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This article clearly has an opinions, but is raises a question about whether deploying certain vehicles may set a bad tones in places like Ferguson -- (link) - ty97 Aug 11, 19:13 11
- thats only the heavy police presence, the fact is policing is heavily militaristic as almost every officer is a multi tour vet in iraq/afghan and trea -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:52 1
  - treats everyone, your grandma even, like an insurgent with a suicide bomb vest on -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:55
- As long as it's "those people" getting beaten up and taken to jail, people aren't going to give a crap -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 19:28 2
  - Disregard that for a moment (I realize race is not irrelevant, but for a moment). I expect if a peaceful, but angry, crowd, is monitored* - ty97 Aug 11, 19:32 1
    - yeesh, dumb typos. realize race IS relevant. - ty97 Aug 11, 19:33
- I think I'd posted an article here about military surplus going to local PDs a few months ago - znufrii Aug 11, 19:20 1
  - and, here it is -- (link) - znufrii Aug 11, 19:23 [Backboard]
- I'll see if I can find it, but a police chief was interviewed and discussed how things improved when they stopped responding - TWuG Aug 11, 19:19 3
  - The suggestion that police want less confrontations and not more is so *cute*! -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 19:26 2
    - It's cute that you think every police force is the same. -- nm - TWuG Aug 11, 19:33
    - I wouldn't go so far as to say that the police (as a whole) seek out confrontations in order to jusitfy their own existance - znufrii Aug 11, 19:32
I think my favorite Robin Williams movies are Final Cut and One Hour Photo if only because they're waaaaay different than his usual. -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 19:12
Imdb says Hook is rated G, but I don't think I should let kieran watch it. Heh. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 19:00 2
- my nephew, who at the time was younger than him, watched it nonstop for about 10 hours -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 19:10
- Rufio! Rufio! Rufio! -- (link) - Qale Aug 11, 19:02 [youtube]
"Do you know what three up and three down means?" "End of an inning?" -- nm - Reagen Aug 11, 18:54 1
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Twitter pro tip. Ignore the #stl hashtag right now. -- nm - droidlet Aug 11, 18:50 4
- Twitter pro tip: Ignore Twitter! -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 19:04
- I found the #ferguson hashtag useful last night though... - ty97 Aug 11, 18:53 1
  - Fox 2 is broadcasting live and usually simulcast online if you want to watch. -- nm - droidlet Aug 11, 19:19
- Though it looks like looting is starting in a new neighborhood tonight. - droidlet Aug 11, 18:51
i wish i remember what area of boston meldeevs live in - Truman Aug 11, 18:49 4
- (Red line iirc) -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 18:52
- don't know, but it's not near springfield. wrong end. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:50 2
  - well, I will be in springfield for two days, then boston for the rest of the week. -- nm - Truman Aug 11, 18:51 1
    - oh, nm then. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:52
:( - amoxy Aug 11, 18:43 2
- exactly. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:45
- ditto to the :( -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 18:43
I produced an interview with Robin about 15 years ago. I went up to SF for the day. - howie Aug 11, 18:42 1
- this is so awesome. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:45
ST confession. I have not seen Dead Poet's Society -- nm - Bacon Aug 11, 18:41 7
- I have not seen Good Morning Vietnam (seen parts of it, just not the whole thing). - kelly Aug 11, 18:50 1
  - GMV is good but DPS is better not only my fav RW movies but one of my all time favs -- nm - eag Aug 11, 18:54
- aw man. get kleenex. -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:45 3
  - Gross Loosi. We are in mourning here. Why you gotta make it sexual? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 18:48 2
    - "When in doubt, go for the dick joke." -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 19:00
    - omg! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:49
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"Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They don't have anything to lose." -- nm - con_carne Aug 11, 18:41
Watching RW on Actors' Studio now. Whoever recommended it, thanks -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:35 2
- me. where did you find it? - Truman Aug 11, 18:37 1
  - on YT, undoubtedly copyright violation. -- (link) - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:45
I've decided Hook is tied with Jumanji. So much childhood right there. -- nm - MDH Aug 11, 18:34 1
- For me, I like hook more than jumanji -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:38
hmm, anyone have a thought on what traffic would be like in springfield ma? - Truman Aug 11, 18:32 2
- shouldn't be bad, it's out in the sticks -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:47
- where, exactly? probably not a problem. springfield, ma is kinda like nowhere.... - x Aug 11, 18:46
oh man . . . :: groan :: . . . i'm just getting caught up on things. Tell me the Robin Williams thing is a hoax . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 11, 18:28 3
- Nope. In fact, it was handled in such a way that there wasn't even enough time to deal with hoax rumors on twitter. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:30 2
  - That was worded poorly, sorry. Related to an earlier post. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:30 1
    - yep, really unusual. official statement came out first -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:49
Christopher Reeve and Robin Williams -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 18:21 1
- oh wow. roommates? -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:23
TMNT only went down by $3 today? Those people are in for a rude (short) awakening. -- nm - MDH Aug 11, 18:21 3
- It had been down to -6 earlier, but I gambled and held. We shall see how that goes. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 11, 18:27
- I would imagine there were so many short already that it was blunted. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 18:22 1
  - yeah . . . i say give it some time . . . -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Aug 11, 18:26
The "T.S." stands for terribly sad. - T.S.Garp Aug 11, 18:17
Im numb - eag Aug 11, 18:17
Dead Poets' Society was the first movie that mrs. zork and I went to together. -- nm - zork Aug 11, 18:10
I've always loved Robin Williams as Robin Williams. But he's also been a link, for me, to Jonathan Winters. - CovingtonCat on Fire Aug 11, 18:09 1
- Agreed. Together they were something else. -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:13
ABC had livestream of the Robin Williams house -- (link) - Broot Aug 11, 18:06 2
- WTF? -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 18:08 1
  - This sums it up well. -- (link) - Star-Lord Aug 11, 18:09
Obama: "(Robin Williams) arrived in our lives as an alien- but ended up touching every element of the human spirit." -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:57
"I joined a club. It's a very exclusive club. But the funny thing about the club is none of the members want to belong. It's like some sort of secret - landbeck Aug 11, 17:55 5
- yeah (hugs) i think that was the first time i saw him do serious -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:13
- :( -- nm - kelly Aug 11, 18:21
- wow -- nm - zork Aug 11, 18:16
- *hugs* -- nm - Spawn Aug 11, 18:13
- ouch -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:13
can someone look up delta flight 2445? I can't get it to load on my ohone -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 17:49 22
- Hope this makes sense - .... Aug 11, 17:52 8
  - oooo they changed the gate on me! -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 17:54 6
    - *THIS* is a constant at DFW -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 17:59 3
      - tru dat man. (truman?) -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 18:02 2
        
        *walks in carrying his club, slaps around the gate people at DFW, teaches them a lesson about moving gates on pippy, walks away* -- nm - Truman Aug 11, 18:36 1
        
        thanks! -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 18:40
    - thanks -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 17:54 1
      - You're welcome. -- nm - .... Aug 11, 17:56
  - Got mushed together. -- nm - .... Aug 11, 17:52
- delayed 55mins..eta 8:24 -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:50 12
  - thank you -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 17:52 11
    - I've spent too much time in the airport this week. - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 17:53 10
      - They have Nintendo 3DS? -- nm - Qale Aug 11, 19:06
      - You adjust, you know there are waits, delays, etc. - ty97 Aug 11, 17:57
      - they rely on ST too! (power of ST is strong!) -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:55
      - I knows, DFW is cray -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:54 6
        
        DFW (IMO) is one of the easier airport - ty97 Aug 11, 17:59 5
        
        the bag wait time is insane -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 18:02 4
        
        That's true everywhere, but I agree. - ty97 Aug 11, 18:05 1
        
        25 min average seems excessive -- nm - pippy in a terminal Aug 11, 18:22
        
        Plus its a pill from terminal to terminal -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 18:03 1
        
        You may be remembering TrAAin days - ty97 Aug 11, 18:07
I found this account of someone's perception of depression and the beginning of their recovery really fascinating. -- (link) - zork Aug 11, 17:48
hugs -- (link) - Max Aug 11, 17:42 2
- Yeah, that was my "This sucks" below. - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:54
- "Genie, you're free.." -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:46
has anyone here heard the Mark Maron interview with RW? -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:37
cnn doc said that heart troubles usually kicks depression into new depths, and often depression is the symptom that brings a heart patient in -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 17:34
He was great in The Bird Cage too ... I loved him with that mustache wearing those Miami threads. Club Paradise is also one of my very most favorites. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:33 3
- oh yeah, forgot about that one, well...the original was much better -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 19:15
- I think that's my favorite of his movies. -- nm - mara Aug 11, 19:08
- Best Of Times, Hook too -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:45
guess i will spend the rest of the night watching robin williams clips on youtube -- nm - Truman Aug 11, 17:32 5
- I been doing that (see below) -- nm - mud Aug 11, 17:39
- LIR - you're right about the Actor's Studio clip ... His "bit" with the scarf is gold. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:35 3
  - that interview lasted over 5 hours. one person had a hernia from laughing so hard. -- nm - Truman Aug 11, 17:46 1
    - Yep - the girl with the dark hair - her laugh made me laugh -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:53
  - I hope they replay it -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:36
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- TJS will fix it! -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:35
Favorite RW bit, he was on Dick Cavitt, who thought he had the chops to improv with him, holy shakespear, robin ran circles around him, jumping one... - zeitgeist Aug 11, 17:32 1
- :) I'd love to see that ... -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:36
From 1975, RW as a mime in Central Park. Damn, talk about doing it the hard way. -- (link) - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:31
If you ever disrespect my wife again, I will end you. I will fucking end you. Got that chief?" -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 17:25 1
- I had to see about a girl. -- nm - JenBro Aug 11, 17:34
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- They're still saying it was a massive fight not related to last night. - spamlet Aug 11, 17:33 7
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    - Glad we got in and out when we did. I should go there and steal a rabbit. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 18:09 3
      - Can you swing by and steal me a penguin or puffin or whatever that was that dive-bombed us in the arctic exhibit? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 18:11 2
        
        dammit man. Penguins and polar bears .... -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 18:15 1
        
        It felt like 115 degrees. South Pole, North Pole... It was 35 in there. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 18:41
    - Massive fights in malls are sadly nothing new. - spamlet Aug 11, 17:36 1
      - And local news already reports things have calmed down. - ty97 Aug 11, 17:48
- what I am seeing (so far, will wait for more) is a 'fight' of '30 people' -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 17:30
- *sigh* -- nm - ty97 Aug 11, 17:26
“You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.” -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:23 2
- This sucks -- (link) - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:26 1
  - ouch -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:29
Robin Williams - My Way (en espanol) -- (link) - mud Aug 11, 17:22 [youtube] 1
- Robin Williams salutes Robert Deniro -- (link) - mud Aug 11, 17:30 [youtube]
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- High ankle sprain is the diagnosis, no fracture..MRI results pending -- nm - Broot Aug 11, 17:36 3
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  - Rats. He was really playing well. -- nm - Inigo Aug 11, 17:43
- Why what? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 17:25 3
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    - That looks ugly. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 17:29
    - Did he break the other god damned knee? -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 11, 17:27
it's not your fault. -- nm - marcel Aug 11, 17:20
Oh Captain, my Captain! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:17
Mork & Mindy aired through my parents divorce. Feeling alone in a new city, a school full of kids that I did not know, Mork was my best friend. - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:17 5
- ~ nods ~ same here - JenBro Aug 11, 17:40 1
  - *hugs* -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:59
- Mork calling Orson. Come in, Orson. - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:29 2
  - Nanu nanu. -- nm - Star-Lord Aug 11, 17:30 1
    - shazbot! -- nm - loosi at home Aug 11, 17:33
pulling mussels from the shell -- (link) - peglegpete Aug 11, 17:17 [youtube]
Fly! Be free! -- nm - zork Aug 11, 17:17 1

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