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Everything always comes back to Enumclaw...

The media has provided adequate and thoroughly damning evidence that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist. Can we dispense with the trial now and just convict?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/05/us/rolling-stone-uva-apology/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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That one is so fucked up. What happened to the guy in NYC is inhuman. Nobody should be beaten down this way. That video is just plain repulsive. I remember when the Rodney King beating occurred - a similarly disturbing event. I was visiting my grandfather and it was on TV. I expected him to say something a white guy from his generation living in a rural area might say... something about "that racial-epithet got what he deserved...". Nope. He said "if someone beat me down like that, like a dog... when I healed up... I would hunt him down."

Tend to agree with the general assessment. Interesting article in, of all places, The Nation. Just the facts, please What we should focus on: "If Wilson himself had been better trained, he would not have killed Brown. As Yishai Schwartz has argued, there are a host of reforms that need to be made to police departments as well as changes in the law. " Treat the illness not the symptom, and stay away from the racially divisive and destructive rhetoric.

Only thing missing is the "and nobody gets punished" part. +1 other than that. d Oh, the officer is being "punished". That guy's life is ruined - at least for some time going forward. He's currently in focus of a media firestorm. The stress this will put on him and his life is punishment. Is it the right punishment? Legal, involving an indictment and possible imprisonment, dunno. Will any amount of punishment bring back the dead man and give solace to his family? Would a lengthy trial with an innocent verdict be satisfactory or just cause more pain all around? Would the guy losing his job and never being allowed to work again in law enforcement be a good 'punishment'? I'd just rather see these things not happen. Trying this cop seems like treating a symptom - a bandaid. Having zero such incidents is unlikely but how about reducing them to a number where they are a rarity and not something that pops up as frequently as they do?

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/us/cleveland-justice-department-police-excessive-force/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 *sigh* Kicking handcuffed people in the head...

I miss Minx! :-)

The easiest way not to get arrested for dope is to not possess said dope. It's not a hard concept... When a petty crime like possession of a joint, or illegally obtained cigarettes leads to death, there is something profoundly fucking wrong - and it's not all on the suspect. Escalation involves two parties, and cops seems all the more willing to take things to extremes. That being said, and this being common knowledge that shit can get out of hand quickly, why the fuck someone would not obey a cops orders to the letter, immediately and without argument, is beyond me.

This is karma. I like it.

From the shores of Tripoli to the Halls of Montezuma just doesn't have the same ring :-) Besides it's about their span across the globe not a chronological listing of operations. :-)

fucking thread drift right off the bat

you ain't gonna convince no senators by sounding all faggoty n' educated - shame though, brilliant bit of presentation there, i struggle to make it ring human most time i take on the subject nicely done piece ivan, quit being a dork :-)

Ivan, I don't see you mocking someone else's reasonable desire for better access. And certainly you aren't calling them fatasses that should walk or STFU. Glad you had a good experience, in a non-hypocritical way to boot!

You mocked "fatasses" who want the W side road open to cars, telling them to walk or bike, then brag how you bypassed a barrier and drove a road you could have walked. The hypocrisy is clear and incontrovertible.

What you're saying is you just want some pussy? Understandable. ;-)

The name of God has a lot of power of you yet, enough to make you afraid to invoke It. Interesting.

Yeah, anybody should just be able to show up anywhere and just vote. As many times as they like! Don't check anything.

Not to mention convicted felons. Give them the vote! Oh, you're opposed, that's because they are disproportionately minorities, you racist. ;-)

These are nice sentiments, but you have never conveyed or practiced any of them here. If you have had some sort of epiphany recently, well, ok. But forgive me if I remain a skeptic. He's admitted he's a card carrying Democrat with a capital D before. He's as non-partisan as James Carville.

Uhh, this is a first. Heretofore, you've always peddled the notion that it's evil Republicans who bear all the blame for our nation's racial injustices. That's because your data points the finger at his party. If it pointed the other way he'd be singing a very different tune. Even Trash can't explain away 100 years of data

Back to your point on the Paradise Road. It can't be a budget issue - they open it, but the timing blows. I've seen rangers sitting there at the gate doing nothing and refusing to open the road until they feel like it. Then they partrol the parking lot telling people they need to hurry and get down from Paradise or the gate will be closed. Gee, maybe if you OPENED an hour earlier we'd clear out in time.

Closing a hole in gun trafficking?? LOL... How, pray-tell? It's not only super easy to bypass, but is essentially unenforceable also. The only people who will comply are 100% legit and risk-averse types, and the only reason anyone will comply is because of the very remote chance that they'd get in trouble and lose their gun privileges. People who want to ignore the law completely still have that option- and with extremely low odds of ever getting in trouble for it. But if you're someone intent on doing crimes with your guns, "low odds" aren't something you worry about at all. This law does NOTHING to prevent crime, but just makes more stuff a crime. Who's gonna ignore a law? The person with the least to lose. Pretty obvious. Gotta love Trashtalker using 3 strikes your out as a justification for efficacy of gun laws on those who have very little to lose and very little self control, especially since his ACLU masters hate these laws and want them eliminated. Nevertheless I voted to close the loophole. It can't make anything worse, and now I don't have to hear about it anymore :-)

This one was a scorcher for sure. IN the fall is better, I agree. Just did Windy 2 weeks ago and it was a bit cooler :-)