The "Really ?!?!?!?!" Thread

[Nautical]

There is a machine available to interrogate phone on scene. It is being evaluated by law enforcement and the lawyers............

I thought I heard something like that on the news lately but didnt catch many details.

[House of Wax]

ICE releases 19,723 criminal illegals, 208 convicted of murder, 900 of sex crimes | Washington Examiner

Shouldve strapped a parachute to every one and air dropped them over wherever the *bleep* they came from.

[Bunky]

It is interesting that Dennis Hasserts (the longest serving GOP speaker of the house) conviction for hush money on his admitted child molester crime does not get more news.

CNN breaking news -- sun is rising....

[House of Wax]

Heres hoping he gets his in the pokey

[trashmanssd]

I doubt it he will be in some minimum security country club prison. I am not a God guy, but I sure hope there is a Hell for that guy to burn in forever.

[GearHead_1]

Trashmanssd, You can say that I am and I believe that there is.

[Accumulator]

It is interesting that Dennis Hasserts (the longest serving GOP speaker of the house) conviction for hush money on his admitted child molester crime does not get more news...

Yeah, I to wish it were considered Important News.

Eh, they made a big deal out of his getting 15 months

I know they convicted him for the $ transfer and not the actual molestation, but IMO that sack of [crap] oughta rot for the rest of his life both for what he did and as a message to others.

Heres hoping he gets his in the pokey

No, no...that would be wrong. NOBODY deserves what I think youre implying and it wouldnt serve any purpose. Not like [some kind of abuse] will change him, or accomplish anything else.

I *would* be in favor of Capital Punishment for the Molestation had he been convicted of that, but Id settle for Life Imprisonment. IMO humans (oughta put that in scare-quotes) who prey on children resign their membership in the Human Race and oughta be prevented from doing more damage. But that prevention does not equal "subjected to what they did to others". Wrong is wrong; I see this sort of thing as one of those Moral Absolutes.

"Do unto others..." and all that.

[Bunky]

If he was a university coach maybe the team would be on suspension.....

[Accumulator]

If he was a university coach maybe the team would be on suspension.....

It *was* something how the final end-result of that one impacted more than the people responsible.

Eh, get me going on College Athletics. The [stuff] that the Athletic Dept. thought Id do (as a teacher) for student athletes....

[Nautical]

Starbucks faces $5M lawsuit over amount of ice in its iced beverages | Fox News

It says "ice" right in the name of it, so shouldnt it automatically be assumed that ice is the predominant ingredient? It never ceases to amaze me how far people will go for a quick dollar. What happened to people having some pride and dignity for themselves??

[Accumulator]

Or having the presence of mind and assertiveness to specify how much ice they want if it matters that much to them.

[rlmccarty2000]

Our society is overrun with lawyers that will take a case like that. The US has more lawyers per capita than any other country. I always blame the lawyers for society`s ills. Got to blame someone.

[Ronkh]

Our society is overrun with lawyers that will take a case like that. The US has more lawyers per capita than any other country. I always blame the lawyers for society`s ills. Got to blame someone.

Check with Shakespear

[Bunky]

Our society is overrun with lawyers that will take a case like that. The US has more lawyers per capita than any other country. I always blame the lawyers for society`s ills. Got to blame someone.

The old joke: What do you call a 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the sea..a good start.

[Accumulator]

.. I always blame the lawyers for society`s ills. Got to blame someone.

Why? Seriously..why must there be somebody (in the sense of a specific profession) to blame?

IMO "Society`s Ills" encompass a very complex dynamic and no one factor (let alone one profession) deserves to be singled out for blame.

Just as I posted about bankers- *SURE* there are some subhuman lawyers who profit from [stuff that shouldn`t happen], but none of the lawyers *I* know IRL (and that`s not just eight or ten) are like that. Every member of the legal profession I`ve ever known IRL has been a great human being who does work they can be proud of.

I always wonder if the people who blame the lawyers/bankers/whatever actually know very many members of that profession personally. If I`m wrong, and somebody *does* know predatory bankers and shifty lawyers please correct me, but IMO they`re just an easy target and the few bad apples get all the press.

[Accumulator climbs down off his soapbox ]