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Quote of the day right there. I sold my 600RR to some kid who drove all the way from Indiana to buy it. He said he wrecked his old Honda stunting it, but quickly stated that he wasn't going to do that on this bike, no sir! I told him that after this deal is done, you can 12 o'clock this thing however you want, it's your responsibility. It's been a year, and I firmly expect this thing is rotting away in a junkyard somewhere.

Useless statistic is useless. Greece's population is 11.3 million as of 2011, ours is 311.5 million. Here's some more stats for you, since you want to make useless comparisons: We have approx. 200,000 MORE than the entire population of Macedonia (2.05 million) currently behind bars, right now. Counting those on probation/parole, that number extends just 100,000 shy of the population of Hong Kong (7.17 million), all undergoing some form of administrative punishment. Globally, we have 5% of the world's population, but 24% of it's prison population.

Inya's got a valid point, for better or for worse (in this case, for worse) the media's going to turn this dude's life upside down to find out anything that would even remotely resemble a "story" or generate even the smallest amount of controversy. It seems some people can't just be happy that the women are freed, they need to know every inch of this guy's life and the media's more than happy to provide the gossipy deets.

The ITG is strong with this one. He was found guilty and served his sentence in prison, and even with the massive stigma of being a convicted felon found and keeps a job, and takes care of himself well enough that he's refusing the reward money. What more do you want? I'm not lionizing the guy, but at some point you have to recognize that a) he's paid for his crime and b) some people are genuinely interested in turning their lives around and not going back to jail.

I've got a microwave as well. Also have a ton of Ikea dark laminate flooring and pad left over from the kitchen, we were going to use it elsewhere in the house but ended up carpeting it instead. Hit me up on FB, I'd be willing to part with a box or two.

Nor I. Oregon highways, however, are scary mothers. Freezing happens so infrequently that they don't plow, and the pavement is ridiculously coarse. I'd hate to see how fast a tire gets chewed up on that pavement, and even more afraid to see what happens if you take a spill.

Bingo. He theoretically "could" lose his license, just as you theoretically "could spend some time in jail and a $1000 fine for riding outside your moto temps or without an endorsement. It *almost* never happens, but that's what's on the books. Now, this guy's primary error (at least according to the article) was that he admitted wrongdoing to the cop, and explained that "bought a new go-fast bike, durrr" was the reason for his speed. You're getting a ticket for 130MPH, you're not getting a warning. Clam the fuck up, refuse to answer any questions, take your ticket and prepare to mount whatever defense you can/want afterwards.

Because the Saudi's had nothing to do with this. Seriously man, put down the Glenn Beck/Alex Jones.

For such a constitutional crusader, it amuses me to see that you're willing to basically set the entire document on fire when it ceases to fit your world-view, especially in hindsight. First off, the Russian warning was for Tamerlan, not for the other guy. Tamerlan's application for citizenship was delayed, probably intentionally, by the US government. I can only guess as to the reason, but perhaps it was because the FBI was acting on those warnings from Russia and vetting him out a little closer. You know, the system working and shit. Second, the younger kid is a NATURALIZED citizen. No green cards, no work visas, he's just as much a citizen as you or me or anyone else that was born in this country. If all it takes to have that citizenship revoked (if your eyes) is some obscure "warning" from a foreign country, what good is it?

The living Tsarnaev is a naturalized US citizen. Thanks for playing, though.

and willingly strap myself in close quarters with people who are probably going to freak out and flail around once it's time to jump out? No thanks. That, and I'm about 499 jumps short.

I only have a IT perspective on this, but coming from the small business arena, with everything you've said so far, it sounds like they might pump you full of work and hope you hold up until they can get through the backlog of jobs, all while paying you as little as you'll accept (which doesn't sound like much, apparently) for this. I agree completely that any pay > no pay, however if you don't feel like you have any advancement opportunities, if the workplace environment/culture doesn't mesh with you once you're in it, or, more importantly, you have a much better career-level job in your field, bust the fuck out of there. No one is going to look out for your interests but you, and if you abrogate that fundamental right to your employer, just *hoping* that you'll pass whatever "test" you think this job is, or measure up to whatever stick they use to hire you on as an engineer and pay you what you're actually worth, then, like shitty said, you're going to wake up in 10 years and say "what the fuck happened to my life". Get the real engy offer in hand, then tell these other guys thanks for everything, put in a standard 2-week or whatever notice (I personally hate burning bridges, even for employers I didn't like, but chances are they'll walk you out that day) and walk the fuck out.

Nothing like buying a car and having to immediately spend more money to mod it to avoid potential (probable?) catastrophic engine issues. But hey, if your only reasons to buy it are "it's big, it's bad, it's yellow, and it leaves an obnoxious cloud of smoke" then maybe you do deserve to have your money parted with you.

Assuming he gets acquitted in the criminal trial, but I suppose if he was found guilty then SYG wouldn't apply anyway. However, if he was acquitted in criminal phase, then he would have that much more evidence for his SYG hearing in the civil phase. I think I see the logic behind this.

Either way it plays out, I don't see the "lifetime stigma" portion of things going away. At least with the SYG defense, he doesn't have to worry about the Martins' pulling a Goldman/OJ for the rest of his days.

In this instance, I wholeheartedly and completely blame Congress. The last time this came up, the majority of House representatives collectively SHIT THEIR PANTS. Like, 5-year-old-girl-at-a-Freddy-Krueger-movie levels of pants-shitting. To hear some of these assholes talk, you'd think we were incarcerating Magneto, Deadpool, the Incredible Hulk, and the entire cast of the A-Team. Bottom line is that these people need trials, and they need to be found guilty and stay in prison or be found innocent and GTFO. Gitmo is a MASSIVE stain on American foreign policy, and directly flies in the face of the "rule of law". It needs to go away.

I'm confused. If SYG removes the duty to flee, then why not use it as your defense? Even if his contention is that he could not flee, at the very least he could use the provisions of SYG as a shield for the inevitable civil actions.

I didn't think I'd wake up this morning and defend the police, but here goes. Police aren't robots, they're human. Human beings make mistakes. Also, no human alive on this planet has a complete understanding of the massive beast that is the breadth of laws in this country, at ANY jurisdictional level. You're interchanging two issues here that are, by definition, separate. If a citizen honestly did not know they were breaking the law, but was still violating the law, then that's still an illegal act. Ignorance isn't an excuse, but if you can show in court that you have mitigating circumstances, then that's why we have judges to exercise judicial discretion. This, however, is a COMPLETELY different issue than a cop who willfully disregards the statutes that he/she are aware of. Here, you have a intent to deprive you of your rights, and that by itself is illegal. The real problem is the police have no accountability for their actions and are shielded to an incredible degree by their unions and others that would seek to lionize them. THAT is what needs to change. However, if you still believe that your knowledge of the law needs to change, there are plenty of law schools in this country that would be happy to have you as a student.

congrats man!

ffs, ban someone already!

i read that as .308 air rifle and lol'd

this comrade knows best. russian rifle better then all capitalist pig rifles that no hit largest side of barn.

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but I have to schlep all the way out to Indy to get it. Not cool.

I have no idea why, but that C3 warms my cockles a little bit. I saw that C70 before and noped right out, more moped-y for me. The first two are definitely Chinese, aint nobody got time for that! Thanks for trolling CL Tom, I totally missed that C3.