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Oh for fuck sakes. He said "actor" so he must mean "crisis" actors, right?
Yup. Proof positive. Another false flag attack.
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I don't think that speaker would be at a level high enough to be in the know.Oh for fuck sakes. He said "actor" so he must mean "crisis" actors, right?
Yup. Proof positive. Another false flag attack.
https://ig.ft.com/india-pollution/
Dirty air: how India became the most polluted country on earth
With the situation worse than it ever was in neighbouring China the Modi government is struggling to introduce measures to combat the problem
-the chart is the kicker here. look at how much of the world is breathing polluted air.
I see some fucking idiots have started to do that hand over the heart thing in Australia. WTF?
Where is Pimpernel Smith on this? He's always harping on that meritocracy trainActress Lori Loughlin surrenders in college admissions scandal
People bribed to get into USC on fake athletic scholarships? Intellectuals? Wouldn't you want to bribe to get into an Ivy League school?
Where is Pimpernel Smith on this? He's always harping on that meritocracy train
What I don't get is how USC ranks academically. If you can't get into a state school that from what I know is known for collegiate sports - do you have any business being in university?
Where is Pimpernel Smith on this? He's always harping on that meritocracy train
What I don't get is how USC ranks academically. If you can't get into a state school that from what I know is known for collegiate sports - do you have any business being in university?
I can imagine people bribing to get athletic scholarships into Harvard.
USC isn't a state college - it's private. It's separate from the UC (University of California) system.
Pretty diabolical scheme.
Clearly these kids are lacking in academic prowess and are not suited to the intellectual rigours of university. Neither are they sporty in seems. These kids would be better getting a job at 18, no matter how distasteful that is for the parents.
top fox news comments to the shooting.
But I feel the proximity of this pushing me towards more radical views.
https://thepointsguy.com/news/ice-detains-flight-attendant-daca/
On one hand, I try very hard to ignore anecdotes and my personal experiences when thinking about policy. They just pollute clear thinking.
On the other hand, this is the second person I know personally whose DACA spouse has been detained for a long period of time. The wife of one of my students was detained for two months despite being married to an American citizen, but they had just gotten married (which makes it feel slightly less egregious).
The woman in the article is married to my high school best friend, and they’ve been married for several years. They’d already applied for citizenship.
I do think our immigration system is broken (for reasons consonant with the Right and the Left), and I do support a path to citizenship for Dreamers. But I feel the proximity of this pushing me towards more radical views. We’re supposed to get more conservative as we get older, but I’m seeing myself get more liberal. doghouse
the US supreme court just legalized torture.
The execution decision?
I haven't read much about it, but I did see where one or more conservative judges (Gorsuch, perhaps?) noted that hanging used to be commonplace and often did not work perfectly, which is true - either the rope was too short or the knot wasn't in the best position, so the person choked slowly, or the rope was too long and their head would literally be pulled off their body.
The point he seemed to miss, though, is that in general we like to think that we've moved on as a society since those times and that we're better now, which is precisely why we *don't* hang people any more - precisely because it often didn't work perfectly and caused pain and so on.
yes the execution decision. this is a lot of extra words for what is a very simple premise - don't kill people. and if you are going to, at least have the decency to make it quick. we are barbaric.The execution decision?
I haven't read much about it, but I did see where one or more conservative judges (Gorsuch, perhaps?) noted that hanging used to be commonplace and often did not work perfectly, which is true - either the rope was too short or the knot wasn't in the best position, so the person choked slowly, or the rope was too long and their head would literally be pulled off their body.
The point he seemed to miss, though, is that in general we like to think that we've moved on as a society since those times and that we're better now, which is precisely why we *don't* hang people any more - precisely because it often didn't work perfectly and caused pain and so on.
just shoot them in the head.If you had read Albert Pierrepoint's (UK's lead executioner 1940-56) autobiography, you would know that the method of hanging in the USA with the knot used was a problem and led often to strangulation. The UK's system was more efficient delivering an instant broken neck every time, this from Wiki, also note only 12 seconds from leaving cell to opening the trap door:
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He followed the routine as established by Home Office guidelines, and as followed by his predecessors. He and his assistant arrived the day before the execution, where he was told the height and weight of the prisoner; he viewed the condemned man through the "Judas hole" in the door to judge his build. Pierrepoint then went to the execution room—normally next to the condemned cell—where he tested the equipment using a sack that weighed about the same as the prisoner; he calculated the length of the drop using the Home Office Table of Drops, making allowances for the man's physique, if necessary. He left the weighted sack hanging on the rope to ensure the rope was stretched and it would be re-adjusted in the morning if necessary.
On the day of the execution, the practice was for Pierrepoint, his assistant and two prison officers to enter the condemned man's cell at 8:00 am. Pierrepoint secured the man's arms behind his back with a leather strap, and all five walked through a second door, which led to the execution chamber. The prisoner was walked to a marked spot on the trapdoor whereupon Pierrepoint placed a white hood over the prisoner's head and a noose around his neck. The metal eye through which the rope was looped was placed under the left jawbone which, when the prisoner dropped, forced the head back and broke the spine. Pierrepoint pulled a large lever, releasing the trapdoor. From entering the condemned man's cell to opening the trapdoor took him a maximum of 12 seconds. The neck was broken in almost exactly the same position in each hanging—the Hangman's fracture.
X-ray of the cervical spine with a Hangman's fracture. Left without annotation, right with. The C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3
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yes the execution decision. this is a lot of extra words for what is a very simple premise - don't kill people. and if you are going to, at least have the decency to make it quick. we are barbaric.
just shoot them in the head.