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Another SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scheduled for Wednesday. 1st stage landing attempt onto one of their barges at sea - TWuG Jun 13, 15:38 1
- this is very similar to how several James Bond films started :) -- nm - Peglegpete Jun 13, 15:41
Euro spoilers - Krusty Jun 13, 15:34 2
- yeah, i'me watching that game right now even though i accidentally found out who won... - x Jun 13, 15:36 1
  - That's almost exactly the match report at the end. - Krusty Jun 13, 15:50
apparently the celtics worked out buddy hield today, and he hit 85 out of 100 from three point range....nm - x Jun 13, 15:26 2
- There's a video of your buddy Nik Stauskas doing something similar before the draft. - David Jun 13, 15:39 1
  - geez, and now he's one of the worst players in the league.... - x Jun 13, 15:43
Trek alums play the Trek VR game.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 15:20 3
- *splurt* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 15:33 1
  - I know. Now I'm interested in VR. Imagine the 2nd gen of the this stuff. -- nm - Remlik Jun 13, 15:34
- Sorry Frakes, still can't unlock the captain's chair - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:21
seeing Finding Dora is coming out this weekend ... realized that Ellen doesn't have a starbond on that other site ... - call me Ishmael Jun 13, 15:18 3
- Finding Dora the Explorer -- nm - budice Jun 13, 15:24
- Considering here last movie was Finding Nemo, probably not relist worthy. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Jun 13, 15:23
- Mr. Wrong II -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:20
The 21 Most Badass Photos (Are From Before You Were Born) -- (link) - Beaker Jun 13, 15:18
patrons of Pulse recall seeing the shooter there on many prior occasions -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 15:18 1
- and had a profile on a gay dating site -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 15:42
WWE: Xavier Woods (phd) does a magic card trick for some kids.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 13, 15:07 [youtube] 1
- spoiler ... - call me Ishmael Jun 13, 15:12
Game 5: GS or Cleveland? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 15:07 10
- I am hoping for a Cleveland win, just to see the series go longer -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 15:38
- tonight is the night. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 15:26
- golden state, though not having green really does screw with their setup... - x Jun 13, 15:22 2
  - You will think that until the refs throw the Splash Bros out of the game for nothing. -- nm - Spawn Jun 13, 15:26 1
    - you forget, i'm not a ludicrous nba conspiracy guy....nm - x Jun 13, 15:30
- GS. -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 15:17
- It's over. -- nm - David Jun 13, 15:14
- GS -- nm - eag Jun 13, 15:10
- Cleveland -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 15:10 1
  - I think so too. NBA wants Game 7. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 15:14
ye gods!, what's happening? the sky grew dark, and there is moisture falling from the heavens! - call me Ishmael Jun 13, 14:32 5
- so far our kids should have had 5 soccer practices and 2 golf lessons over the last 2 weeks...ALL cancelled thanks to fucking rain -- nm - Beaker Jun 13, 14:50 3
  - 🏌. Ok. ⚽️?!! Go ahead with practice. Just like the games -- nm - JD Jun 13, 15:00 2
    - on our fake grass fields they play, but real grass they cancel so the fields don't get destroyed - Beaker Jun 13, 15:02 1
      - Ahhh...real grass is a reasonable trade-off - JD Jun 13, 15:07
- It's a miracle! - ReluctantCynic Jun 13, 14:49
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- I don't know that her being a hawk (which she is, my major issue with her) overrides the common (wrong) thought Dems are weak on security. - ty97 Jun 13, 14:34
- he's found new ways to squander every perceived political advantage the GOP might have had against her - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:31
lots of fireworks for Ty's birthday -- (link) - Peglegpete Jun 13, 14:22 [youtube]
in an ongoing effort to pivot toward a more "presidential" general election campaign, Donaldo revoked the WaPo's press credentials -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:18 12
- Like Dawson, I can't tell if it's just my own bias speaking, but he seems smaller, more petty and like more of a lunatic every day. - pmb Jun 13, 14:43 11
  - I wonder if he hasn't always been like this, but without such a stong spotlight on him, we weren't aware. He would sometimes go a little crazy on The -- (edited) - jnine Jun 13, 14:58 2
    - The few times I watched Celebrity Apprentice I found him very unpleasant. Now I consider him scary! :( -- nm - Meg Jun 13, 15:17
    - Oh, I'm sure he's always been like this. I was really referring to just this campaign. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 15:16
  - count me in this camp as well. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:51
  - it feels like he goes out of his way to be extra Trump-y whenever the party tells him to tone it down -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:48 6
    - So the easiest way to derail him is just to tell him to tone it down - TWuG Jun 13, 14:51 5
      - I'LL SHOW YOU WHO CAN JUMP THROUGH HOOPS! -- nm - Trump Jun 13, 15:15 1
        
        I would LURVE if someone challenged him to this. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 15:16
      - I think you've already seen it from Hillary's campaign - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:54
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        He's shown little ability to ignore her. She'll have him dancing jigs of her choice any time she chooses -- nm - TWuG Jun 13, 14:55
Mel REB2, most of what I've seen have been young. One gentleman who was 50, maybe a couple in their 30s - ty97 Jun 13, 14:09 33
- that what makes it especially sad, I agree. Maybe this will be the time we make some changes. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:17 32
  - I doubt anything changes - ty97 Jun 13, 14:21 31
    - I think part of the % would go up if people actually understood what an "assault weapon" was. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:22 30
      - Since there is no such thing as an "assault weapon", it's whatever they decided they wanted it to be... -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 14:34 5
        
        I defer to your expertise on this obviously but there are definitions out there. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 15:07
        
        My guess is that if you gave people a list and description of various weapons, people would be in agreement 90% of the time on what constitutes an - pmb Jun 13, 14:39 3
        
        Which is fine in an "I know it when I see it" way, but legislation needs to be more precise. - TWuG Jun 13, 14:49 1
        
        Sure, but my point is that I think you'd find pretty broad agreement on the parameters if it was approached in an intellectually honest way. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 14:52
        
        Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 13, 14:45
      - we understood it perfectly fine when they were banned -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:24 23
        
        why were the un-banned? -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:24 22
        
        The law had an expiration date, so to speak, built into it. -- nm* - mara Jun 13, 14:25
        
        NRA stopped it from being renewed in 2004 -- nm* - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:25 20
        
        Why didn't the Democrat majorities renew it during Obama's first 2 years? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 13, 15:07 1
        
        Blue Dog Dems -- nm - TWuG Jun 13, 15:21
        
        NRA did? -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:26 17
        
        also, the gun lobby makes a good portion of their profits off of assault rifles. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:38 3
        
        if you are gonna buy a gun, why not want to buy the top of the line gun? - groiny Jun 13, 14:39 2
        
        the use case for an AR-15 being a hunting weapon is intellectually dishonest. Ditto home defense. - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:47 1
        
        I have never fired them, so I have no idea. I have heard good things about the AR line - groiny Jun 13, 14:51
        
        "The groups have lobbied vehemently to keep the legislation from reaching the floor." -- (link) - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:30
        
        Lobbied hard and backed it up with campaign dollars and the threat of withholding them -- nm - TWuG Jun 13, 14:28 11
        
        ultimately, the politicians did it. The NRA just knew who to pay. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:29 10
        
        Of course, in the end the legislators voted, but lobbying money (for this and other groups) is a major known influence in our politics -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 14:31
        
        Absent the NRA and its funds, the legislation passes. -- nm - TWuG Jun 13, 14:30 8
        
        absent greedy politicians, the legislation passes. - groiny Jun 13, 14:34 7
        
        Implicit in my statement is that politicians are weathervanes that follow the flow of money. -- nm - TWuG Jun 13, 14:53 1
        
        which there is no debate, hence my aversion to politics. - groiny Jun 13, 14:55
        
        damn you greedy politicians for voting exactly how your contributors want you to vote -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:36 1
        
        well, that is how you end up where you are today. Hope you like your fat wallets! -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:37
        
        Sure, but we know money is a major influence in our politics. I dislike that. You dislike that. I hope we all dislike that. - ty97 Jun 13, 14:35 2
        
        so just accept it because there is nothing we can do about it? - groiny Jun 13, 14:38 1
        
        Not at all! I don't think we should accept it. I think we must absolutely change it. -- (edited) - ty97 Jun 13, 14:41
"Look at him. He won’t survive it. He will be damaged forever and I fear he would be a major target." -- (link) - Stanford Rapists' Mom to the judge Jun 13, 14:06 52
- In prison, hell be the pie -- nm - budice Jun 13, 14:15
- Don't let them spit roast my rapey son!! -- nm - Diva Jun 13, 14:09
- Mothers are going to mother, not sure I can blame her. - ty97 Jun 13, 14:07 49
  - I have no issue with her or anyone else giving some kinds of support, including this or that he was a good guy, no history of any badness, etc., - b. Jun 13, 14:28
  - when your son is facing going to prison for rape you don't get to play the "please don't let my son get raped in prison" card -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:10 47
    - Of course you do. What's the matter with you? She's a mother. -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 14:18
    - Maybe not the finest argument, but like ty, parents are going to try to protect their children. No matter what. -- nm - pmb Jun 13, 14:13 45
      - well it clearly worked - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:14 44
        
        If the sentence is too light (and I admit I am slight on the details of this case) that's on the justice system. - ty97 Jun 13, 14:22 34
        
        when you can get a max of 14 years, and you get 6 months, you got off light. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:23 33
        
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        Same in Scandinavia - Factotum Jun 13, 14:49
        
        right, I don't think anyone expected he'd get 14 years. prosecutors asked for 6. - b. Jun 13, 14:48 7
        
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        the sentence can only be appealed if it's unlawful, which it wasn't. so it's just recall, state assembly impeachment, and possible censuring/removal* - b. Jun 13, 15:01
        
        "We don't believe that we have a basis to appeal or seek a writ in this case, though, because his decision was authorized by law and was made by -- (link) - mara Jun 13, 14:58 1
        
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        you have to consider how hard it is to get a woman to even report a rape to begin with..... - groiny Jun 13, 14:53 2
        
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        I have a problem with anyone who rapes anyone, regardless of their social status. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:59
        
        Same in Scandinavia -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 14:47
        
        I am not really arguing anything, just that they tell you the max is "x" - groiny Jun 13, 14:47
        
        Would seem so, but lynch mobs second guessing judges is an uncomfortable phenomenon at best -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 14:26 20
        
        I wish people would stop misusing "lynch mob." that's not what's happened here. - b. Jun 13, 14:34 19
        
        It turns out he had been arrested for underage drinking in Ohio, but as he was a minor, it appears the judge wasn't aware of it. He also lied about - jnine Jun 13, 14:56 4
        
        he trusted turner's statement, which wasn't complete and had the lies; but all of the earlier stuff was in court documents that were released last - b. Jun 13, 15:09 2
        
        There is an article now that says he gave a very light sentence for domestic abuse just before this one. He was a prosecutor of these types of cases - jnine Jun 13, 15:14 1
        
        yah, I read a local paper's piece with his history including that case. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jun 13, 15:21
        
        ^that goes down there -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 15:05
        
        Ok. But perp had zero priors, wasn't that so.. ? + vic had zero recollection of any of the incident - Factotum Jun 13, 14:38 13
        
        "haven't seen zilch from the case and seen no tv news features" - I suggest you choose to not discuss this then. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 14:44 1
        
        But what do you expect? - Factotum Jun 13, 14:47
        
        #TeamRapist -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:38 10
        
        What in the ever living fuck is wrong with you? - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 14:54 8
        
        *snort* - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:55 7
        
        You're calling someone #TeamRapist and you have the nerve to paint someone else as not being classy? -- nm - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 14:56 6
        
        to be fair, his post sounded like he was kind of siding with the criminal there. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:57 5
        
        Yeah, but no. The guy clearly committed a rape and I wouldn't object to a three year sentence. (Particularly since I still don't know the details in - Factotum Jun 13, 17:10
        
        He was asking about mitigating circumstances... - SGTAmerica #TeamCap Jun 13, 15:05
        
        Yeah, the victim didn't remember the incident, but the 2 guys who chased this guy down had a pretty good memory of it. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 13, 15:04 2
        
        plus, ya know, all of the physical evidence. -- nm - b. Jun 13, 15:10 1
        
        Certainly not doubting that the sexual act took place and that he took grave advantage of her (to the extent that it fits rape criteria). -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 17:20
        
        It's called devil's advocate - Factotum Jun 13, 14:44
        
        I need to know: Have you followed this case very closely and know all the details to the smallest minutiae? So much toxicity and hate. -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 14:19 4
        
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        Hah -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 14:43 2
        
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        Ah, ok - gotcha :-) -- nm - Factotum Jun 13, 18:10
        
        she let the judge rape her in the chamber after the sentencing. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:15 3
        
        Well, gump, your mother really wants you to not go to gladiator school -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 13, 14:16
        
        different California judge (that guy was in O.C. and just got reelected) -- nm - senor dentista Jun 13, 14:16 1
        
        He was just banging his law students in chambers, no rape. What a guy! -- nm - jnine Jun 13, 15:08
Happy birthday, Ty, you magnificent bastard! -- nm - prayformojo Jun 13, 14:03 1
- When did he write a book? -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:04
*charging into the room...shedding Yankee blue South American steaks...locking onto ty97...throwing my arms up and out in welcome...noticing that he - Nekkid Crazy Birthday Mel Jun 13, 14:02 10
- He had it coming... - Epiphany Jun 13, 14:06 5
  - He only had..... - ty97 Jun 13, 14:06 4
    - Lipschitz. -- nm - Diva Jun 13, 14:07 3
      - Cicero - ty97 Jun 13, 14:18 1
        
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      - sausagefest -- nm - budice Jun 13, 14:14
- :) Thanks I needed that - ty97 Jun 13, 14:05 3
  - this has not been a great week for alot of us, so you will just have to party for us all. -- nm - groiny Jun 13, 14:16 1
    - I propose we all take a raincheck on 2016 and party the #$% out of 2017 as make-up. -- nm - ty97 Jun 13, 14:17
  - You're a good man. have as much fun as you can today/tonight. and by all means - you're allowed to reschedule Birthday. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 13, 14:07

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