What does "armed with the sidewalk" even mean? I mean, really?
What it means is that the defense attorney was setting it up for an appeal on the grounds of lousy counsel.
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 14, 2013 5:18:07 pm PDT #29206 of 30001
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sj - Jul 14, 2013 5:23:38 pm PDT #29207 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
FWIW, I don't believe this. We only have GZ's word this occurred and TM had no DNA on his hands from GZ. I think most of GZ's wounds were self-inflicted.
I agree. The wounds were very superficial, and Zimmerman wasn't treated for a concussion, as far as I know.
quester - Jul 14, 2013 5:30:59 pm PDT #29208 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
count me in as another human barometer! the weather is turning here and my head, neck and shoulder are throbbing.
Trudy Booth - Jul 14, 2013 5:42:41 pm PDT #29209 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Popped in the nose and hit his head on the water meter is a lot more consistent with the physical evidence than "head bashed 25-30 times against the sidewalk"
You know, physical evidence.
meara - Jul 14, 2013 5:48:20 pm PDT #29210 of 30001
Yes, they argued that he "weaponized the sidewalk".
They do realize that's not like "weaponized uranium", right?? Just because something has become part of a phrase doesn't mean you can substitute words into it willy-nilly!!
sj - Jul 14, 2013 6:10:39 pm PDT #29211 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
count me in as another human barometer! the weather is turning here and my head, neck and shoulder are throbbing.
Me too. My fingers, lower back, shoulders, and knees have been trying to kill me for a few weeks now.
P.M. Marc - Jul 14, 2013 6:10:52 pm PDT #29212 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
What is WITH this fucking weekend? If any of you are regulars at Balloon Juice, I expect you saw the news about General Stuck (commenter) and Tunch (supermassive cat/mascot/physical embodiment of the place) dying.
Oh, and TWO of our cars got clipped this weekend. While parked.
Also, my arms feel like they have rug burn from all the raspberry scratches. (I'd have finished pulling the unproductive canes, only someone CLIPPED MY NEW CAR, and I had to go in and rage blackout in private. Last straw and all.)
§ ita § - Jul 14, 2013 7:01:42 pm PDT #29213 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. Just realised that Cory Monteith had been on SPN. I couldn't work out if it was just a professional thing I was seeing tweeted, but once an #spnfamily, always #snpfamily. Not kidding around. That was the second ever episode.
aurelia - Jul 14, 2013 7:54:55 pm PDT #29214 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The wendigo one? Was he the brother who went missing?
DavidS - Jul 14, 2013 8:10:01 pm PDT #29215 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I understand that under current Florida law, the jury may well have felt that they had no choice but to reach the verdict they did, but THAT LAW IS INCREDIBLY FUCKED UP.
Yeah, but they could have (and should have) done jury nullification and ignored the judges' orders about interpreting the law.