"Lost His Battle with a Truck". Ha! Good one. Thought he could "battle" a truck and lost. Typical pedestrian. They all deserve it. Somebody's stupid grandpa I bet.
@2 "House arrest for a serial rapist but months in jail for refusing to testify at a grand jury."
As #4 pointed out, alleged rapist.
Further, while I am against what currently appears to be a politically motivated and bullshit campaign of improper use of prosecutorial procedures, they are on the books for a reason, and if they were focusing on a child trafficking ring, an insider trading cabal or a salesman of government favors, I would tend to endorse their usage.
We get lectured yesterday that it's too soon to make light of the storm. But not too soon to make light of a dead old man. I know I should just stop reading, etc. But there is much to like about the Slog. But @10 nails it. And this isn't an isolated thing. It always bugs me and usually talk myself out of commenting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJhlguXpj…
As #4 pointed out, alleged rapist.
Further, while I am against what currently appears to be a politically motivated and bullshit campaign of improper use of prosecutorial procedures, they are on the books for a reason, and if they were focusing on a child trafficking ring, an insider trading cabal or a salesman of government favors, I would tend to endorse their usage.
It means cutting the FEMA budget by the money spent on New Jersey and New York this year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
@12:
Then go away.
@12 - You too!
Not a goddamn day goes by around here without some pretentious twat talking about "clutching your pearls".
The next person to use that phrase should be strangled with a string pearls.
I'm looking at *you* Catalina del-whateverthefuck.
And that is saying *a lot*, lemme tell you.