PASabreFan
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*Almost* everyone; I don't!
Are you a sunny side upper?
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Kind of a funky, powerful sausage, with the strong taste coming from the meat and not the spice. It's tough to describe, like trying to describe "pork" to a vegetarian.
I'm in midseason perv form.
Must be an eastern PA thing. The first time if ever heard that description was in this thread.
I always assumed it was a "down home" Pennsylvania term. Down home is sort of an indefinable geographic area in and around central and southern PA. When people moved north to work in the oil fields around Titusville and Bradford, they talked about being from "down home." My mum said she had to "red up the table" after dinner and warned us boys to not "go rammin' around" the neighborhood.
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Her content and methodology are intense. On Twitter, she does a nice job of connecting #fancystats to a normal fan's enjoyment of, frustration with his/her favourite team.
All self-taught, too, IIRC.
Self-taught? You don't say. That would be the only way to learn something they're making up as they go, no?
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3 eggs, sunny side up with toast and orange juice. I haven't had sunny side up eggs since I was a little kid. Fantastic.
My mum called them dippy eggs. She would ladle hot butter from the pan over the eggs to cook them. I never really dipped — I just ate the whites. Great memory.
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You're pulling my leg. You've really never had one?
Sometimes it's fun to read from the end of the thread.
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Ditto all the stick taps for Eleven.
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That's because we are all afraid we're going to end up in a North Korean prison in a cell next to Yuri.
Nah. I took a shot at Dear Father Pegula last night and I'm still here. Hold on, a dark sedan just pulled up in front of the house.
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I'll take the 4077 over the 4055, Johnny.
The 8063rd was tough.
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I hear the greeting and phone-answering drills are brutal. Some gals end up puking.
There's only person on SabreSpace I trust to get this terrible joke.
Taro...
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I saw your mother wearing a Mark Pysyk jersey.
I saw his sister not wearing one.
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Agree, mjd. This feels like a year to just sit back, relax and be a fan again. It's going to take time. Why stress? And so much crud has been washed away — Lindy, Darcy, Leino, Hodgson, Miller, the shield-licker (forget his name, sorry), Stafford, Battista, Black. I know I'm forgetting some. Vanek maybe? Myers? Our long national nightmare is over. Even Terry is surely spending 80% of his time at One Bills Drive. Reset time. It feels good.
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The whole show built up to this huge battle yet
none of the main characters ACTUALLY died and it was such an easy win. Terrible.
Many have claimed that some Sabre fans, myself included, are so pessimistic that even after a Cup win, they'd bitch. I think that spolier will be my beef with our first Cup.
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That photo, imprinted on a jersey, would have been better than the slug.
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Channel 2 reporting absolutely no settlement talks have taken place.
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As opposed to the wasted tax dollars chasing a conviction that may never come?
I wouldn't consider one dollar spent trying to convict a rapist to be wasted.
"If she doesn't want the rapist to go to jail, maybe she wasn't raped." Yea no victim blaming there, my bad. Shame on me.You realize you just quoted yourself?
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So why say it at all then.
I'm out.
I can't unpack everything wrong here and I have no desire to try.
"If she doesn't want the rapist to go to jail, maybe she wasn't raped." Yea no victim blaming there, my bad. Shame on me.
Just make something up. You're good at that.
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Let's enact a law to make the number of unreported rapes go up, brilliant.
You are boarder line victim blame here. "If she was raped, she would see her rapist in jail, if she won't go that far, maybe she wasn't raped." That's a rephrase of how I read your post. That's a very absolutist view and I disagree.
"Supporting and protecting the victim who has been compelled to testify becomes paramount." Your law does the exact opposite of protecting or supporting a victim. It immediately marginalizes them and makes them scared to come forward. So let's add stress and trauma to what was already stress and trauma.
If you're not going to testify, why come forward? Anyway, I don't envision that the mere reporting of a crime would kick in the requirement to testify.
Another thing to think about is the wasted tax dollars and precious law enforcement resources that are put into these cases, only to have the investigators find out -- whoops -- we don't have a victim anymore.
Channel 4 reporting they have sat down for settlement talks but aren't close.
I might vomit. All I can do is make a Darcy joke. The market isn't set.
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I don't think anything about that distinction, tbh. It's a valid distinction. I was just referring to Blue's use of what "they" can do in terms of a criminal prosecution and civil lawsuit. I don't think "they" is the way to look at it, since the accuser is a free agent (not in the sports sense, but in the metaphysical sense) who can cooperate with or essentially withdraw from the DA's prosecution efforts.
Maybe there oughta be a law. If you go to the police and say so and so raped you, you are compelled to testify. You then have no option of being bought. What's the problem? Why are you making such an allegation if not to see the rapist go to prison?
This law could serve to discourage those who falsely accuse with the intent of going to settlement.
Supporting and protecting the victim who has been compelled to testify becomes paramount.
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Look. No one is saying it's "right." Everyone is telling you the way that it is. If you have an alternative, i.e., an idea to fix the way it is, please, and I am not being condescending, please put it forth, either here, or, maybe more appropriately, in the politics thread.
But this is what we have now. And I don't know that anyone did anything with "one phone call." I would respectfully ask that if you make factual assertions in this thread--or if anyone does--that it is done with backup. Thanks.
I really don't think throwaway phrases with no literal meaning should have to be sourced. But maybe Scott can work on a footnote system for us. Let's make it like homework.
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Never having to think about money for you, your family and your children definitely could go a long way towards creating a better life for yourself going forward. It's just not my business how she wants to deal with healing if what she alleged is true.
When did we lose the ability to think in terms of absolutes? There's objectively a right thing to do here. You tell your rapist to ###### off and you testify. It's awful. But you have an obligation to seek real justice and protect other members of society. An individual's coping and healing have to be subjugated to the larger good. (And, anyway, i don't believe money is the balm that many of you think it is.)
But I think the default sentiment nowadays is do what's best for yourself, "do what feels right for you," take the money and run. Women who have been raped need to have the support they need to get through the trial process. If the issues that guide women to settlement are the stress of testifying and the need for money, then maybe certain accommodations can be made to ease the stress on the accuser in the courtroom. And maybe certain interest groups, in high profile cases like this, can get to the victim first and say, listen, don't take this dirty money, we will pay your medical, legal and counseling bills, we will pay for your education, etc.
Just once, it would be nice to see one of these rich pricks get what they deserve.
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I hope my joke translated!! Inter webs!! Id love to have a beer! This place is crazy cool.
You had to go and ruin your finest hour.
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Good points.
To PA's point: You're essentially advocating a complete tear down of the civil compensatory system for personal injuries resulting from the negligence or malfeasance of others.
A noble goal, mayhaps. But it ain't happening.
I don't think I'm arguing for that. I think I'm arguing for a wall to separate the criminal and civil system. What set me off today was that Kane's lawyer could somehow stop the wheels of justice from grinding with just one phone call. It's so sleazy and unfair. And then you realize the victim might be complicit in it.
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Somebody putting forth that different people cope/heal differently is quite a bit different than suggesting they are downright celebratory about the financial outcome.
I'll repeat my question. What does money have to do with anything here? How does it make anything better? I can think of only a few places that money can rightfully go. Counseling for the victim. Charities that help victims of sexual assault. Yeah, maybe the parents have worked really hard all their lives and now they can finally have a beautiful home, but it's still the beautiful home that your rapist paid for. I honestly don't get it.
Patrick Kane: [Updated] D.A. Decides Not to Prosecute; NHL Determines Claims "Unfounded"
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I'm sorry. This kind of story really isn't funny. But, really, the roommate didn't just yell, "STOP , I HAVE A CLASS AT 8!!!!" He sent a message on Facebook. When did he think the dude was going to be checking his page?