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    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
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    09:43 AM

    In reply to Arkansas Anchorwoman Killer Facing Death
    Yay! Hope they can fast track the execution. It'll be good riddance to this disgusting POS. #murder
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    10:10 AM

    @scroll_lock: Thanks for being upfront with your view. I hate it when you keep us hanging. #murder
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    10:30 AM

    @blix: I vow to stop being vague just for you, blixy! It's just too bad they couldn't get a two-for-one deal with the Beltway sniper the other day. Save on paperwork, that sort of thing. #murder
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    10:51 AM

    @scroll_lock: They forgot to bring the coupon. D'oh! #murder
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    10:53 AM

    @blix: He did try to use his get out of jail free card, though. His lawyer was some dude with a moustache and tophat. #murder
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    10:56 AM

    @scroll_lock:
    Yes, killing people is terrible. That's why we as a society need our blood vengeance... so that we can show people that killing people is wrong. #murder
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    09:33 AM

    In reply to Arkansas Anchorwoman Killer Facing Death
    Black man + pretty dead white Arkansan lady, in Arkansas = dead black man. #murder
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    09:34 AM

    @BettyCrocker: Well, he did kill her. I don't believe in the death penalty, but are you suggesting that it oughtn't to be applied in cases where it seems 'too obvious'? #murder
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    09:46 AM

    @chinaplate: I think the point is more that in the case of a black man, it's pretty much a certainty that the death penalty will be applied, where it wouldn't be a certainty were it a white man. #murder
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    Image of Buttafooco Buttafooco
    09:52 AM

    @Lucky: [www.deathpenaltyinfo.org] #murder
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    09:52 AM

    @BettyCrocker: @BettyCrocker: Yeah, or someone murders someone and capital punishment works (well, works if you agree with it) like the law says it does. Not everything is about race, even in the south. Crazy, right! tl;dr - a nilla would have gotten the dealth penalty too. #murder
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    09:53 AM

    @Lucky: If you read the details of how he killed her, there's no doubt that anyone would be facing the death penalty in this circumstance. #murder
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    10:02 AM

    @Buttafooco, @Angriest Greek: I was ignorant of the law and statistics in this particular case, so I thank you, but I was just trying to give an interpretation of BettyCrocker's comment. But even so, from what knowledge I did have, it's been found that the death penalty is applied unevenly between blacks and whites (in general). #murder
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    10:06 AM

    @Lucky: Point well taken. I think one of the reasons for that may be because when it's applied to whites, we don't often hear about it in the media as much as when it applies to blacks, which is especially true if it's black on white crime. #murder
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    10:13 AM

    @Buttafooco: We heard about this not because he is a black man but because she was so loved by the community. The murder was gruesome and devastating to the area. I think the death penalty would be sought regardless of who did it because of the role of Anne Pressley.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    10:13 AM

    @AlexSea: Oh, it totally works. Once they pump the poison into this fella, (1) Anne Pressly will come back to life and (2) homicidal maniacs with incurable sociopathic tendencies will stop in their tracks, so deterred from committing acts of violence they'll be.
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    10:24 AM

    @Lucky: You got it exactly right. Not to say that others in this thread don't likewise have good points. #murder
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    10:28 AM

    @Buttafooco: Interesting chart. Did you look at the population numbers for the state by race? Because according to the U.S. Census bureau, the racial divide in Alabama is 71% white and 26% black, making a nearly equal division in executions by race disproportionately applied.

    [quickfacts.census.gov] #murder
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    10:31 AM

    @BettyCrocker: I'm glad I got it right. And I agree about the other good points made here. #murder
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    10:54 AM

    @tjberinger001: Yes, we should definitely base our punishments on whether or not the victim was "loved by the community." #murder
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    Image of Buttafooco Buttafooco
    10:55 AM

    @Scooter34: I actually did not and I must confess I suck at statistics and maths. However, wouldn't you have to look the racial makeup of the prison population, rather than the general population? It may be a 71% white to 26% black in the general population but when you look at the prison population, the numbers are much different. However, there is no denying the fact that the media seems give more traction to crimes that involve black men against white women. #murder
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    02:23 AM

    In reply to Layoffs at Newsweek
    They also announced layoffs of 20% of the staff at Sesame Street today. Tragic. #newsweek
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Sean Hannity Promises to Respond to Comedy Show That Fact-Checked Him
    the video evidence isn't just obvious - it's obnoxious. the fact that Fox still parades as a news organization is only outweighed by the millions of americans who watch/believe/devote-lives-to Hannity's and Fox's programs #seanhannity
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Layoffs at Newsweek
    You know, as much as I appreciated Newsweek's attempt to get out of the news-weekly format before it was beyond dead and buried (I mean, come on, other than Time's man of the year issue, who in the world has picked up a newsweekly since, um 1996?)

    But their idea to make themselves more abbreviated economist was, well, really boring.

    Anyway, sad for the 13 staffers. Though I'd hope anyone at a newsweekly would have their resumes very well polished and posted at the appropriate job sites. #newsweek
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Layoffs at Newsweek
    It has to be the new format. #newsweek
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    Image of OliversArmy OliversArmy
    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    Could be worse Preston. I mean, it's only a paper, Moon. #washingtontimes
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/11/09

    In reply to Sean Hannity Promises to Respond to Comedy Show That Fact-Checked Him
    Did anyone watch the Michael Moore interview with Hannity? He pulled the same bullshit. They were talking about health care (even tho the topic was ostensibly his Capitalism movie) and how it was better, or more accessible in Cuba. Sean ran some footage of what looked like an abandoned building (ie: there were no patients/doctors walking around, just dirty empty rooms) and tried to pass it off as a hospital. Moore just started cracking up and calling him out. Hannity promptly changed the subject.

    here's some video
    [crooksandliars.com]
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    Image of Brad Brown Brad Brown
    11/11/09

    In reply to Sean Hannity Promises to Respond to Comedy Show That Fact-Checked Him
    Don't judge a man until you've snorted cocaine off the stomach of a stripper backstage at one of his Freedom Concerts®. #seanhannity
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    My wonderful but politically misguided father got me a subscription to the Times a couple of years ago, and I always enjoyed reading the batshit insane headlines before chucking it into the trash. But! You also get the FREE perk of being put on every god damn freeper mailing list in existence, and my neighbors probably think I'm some sort of ex-pat militia member at this point. Damn you, Moon! #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    Are we still operating under the assumption that the Washington Post is the liberal opposition to the Times? The WaPo (or maybe just the editorial page) seems like it's positioning itself to fill the neo-con void and I'm more than prepared to completely ignore their bullshit as well. The Weekend is still pretty legit but otherwise, the cord is nearly cut. #washingtontimes
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    12:19 AM

    @Helio: They are neo-con for sure. They let that failure of a human being Jendayi Frasier write an op-ed that made cancel everything with them #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    I was at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations ( John Kerry) and it was opened up to questions. Reporters were sitting in the back. Except one, Barbara Slavin from the Washington Times. She was sitting with that awful Congresswoman Harman. I noticed it because all the other questions came from the back. Even stranger was Congresswoman Harman asking Sen.Kerry a question as well as if she couldn't kick with him on the Hill. It was very odd because she asked her question (really 3) after it was announced that these would be the last questions taken. I put her in my Moonie category that day. #washingtontimes
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    Image of Go Like Hell Machine Go Like Hell Machine
    11/11/09

    @adiam7: I've read this three times and can't follow what you're saying, which is a shame, because it seems interesting. #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    @Go Like Hell Machine: Moonies own Congressperson Harman. #washingtontimes
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    12:28 AM

    @Go Like Hell Machine: Sorry, I will try to explain it without any shortcuts. I went to an event at the council on foreign relations in DC. John Kerry was speaking , he had just gotten back from Afghanistan. The reporters were all sitting in the back , they had to. It was marked media. The room was small. All the questions came from the back, except this one lady Barbara Slavin who got up to ask the question, but she wasn't in the media section . She was sitting next to Democrat Congresswoman Harman. The Washington Times has been quite supportive of Harman through her possibly criminal involvement with those Israeli spies. i know this is really confusing. My point was that no other media- there were some heavy hitters there- sat in anywhere near the front. The second weird thing was Harman asking Sen. Kerry a question , like a reporter would. The mediator said these will be the last 3 questions and Harman raised her hand. She then asked 3 questions in one, they were not friendly questions either. I thought it was odd since I am assuming as Democrats in foreign relations committees albeit in 2 different houses of congress, she could ask him whatever questions she wanted at some other time. I think those questions were for the benefit of the Washington Times. I hope this makes some sense #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    I've actually wondered that because there aren't as many people becoming Moonies as there were before, replenishing his coffers, how long the Rev would continue to drain his fortune. #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    @Magister: I wrote a book about this. It turns out the Moonies are doing just fine in the cash department, mostly by separating Japanese widows from their cash. Google "spiritual sales."
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    11/11/09

    @lanthewignom:
    It's been so long since I've met any Moonies and television cults have gone all Waco, I figured that after the market crash, he'd be running out of funds.

    I didn't think about globalization and how it could bolster religious empires. One world, indeed. Thanks.
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    Don't worry: Fox News will expand to fill the crazy void. #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    In reply to Moonie Times Collapsing
    Twenty bucks says Murdoch buys it. #washingtontimes
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    11/11/09

    @DennyCrane:
    My money would be on Richard Mellon Scaife.
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    Edited by Magister at 11/11/09 6:56 PM Magister was starred Magister was unstarred
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