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They dropped the charges, but justified his arrest because “people care” about littering. But 5000 pounds (~$8000?) were spent on the investigation. I’m sure the “people” would “care” about their money going to stop actual crime. Apples are biodegradable!
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Ridiculous. I already think lawnmowing laws should be declared unconstitutional, but when the state declares a drought, and doesn’t allow watering between 12-6PM or on Mondays… why the hell are they fining people for helping by using even less water?
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Just one problem: “excited delirium” is merely newspeak for “cops killed him”. This cause of death is not recognized by AMA, APA, DSM, etc., and only appears on coroner reports where peopled died when dealing with the police.
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With the 50 year anniversary of my grandad’s cult this year, expect some more media coverage. My half-uncle blogs about his TV interview here.
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You want a way to fuck up our economy and world standing even worse than the war in Iraq? didn’t think it possible? Think again. Democrats are putting up no resistance to Republican assholeism – they’re in it together.
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Cops lied. Charges dropped. Cops fired. And now the bar that has the camera that caught them is being sold by the owner, who is being run out of town for doing the cops’ job (justice) for them. This type of oppression is why we revolted from the UK!
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Thankfully we have DNA. This is also why testimony is unreliable, and conviction requires physical evidence. Unfortunately, that means rape needs evidence if you don’t want to put innocent people in prison.
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This guy stood his ground, but then stupidly deleted the pictures which could prove his innocence. If he’s smart, he’ll recover the deleted files off his memory card. Looks like the Oklahoma City police are douchebags.
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When you hear stories like this, you gotta wonder how many officers got away with it before one was caught. Police rape occurs daily. Even police rape of children occurs daily.
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His charges were downgraded to simple assault (municipal court, NOT criminal court). Had the boy fought back, he’d get assaulting an officer, a much more serious charge. It’s ok to assault children in the face, apparently.
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Cashier pointed to wrong person! What if she hadn’t? Would Kim be in jail? I hate to say it,but this is why rape needs physical evidence. Eyewitnesses are unreliable. She should get her $11K back, but wont. OF COURSE authorities defend their actions, too!
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Nice polie work Jeff Koznek, Amy Chastain, Crystal Locarnini, and Max Schad. I suggest you quit and work at McDonalds instead. You don’t beat a fucking man for breaking into HIS OWN FUCKING HOME. Dicks.
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Now, will Christians riot in the street the way Muslims would if this were done with Mohamad? (One can hope?)
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After over a trillion dollars of taxpayer money spent, Americans continue to use more drugs than any other citizenry. And then we pay taxes to put ourselves in jail at record rates unseen by any other country on the planet. Hypocrites!
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Most volunteers experienced hightened well-being even 14 months after taking the ’shrooms. Perhaps readers should go take some now? Just don’t watch the movie Shrooms while doing so!
July 8, 2008
July 22, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Thanks for posting that story about the couple fined for not watering their lawn. That is absolutely outrageous. One of the most environmentally-friendly things you can do is let your lawn die.
In my old house in Norfolk, the neighbors joked me one fall for having to rake so many leaves from all the trees we had in our yard. So I stopped raking and just let the lawn die every winter. : )
July 22, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Heh. I raked once. I didn’t like it.
I didn’t do it again.
A couple times the leaves got so high in my downstairs door that I could just take a garbage bag and scoop them up, filling the bag in 10 seconds. THAT was cool.
I didn’t do it again.
Fuck lawns. “Look at me, I can conform to other people’s yards!” I wish I could burn every last one of them.
July 22, 2008 at 10:21 PM
I’ve never, ever watered my lawn. It’s gone dormant, but never died. Grass is surprisingly hardy. IMO, if it can’t survive the climate without artificial watering, you’ve probably planted the wrong type of grass for the climate.
July 22, 2008 at 10:25 PM
And screw raking. Gas powered leaf blower :)
Ok, so my motivations aren’t entirely environmental.
August 6, 2008 at 11:04 AM
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August 8, 2008 at 2:16 PM
We’ll have to see what the courts say, Granny. (Who suspiciously posts from 96.231.116.128 – pool-96-231-116-128.washdc.east.verizon.net)