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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:03 pm

CNN)Derek Harris, a Louisiana man who was sentenced to life in prison for selling less than $30 worth of marijuana, has been freed after nearly a decade behind bars.

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Re: Only in America

Post by rainbow » Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:41 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:47 pm
?
I can't work out why Rodney left. Is there a clue in that there video?
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Sat Aug 22, 2020 6:32 pm

https://esapolitics.blogspot.com
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
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And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
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Re: Only in America

Post by Hermit » Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:55 am

rainbow wrote:
Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:41 pm
Sean Hayden wrote:
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:47 pm
?
I can't work out why Rodney left. Is there a clue in that there video?
There is a clue in the link I provided in my previous post. ;)
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Re: Only in America

Post by rainbow » Sun Aug 23, 2020 10:14 am

Hermit wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:55 am
rainbow wrote:
Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:41 pm
Sean Hayden wrote:
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:47 pm
?
I can't work out why Rodney left. Is there a clue in that there video?
There is a clue in the link I provided in my previous post. ;)
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Re: Only in America

Post by rainbow » Sun Aug 23, 2020 10:14 am

Hermit wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 2:55 am
rainbow wrote:
Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:41 pm
Sean Hayden wrote:
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:47 pm
?
I can't work out why Rodney left. Is there a clue in that there video?
There is a clue in the link I provided in my previous post. ;)
Reminds me of Jerry Springer. How I miss that show.
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I call bullshit - Alfred E Einstein
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Re: Only in America

Post by BarnettNewman » Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:19 pm

Hermit wrote:
Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:33 am
Sean Hayden wrote:
Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:47 pm
That's Chelcie Lynn with her " cousin Crystal".
Trailer Parks Boys did all of this first. They’re OG. Even that lady behind her looks like Bubbles.


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Re: Only in America

Post by Hermit » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:13 pm

BarnettNewman wrote:
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Trailer Parks Boys did all of this first. They’re OG. Even that lady behind her looks like Bubbles.
Quite frankly, shows that focus on ragging the unwashed masses are not my cup of tea. I never even heard of either of these two until Sean and you brought them up.
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Re: Only in America

Post by JimC » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:18 pm

Hermit wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:13 pm
BarnettNewman wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:19 pm
Trailer Parks Boys did all of this first. They’re OG. Even that lady behind her looks like Bubbles.
Quite frankly, shows that focus on ragging the unwashed masses are not my cup of tea. I never even heard of either of these two until Sean and you brought them up.
Well, if it was a wet soapy rag they wouldn't be unwashed anymore! :smoke:
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Re: Only in America

Post by laklak » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:36 pm

I've watched Trailer Park Boys. Hell, I lived Trailer Park Boys.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Hermit » Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:36 pm

JimC wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:18 pm
Hermit wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 9:13 pm
BarnettNewman wrote:
Sun Aug 23, 2020 3:19 pm
Trailer Parks Boys did all of this first. They’re OG. Even that lady behind her looks like Bubbles.
Quite frankly, shows that focus on ragging the unwashed masses are not my cup of tea. I never even heard of either of these two until Sean and you brought them up.
Well, if it was a wet soapy rag they wouldn't be unwashed anymore be Kath & Kim! :smoke:
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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:50 am

Walmart IS America
Everything happens there.
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Re: Only in America

Post by laklak » Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:02 am

Somebody needs to shoot that dude.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Re: Only in America

Post by Tero » Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:44 am

That's where the guns are.
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Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
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Our case for survival before it's too late

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Re: Only in America

Post by L'Emmerdeur » Mon Aug 24, 2020 2:24 am

Sort of belongs in this thread, though I expect that similar entertainments exist in other parts of the world.

'At This Water Park Bloody Gashes Were the Price of Admission'
As explained by former staffers and attendees (as well as narrator John Hodgman), the Cannonball Loop was so treacherous that [park owner] Mulvihill (known, lovingly, as “Uncle Gene”) bribed employees with $100 just to test it. Upon briefly opening in 1985, it was a predictable disaster, with riders emerging with bloody lacerations that they received when their faces smashed into the top spot of the Loop where prior riders’ teeth had become embedded in the inside wall.

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