Nov 9
spudbeach commented on Probable Cause for Murder.
After reading it, it looks like a pretty good case. There is serious evidence there.
Now, what this Monfort dude needs is a time machine. If he could just go back a week or so and commit suicide, the world we be better off. He's going to die soon (hospital or capital punishment, same diff), without any "messages" being heard by anybody, but with a human being dead because of him. Suicide would have been better.
No, not him: Monfort isn't human.
Now, what this Monfort dude needs is a time machine. If he could just go back a week or so and commit suicide, the world we be better off. He's going to die soon (hospital or capital punishment, same diff), without any "messages" being heard by anybody, but with a human being dead because of him. Suicide would have been better.
No, not him: Monfort isn't human.
Nov 4
spudbeach commented on The Numbers Still Have Ref. 71 Passing.....
I was just dieing to know: if all of the estimated votes left to count came out the same as the votes already counted, what would be the result?
After a bunch of typing numbers into a spreadsheet, resounding good news. Since King county is so big and so bad at counting votes quickly, the margin in favor goes from 22 thou to _46_ thou.
Yeah, it will vary as ballots come dribbling in, but I feel good. Beats watching the night get worse bit by bit in Maine.
After a bunch of typing numbers into a spreadsheet, resounding good news. Since King county is so big and so bad at counting votes quickly, the margin in favor goes from 22 thou to _46_ thou.
Yeah, it will vary as ballots come dribbling in, but I feel good. Beats watching the night get worse bit by bit in Maine.
Oct 29
spudbeach commented on We want to be tolerant of gays... EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE COMING TO RAPE THE BRAINZ OF OUR CHILDREN!.
This is the last attempt to keep gays in the closet. What these people are saying is that while it's OK to be out to your adult friends, it's not OK to be out to the _cchhhiiillldddrren!_
Bullshit. Are they saying that we should lie to our students about what the law is? Are they saying that we should never ever mention that not everybody's sex life is plain vanilla? But of course -- how else are they going to create the next generation of closet-cases?
So let's respond. We'll start by instead of saying "No, we won't mention it in school" we say that "Yes, we will give true, responsible answers to questions, and by doing so, helping the children to live in a complicated world."
Bullshit. Are they saying that we should lie to our students about what the law is? Are they saying that we should never ever mention that not everybody's sex life is plain vanilla? But of course -- how else are they going to create the next generation of closet-cases?
So let's respond. We'll start by instead of saying "No, we won't mention it in school" we say that "Yes, we will give true, responsible answers to questions, and by doing so, helping the children to live in a complicated world."
Oct 27
spudbeach commented on Canadian Hit & Run or BMW Ad?.
Pedal confusion. The driver thought their foot was on the brake, but it was really on the accelerator. It happens, and it can cause death, as in the link. Lizzie Grubman may have been the victim of it as well.
Yet one more reason I prefer a manual transmission. More things to do with the feet means they are less likely to get bored and confused.
Yet one more reason I prefer a manual transmission. More things to do with the feet means they are less likely to get bored and confused.
Oct 20
spudbeach commented on Meanwhile in Maine.
I can just hear Loveschild in 1942, right before the "final solution" was planned. . .
"The matter is that it is biology that is is setting the parameters when it comes to this issue of marriage not people. Jews are biologically different. Nobody is being judged by the content of their character, color of their skin (as many Americans where during the time of WWII), or whom they want to be with, just their jewishness. What is being observed is what nature thru biology has selected the jew as different and less worthy."
Sorry, but those were the arguments made then, and they sound an awful lot like the arguments made now.
If the arguments are bad, the position is bad. Let's make life better for everybody, and let everybody be free and equal.
"The matter is that it is biology that is is setting the parameters when it comes to this issue of marriage not people. Jews are biologically different. Nobody is being judged by the content of their character, color of their skin (as many Americans where during the time of WWII), or whom they want to be with, just their jewishness. What is being observed is what nature thru biology has selected the jew as different and less worthy."
Sorry, but those were the arguments made then, and they sound an awful lot like the arguments made now.
If the arguments are bad, the position is bad. Let's make life better for everybody, and let everybody be free and equal.
Oct 6
spudbeach commented on Hot Tip.
I'm speechless. Great art moves the soul, but this has just moved me over to the grate -- I need to puke.
Oct 1
spudbeach commented on Tweet of the Night.
Just goes to show that being civil is still possible in politics. Hooray for both of them!
Sep 16
spudbeach commented on Introducing the RMA.
I'm with Barney. If we can't get a real ENDA or repeal DADT, how can we get rid of DOMA? WTF?
Aug 27
spudbeach commented on The Morning News.
Hmm -- that video. If it recycled all the racial stereotypes about black people, would people call it funny? What about all the racial stereotypes about dumb polish people? That would be funny?
So it's ok to take all the misleading stereotypes of rural Appalachia? Sorry, but I'm offended, not amused.
So it's ok to take all the misleading stereotypes of rural Appalachia? Sorry, but I'm offended, not amused.
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Umm -- I see your points, but i disagree.
1) Stupid people do stupid things. Bank robbers occasionally write their demands on the back of their own deposit slips. Extortionists sometimes tell the victom exactly when they'll be back for the money. Why should cop killers be any different? One stupid idea (kill cops for the fun of it) deserves another (leave a calling card).
2) That car is not that common. For crimeny's sake, it's 29 years old! And, I suspect, every single one of those cars was tracked down and checked. So what's the surprise?
3) Regardless of the above, he'll get his chance in court to explain the above, or try your defense of "it looks too good to be true".