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    Image of Ogiri W Surie Ogiri W Surie
    07:00 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    Not sure where I stand with this. Cop overreacting? Without a doubt. But having a snowball fight with other people is one thing, hurling them at cars is another.

    Not only is it dangerous for the drivers but if one of the orbs is just slightly icy? Would you want to be on the receiving end of that? I know I'd be super pissed.

    Eons ago on a Halloween night, I was driving home from work, knowing to be vigilant because of asshole kids with eggs and shit. Another car pulls up beside me at a red light, the guy in the passenger seat rolls his window down, smiles and holds up a can of Silly String. I glance over and shake my head 'no'. He shakes the can and nods 'yes'.

    He shoots off a stream of string all over the side of my car and I go ballistic. The light turns green and the other driver peels out and I floor it because I'm beyond road rage.

    Not only might that stuff have damaged the clear coat or paint, but I had a white car, which I know can be discolored by the stuff if I don't clean it off completely and soon. Need I mention that there's no reason on earth that I should have to deal with such a thing?

    I was so livid by the time I caught up with them several blocks later at another light, I jumped out of my car, ran over the the driver's side of the offending vehicle and demanded he unlock the doors so I could get my hands on the passenger. He apologized profusely for his friend, saying he's and idiot and he's sorry for what happened and I finally let the whole thing go, heading home not to a relaxing night but having to make sure every last bit of the stuff was off my car.

    The point being, don't fuck with people while they're driving a motor vehicle and don't fuck with people's property. It's not just some innocent fun. I'm sure those dickheads who threw that frozen turkey from an overpass into the windshield of a car and into the face of the driver a few years back thought, "what's the big deal" too.
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    Image of Jamie Peck Jamie Peck
    06:38 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Ok massive party post, you win. After many weeks of pretending I'm too cool to care, I'm officially bummed I didn't get invited to any holiday parties. (Ok, the VBS one, but I was sick that night.) The sad part is, I actually bought a dress. I will wear it while I drink not-free booze alone, softly weeping.
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    Image of johnny_carsick johnny_carsick
    06:34 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    #10 is one righteous shakeface.
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    07:03 PM

    @johnny_carsick: I swear Susan Sontag once said photography is a static medium, but I think it's narrative writ eXtra Large.

    See, once there was a full-color print of a pretty one in Esquire, smiling, her hair flying. Then you read she had just been asked a question about doing something great for world peace with a little bit extra for Dean Rusk, and her answer then became obvious.

    Vietnam continued, though.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    06:28 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    By no means trying to defend asshole cops who abuse their power, but one idea for people who don't want to find themselves in situations they don't want to be in would be to not throw snowballs at random passersby/ cars.

    Harmless fun and all, yes, I know. But it's fucking annoying. Some people handle minor annoyances better than others.

    Giving someone a wet willy is fun! Wouldn't advise doing it to someone you don't know on a city street though.
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    Image of LoveHandles LoveHandles
    06:43 PM

    @lukeoneil47: Point taken, but equally unadviseable? Pulling a gun out on people that just pelted your car with snow balls. If he wasn't a cop, his only resort (legally) would have been to roll down his window and wave his fist at the kids. You know, and then everyone has a laugh and the guy goes home the end. but this cop decided to abuse his power. Power abuse in our police forces across this country runs rampant and needs to be stopped. And yes, some cops need to lose their jobs in order to set that example.
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    07:04 PM

    @LoveHandles: Of course, the gun and the badge is what makes this an issue. Cops should not use their guns when they are not needed, obviously. Cops often abuse their power.

    What if he was a random civilian who decided to punch someone in the face for throwing snowballs at him though? I'm not a violent person, but I would feel compelled to do that unless the person was a child. I' mnot saying I would, but I would want to.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    06:25 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    Viligante? You need to be more digilent, Foster.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    06:11 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    I am so excited for the 40+ set to spontaneously drop dead of heart disease so their screaming, gun-waving, Hummer-waving ways can be forgotten.
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    Image of LoveHandles LoveHandles
    06:46 PM

    @Unsolicited Advice: wow. just imagine. everything would be so much less... scream-y
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    Image of ms.creant ms.creant
    06:01 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    "I'll shoot yer eyes out, kids!"
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    05:55 PM

    In reply to Fun with Guns: Viligante DC Cop Dishes Draconian Martial Law for Snowball Fight
    In Baltimore, this cop would be dead.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    05:55 PM

    @Swifter: Correct.
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    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    05:56 PM

    @Swifter: Alas, neither Homicide: Life on the Street nor The Wire can rip this story from the headlines.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    06:02 PM

    @Lysergic Asset: I ripped it from my experience living at the corner of Druid Hill and Martin Luther King boulevards.
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    Image of Jed Jed
    06:08 PM

    @Swifter: We had snowball fights all over Baltimore today. No guns to be seen.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    06:11 PM

    @Jed: Charles St. or Hunt Valley doesn't count. Besides, the Charm City cops are smarter than this.
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    Edited by Swifter at 12/19/09 6:12 PM Swifter was starred Swifter was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    06:11 PM

    @Swifter: I've never been to Baltimore, but a good friend of mine was born and raised there, so I've heard non-TV related stories. Do you ever write about your experiences there?
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    06:15 PM

    @Lysergic Asset: I suppose I should someday. Baltimore is actually a very nice city with very nice people and deserves far more credit than it gets. Still, there is little tolerance for twatwafflery.
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    Image of The Van Buren Boys The Van Buren Boys
    06:23 PM

    @Swifter: If it were 15 years ago or so that probably would have happened at that corner.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    06:26 PM

    @The Van Buren Boys: That was about when I lived there. Gentrified now, eh?
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    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    06:33 PM

    @Swifter: Any city that gives us John Waters and Ace of Cakes is all good in my books!
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    Image of The Van Buren Boys The Van Buren Boys
    06:33 PM

    @Swifter: Pretty much. It's still a fairly diverse area in comparison to some of the surrounding neighborhoods though.
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    Image of Swifter Swifter
    06:37 PM

    @secretagentman: I saw that cake show the other night for the first time. Who knew making a cake could be so interesting?

    It was like that motorcycle building show, but with cakes, no swearing, and girls!
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    Edited by Swifter at 12/19/09 6:38 PM Swifter was starred Swifter was unstarred
    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    02:10 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Different party (Saatchi & Saatchi), but, um, who needs to worry about Facebook privacy when this is out there?
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    02:04 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Here I was convinced that No. 1 was a picture from Studio 54 "back when parties were fun," etc, and that the dude next to DVF was Steve Rubell.Damn you, hangover goggles!
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    Image of Uncle_Billy_Slumming Uncle_Billy_Slumming
    01:56 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Party?

    [music.todaysbigthing.com]

    (via bdlboingboing)
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    Image of pollyannacowgirl pollyannacowgirl
    02:58 PM

    @Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Thanks, Uncle Billy! That was way awesome.
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    Image of AzureTexan AzureTexan
    01:47 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Party?

    This is the first I'm hearing of any party.

    Why wasn't I informed?
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    Image of Claire Buoyant Claire Buoyant
    01:45 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Somebody needs to give No. 10 a nose hair trimmer for Christmas.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    01:40 PM

    In reply to The Media Holiday Party Circuit: Drunken Ragers, Danceoffs, and Food at the ______ Party
    Hey DVF, you happen to know if there is a specific word for like, a female lich?

    Cause I was trying to play ADnD with the guys and nobody really knew so we figured you might, eh, oh--er--sorry.
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    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    12:29 PM

    In reply to There Will Be Blood Wins the Decade
    Also, yeah -- Catch Me if You Can only received ONE vote -- not six.
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