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Samizdata posted:We never went to visit. But I have been through Idaho for short bits on road trips. That was probably Utah. Sorry about your dad.
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Say Nothing posted:Bank robbery fail. 2/10 for thinking on their feet
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Samizdata posted:Uncool, dude. He died of cancer less than a month ago. Plus I saw his birth certificate. Hello, internet poster who tilts at painfully facetious windmills. p.s. sorry about your dad, that sucks.
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Solice Kirsk posted:That was probably Utah. Nope. Been there too. Meh. Thanks.
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Handiklap posted:Hello, internet poster who tilts at painfully facetious windmills.  I like to have fun too.And thanks for the good wishes.
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Basebf555 posted:Yea Weinstein has been rich since at least the early-80's, probably earlier than that. I can't imagine that money does it for the guy after all this time, a $60 million deal is not going to change the fact that he has no juice anymore and nobody wants to be around him. Before he started Miramax he was a rock concert promoter/producer. He just likes being the guy who decides how things are gonna go, to and to exercise that power over people. To have that taken away after 30+ years has to be a huge blow. Uma Thurman posted:
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Kurieg posted:No idea, I only found out after the fact due to someone bringing it up in reference to some horrible libertarian furry rpg. It was one of those times were people were touching the poop and some sad sacks made SA accounts to give us a little more info.
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ExecuDork posted:It's on all of us, watching that entire thing through to the end, leaning closer and closer to our monitors every time he wobbles, or looks like he's going to pass too close to some obstacle, or loving every goddam second of his ride. The shadenfreude is on all us ghouls hoping some stranger falls and breaks some bones, and getting ghoul-blue-balls out of it. Hungry? Here's some meat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoRHHGTQZZk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O6hf0TgcYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiKa_55ouRI Edit: here's a compilation video. Somewhat  if you don't like the sight of blood or limbs bending the wrong way (and the guy at 2:15 probably got hit by a car but it happens offscreen) but the nut shot at 1:58 is  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_vWO4Eo1pA Snowglobe of Doom has a new favorite as of 06:20 on Nov 24, 2017 |
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Takoluka posted:Konami wasn't the only JP company to do this. They just happened to spotlight themselves by letting popular franchises vanish and being horrible to their employees. Konami wasn't the only company to go all-in on pachinko just before regulations dropped that heavily crippled pachinko and let people just gamble normally instead?
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Crust First posted:Ha, Idaho!? Idaho doesn't exist! You misspelled Wyoming, they said it on television so it must be true.
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Inescapable Duck posted:Konami wasn't the only company to go all-in on pachinko just before regulations dropped that heavily crippled pachinko and let people just gamble normally instead? That was some good schad.
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Nov 24, 2017 06:19
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Schubalts posted:That was some good schad. That day the snow turned to rain
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Remember Oscar Pistorius? The South African Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend? He appealed his prison sentence.quote:A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
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Mierenneuker posted:Remember Oscar Pistorius? The South African Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend? He appealed his prison sentence. Yeeees.
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Mierenneuker posted:Remember Oscar Pistorius? The South African Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend? He appealed his prison sentence. Wait, the prosecution can appeal a guilty verdict because the sentence was too light? That sounds weird as gently caress to my American ears. 
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i guess its a two way street there i'm glad i ran my tainted dairy operation stateside
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Crust First posted:Ha, Idaho!? Idaho doesn't exist! For some reason this reminds me of my favorite conspiracy theory. I'm pretty sure it was here (though may have been 4chan). Finland does not exist. No one has ever been to Finland - you have been to parts of Sweden or Norway or Russia pretending to be Finland. Finland is actually part of the ocean and is owned by Japanese whaling interests. The whalers pay large amounts of money to the RAND corp, and other providers of atlas/satellite imagery to edit Finland into the maps, however, Finland as we thought we knew it is a hoax. Since whaling is controversial, the Japanese, not unknown for sneak attacks, took over this area of ocean for their whaling interests exclusively many many years ago and have fought to the death to keep it ever since.
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EmmyOk posted:What’s their for Finnish expats in other countries? Actors who never break character.
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there's a subreddit for that finland conspiracy theory tho kinda like how me_irl mod was a longtime mefi member
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Don Gato posted:Actors who never break character. Why are so many of the actors so good at racing cars?
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EmmyOk posted:What’s their for Finnish expats in other countries? Norwegians who are too embarrassed to admit where they actually come from
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Randaconda posted:Wait, the prosecution can appeal a guilty verdict because the sentence was too light? American prosecutors can do the same thing
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du -hast posted:For some reason this reminds me of my favorite conspiracy theory. I'm pretty sure it was here (though may have been 4chan). It's true that most records of Finland were destroyed during the Christian Dark Ages after Finland collapsed after the Finno-Korean Hyper-War.
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Randaconda posted:Wait, the prosecution can appeal a guilty verdict because the sentence was too light? It's an important part of the judicial system, since it corrects for bias in sentencing. The defense can likewise appeal for a lesser sentence, too, if the one handed down seems too harsh.
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Solice Kirsk posted:That was probably Utah. Wait, Utah is real? Mierenneuker posted:Remember Oscar Pistorius? The South African Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend? He appealed his prison sentence. Lol, but also woah. I’m glad that shitbag is getting more time, but creeped out by having a charge upgraded three years post-conviction.
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because we all know drat well how it would go in america, with black people getting their sentences constantly extended for farcical reasons. and given south africa's history, I'm a bit skeptical of this practice's true purpose
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If you read the timeline on the article, he was originally convicted of culpable homicide. The conviction was then elevated to a higher court, upgraded to murder, and now finds itself at this point. It was upgraded to the MINIMUM sentence for homicide, minus time served.
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bob dobbs is dead posted:there's a subreddit for that finland conspiracy theory tho awwww man i thought it was like a super-secret-unknown-thing, that i read here on SA years ago by some schizoid goon. oh well 
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ilmucche posted:Why are so many of the actors so good at racing cars? They need to move a lot to cover as much area as possible with plausible Finn sightings.
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Gum posted:American prosecutors can do the same thing Are you sure? I've never heard of the prosecution filing an appeal to ask for a heavier sentence.
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Aerdan posted:It's an important part of the judicial system, since it corrects for bias in sentencing. The defense can likewise appeal for a lesser sentence, too, if the one handed down seems too harsh. Yeah, the defense can do that here, as well, just never heard of the prosecution doing it. oooh, wait, found a quote. "Yes, the sentence can be appealed but not because the judge gave you a lighter sentence. There has to be some legal basis, such as the sentence is illegal because the judge didn't follow a specific statute. Accordingly, it is rare for the prosecution to file an appeal. It is very rare for the appellate court to resentence a defendant. It is likely that if the appellate court agrees with the prosecution then the appellate court will send the case back to the judge with instructions to consider the statutes he missed. If the trial judge errors again, then I've seen the appellate court resentence the defendant." So basically the judge has to make an error in sentencing, not just because the State thinks the sentence is too light.
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Randaconda posted:Yeah, the defense can do that here, as well, just never heard of the prosecution doing it. AFAIK that's true in any jurisdiction where a prosecutor can appeal a sentence
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Gum posted:American prosecutors can do the same thing No, they can't. The state can't appeal just because a sentence was too light. There has to be some legal dispute at issue. Like, a prosecutor could appeal a sentence if there's something like a mandatory minimum which the sentencing judge ignored. Prosecutors can't appeal a sentence just because they think it was too light. Randaconda posted:Are you sure? I've never heard of the prosecution filing an appeal to ask for a heavier sentence. Example: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/04/us/montana-teacher-rape/index.html
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Phanatic posted:No, they can't. The state can't appeal just because a sentence was too light. There has to be some legal dispute at issue. Like, a prosecutor could appeal a sentence if there's something like a mandatory minimum which the sentencing judge ignored. Isn't this exactly what happened here?
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Gum posted:Isn't this exactly what happened here? They were talking about US law. The case that started this derail is South African.
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Aerdan posted:They were talking about US law. The case that started this derail is South African. That's my point
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Mierenneuker posted:Remember Oscar Pistorius? The South African Paralympic athlete who killed his girlfriend? He appealed his prison sentence. Too bad she didn't live, but then again who does?
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