the University of California, Santa Barbara. Victims' relatives said the parents of 22-year-old Elliot Rodger were blocked from seeking help for their troubled son before the rampage. A separate new law requires that certain airsoft BB guns and pellet guns come with bright markings to distinguish them from real firearms. Another law extends a ban on concealed weapons at K-12 schools and community colleges, removing an exemption that previously allowed people with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms on school grounds." http://www.ksbw.com/news/new-california-laws-involve-equal-pay-gun-restrictions/37196740
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SquadronROE posted:Saw this on Facebook: I googled "california gun law" and yeah the entire first page or results was Daily Caller, Fox Nation, Newsmax, WND, Washinton Times, etc. but on the second page I found quote:Passed in response to the 2014 Isla Vista massacre that killed Martinez’s 20-year-old son, Christopher Michaels-Martinez of Los Osos, it will allow law enforcement or family members to seek restraining orders suspending gun ownership for people who pose a threat to themselves or others.In the aftermath of the Isla Vista shooting, victims and authorities were haunted by the revelation that the family of killer Elliot Rodger had expressed concerns to mental health workers. Sheriff’s deputies dispatched to Rodger’s apartment departed without touching the three handguns he had legally obtained.
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Stultus Maximus posted:I googled "california gun law" and yeah the entire first page or results was Daily Caller, Fox Nation, Newsmax, WND, Washinton Times, etc. but on the second page I found Cool, thanks. That's a good idea, glad to see some positive change came out of that shooting.
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I totally missed this! One of the most important meetings of 2015.
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McDowell posted:George Zimmerman is Charles Bronson in Death Wish but Bronson at least just shoot actual criminals in those movie. zimmerman just murdered a innocent kid after losing a fight he started and probaly came in his pants when he pulled the trigger.
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Joementum posted:I totally missed this! One of the most important meetings of 2015. thats dudes still alive and legit? i though he was a scam.
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Joementum posted:I totally missed this! One of the most important meetings of 2015. Obama met the Riddler?
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Joementum posted:I totally missed this! One of the most important meetings of 2015. About time he's been trotting down the Capitol steps for like two decades.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Obama met the Riddler? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPC3mLNL3B0
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Stultus Maximus posted:Too bad. They're considered to have great literary significance. Job in particular is regarded as one of the finer examples of bronze age poetry. I wrote my master's thesis on the book of Job and it's seriously one of my favorite books. It's a fascinating book open to a ton of different theological and philosophical interpretations beyond just 'Eh God does what God wants'. Though if you want a fun time, one of my professors showed me how to read the Book of Jonah as a satire of the prophet stories, about an entitled jerk who is continually annoyed that the sinners keep breaking the script and repenting or the pagan sailors act with greater morality than he until God scolds him for being a jerk.
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 This is not the first time Cruz has apparently asked for a "sacrificial gift." Is this some normal Christian/conservative term, because this is the first time I've seen it used like this and it sounds really loving creepy.
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Aerox posted:Is this some normal Christian/conservative term, because this is the first time I've seen it used like this and it sounds really loving creepy. Not really, he just wants you to give money to him even if you can't afford it.
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The numbers don't lie and they spell disaster for Ted Cruz at Sacrifice. HE'S FAT Luigi Thirty fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Dec 30, 2015 |
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Aerox posted:Is this some normal Christian/conservative term, because this is the first time I've seen it used like this and it sounds really loving creepy. He's definitely using Evangelical vocabulary; "sacrificial gift" is the term often used for Jesus's death on the cross, or for pastors asking for money in the offering plate. This is the first time I've seen it used for a political campaign. 
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DemeaninDemon posted:resort town gets hacked! Their script was probably crawling the Web and found the McCall website was running a software package which had a known exploit. Pretty common occurrence for small infrequently updated websites.
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WhiskeyJuvenile posted:Bill Cosby just got charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania stemming from a 2004 incident The actual probable cause for the arrest is in there. How strong is that case? It seems to unfortunately be based on the victim's statements and conversations with the victim's mom which doesn't seem to make for a very strong case against what will likely be a very good defense. I mean, the only thing worse in this situation than no charges is for him to be acquitted.
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