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Post by mothman on Jul 2, 2019 13:43:13 GMT
Nike probably went along with it because any publicity is a good publicity.And every #BoycottNike is a free add.
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Post by achilles on Jul 2, 2019 22:02:12 GMT
Expected end for a weird case that I still don't really know about. The case of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, which has been winding it's way through the press for some time now. In case you missed it, he was accused of a number of things, but primarily the charge of murdering a captured ISIS fighter in his teens. Also shooting at civilians and posing with a dead body, but the first was the marquee charge. Unfortunately for prosecutors, there were a couple of real Perry Mason moments which disproved that main charge. First was when another SEAL on scene, a medic, reported that while he "saw" the defendant stab the victim, there was no blood. Then came the bombshell; the guy testified that HE killed the victim by suffocating him, to spare the victim the torture he felt the Iraqis would inflict on him. The next came when the defense lawyer got the coroner to admit there was no stab wound on the ISIS terrorist's body. Bottom line is the verdict: Not guilty on all charges save posing with a body, for which he could get 4 months, but he's already served much more than that. Sentencing to come later. But there's a lot that seems to me from the outside to raise questions to which I have no answers. www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/politics/eddie-gallagher-navy-seal-trial-verdict/index.html
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Post by achilles on Jul 2, 2019 22:24:54 GMT
So...what's going on, and should we worry? Veep Pence, in a highly unusual move, had to change plans to address a conference on opioid addiction, to come back to the White House. The event was cancelled at the last minute. At the same time Russian President Putin called an emergency meeting of his own people, possibly to address the sub disaster the Russians suffered, with 14 sailors killed in a fire when submerged. No word on the type of sub, if it was nuclear, or whether warheads were involved or any toxic leaks are present.
Indeed, the White House says the recall was not national security related, but that the press will learn weeks from now what this was. Hmmm...perhaps panic would be appropriate? Or perhaps not. Still...WTF? Nothing's leaked so far, which is unusual in the leakiest White House ever...or are the papers sitting on this because it's too sensitive? Probably not. It's probably something none of us will wind up caring about. I hope.
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Post by achilles on Jul 2, 2019 22:57:28 GMT
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Post by achilles on Jul 3, 2019 20:04:07 GMT
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Post by achilles on Jul 3, 2019 20:05:51 GMT
Charging the mother seems....stupid IMO, at least based on what I've heard about that case. Yeah, they dropped the charges against her, but they never should have been there. To top it off, it seems as if the guy who shot her won't be charged. I read that right...didn't I? I'd like to think I didn't.
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Post by Amoebas on Jul 3, 2019 21:50:38 GMT
Yeah. the police called the shooting 'self defense"
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Post by SporkBot on Jul 3, 2019 22:10:17 GMT
Yeah, there was no sensible reason to charge the mother.
The guy? Yeah, he totally should've been charged with manslaughter.
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Post by achilles on Jul 11, 2019 13:19:10 GMT
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Post by achilles on Jul 11, 2019 14:04:49 GMT
So Iran tried to sink or capture a British oil tanker, but thought better of it when the Brits had a destroyer reason with them...at the point of the British guns. The Iranians then beat a hasty retreat. But oddly, they seem set on fighting...someone, anyone. It's rather worrisome. They'd lose badly any way they started with the US or UK or other powers, but it would still be horrible.
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Post by achilles on Jul 12, 2019 3:16:08 GMT
So...there's a video of the Coast Guard seizing a drug submarine, (evidently a thing), and taking many tons of cocaine and weed. So may I observe here that the Coast Guard is badass. They evidently spend their off hours watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and wondering if they can do any of those scenes themselves. Well, the answer apparently is YES, they totally CAN be Indiana Jones trying to ride that Nazi sub to...wherever they opened the Ark. Only for real. I don't know, someone find that video and post it and you guys can judge for yourselves if that was badass.
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Post by achilles on Jul 19, 2019 21:42:10 GMT
As you all know, I'm all about posting inspirational stories about overcoming one's limitations and performing to the limits of one's abilities; and along those lines, I have a very inspirational story. What's that, stop lying? Why, I would NEVER lie to you, this story is absolutely inspirational, the tale of an old man written off by society, who proves he is indeed still capable. What's that, this is a story of horror and murder, not inspiration, and no one should look on this guy as a hero. Simply because he's a multiple murderer and merely proved that no, there's no such thing as too old for murder. I mean, you may think all that's past you, but if you just believe, you can still do it! That's what I see as the inspirational quality of that story. nypost.com/2019/07/18/killer-released-from-prison-dubbed-too-old-to-be-dangerous-kills-again/
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Post by neverready on Jul 20, 2019 3:18:37 GMT
As you all know, I'm all about posting inspirational stories about overcoming one's limitations and performing to the limits of one's abilities; and along those lines, I have a very inspirational story. What's that, stop lying? Why, I would NEVER lie to you, this story is absolutely inspirational, the tale of an old man written off by society, who proves he is indeed still capable. What's that, this is a story of horror and murder, not inspiration, and no one should look on this guy as a hero. Simply because he's a multiple murderer and merely proved that no, there's no such thing as too old for murder. I mean, you may think all that's past you, but if you just believe, you can still do it! That's what I see as the inspirational quality of that story. nypost.com/2019/07/18/killer-released-from-prison-dubbed-too-old-to-be-dangerous-kills-again/Yup, you're never too old to get all stabby. I just hope he's not too old in some judge's eyes to get the life sentence he deserves.
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Post by glaeken on Jul 20, 2019 13:50:20 GMT
Can't wait for the Hallmark Channel movie of this.
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Post by achilles on Jul 20, 2019 17:07:35 GMT
Happy Moon Landing Day! Yes, today is the 50th anniversary of that thing people did movies about. Apparently brass balls do well even in space.
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