KnightWing Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 Speaking of the timing of politics, apparently the fourth amendment is irrelevant now. This feels like it was snuck past America while we're still distracted by a bombing and practically an entire town exploding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 They have him. It's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted April 20, 2013 Report Share Posted April 20, 2013 KDubs, it's the House, they've passed some pretty shitty bills, and every iteration of SOPA/CISPA/ETCA prior to this. It has to break the Senate, which it won't. Re: the big news: Glad he's alive and in custody. Looking forward to answers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Ray Harryhausen has passed away at 92. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Angelina Jolie undergoes double mastectomy I can't imagine having to make that kind of choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Shit. Brutal. A friend of ours has just had a double mastectomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 The world has officially gone crazy. In the annals of political correctness run amok in American schools, this story — if true — is easily an all-timer. A junior-high school Spanish teacher has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired from P.S. 211 in the Bronx in March 2012 because of a misunderstanding over the word “negro.” The non-tenured teacher, 65-year-old Petrona Smith, maintains that she was instructing her class about how to say the various basic colors in Spanish, reports the New York Post. The word “negro” naturally came up because “negro” is the Spanish word for “black.” A seventh-grade student in the class took offense at the term, however, believing the word to be a racial slur. It’s not clear if Smith directed the term at the student. Whatever the case, he reported the incident to school officials. But, wait. It gets better. Smith, a native of the West Indies, is black. And to top it all off, P.S. 211 is bilingual. Smith’s attorney, Shaun Reid, called the charge that allegedly led to his client’s termination ridiculous. “They haven’t even accounted for how absurd it is for someone who’s black to be using a racial slur to a student,” Reid told the Post. School officials refused to make any comment about the allegations in the lawsuit. As such, the publicly-known facts are tremendously one-sided at this point. In court papers, Smith does address another incident involving an allegation that she labeled some students as “failures.” The teacher states that she had only asked certain students to move to the rear of the classroom after they had failed a test. The Post notes that Smith also claims that students hurled insults at her, calling her “fucking monkey” and other abusive names. Smith hasn’t been able to find another job since she was sacked. http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/24/black-spanish-teacher-claims-she-was-fired-for-using-the-word-negro-in-class/#ixzz2UGyE3s91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 James Gandolfini is dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 He was a great actor, and from what I hear a good guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 The Supreme Court just struck down the Voting Rights Act clause that required states in the south to receive federal approval for election law changes. Welp, watching any future election laws in the South is gonna be hella interesting. And they still have to make a new formula, but still. Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Living in the South I expect a lot of changes to voting very shortly. The thing about the law was that all you had to do was not make any changes that were geared towards making it harder to vote for minorities for a certain period of time and the law doesn't apply to you anymore. The county that brought the lawsuit was caught changing voting rules to suppress black voters pretty recently. The gay marriage and DOMA rulings will come out (ha ha) tomorrow morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 And until Congress comes up with that new formula, the part where they have to get federal approval is rendered invalid. So yeah. That'll be interesting. And with that ruling, that's not encouraging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 In other news, TX basically exploded tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 DOMA has been struck down in a 5-4 decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Oh, what's that Prop 8? You can't live in a world without DOMA? *Gunshot* Now you don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted June 26, 2013 Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 I'll take it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 So, between the George Zimmerman verdict, and TX abortion BS this morning, going to go drink even more at the bachelorette shit tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 The prosecution's own witness basically said Martin was practically home and then went back to confront Zimmerman. The prosecution had zero hope after that. I'm not defending either party in this and I think it's awful that a kid died. I have zero emotional stake in this case because I think it's been exploited and overblown by race warlords like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson since Day 1. It's just another attempt to rile up the public so that these losers can continue to manipulate racial tension in America. But when you have multiple unreliable witnesses (one of whom was Trayvon's own father, whose testimony contradicted what he told investigators) and a prosecution that wants to convince the country that the defendant had "hate in his heart" or whatever, then what else could the jury do but acquit? These idiots tried to charge him with second-degree murder, and that was never going to happen. I wasn't able to confirm this, but I heard that Kevin Hart tweeted Zimmerman's family's address and said, "Y'all know what to do." Again, I don't know if he actually tweeted that or not because I checked his feed and that tweet wasn't there. But if he did that, then he can seriously go jump in front of a Greyhound bus. What a shitty fucking thing to do. You are literally trying to incite a mob against innocent people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Burden of proof for 2nd degree murder in a case like that with no witnesses is almost impossible. THAT's why they never arrested him. It looks to me like Zimmerman shot him because he lost a fistfight, which is a bitch move in every regard, but the evidence as far as the law was concerned is basically nil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 For murder? Probably. Manslaughter is a different story, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Wasn't he being charged with murder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 There was also a count of manslaughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 See, manslaughter I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 He wasn't charged with manslaughter. It was something the jury was allowed to consider instead of second degree murder, which is bullshit since his whole defense was against the murder charge. They even tried to sneak in child abuse but the judge wouldn't allow it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxPower Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I'm just glad that this means the US has reclaimed the title of most racist western country back from us here in Australia. Anyone who doesn't think a black defendant wouldn't have been sent to prison in this circumstance is kidding themselves. ZImmerman put himself in a situation where someone was going to get hurt, he could have stayed where he was. There was no reason for him to follow anyone. It doesn't matter who started it, the situation should never have happened. For that alone he should have gone for manslaughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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