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  1. 2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

    So I was involved in one case where the cops hung some local guy (not so smart, long juvie record, minor drug entrepreneur - you now the type) by his wrists while they played human pinata on his ass with their batons.

    apparently not if he couldn't figure out he better leave town

  2. 5 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    I have to tell you, in am intensely unconcerned about these "enthusiasm" numbers.  I think it reflects an overly literal interpretation of the poll question by the respondents, and does not account for the role negative partisanship plays.  

    The question is "Would you say you are very enthusiastic about supporting Biden, somewhat enthusiastic, not so enthusiastic or not enthusiastic at all?"  If you asked me that question, I would say "not so enthusiastic."  Joe Biden was my second-to-last pick in the primaries.  I would've preferred any number of other candidates.  But he's the candidate we've got.  I'm not enthusiastic about supporting him.  I'm very "meh" about Joe Biden.

    But if you asked me "would you crawl a mile across broken glass to vote against Donald Trump," then my answer is an unequivocal "yes."

    I think there are a lot of people just like me.  But this poll doesn't ask the right questions to figure out just how many such people there are.

     

    Exactly.  Negative enthusiasm against Hillary got Trump elected to begin with.  The negative enthusiasm is strongly against Trump now.

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  3. 11 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

    I don't think you'd find anyone that would disagree with you.  Or anyone else in public service for that matter.  

    Actually I think you'd have trouble finding anyone in public office that would support those punishments for cops.  They either need their cooperation to help their conviction rate or they want the police union endorsement so they can campaign on being tough on crime.

  4. 11 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

    i'll start with baby steps...the first being actually wearing a uniform with pants and a collard shirt.  no more BDUs, military boots, camo...none of that.

    collard_shirt-r07ac9b5a24f145848bf49df3f

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  5. 8 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

    Wonder if things will get more turnt up tonight in Minneapolis tonight in light of this conflicting autopsy.

     

    Did anyone believe the first self-serving autopsy anyway?  Not that this new one isn't equally compromised in motivation, but the video is a pretty strong tie-breaker.

  6. Anyone have a passport renewal coming up?  Mine expires in Jan so I checked the website today and it says to wait to apply for new or renewed passports until they return to normal operations unless it's a matter of life or death.  I would think they'd be back to normal operations fairly soon but who knows.  I'm not too worried yet, although some airlines want the passport expiration date to be at least 6 months beyond the travel date.  I don't have any trips planned and probably won't until there's a vaccine but it's maybe something to keep in mind for others.

  7. Yeah not much happened and the resolution to Kenny's murder really fizzled out.  I guess we're to think that Caroline's boss told Konstantin to kill him but I'm surprised they didn't show us more in flashback or something.

    I liked it a little more than Season 2 but it has really fallen off since PWB left.  I don't know how you center a show around sad Villanelle who doesn't want to kill anymore.

  8. On 5/29/2020 at 6:02 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

    This Yellow-bellied Racer wasn't fast enough to escape this Red-shouldered Hawk.

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    Cool pics.  There's a red shoulder that's been hitting up my yard for the last month or so.  I've seen her catch an anole but no sneks so far.  

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  9. 13 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

    Presser from Minny government on CNN right now: Governor and other leaders saying that white supremacists are part of the group now destroying businesses etc. asking for media’s help to trace the groups of people coming from outside of Minnesota. Saying that roughly 80% of those destroying businesses etc...since Wednesday night particularly Thursday night and last night were out of state. Said of those that are arrested so far you would be able to see that they are groups and not from the state. Coming from elsewhere. 

    So many Clayton Bigsbys caught on camera the last 2 nights.

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  10. 14 hours ago, Hank Chinaski said:

    Berkman was funny. This story was great, heard him tell it on the radio once and everyone was dying (maybe on Rome's show):

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    Five years ago, when Berkman was a sophomore at Rice, the Owls were playing at TCU. "The wind was blowing real hard that day from right to left," he says. "I was in leftfield, and the batter hit a sky-high fly to left." Berkman broke toward centerfield, but the wind started blowing the ball to his right. As he changed gears and headed that way, the wind kept pushing the ball farther toward the line. At the last possible moment a speeding Berkman slid, feet first, into the leftfield corner, but the ball fell into a pile of debris on the warning track. There were candy bar wrappers, Big Mac containers and--bingo!--a couple of white plastic bags. "When I slid, my left leg collided with the foul pole and went numb, and my right foot got stuck in the fence," he says. "Still, I reached over and picked up the ball. But in my rush to pick it up, I grabbed a plastic bag too."

    Berkman looked up, saw the batter rounding second, shook off the plastic bag and, on one knee, tried to throw the ball to the infield. As soon as he released the ball, however, a gust of wind lifted the plastic bag. "I threw the ball, I'm not making this up, and it flew right into the plastic bag," Berkman says. "The ball, in the bag, dies after 30 feet. The hitter's going for an inside-the-park homer; my foot is stuck in the fence; I think my other leg's broken; and my coach is running down the third base line yelling, 'Berkman! You're the worst outfielder I've ever seen! You're a joke!'"

     

    He definitely told that story on Rome, possibly more than once.

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