Posts posted by Huckleberry
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I still can't support the State executing people. The proven frequency with which trials are fucked up in favor of the prosecution makes it way too likely people who aren't guilty will be executed.
That being said, if I were on a jury where people who knew Byrd had killed these three guys in broad daylight on Main Street I'd certainly find a way to vote not guilty. But revenge by an aggrieved citizen (within the "he needed killin' and my client was the one to do it" paradigm) is an entirely different story than the State killing a citizen.
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14 hours ago, ajax said:
Brie Larson making a play for Tessa Thompson. Oh Brie - Tessa is way too hot for your plain ass. But it'll be funny to see the MCU go full on lesbo.
Tessa Thompson isn't too hot for anyone. She did do a much better job in her MCU role than Larson, sure, but let's not get crazy. And that's despite the fact Ragnarok wasn't that good.
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15 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:As noted in the article, two issues here. One, it's a bad look and two a possible bail conditions violation. So now everybody's "haha, stupid bitch, throw her in jail for violating her bail."
But hold up. Bail and pretrial detention serve the primary purpose of securing a defendant's appearance at trial. The second purpose may be to detain someone thought to be a danger to society. There cannot and should not be any element of punishment in bail/detention decisions, unless a failed attempt to flee the jurisdiction is proven (and that is really an entirely separate crime).
Remember, in our system, the defendant is innocent until proven guilty and a defendant under bail or in pretrial detention is, emphatically, innocent.
So, to me, it is really problematic to detain her pending trial for this. Now, is some punishment in order for ignoring court orders? Probably yes, but also probably far short of detention, or detention for more than a few days or weeks. A fine or a GPS monitor or a curfew or something is probably more appropriate.
Now, before someone jumps my shit for defending Amber Guyger, this is a general statement of how I think things should play out for defendants pre-trial, not a commentary on the actions of Amber Guyger.
Our criminal justice system is FUBAR. In our gusto for seeing justice (more accurately retribution and punishment, justice aint got shit to do with it) for certain defendants, we entirely lose sight of the fact that for every shithead defendant that deserves "justice," there are a hundred thousand other defendants being ground to dust in our system.
On the one hand I completely agree with that take, on the other what she specifically did demonstrates a willingness and ability to ignore her bail conditions and leave the country. I'm fine with no jail time for it but I think the judge needs to personally observe her surrendering her passport.
However, on a a re-read of that piece it looks like it's possible the cruise was before she was indicted. If that's the case then all it really should be is an extremely damning piece of evidence at trial regarding her callous disregard for Jean's life.
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In the long run it won't be much and they'll stay in the mid-3000s. I think a lot of it has to do with Bridgeland having a pretty large percentage of their well-to-do supportive parents who give money and finely trained athletes to the program, though.
Forgot to mention that Bridgeland High is also taking the Fairfield area into its school attendance boundaries.
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2 hours ago, Liquor and Poker said:
Every ten years this case gets “solved” again. Always a different guy. One time it was the king’s son or some such. One time it was a prominent surgeon. Once it was a powerful MP. Now it’s Sweeney Todd.
It’s a “notice me”/bookselling scam like Roswell and “who built the pyramids?”
At this point I’m going to write a book detailing how a cult made up of the king’s son, a prominent MP, a surgeon, an artist, and a barber did the murders together then drew the Nazca lines while hiding the Ark of the Covenant.
Would sell 50,000 copies, minimum, if written well.
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Huckleberry - 79.22 HornOnTheBayou - 73.77 Goo Punch - 61.14 Jack Straw - 59.44 BigOrange1 - 59.11 Bartles - 56.58 IPoopOnWhoop - 51.89 Capn81 - 46.46 1. Auburn, 13.99 - Huckleberry 2. Michigan St., 13.29 - HornOnTheBayou 3. Maryland, 12.95 - Huckleberry 4. Iowa St., 12.72 - Bartles 5. Florida, 12.59 - Huckleberry 6. Ohio St., 12.45 - Huckleberry 7. Virginia Tech, 12.38 - HornOnTheBayou 8. Purdue, 12.34 - Jack Straw 9. Texas Tech, 12.29 - Capn81 10. Louisville, 12.20 - BigOrange1 11. Wisconsin, 12.07 - HornOnTheBayou 12. Florida St., 11.80 - Bartles 13. Iowa, 11.08 - Huckleberry 14. Kansas, 10.96 - HornOnTheBayou 15. St. Mary's, 10.87 - Goo Punch 16. Tennessee, 10.87 - Capn81 17. Mississippi St., 10.84 - Goo Punch 18. Oregon, 10.73 - Goo Punch 19. Buffalo, 10.69 - IPoopOnWhoop 20. Nevada, 10.49 - Jack Straw 21. Kentucky, 10.10 - HornOnTheBayou 22. Marquette, 9.66 - Jack Straw 23. Houston, 9.56 - Jack Straw 24. Wofford, 9.35 - HornOnTheBayou 25. Oklahoma, 9.26 - BigOrange1 26. Syracuse, 8.86 - BigOrange1 27. Seton Hall, 8.53 - BigOrange1 28. Duke, 8.52 - Capn81 29. Michigan, 8.50 - Bartles 30. Virginia, 8.46 - Huckleberry 31. Villanova, 8.39 - BigOrange1 32. Gonzaga, 8.05 - IPoopOnWhoop 33. Kansas St., 7.95 - Bartles 34. LSU, 7.81 - Jack Straw 35. Baylor, 7.67 - IPoopOnWhoop 36. Arizona St./St. John's, 7.66 - Capn81 37. Utah St., 7.61 - Goo Punch 38. North Carolina, 7.39 - Bartles 39. Cincinnati, 7.36 - Goo Punch 40. Central Florida, 7.25 - BigOrange1 41. Murray St., 7.18 - IPoopOnWhoop 42. Washington, 6.95 - IPoopOnWhoop 43. New Mexico St., 6.83 - Goo Punch 44. Minnesota, 6.50 - Huckleberry 45. Virginia Commonwealth, 6.46 - Goo Punch 46. Mississippi, 6.01 - IPoopOnWhoop 47. Belmont/Temple, 5.10 - IPoopOnWhoop 48. UC-Irvine, 4.95 - Jack Straw 49. Yale, 3.70 - BigOrange1 50. Vermont, 3.62 - Bartles 51. Saint Louis, 3.51 - Bartles 52. Northeastern, 3.50 - Capn81 53. Liberty, 3.09 - Capn81 54. Northern Kentucky, 2.99 - HornOnTheBayou 55. Georgia St., 2.63 - HornOnTheBayou 56. Old Dominion, 2.34 - Jack Straw 57. Montana, 2.28 - Jack Straw 58. Abilene Christian, 1.19 - Huckleberry 59. Colgate, 1.09 - Bartles 60. Bradley, 0.92 - BigOrange1 61. Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View A&M, 0.43 - Goo Punch 62. Iona, 0.28 - Capn81 63. North Carolina Central/North Dakota St., 0.24 - Capn81 64. Gardner-Webb, 0.24 - IPoopOnWhoop -
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Expected value, meaning that according to my ratings if the tournament were played a near infinite number of times that would be the average number of points the contest selections would score. Based on the EVs for each individual team in the tournament.
But the tournament is only played once so things swing pretty wildly once we get going.
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1 minute ago, BigOrange1 said:
i guess i'll take the sister fuckers
They've been the highest on my board for a while. Ha.
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For the record, Goo Punch is correct that the offered bet is a sucker's proposition. Goo Punch's EV on that bet would be a loss of $26.31. The structure of the bet favors the person on the "lose early" side of it in general regardless of team. More teams lose early than reach the final four, obviously.
If Goo Punch took Duke with the exact same bet his expected value would be a profit of 35 cents. That is the only team in this tournament for whom it would a +EV.
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1 hour ago, Goo Punch said:Hell no. What an awful proposition. No fan of any school should ever take a bet like that. Ever. If Kansas fans did this every year they all be in debt. And that's Kansas. So no, of course I'm not going to take such a ridiculously one-sided prop.
I love how stating the fact that Rick's teams generally play to their seed, or that he's made the EE every year he's been a 2 seed or better suddenly turns into the gauntlet being thrown down about this year's team, as if that has anything to do with the above facts. "Oh yeah! Well if you're so sure about that then put your money up!!" Okay. I'll bet you $100, or $1,000, or $10,000, or any amount of money that Rick Barnes has made the EE or better every time he's had a 2 seed or better. Sound good? I accept paypal, venmo, and the cash app.
According to my ratings system, Tennessee has a 43.45% chance of making the Elite 8 against their draw.
Very simple bet could be arranged. If Tennessee makes the Elite 8 then MotownHorn gives you $56.55, if they don't then you give him $43.45 (or that ratio at different specific amounts).
Interestingly enough, ESPN's BPI gives Tennessee a 43.4% chance of making the Elite 8.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/bpi/_/view/tournament
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Available teams with 18 picks to go:
Abilene Christian Arizona St./St. John's Baylor Bradley Colgate Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View A&M Gardner-Webb Georgia St. Iona Minnesota Montana North Carolina Central/North Dakota St. Northern Kentucky Oklahoma Old Dominion St. Louis Utah St. Virginia Commonwealth -
Debt Collections Help
in Can You Help Me With This?
Simple question, I hope. I am arguing with an ambulance company that their fees are exorbitant. Basically they sent a bill for 2-1/2 times the going rate (I compared pricing to similar services from other ambulance companies and the city). My insurance covered a reasonable portion of that cost, roughly the same amount I found the market rate to be, so they sent me a bill for the rest. I told them to stick it, essentially. They called again and I told them I'd settle for a percentage of the cost. They refused.
A month later a collections agency called. They said "we are not authorized to settle for less than the full amount" which obviously is bullshit because they had simply purchased the debt for pennies on the dollar. I also told them to stick it. None of this worries me because my credit is fine and if they want to report it then I don't give a shit.
However, the collections agency just mailed a statement to my daughter for the balance. My daughter was a minor at the time of service but has since turned 18, so I assume that's where they got the name and why they transferred it to her. So the question is this: Is it legal for them to be harassing her for a debt for which she is not responsible? I am going to coach her this evening on what to say when she calls them and want to make sure I get it right. I assume all she has to say is that she was a minor at the time of service and that she is not in any way responsible for the debt. And then when the person on the phone pesters her for information on her parents I figure that's when I'll tell her to tell them to stick it. And/or to repeat that she is not responsible for the debt and that's all she has to tell them.
Somebody in law tell me where I'm wrong. Does she assume that debt when she turns 18?