unpleasantly turgid posted:

wow what an amazing standard to set.

Memento posted:

Good. Hope he dies in jail. He was accused in 2002 but his victim at the time was coerced into not going to the police.

Pell says he'll return to Australia to fight the charges but I won't be surprised if he gets a "respiratory condition" between now and getting on his private Vatican jet.

goatsestretchgoals posted:

They're rowdy drunken assholes who don't even realize they like being soccer fans with a rival, but at least they're punching nazis.

Gorilla Salad posted:

* the only media figure in Australian history to be convicted of racial vilification. Think for a moment what it takes for someone in Australia to considered so racist they get taken to court over it.

quote:

The News Corp Australia commentator Andrew Bolt has been attacked with glitter and shaving cream outside a Melbourne book launch by two men he has described as leftwing fascists.

Bolt has posted photos of the men on his Herald Sun blog, saying they “jumped” him after a woman asked for a selfie and he kicked one of them between the legs.

“Watch the fascist left attack me and get clobbered,” he posted. “Luckily the cameras do not capture me kicking one between the legs. I cannot have my children see me acting like a thug.”

Sagebrush posted:

http://i.imgur.com/gFMT9B0.mp4

Sagebrush posted:

http://i.imgur.com/gFMT9B0.mp4

Picnic Princess posted:

As a non-redneck from Alberta, this is the exact result I wanted. Thank you.

Queering Wheel posted:

yep, turns out those big obnoxious lifted trucks that their owners haul nothing in aren't even all that powerful.

quote:

Some people will do anything to get out of a traffic ticket.

It is the rare motorist, however, who hopes his explanation will overturn more than 100 years of Supreme Court rulings and challenge the legal notion of corporate personhood.

Jonathan Frieman, a 56-year-old San Rafael resident and self-described social entrepreneur, failed to convince a Marin County Superior Court jurist Monday after he argued that he was not alone when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled him over in October while driving in the carpool lane.

Instead, Frieman admitted that he had reached onto the passenger's seat and handed the officer papers of incorporation connected to his family's charity foundation.

By Frieman's estimation, if corporations are indeed persons as was first established in the 1886 Supreme Court case Santa Clara County vs. Southern Pacific Railroad Co., and he offered evidence that a corporation was traveling inside his vehicle - riding shotgun, of course - then two people were in his car.

Memento posted:

Good. Hope he dies in jail. He was accused in 2002 but his victim at the time was coerced into not going to the police.

Pell says he'll return to Australia to fight the charges but I won't be surprised if he gets a "respiratory condition" between now and getting on his private Vatican jet.

quote:

"Cardinal Pell will return to Australia, as soon as possible, to clear his name following advice and approval by his doctors who will also advise on his travel arrangements."

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POPE Francis on Thursday night offered guarded support for Cardinal George Pell, while expressing respect for the Australian judicial system that will decide his fate.

But Vatican insiders are already preparing to pension off Cardinal George Pell, regardless of the outcome of the case involving historic sex offences.

The Herald Sun has been told it is highly unlikely that Cardinal Pell, who was promoted to the Vatican three years ago to reform its multi- billion euro real estate and financial portfolio, will return to Rome in his high-profile role.

Pope Francis, while supportive of Cardinal Pell, is seeking to fend off his harshest critics and minimise any reputational damage to the church.

***

Archbishop Fisher said the archdiocese would not pay legal bills arising from the charges, but would assist with the cardinal’s accommodation and support on his return.

The Catholic Church could be forced to fork out for an expensive trip if doctors decide that Cardinal Pell is too ill to fly on a standard plane.

Last year, he gave evidence to the royal commission via videolink from Rome after his lawyers argued his heart condition was not compatible with a long flight.

Cardinal Pell could take a lengthy boat trip from Europe to Australia.

Or he could be “medivacced” on a private jet, for about $15,000 an hour — more than $350,000 for a 24-hour trip.

Australian National University professor of international law Donald Rothwell said the cost would not have to be borne by taxpayers.

“He is the subject of a summons, so it is his responsibility to appear at the court,” he said.

***

Officially, Cardinal Pell has been given leave of absence to fight the charges.

However, at the age of 76 Cardinal Pell is already a year past the normal retirement age, which would offer the church a ready explanation should it decide to dispense with his services.

Sagebrush posted:

http://i.imgur.com/gFMT9B0.mp4

Toys For rear end Bum posted:

yes
yessssssss

Fart of Presto posted:

https://twitter.com/GMB/status/879931939507105792

Mr.Tophat posted:

This is murderous, it's beautiful!

Railing Kill posted:

A Desert Eagle at point-blank range, with only an encyclopaedia between the barrel and the dude's chest. What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.0ffc625c7f0e

YouTube dumbass dies like a dumbass. Dumbass accomplice charged with manslaughter.

Toys For rear end Bum posted:

Cardinal George Pell unlikely to return to Vatican City

The article is paywalled, but here's the important bits:


yes
yessssssss

bobjr posted:

ultrabindu posted:

I'm not familiar with bullet types but aren't those essentially rifle cartridges fired from a handgun?

ultrabindu posted:

I'm not familiar with bullet types but aren't those essentially rifle cartridges fired from a handgun?

Platystemon posted:

BMG, AE, 9 mm

e: Also, a comparison of the cartridge being shot at the flasks in that video (.22 LR), vs. what the idiot was trying to stop with a book (.50 AE):

Pope Corky the IX posted:

This looks like something out of a ZAZ film.


The Desert Eagle is a semi-automatic handgun that chambers a .50 AE round, the largest of any pistol in the world.

Pope Corky the IX posted:

This looks like something out of a ZAZ film.


The Desert Eagle is a semi-automatic handgun that chambers a .50 AE round, the largest of any pistol in the world.

chitoryu12 posted:

It's been beat for a while. Current mass produced winner is .500 S&W Magnum.

Dick Trauma posted:

Sorry for all the batsu stuff but it's made the last couple of days at work so much better, like having my own solo Silent Library competition.

Without the ball-whacking.

Platystemon posted:

Is there any pistol that fires that or just revolvers?

Rayjenkins posted:

Revolvers are also pistols. But no, there's no auto loading pistol that fires that round. I think there might be a lever action rifle that recently came out that fires the round though.

Edit: Looking into it, I guess the nomenclature differs between U.K. and American English on revolvers being considered pistols.

quote:

As part of the deal, Williams agreed to resign and acknowledged that he faced up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on Oct. 24.

Despite a plea by Williams to be allowed to remain free until then, U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond ordered him held until sentencing and U.S. Marshals took the disgraced prosecutor out of court in handcuffs,

“I have a guilty plea from the highest law officer in the city that he betrayed his office and he sold his office … I am appalled by the evidence that I heard,” Diamond said before ordering Williams jailed. “I simply do not credit this defendant’s testimony. I do not believe him.”

...

Diamond said he wanted Williams’ resignation letter couriered to Mayor Kenney’s office as soon as the hearing was over.

whiteyfats posted:

https://i.imgur.com/TQ0OUGR.mp4