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The state prosecutor - "we wouldn't have prosecuted him if we didn't think he was guilty" seems pretty reasonable. Should they be prosecuting people they think are innocent? Should they be NOT prosecuting people they think are guilty? Alright, phrased that way it doesn't sound so bad. It'...

After the hearing, prosecutor Jeri Yenne stepped in front of cameras to say that she still believed that Barajas killed Jose Banda. Otherwise, the state wouldn't have prosecuted, she said. Regardless of whether or not the father killed the driver, and regardless of whether or not he deserves to be ...

Roughly, yeah. I think there might be a bit of an implication that it's a giant robot (since mecha is more commonly used for them), but it should be acceptable for a human-sized robot as well. If you really want the boy part in the name (and depending on the type of robot and how accurate you want t...

Um, ボット美少年 would be "Bottobishounen," which I don't think is what you're looking for. If you're looking for "Robobishounen," then you'd want ロボ美少年 However, if all you're looking for is beautiful, you only really need to take the 美, or "bi" part (the other two parts basi...

Captain Seafort wrote:There was also the SJA episode with Eleven where he threw out an enormous random number when asked how many times he could regenerate.

Ah, that's probably what I was thinking of.

Didn't they already handwave away the regeneration limit in the episode where the Doctor was reunited with Sarah Jane Smith? I distinctly remember there being some talk about that...

Did Romney just change his tax plan? Wasn't he going to cut rates 20% yet he's not lowering the total tax burden "on the 5%"? Just managed to get home to watch the debate, so I missed that part and don't know if it was addressed in the debate, but I believe Romney likes to pretend that si...

Flagg wrote:No, I grew up in Florida, the incident happened in Gold Bar.

The article clearly says that the incident happened at Gig Harbor's Kopachuck Middle School, Pierce County. Gold Bar is in Snohomish County.

The stupidity of doing this makes me wonder if it might have been some sort mistake. Maybe he copied the passage into his piece with the intention of attributing the original author or rephrasing it, got distracted by something else for a while, and then forgot about where that passage came from. I ...

Was anybody else bothered by Tarrlok and Amon's backstory? Maybe it's just because I'm used to thinking of Tarrlok as the more vicious of the two (because of how he treated non-benders), but the parts where Amon took to cruelty and violence more readily than Tarrlok felt artificial. I kept expecting...

Haruko wrote:Maybe the spirits are involved again?

If they are, I'm betting Koh will be behind Amon in some way or another. Based on absolutely nothing but Koh's age/knowledge and Amon's mask.

Took my binoculars out and focused the sun's light through them onto a piece of paper, but I didn't see Venus. It was right when the transit was supposed to be starting, so I figured it was just too early and that I'd check back in a little while. Cue the rain, which fell until after sunset.

Regarding the car corpses, maybe whatever does the reanimating dies at a high enough temperature, like real bacteria and viruses do, and the corpses in the cars got up to that temperature at some point while they were trapped.

Sorry if this is incorrect, but seeing as I'm not American I might be wrong, but is marrying people part of her actual, official duties? I was under the impression that it was an optional service that individual judges could render if they so choose, often for a fee. If that were the case, this tan...

Yes, it does.

According to another story I found, the shooter wasn't in the car that was pulled over, but rather approached the cop during the traffic stop. I'll just quote the immediately relevant part, more through the link. New York Times BLACKSBURG, Va. — Two people, including a campus police officer, were sh...

Indeed, they don't know its mass yet, as this article confirms. Makes sense, since Kepler finds planets by measuring how much of the parent star's light they block and mass doesn't figure into that.

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And it's not as if the homeless wouldn't have problems registering to vote in an area anyway, or getting photo ID, with no fixed address. I don't know about Oregon, but in Washington voters don't have to have a traditional residence so long as they meet the other requirements. It's in our state con...

Terralthra wrote:Mayabird - how are you planning on enfranchising the homeless?

I'm not Mayabird, but the homeless can use homeless shelters for their physical addresses, and have their ballots sent there. Or they can use a P.O. Box, have it sent to a friend's home, etc... Voila, enfranchised homeless.

As for the guy one of them starved/beat, apparently she beat him with a hammer, tied him in a closet, and fed him only three times over two months, occasionally beating him with a broomstick while he was there. I can't understand how she only got eight years for that kind of prolonged murder.

Technically, isn't the law in question here 'right to gather', not free speech? :| Text of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of t...

I doubt their ability to "brainwash" people on this topic. Sure, conspiracy theories always have an audience, but it isn't like that audience is really growing in size. If they are a disease, then I believe that most of the population is pretty resistant. EDIT: On the off-chance that it is...

The case began with a lawsuit against the NIH by scientists opposed to use of embryonic stem cells, a group that seeks adoptive parents for human embryos created through in vitro fertilization, the nonprofit Christian Medical Association and others. Now, let me understand, there are people who call...

I don't know which surprises me more: That we finally killed him or that he was still alive until now.

The idea of allowing gold and silver coins to be used as currency based on the value of the metal rather than the face denomination seems impractical, to say the least. Especially if they are to be used at regular stores. Ignoring the unlikelihood that such coins would actually be used like that, do...