glassgowkiss

None of this is going to mean shit, unless cops get prosecuted as everyone else, when guilty of misconduct or flat out crime. Police is acting with impunity, because they know that regardless of their conduct, they will never face criminal justice system. And don't give me that shit about a few bad apples, it's across the board and everywhere. Some places are just worst then others (like Ferguson).

your answer pretty much explains why people HATE lawyers. No, this is not the case with Darren Wilson shooting. Some of the story is simply not confirmed by the physical evidence. The fact that one of the bullets stuck the top of the head and exited by the jaw, clearly points out Brown was shot while already on the ground.

Well, then the law and the process is flawed or basically fucked. How this evidence was presented depended on prosecution, and from an early onset after the shooting people were pointing out too cozy relation between the prosecutor and cops. I would say, that when it comes down to investigating or prosecuting police, DA has vast conflict of interest, and only a special prosecutor nominated from outside of the ranks can even attempt any impartiality. The fact is cops NEVER get prosecuted for conduct while on job. Remember the cop pepper spraying people during a sitdown protest in California? If an ordinary person sprayed another with pepper spray, they would be most likely charged with an assault. So why wasn't he prosecuted? This "land of free" is turning in to a "land of heavy police hand" very fast. Time to change their motto from "protect and serve" to "harass and intimidate (with occasional killing for a change)", as the later would describe current situation far more accurately.

Pete, some of the physical evidence confirmed his story, some did not. A lot of witness testimony was contradicting his statements. It all should be sorted out during a trial. And this is the crux- they did an acquittal without a trial. No cross examination, no challenges to physical evidence or test results. Somehow you don't hear about black cops shooting unarmed white teens, but white cop shooting black teens (or in latest case in Cleveland a 12 year old with a toy gun on a playground!) seems like a monthly occurrence. And Pete- please define a close distance. Gun residue is traceable to 5ft range. Even the DA confirmed only one shot stuck Brown from within this distance. One bullet struck top of the head- so the cop fired when the guy was at least on his knees or on the ground. And if this is not excessive force, I do not what is then. And till such cases start going to trial, events like this will be common and will keep repeating themselves. Cops will continue to act with impunity, as they are given a free range to do whatever they wish.

I think you have hard time connecting the dots. Iraq war started under the banner of WMD's, which we know now never existed in the first place. That was already known before the invasion, and Scott Ritter spoke about it publicly and openly. He probably would have a pretty good grasp of the subject matter at hand, since he was one of the inspectors, who spent several years in Iraq as a UN monitor. So the war started with a pretend as a search for non-existant WMD, quickly was renamed to "regime change", and soon after renamed again to "installing western style democracy".

Your historical memory is very selective. You tend to ignore well known facts, which brings me to a question: are you bending historical truth to fit your right wing political agenda, or are you simply uneducated in this matter? "The story begins on November 6, 1986, when Reagan signed the last comprehensive legalization bill to pass Congress." "In July 1989, the Senate moved to protect a bigger group—all spouses and children of those who legalized under IRCA. The Senate passed legislation 81-17 that prohibited the administration from deporting family members of immigrants in the process of legalizing and directed officials to grant them work authorization. The House failed to act on the Senate’s bill. George Bush Sr. then responded in February 1990 by administratively implementing the Senate bill’s provisions himself. As Bush’s INS Commissioner, Gene McNary, stated: “It is vital that we enforce the law against illegal entry. However, we can enforce the law humanely. To split families encourages further violations of the law as they reunite.” Under Bush’s “family fairness” policy, applicants had to meet certain criteria, and reapply to the INS every year for extensions." "A series of anti-government strikes led by the labor union Solidarity in Poland led to a 1981 declaration of martial law in that country and a renewed era of political repression. The Reagan administration declared a program of extended voluntary departure for Poles who made it to the United States that was repeatedly extended throughout the decade."- also an executive order. Now, would you care to elaborate on this?

Hmm, defunding universities, defunding science, defunding arts…. sound familiar? You live in Washington State, no? Run by Democrats for, what, going on 35 years? Exactly who has been defunding education?? Still, what do you think about the President's powers re immigration and line-item power on ACA? If you actually went to school, there is a two tear system of federal and state/county level of funding. Most of the cuts were implemented on federal level.

answer the question.

Hmm, defunding universities, defunding science, defunding arts…. sound familiar?

This precedence was set long, long time ago by Reagan in 1982, 1988 and by Bush in 1991 or 92 (would have to check this one), but executive action by a president as far as immigration was started with Reagan. So the path was established long time ago, and it's just being followed.

These are all complex problems, and you can't solve them by using just talking points. It's clear by now, this 2 party political system outlived itself. Can someone explain, why do we need electoral college at this day and age, and why is there still winner takes all?

Looks like the officer was the aggressor in the exchange: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/11/26/366827836/ferguson-documents-what-michael-browns-friend-saw Like I said, a thug with a badge. One way to cure such behavior is to force the cops to wear a camera at all times.

Seems like the issue was kicked down the road all the way from the 70's. I am probably a bit more in tune then you, as far as immigration laws are concerned, having gone through the system 2 times- one time myself, another with my wife. Most likely you would not even know what forms to use and how to fill them. Do you even know some of the applications are over 30 pages long, and asking if you ever were a member of Nazi or communist party? I am an anti-communist, but for fuck sakes- are we in the 50's? Why can't there be a form with 2 pages of actual verifiable information? The whole precess is so fucked- took my wife 13 months to get permanent residence, and green card plus citizenships was close to 4 grand ! I agree, that should have been addressed 6 years ago, but it was not, and it will not, until someone does something. Senate passed an immigration reform, while House would not even bring it to the vote- can you tell me why? it's because unlike popular perception the status quo is creating an army of slave labor with no rights whatsoever. The issue is that the whole system is fucked. It's flooded with corporate interest money, and an ordinary person is denied representation. That goes for Presidency, and Congress. Pointing fingers at Democrats or Republicans and who is at fault is a good diversion from discussing a real issue, which is corporate rule and corporate oligarchy developing in front of our eyes.

This kind of language only serves to further expose you. You won't care of course, but you should... d Not sure why. (Please tell me.) Meantime, feel free to defend a president who has no regard for the Constitution re immigration law or his own healthcare law, uses the IRS as a political tool, spies on citizens and allies alike, and uses the Justice Dept to harass reporters. Like I said, thanks for the dictator. You should be ashamed. Congress had 6 years to fix immigration. What they accomplished is jack and shit. Why don't you mention this? Actually- this is the only logical step in face of House absentia. This is a Republican Congress, that passed the least legislation in the entire history of Congress. I mean Obama with all his faults has approval rating 3 times higher then the House- which is about 10%.

Shooting an unarmed man is legal and moral? wtf? The guy is an idiot, with total lack of judgment. So he is trying to apprehend a suspect in a petty theft, by himself in a totally black area, by grabbing him from the truck? Do you think after having his finger blown off by a bullet Michael Brown was thinking logically? This idiot is nothing but a thug with a badge.

We rapped the route. The glacier was so open, it was getting dark and with 70m ropes Polish route gets you down in 3 raps. I would imagine the top is a death trap after snow fall, and even a small slide would be pretty unforgiving in consequences. Top rap took some creativity, but he rest was easy V-threads.

Actually it has already several ascents, nice line though.

bullshit. Short and unpredictable season is what eliminates this destination from the possibility of "world class". As far as ice Norway, Iceland or Scotland or even the Alps ARE world class. Canadian Rockies ARE world class, because they are consistent and have quality climbing. Gee, which part of this equation can't you grasp? And I still stand by my statement. People will climb Cascade when they show up for a trip, but I haven't yet met a person, who would fly half way around the world just to climb this specific line. But I have on Trophy Wall and on SGH. BTW, speaking of experience- which routes have you done of either?

You have heard wrong. I just had msg exchange with him, and he has not done the route to the top. Sounds like we were lucky in 2000, as far as how the route formed. He stated he did the bottom already 4 times.

Blake, there were several attempts on the line in the 90's. Yes, we found slings are stuff from previous attempts, but (according to several sources) nobody really went up to the top of the line. If there was someone, who climbed it, please come forward, I really don't care. Interestingly there were also slings to the left and right of the line. Maybe folks climbed (like Darin suggested) first part, and then traversed to the right, maybe some of the smears at the base? I saw red slings way to the left, about 30-40ft, in a middle of nowhere. If Roger Strong climbed it, it had to be this Fall, because when I talked to him a couple of seasons ago at Index it was not the case. Jason did a bit of a research for his book, and he could not find any info about actual ascent prior to October of 2000. Like I said, all of these routes should be trade routes for aspiring hardcores. East Face of Pyramid, Colfax, and Chiwawa. I mean the last one looks like a dream line, that people should be lining up for.

Hard to judge when viewing a small pic. When we did it, there was absolutely no snow, I mean all the snow was left from the previous winter/spring. It looked very similar. Climbing was more mental then pumpy. Bottom is reasonable and moderate. Crux is short, possible WI4-5, but it did not take pro very well (I did bring only 1 stubby). Finding anchors on top, after the last bit was a challenge, but over all a fun outing. Also Chiwawa's Intravenous (Colin's route from way back days) most definitely should get an ascent (or a first repeat). Probably both routes (Rat's and my on Pyramid) are also good outings. I just have a feeling like most of climbers around here just keep climbing the same, moderate outings, and nobody wants to push things forward.

Thanks for the update/TR. Kind of sad that polish route is still unrepeated after 14 years.

world class is something people will travel from all over the planet to do, and the fact is almost nobody is traveling to SW BC to get on ice routes. At the same time, there are people traveling to Iceland, Norway and Canadian Rockies, because these areas ARE world class. And trust me- people do not travel to Alberta to climb the Cascade, but they do to do Terminator or routes on SGH.

http://www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/drew-ruana-sends-just-do-it-514c

Actually, he turned 15 in July. Yes 14c and does not even have driver license!