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In more hilarious news... Ladies and gents, your Washington Nationals playing out the string in a dignified manner.... Wait, what? http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/839852

And to think, this team was legitimately hot garbage as recently as the end of June / first part of July. It's been a fun couple months. Here's hoping it continues to at least one more.

It so completely condenses the entire ethos of that particular club into one hilarious image. They never disappoint. And yes, I am a Gooner.

Hopefully with the switch to MLB that gets rectified going forward. All sorts of spring training games available. I'm really excited to see how the product improves; MLB.tv is LIGHT YEARS ahead of gamecenter.

Or how he did absolutely nothing about all those Marines murdered by terrorists in Beirut. Orders for which were sent from Tehran.

Of course, it's entirely possible to be a fine auto mechanic even if you believe that cars are made by magical elves working in an invisible shop at the North Pole. The macro view doesn't really matter, as long as you know enough to handle things on the micro level. Cars, brains, what have you. Extrapolating that into politics, especially in an attempt to get yourself elected to the highest single office in what is the most powerful single nation on earth, where the ability to comprehend the macro is essential for success, well... not so much.

Currently listening to tenBBC's Football Daily podcast. Louis Van Gaal Is actually Andy Kauffman. I swear. If he can spend more than a quarter of a billion dollars on players and still have nothing better than "hoof it towards Fellani" then I might as well be in charge. He's lucky Liverpool and Chelsea are also dumpster fires currently. Interested to see what Arsenal do before the window closes. I think it's either City or Arsenal this year. Probably City, but we (I) can always hope...

This brings back vivid memories of one of the worst incidents I've personally witnessed at a sporting event. Bills -Patriots 11/9/97 (looked up the date and score) Pats won 31-10. Todd f***ing Collins. Went with a group from Bonaventure. We were in a corner. Ten rows in front were a bunch of Pats fans. One decked out in all-Pats gear, waving a Pats flag. A rather large one. When they scored, he'd pull down his pants and do a dance in his Pats boxers. I think you can see where this is going. The folks behind us started tossing stuff down in the middle of the fourth quarter. Inevitably, a girl sitting near them, not with them, got clocked in the back of the head with a full beer can. The Pats fans took off. The brawl still happened. Between the Bills fans below us and the Bills fans above. Not pleasant. Probably commonplace, but I just remember thinking: "What the hell is wrong with people?" I've since learned that there is no answer to that question, there are many things wrong.... But seriously, please be good this year Bills....

Great Lakes Brewing Co. (At least 4 varieties) now available here in Roanoke. Saw it in a local store yesterday, asked the clerk behind the counter when this happened. She advised me it's been two weeks, they had some sort of event to mark it. Then I saw it in Kroger this morning. I love Great Lakes, had our wedding reception there. Hopefully in the next month or so Christmas Ale makes it down here. I will buy any and all of it I can find. On another note, anyone into Flying Dog Brewery? Half-decent beer, tried the imperial porter recently. Good stuff. Also, artwork by Ralph Stedman so you know it's good...

From the Monticello website... https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/jeffersons-religious-beliefs

Admittedly, the entirety of my average day consists of hearing from the police, alleged perpetrators / victims of crime and attorneys representing all three. Perhaps my point of view in my "remote corner of the country" is therefore jaundiced a bit. Is there less crime now then at any point in the past? Undoubtedly; statistics bear this out. Is there still an insupportable amount more than there should be (the appropriate amount is, of course, zero)? Is there still a good deal more in the US than in most other industrialized democratic countries? Without question. I'm really not ready to write the lives of two (this morning) innocent people off to "well, we're doing better but we can't win 'em all" Nor should any of us. But we already have. Queue the next one. Nothing will be learned from or done with this, the previous one, or the uncountable future senseless acts of barbarity that we seem to be learning to tune out.

This quite literally hits close to home. I've made mention in the past on this board as to what I do for a living. It has kept me out of this thread. I have to say something now though. I've seen evidence of rapes, shootings, stabbings, viscous assaults of various kinds. I've been played recordings of indivudals hiring "hit men" to kill their spouses and witnesses against them. I've been shown beastiality and kiddie porn. All of it disturbing. All of it a testament to the bottomless pit of human depravity, indifference to our fellow humans and our general disregard of the rights and humanity of others. Nothing has disturbed me as deeply as this. Not since Jack Ruby shot Oswald have wee seen anything as premeditated as this on live TV. Even that can at least be understood yet not condoned. This is simply evil. It can't go on. Yet it will. Someone will top it. Because we can't stop, we can't fix it, and we can't do better. Sorry, had to rant...

Not a good look. I, and I'm sure the other lawyers on this board, have been subjected to many CLE sessions dealing at least in part with social media. Here's the rule to follow when tempted to take to the internets on sensitive subjects involving, or even potentially involving your clients (when not making well thought out and proofread statements for a specific purpose that aren't knee-jerk reactions to something you read in the paper no matter how stupid it may or may not be): NO.

We can at least be thankful the 90's are well and truly over and they're not black.

That's quite the list. I had actually forgotten that Mika Noronen existed until just now...

In the sense that someone is either dead or not you're entirely correct. Both have many prosecutorial hurdles to clear. The dead can not testify as to what happened, whereas rape victims can. The dead do not have to (be alive while) they are disparaged, demeaned, re-live the incident ad infinitum, (be alive while) their families hear the sordid details of their past put on display as of it were dispositive in the present instance. I admit that it is, of course, possible that a false accusation can be made. Make no mistake, however that history / current societal norms tells us that rape / sexual assault is a problem. A large problem. An underestimated problem by wide swaths of the populace. Men and women. No crime can be more heinous than the destruction of the control over one's body by another. Leaving them alive to deal with it afterwards is no positive in the long view, and should be punished no less severely. Which is exactly why rape is "on a pedestal"

Rarely are women told that they have somehow invited or deserve to be murdered, or failed to act in a manner that would prevent their own victimization. As if it mitigates the responsibility of the individual actually doing the violent and dehumanizing act. Can't really say the same about rape.

Am I the only one who finds the Kings' behavior in handling the Voynov situation and now Richards horrifying? One of them hasn't so much as been charged with a crime yet and they move to axe him because his contract is unfavorable and he has little to offer from a hockey sense. The other has now been convicted of a domestic violence offense. Before that, in a tone deaf move borne of sheer ballsiness he was, at least on one well-publicized occasion "definitely not practicing with the team, nope, just out for a skate." They were ticked at the NHL, and it's the league, as far as I'm aware, that has levied his suspension on him. The Kings, I think, were rather loath to do it since Voynov can still play hockey once he's out of jail... I hope it's not for the Kings, but I don't know that I'd put it past them....

Wait, what? "Legitimate Rape" rears it's head again. Sex - Consent = Rape. It's called "The age of Consent" for a reason. Below it, there is and can be (legally) no consent to sex with someone over 21. It's a strict liability offense. It doesn't matter what she did or didn't do. And she'd have to be 16 at most in any event since the statute as repruduced above clearly states LESS THAN 17. Legalistic, I know, but words have meanings and all. A 16 year old girl is by definition (in NY) a rape victim if one engages in sex with her. Now, all things must be taken into context and if were a case of PK diddling a completely willing underage girl that would be one thing. The way this is brewing makes me think there's a bunch more to the story. And not knowing any facts at all, I'm merely surmising that it's gonna be bad.

Nice Mitch Hedberg reference. Sadly, he did so many drugs he now only used to do them. Speaking of which, the emphasis that the Feds and local governments have placed on prescription narcotics is quite something. I work in the court system in VIrginia, and can tell you from my own observations and what I've been told by law enforcement that heroin is definitely cheaper and easier to get than Oxy et. al. I'd be willing to bet the same is true more or less universally across the US. Immensely frightening if you think about it.

Agreed. If you're in the Denver media you're writing hit pieces about ROR to make yourself feel better. http://www.denverpost.com/frei/ci_28437618/terry-frei-buffalo-is-ryan-oreillys-pay-pal?source=rss

$9.99 for a six pack of Blue at a local chain grocery store here in Virginia yesterday. I'd like the occasional nostalgic taste of home / high school but sheesh. Ended up going with the IPA from the brewery that is closer to my house than the store was. Because of course I did. Oh, and does anyone actually think for a second Eichel is anywhere but Buffalo come October? I can think of no legitimate reason why not... Unless McDavid pulls a Lindros. Which would be hilarious but not happening.

How about a 24 year old [insert name of just about 1000 great/good/alright players of the past here]? Not saying he'll be great by any means, but I think some slack should be cut. From all accounts, Winnipeg was a toxic experience for him, for a variety of reasons. Some his responsibility, others most definitely not. It'll be interesting to see what he does with a fresh start.

Hey, the Corolla I destroyed went strong for 11 until I ill-advisedly made it stop forever. From what I've been able to read and observe, I have no confidence that remains true.

I totaled my wife's 2005 Corolla Saturday. Spent Monday and Tuesday car shopping. My wife wanted another Corolla; having researched it a bit I'm glad we didn't. Of course, my guilt over ruining her beloved car (the first new one she ever bought, becasue of course it was) led me to agree to let her pick out a brand new Honda H-RV. After not having had a car payment in forever, let me just say: F************************************k. Complaint over. But seriously, what has happened to Toyota?