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Re: Only in America

Post by Forty Two » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:39 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:20 am
Another day in the American justice system.
Only in America? https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/12/t ... tions-nrc/

In Netherlands, one out of every nine defendants may have been wrongfully convicted: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2016/11/o ... -research/

Arnhem murder case reopened - 9 men possibly wrongfully convicted -- https://nltimes.nl/2018/09/18/arnhem-mu ... -convicted
Even in the United States,
where there is a relatively large body of research on the issue (in the
Netherlands there is practically none), widely differing estimates
circulate and almost all data concern wrongful convictions for serious
offences such as murder and rape.
https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/cgi/view ... ntext=uclr

The Dutch are like our Dutchy - head in the sand is the order of the day.
Looking specifically to the Netherlands, it is clear that wrongful
convictions occur and that there have been a number of highly
publicized exonerations by the courts in the past decade—all involving
murder cases.11 But it is also clear that there are wrongful convictions in
other types of cases too.
https://scholarship.law.uc.edu/cgi/view ... ntext=uclr

But yeah, this must be an issue peculiar to the US, and if anything it's definitely worse in the US. :roll:
“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: Only in America

Post by Forty Two » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:43 pm

pErvinalia wrote:
Tue Jan 29, 2019 11:20 pm
Their fried chicken is horrendous, even before putting cheetos on it. :o
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“When I was in college, I took a terrorism class. ... The thing that was interesting in the class was every time the professor said ‘Al Qaeda’ his shoulders went up, But you know, it is that you don’t say ‘America’ with an intensity, you don’t say ‘England’ with the intensity. You don’t say ‘the army’ with the intensity,” she continued. “... But you say these names [Al Qaeda] because you want that word to carry weight. You want it to be something.” - Ilhan Omar

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Re: Only in America

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:52 pm

well, the problem, at least here in France, is that good fried chicken is hard to find, if available at all... so we have to rely on KFC's inferior product... at least, French low grade chicken does not taste of fish like british does.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Thu Jan 31, 2019 6:33 pm

Cheetos sandwich picture. I didn’t click the other links yet. Phone battery low.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Sean Hayden » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:16 pm

Didn't KFC do the no bread meat between two meats sandwich? They can't top that.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Svartalf » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:20 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:
Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:16 pm
Didn't KFC do the no bread meat between two meats sandwich? They can't top that.
uh what? you mean a 'sandwich' that was essentially 3 'meats' together with no bread? wonder where I could find data on that...


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Re: Only in America

Post by Seabass » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:32 pm

I wonder if they still sell that thing. I've never had one... :ask:

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Re: Only in America

Post by Svartalf » Thu Jan 31, 2019 7:38 pm

Actually, I think I saw it advertised in a KFC I go to from time to time a couple months ago... went for a more conservative menu item though, wonder if it'll still be there by next time I go there...
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:03 pm

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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:04 pm

No laklak, they didn't need your help. This is just wanking into a cup 200 times.
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Re: Only in America

Post by Scot Dutchy » Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:46 pm

The number is more like 49. The doctor is dead. Nothing much they can do about it. Just many are half brothers and sisters. Plenty do have a canny similarities.
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Re: Only in America

Post by JimC » Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:38 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:46 pm
The number is more like 49. The doctor is dead. Nothing much they can do about it. Just many are half brothers and sisters. Plenty do have a canny similarities.
Other than to ensure they know who each other are, just to avoid two-headed babies...
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Re: Only in America

Post by Scot Dutchy » Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:25 am

JimC wrote:
Fri Feb 15, 2019 8:38 pm
Scot Dutchy wrote:
Fri Feb 15, 2019 2:46 pm
The number is more like 49. The doctor is dead. Nothing much they can do about it. Just many are half brothers and sisters. Plenty do have a canny similarities.
Other than to ensure they know who each other are, just to avoid two-headed babies...
There is money involved. He was not without capital.
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Re: Only in America

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The 11-year-old refused to recite the pledge, telling his teacher that he believes the flag is racist and America’s national anthem is offensive to black people, according to a Bay News 9 report that cited a statement that the teacher gave to district officials. The teacher, who was substituting at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland, Fla., then had what appeared to be a contentious exchange with the sixth-grader.

If living in the United States “was so bad,” why not go to another place to live? the teacher asked the student, according to the statement cited by Bay News 9.

“They brought me here,” the boy replied.
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Re: Only in America

Post by L'Emmerdeur » Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:52 am

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She pressed the issue, "Well you can always go back, because I came here from Cuba and the day I feel I'm not welcome here anymore I would find another place to live."

"Then I had to call the office because I did not want to continue dealing with him," the substitute teacher said.

After this point, the student was arrested by the school's resource officer. According to the arrest report, the boy refused to follow multiple commands, and called staff members of the school "racist." He was reported to also have threatened to get both the principal and the resource officer fired from their jobs, and that he would beat the teacher. The latter claim the boy and his mother, Dhakira Talbot, disputes.

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The school district has removed the substitute teacher from their schools and is investigating the incident. According to a spokesperson for the school district, they do not require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the substitute may not have been aware of this.

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