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Psy-Fi 11-20-2021 10:46 AM

Penn State student from NJ dies in trash-chute plunge

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A Penn State student and former high school cheerleader fell 11 stories to her death in a trash chute — after allegedly having a bad reaction to a “smoke.”

Frownland 11-20-2021 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2192138)

He's been released!

Mindy 11-20-2021 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2192396)
He's been released!

:clap:

Mindy 11-20-2021 07:38 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgWf3eYhXIg





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CBS Evening News
Nov 20, 2021

With various countries in Europe seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, the World Health Organizagtion warns that as many as 500,000 people may die by next spring. Now European countries are turning to stricter restrictions. Imtiaz Tyab has the story.
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Psy-Fi 11-21-2021 09:08 AM

Colombian President Ivan Duque apologises after police cadets dressed as Nazis for a 'cultural exchange' event in honour of Germany

Lisnaholic 11-21-2021 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland (Post 2192396)
He's been released!

That's good news, as your initial report was very troubling. TBH I don't have much faith in Turkey's fairness when it comes to investigating political activity.

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2192423)

I had hoped that Europe would do better, but the shots in that clip tell a story: lots of people packed into city streets and not wearing masks. It's a recipe for disaster, and yet another case of "You may be tired of covid, but it's not tired of you" - or perhaps Neil Young has a better line: "Covid never sleeps"

DianneW 11-22-2021 02:56 AM

Not new News, but I have only just seen this.....A few of us were having a discussion on the death penalty which I...I10% believe in for some gross acts to others
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news...alone-18840937

Trollheart 11-22-2021 10:52 AM

OK I have to agree with the comments on that story. First, the guy is not a cannibal - that was just a reference to how he killed one of the inmates. Second, so far as the story says, the only people he killed were scumballs who probably deserved to die. No innocents, no kids, no women. So why is his sentence and imprisonment so unrealistically draconian? You'd think he had murdered a thousand people and was an actual cannibal! I agree it's cruel and unusual to have no company at all, not even a pet, and furniture made of cardboard? What are they afraid of: that he'll kill the rest of the prison's inmates? I'd let him do it. ****ing unbelievable. Not at all what I expected when I read the story. What makes him so "dangerous" that they can visit such unprecedented punishment on him?

Psy-Fi 11-23-2021 06:55 AM

Completely tattooed man who had nose and lip removed as part of his bid to become a 'black alien' has two fingers cut off to turn his hand into a claw

Mindy 11-24-2021 09:09 AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nchDybZ_1Tc
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Trollheart 11-24-2021 10:10 AM

Somebody should let Bruce Willis know he better suit up.

Mindy 11-24-2021 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2192667)
Somebody should let Bruce Willis know he better suit up.

:love:

jwb 11-24-2021 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2192527)
OK I have to agree with the comments on that story. First, the guy is not a cannibal - that was just a reference to how he killed one of the inmates. Second, so far as the story says, the only people he killed were scumballs who probably deserved to die. No innocents, no kids, no women. So why is his sentence and imprisonment so unrealistically draconian? You'd think he had murdered a thousand people and was an actual cannibal! I agree it's cruel and unusual to have no company at all, not even a pet, and furniture made of cardboard? What are they afraid of: that he'll kill the rest of the prison's inmates? I'd let him do it. ****ing unbelievable. Not at all what I expected when I read the story. What makes him so "dangerous" that they can visit such unprecedented punishment on him?

why not just kill his ass?

Don't say it's cause you are against the death penalty after you just signed off on letting him murder other prisoners lol

Trollheart 11-25-2021 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb (Post 2192692)
why not just kill his ass?

Don't say it's cause you are against the death penalty after you just signed off on letting him murder other prisoners lol

Not really a problem. If that was the state of play, he killed people so let him die. Not necessarily against the DP, just I don't see that it serves any real purpose other than revenge. Certainly doesn't dissuade people from murdering. Look at how it was back in only Victorian times, when almost everything from stealing bread to murder was a hanging offence; didn't stop anyone.

My point is, in the current climate with no DP, imprison him, fine. But why are such incredibly unique and draconian measures believed necessary for a guy who, when it comes down to it, surely is no worse than any other murderer they have there? What makes him worthy of this almost hysteric reaction by the authorities?

jwb 11-25-2021 06:35 PM

I assumed it was cause they couldn't prevent him from killing other inmates as you alluded to with your post... I dunno what the justice system is like there but in American prisons they have certain people on 23 hr lockdown with basically no direct interaction with other inmates....

Trollheart 11-25-2021 06:52 PM

Oh I think our system is a lot more "humane", god help us. But that's not the point. The article said "he will never be released". Why? How is he different to other killers, who will be allowed to seek parole? Why is he in this bloody plastic cage thing and without any company, not even a pet? Why are they making him out to be a Hannibal Lecter type who will kill indiscriminately if he gets out? He's a killer, sure, but no worse than any other. I don't understand the unbelievable lengths they're going to, as if they had the Devil himself incarcerated. It's not Texas and he's not black. I mean, come on! Why is he seen as so much more dangerous than other men in that prison who have surely committed worse, and more, murders?

jwb 11-25-2021 08:18 PM

Just skimming through this article I'm seeing plenty of reasons for him to be under maximum security and 23 hr lockdown... Namely the fact that he can't seem to stop murdering other inmates and not only that the murders are incredibly graphic and violent... So yeah i dunno about the glass cage but letting him into contact with other inmates would actually be pretty irresponsible and not at all "humane" imo...

Trollheart 11-25-2021 08:56 PM

Nah, the article is totally sensationalist and disingenuous (duh) calling him "The Cannibal of Toxteth", which immediately makes you think oh man this guy eats people! **** he does. Someone just gave him that name because of the similarity of the method of murder of one of the inmates to that of the SOTL. That's pure bollocks.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be in prison, but from what I read, the only person he killed "outside" was one guy who was bragging about assaulting a kid. I'm not going to defend what he did or why he did it, but it seems that affected him and once inside he probably heard stories of what the other inmates did and took what he saw as appropriate action.

Of course it wasn't. Murder is never - almost never - excusable. But the point I'm making - and again you appear to be ignoring it as you have yet to respond to it - is that there are murderers and rapists and god knows what-all in that prison, people far worse than him, and yet he's being singled out. I'm not saying there's not a reason for keeping him in the cage - if that's for the safety of other inmates, so be it. But why is he "never to be released"? Do they worry he'll go after inmates who have, on the outside? And given that he is totally alone why is he being refused the budgie? He has demonstrated no cruelty towards animals, so far as I can see, and surely, where other prisoners probably have TV and books and proper furniture, he should be made even the tiniest bit comfortable, considering the crime that landed him where he is was against someone who was a scumbag already?

And no, before you go off on one, I'm NOT excusing it, but I am pointing out that he didn't just start murdering people for no reason, as surely many of the others in there did.

Psy-Fi 11-26-2021 09:20 AM

Inside the twisted mind of Australia's worst female killer who skinned and decapitated her lover before cooking his head in a pot with veggies and trying to serve it to his children

The Batlord 11-26-2021 10:12 AM

So she's single.

Trollheart 11-26-2021 10:35 AM

Veggies, Batty. Veggies. Stay away, be warned. :yikes:

Mindy 11-26-2021 10:39 AM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbtxUIavdPQ

jwb 11-26-2021 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2192739)
Nah, the article is totally sensationalist and disingenuous (duh) calling him "The Cannibal of Toxteth", which immediately makes you think oh man this guy eats people! **** he does. Someone just gave him that name because of the similarity of the method of murder of one of the inmates to that of the SOTL. That's pure bollocks.

I'm not saying he shouldn't be in prison, but from what I read, the only person he killed "outside" was one guy who was bragging about assaulting a kid. I'm not going to defend what he did or why he did it, but it seems that affected him and once inside he probably heard stories of what the other inmates did and took what he saw as appropriate action.

Of course it wasn't. Murder is never - almost never - excusable. But the point I'm making - and again you appear to be ignoring it as you have yet to respond to it - is that there are murderers and rapists and god knows what-all in that prison, people far worse than him, and yet he's being singled out. I'm not saying there's not a reason for keeping him in the cage - if that's for the safety of other inmates, so be it. But why is he "never to be released"? Do they worry he'll go after inmates who have, on the outside? And given that he is totally alone why is he being refused the budgie? He has demonstrated no cruelty towards animals, so far as I can see, and surely, where other prisoners probably have TV and books and proper furniture, he should be made even the tiniest bit comfortable, considering the crime that landed him where he is was against someone who was a scumbag already?

And no, before you go off on one, I'm NOT excusing it, but I am pointing out that he didn't just start murdering people for no reason, as surely many of the others in there did.

You don't seem to get its not about how bad of a guy he is opposed to other people in there, it's strictly a matter of safety. Anyone who keeps killing other inmates is gonna be on lockdown regardless of their reasons. And the fact that he only killed one person outside prison is also not a good defense for letting him out lol... Since he's been in prison he hasn't stopped killing people which is usually a sign that he's probably not going to be safe to let out..

The Batlord 11-26-2021 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness (Post 2192761)

That thumbnail is anti-Semitic af.

Mindy 11-26-2021 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord (Post 2192768)
That thumbnail is anti-Semitic af.

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Mindy 11-27-2021 12:18 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySZ3sGSl8ks

Trollheart 11-27-2021 05:18 PM

They're sending a giant dildo into space? :yikes:

Mindy 11-27-2021 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2192842)
They're sending a giant dildo into space? :yikes:

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Psy-Fi 11-28-2021 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart (Post 2192842)
They're sending a giant dildo into space? :yikes:

It'll be probing Uranus...



:shycouch:

Trollheart 11-28-2021 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2192875)
It'll be probing Uranus...



:shycouch:

:laughing:

Going beyond the final frontier, then.

Mindy 11-30-2021 12:01 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbkrYPhz2p0

The Batlord 11-30-2021 03:01 PM

**** Turkey.

Trollheart 11-30-2021 06:51 PM

I'd prefer to eat it actually.

DianneW 12-01-2021 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi (Post 2192875)
It'll be probing Uranus...



:shycouch:


rostasi 12-02-2021 04:43 PM

A Merkel farewell included a 1974 song by future punk rocker Nina Hagen. Germans are asking why.

Mindy 12-02-2021 05:24 PM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEtASBOArI

rostasi 12-03-2021 07:19 AM

Banksy’s ‘Love Is in the Air’ to Be Fractionalized into 10,000 NFTs.

Psy-Fi 12-03-2021 07:34 AM

The autopsy has been published of a Texas McDonald's worker who founded a New Age cult and was discovered mummified in April

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On Thursday The Guru magazine published her autopsy, revealing she died of natural causes - alcoholism, anorexia and long-term ingestion of silver.

Carson, 45, was 5-foot-4 and weighed 75lbs when her emaciated and mummified body was found.

Her followers had created a shrine in a house in Colorado, where Carlson was found lying beneath fairy lights, wrapped in a sleeping bag wearing a crown.
She had glittery makeup on her face, and her eyes were initially believed to have been removed, but are now known to have simply decomposed.

Her supporters - who think she was 19 billion years old and was the reincarnation of Jesus, Joan of Arc, Marilyn Monroe and Cleopatra - remain faithful.

DianneW 12-03-2021 08:20 AM

https://www.connexionfrance.com/Fren...c5d2-358289173


https://www.connexionfrance.com/Fren...er-in-Brittany

Trollheart 12-03-2021 12:14 PM

Parents of Michigan School Shooter to be Charged

About ****ing time parents started being held responsible for these things! A ****ing fifteen-year-old and they buy him a GUN for Christmas? What is this? American Dad?


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