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i thought that was an interesting point. i'm having trouble reconciling her stated fear of flying with that testimony.

"And yes, there were parties. And the drinking age was 18, and yes, the seniors were legal and had beer there. And yes, people might have had too many beers on occasion and people generally in high school – I think all of us have probably done things we look back on in high school and regret or cringe a bit, but that’s not what we’re talking about.'

Were they investigated?

subway charges something like 2 bucks extra of you want your club sub to actually contain bacon. **** that.

Maryland state land records show that Ralph and Paula Blasey purchased a house in Potomac, Maryland, in June 1977. According to Montgomery County Circuit Court records, in August 1996 a company called UMLIC-Eight Corporation initiated foreclosure proceedings against the couple. However, by December of that year the Blaseys were able to refinance the mortgage, and in January 1997 UMLIC filed a motion to dismiss their earlier petition. Judge Martha Kavanaugh granted that motion on 4 February 1997, thus formally bringing an end to the foreclosure proceedings against the Blaseys. The claim that Kavanaugh “ruled against” Ralph and Paul Blasey, central to the conspiracy theory about their daughter’s sexual assault allegations made 21 years later, is therefore false. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brett-kavanaugh-foreclosure-accuser-parents/

i think we are reading different things in the MD update story. there was a 'person of interest' referred for 'disciplinary review'. that means this person may have something to do with it, maybe not. who knows? i just see that as very vague. i'm surprised that there isn't any follow up to this story. wouldnt we know if there was something? shouldn't we know? if there were any criminal charges, that would be public information, so it seems there werent any charges. i'm not sure what hinges on this particular case- either it was a hate crime, a hoax, or whatever. its true there are hate crimes, its true there are hoaxes. how many of each there are is topic worth pursuing, i think. but it's also tough to determine what cases are legitimate hate crimes- as we can see from the hoaxes, there are often incentives to lie. alot of organizations that purport to track hate crimes even have incentives to exaggerate (or lie). alot of these places rely on self reported hate crime statistics. the ADL had a problem with the FBI stats on hate crimes a few years ago. who had the right answer? i really don't know. it should go without saying that hate crimes are horrible and i hope any legitimate hate crimes are prosecuted.

I think that was a compliment. Woo-hoo! .

I would rip a website if they printed something, it turned out to wrong, and they didn't update the story to correct it. It doesn't look like the college fix did this, but I'm not sure they should. The UMD article update is vague - "UMPD has now referred a person of interest to campus officials for disciplinary review. Criminal charges will be applied should additional evidence meet the threshold for state or federal prosecution.' I'd be interested to know more about this case. What happened with the person of interest? Is there an update?

i understand what youre saying, but i think youre reading too much into it in a way. i can't get into an individuals head in terms of every motivation that may drive them to do something, but when you say someone is pretending to be racist its probably missing the mark because the symbol isn't actually a white power symbol, its a troll. people doing that undoubtedly know this, so i would say their motivation is that they are ****ing with people, not that they must be racist because they are ****ing with people by doing it. in other words, i wouldnt underestimate the joy people get out of getting a predictable reaction out of someone which only reinforces their belief that those people are too sensitive. theres a meme that mocks people finding racism in everything whereby people flash fake white power symbols to get a reaction and some still think the real motivation isn't mocking, its racism. thats actually kinda funny.

It's not actually a white power symbol. It was made up as a way to troll the left and their propensity to try to find racism in everything. And it seems to be working. An actual medical Dr thought that former Kavanaugh aid was a white nationalist flashing the symbol, tweeted it and got retweeted 17,000 times. This article explains it. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/5/17821946/white-power-hand-signal-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearing-zina-bash-4chan

I think it is trolling. People are looking at the reactions to things like the viral Mexican Jewish lady at the Kavanaugh hearings and taking advantage, trying to trigger the left.

There are videos of cops doing good things and bad things. But only some make headlines. We have to be honest about why that is. You have to want to see it. Indeed. BTW, it is also true that the blue wall of silence is a problem. That is one that of very few groups I feel comfortable stereotyping.

i agree with that. I think alot of it comes to the system. if he were aaron rodgers, he'd have a job. i haven't seen anything that indicates Keap can be effective as a pocket passer (this is where his numbers are really, really bad), so you need to change your system. Keap could be great in a specific system, but he is likely not much better if he is at all compared to the petermans of the world as a pocket passer, but even if he were just standard backup level good, a team has to take on the **** storm around him. teams dont take on **** storms unless your abilities make up for the **** storm. i think thats why dez bryant doesnt have a job- he's good enough to play on a team, no doubt. but the way he left dallas and threw his team under the bus was pretty ****ed up. at this point, he looks like a delusional asshole and teams dont want to deal with that.

i think there are couple of things that this position gets wrong- how good (or bad) Keap was his last 2ish years as a starter, (some of his passing stats are the worst or among the worst in the league over that time). how his style is not ideal for a backup, and the crap in terms of distraction a team has to deal with if they sign him. not to mention the financial hit a team would likely take or the other baggage- the gf tweet probably put a nail in the coffin of his nfl career. as an owner, i would stay away based on that as much as anything. put it all together, and what do you get? i say this while taking your side in terms of can he or should he be able to do it and thinking some good will come of it. why did you put service in quotes?

i dont love the door video as proof that the door can't be ajar. trying to leave it barely open, rather than letting it go from fully open, would be a much more convincing display. unless shes saying that it was ajar, as in, specifically open with nothing holding it open, you can stick something in a doorway if you want your door open. obligatory statement- of course none of that means the police officer was right to shoot the guy. just saying that in trying to figure out what is going on here, i'm not sure that video means anything.

unions, specifically police unions, are a hell of a thing. kinda nice of your one of them, not so nice if youre not.

it looks like the cartoonist/artist draws caricatures as part of his political cartoons (like any political cartoon i think ive ever seen, actually). and he draws white people with bigger- than- what- they- really- are lips, which is what a caricature is- exaggerated features. what should caricature of serena williams acting angry and 'like a baby', in the cartoonists opinion, look like?

i kinda liked fridays show. give me everything i need to know in an hour, no annoying teasers, no filling time, no 8 minute commercial breaks every 5 minutes (so it seems), no terrible callers. whats not to like?

thanks. where are you getting it from? a couple of sites i've heard his first podcast on (podbean, toppodcast) don't have it yet.

any word on when the monday (today) edition of the sheehan podcast will be up? i hope cooley does the film breakdown. it is entertaining.

With you on wheat beer. I don't like the taste and it does to my stomach all that stuff in that pic. Bloats the crap out of me. Pretty sure it's a gluten intolerance thing.

its interesting how the perception changes (for me) if the guy is black. if he is, to me, he is lamenting that a little kid is stealing, and he sees this going on in whatever black community he is from or familiar with and doesnt like it. it sounds to me like thats his motivation. its not unlike some black leaders supporting the drug laws of the 80s. they said they didn't want drugs to mess up their neighborhoods and believed that severe punishment for dealers would stop it. thats how i read it anyway.

He was Norman Bates in the 98 version of psycho

I actually love hops. Sierra Nevada torpedo, loose cannon, lagunitas maximus. Love it all. Actually not a huge dogfish head 60 minute lover though. I think it's a personal taste bud thing. I used to be like zoony - hated wine. Now, I love it. Good wine, not cheap wine. Stags Leap is like tasting heaven.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/12/the-long-history-of-black-officers-reforming-policing-from-within/547457/ while i dont have a disagreement specifically with the wilson defense, i do have a problem with the van dyke rehiring and the hiring of police fired for misconduct in general, as well as the 'protect our own at all costs' union position. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/police-fired-rehired/?utm_term=.81cbafad9c98 absolutely correct. i agree with pretty much all of their position, except the prohibiting of manufacturing of guns.