This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Cletus Miller

I hope you're right. I don't want to (a) move or (b) pay the corruption tax we're going to get hit with if we get the Games.

And, yes, Madrid drops first b/c of London, then Tokyo b/c of Beijing, and it's b/t Chicago and Rio, with the stated decision-making standards weighing in favor of Rio, since SA has never hosted the games. Not that the stated standards mean anything.

my two bits- it shouldn't be in any place as polluted as beijing (or rio) ever again-

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

This link sucks, at least for me.

I can see it on my browser. It's a picture of a farm girl pulling down her farm shorts to reveal her farm thong. She has pigtails and is wearing a bandanna for a shirt. There is some straw (not hay) in the background on the bed of a pick-up truck.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Cletus Miller

I hope you're right. I don't want to (a) move or (b) pay the corruption tax we're going to get hit with if we get the Games.

I think you mean sur-tax.

Anyway, mark me down as saying it here first.*
2016: Rio
2020: Tokyo**
2024: Paris



*And by 2015 you'll be able to verify with the search function!
**Sorry, Cape Town. Try again in 2028, unless Egypt beats you there.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

He didn't "fuck" her. He drugged her, raped her vaginally and then turned her over and forcibly sodomized her anally. Regardless of her age, she didn't consent to any of that.

I think his movies are very good, I feel terrible that his pregnant wife was killed, but he committed a crime, plead guilty to that crime and then fled the country before he served a day in jail. I don't give a fuck if he's already paid her off. I don't give a fuck that it's so unfair that he's had to live a life of exiled luxury in France. I don't give a fuck if he didn't get to pick up his Oscar personally. He raped a girl, and he was convicted of that rape. And he should go to jail.

I agree with much of this. He seems to be a talented, accomplished fellow to whom some very bad things have happened, none of which should be relevant to his sentence or extradition. However, I would note that (IIRC) (1) he did six weeks in a psychiatric facility, (2) he did that time as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors under which that time served would be the extent of his jail time, (3) he fled the country when it became apparent that the judge was going to reject the plea bargain, leaving him at risk of serving a much longer sentence than the one he thought he was going to get when he pled, and (4) there were well-based allegations of judicial misconduct involved.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

I think you mean sur-tax.

No, I'm pretty sure it's a line item on my property tax bill.

And the county raising its piece of the sales tax was a corruption tax, too.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I agree with much of this. He seems to be a talented, accomplished fellow to whom some very bad things have happened, none of which should be relevant to his sentence or extradition. However, I would note that (IIRC) (1) he did six weeks in a psychiatric facility, (2) he did that time as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors under which that time served would be the extent of his jail time, (3) he fled the country when it became apparent that the judge was going to reject the plea bargain, leaving him at risk of serving a much longer sentence than the one he thought he was going to get when he pled, and (4) there were well-based allegations of judicial misconduct involved.

QED- there will be strong lib/hollywood sentiment to pardon the guy

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

He didn't "fuck" her. He drugged her, raped her vaginally and then turned her over and forcibly sodomized her anally. Regardless of her age, she didn't consent to any of that.

I think his movies are very good, I feel terrible that his pregnant wife was killed, but he committed a crime, plead guilty to that crime and then fled the country before he served a day in jail. I don't give a fuck if he's already paid her off. I don't give a fuck that it's so unfair that he's had to live a life of exiled luxury in France. I don't give a fuck if he didn't get to pick up his Oscar personally. He raped a girl, and he was convicted of that rape. And he should go to jail.

This, and no one should be allowed to file a motion or appear through attorneys until they consent to the jurisdiction of the court. The idea that he could bring motions for a new trial or to dismiss the indictment when he has already indicated he will not comply with the judge's order (if unfavorable) is a fucking mockery. So's the fact the UK let him prosecute a libel trial against Vanity Fair without coming to their jurisdiction either.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

2. I LOLed more during that pilot than anything on TV since Arrested Development went off the air. Even the creepy Latino stepkid is funny. Reminded me of the late lamented Sons & Daughters, the part improv sitcom that disappeared after a season.

BTW, Hank, I've been giving Frisky Dingo a chance. Better than ATHF, not as good as Sealab, a bit too much reliance on the gross-out killing off of characters, but a good number of laughs for 15 minutes, so thanks for the tip.

too much killing characters? sealab blew up the whole station every other episode-

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

I think you mean sur-tax.

**Sorry, Cape Town. Try again in 2028, unless Egypt beats you there.

2. All eyz on Sarf Efrica next summer for the WC - if they do a good job that'll be their international sporting bone thrown for the next little while. If it descends into chaos the IOC says, "see?"

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I agree with much of this. He seems to be a talented, accomplished fellow to whom some very bad things have happened, none of which should be relevant to his sentence or extradition. However, I would note that (IIRC) (1) he did six weeks in a psychiatric facility, (2) he did that time as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors under which that time served would be the extent of his jail time, (3) he fled the country when it became apparent that the judge was going to reject the plea bargain, leaving him at risk of serving a much longer sentence than the one he thought he was going to get when he pled, and (4) there were well-based allegations of judicial misconduct involved.

Free Mumia!

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

too much killing characters? sealab blew up the whole station every other episode-

Um, spoiler alert?

I've only seen three episodes of FD -- do the dead characters stay dead from episode to episode?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by ironweed

If it descends into chaos the IOC says, "see?"

What if the chaos comes from British football hooligans?* Do they take away the games from London?


*What are the odds on that, Less?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

So's the fact the UK let him prosecute a libel trial against Vanity Fair without coming to their jurisdiction either.

Yet, oddly, that's not the biggest joke about UK libel law.

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Free Mumia!

Free Leonard Peltier! He's Obama's political prisoner!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Um, spoiler alert?

I've only seen three episodes of FD -- do the dead characters stay dead from episode to episode?

i was making a joke- the regenerative powers of the ocean water do not carry over to FD