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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Apr 08, 2021 12:47 pm

Someone realized they didn't want a pet snake.

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Postby dodint » Thu Apr 08, 2021 1:04 pm

The comments are full of rat snake advocates, even posting links to their FB group. Takes all kinds I guess.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:57 am

That's awesome Freddy. I've been obsessed with ancient history lately. Currently listening to Dan Carlin's King of Kings podcast (about the Persian Empire)... So damn good. It's incredible just how much we have been able to glean about such a distant time.

It's also crazy how much of that history the Greek historian Heroditus recorded. Even if he did exaggerate in spots

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Postby dodint » Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:01 pm

I went to law school in Minnesota and have never heard of 'spark of life' doctrine as it's used in the Chauvin trial. They were allowed to bring in character evidence about Floyd. The AP article below says it may have backfired on them.

https://apnews.com/article/how-george-f ... 36dd705e6f

Just thought it was amusing the prosecutor is using a similar tactic that message board posters do; lets look at the victim and whether or not they might've deserved it.

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Postby MWB » Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:07 pm

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — A popular Union County teacher and coach was killed in a shootout last week with a Mexican drug cartel, according to the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.

Barney Harris was the basketball coach at Union Academy in Monroe where he was well-loved and respected, but Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson said there was another side to Harris that most people didn’t see -- one that was involved in the dangerous and deadly drug world.

Channel 9 learned Harris and his associate Steven Alexander Stewart went to a mobile home park in Alamance County last Thursday to steal money and drugs from cartel members.

According to Johnson, Harris and Stewart shot and killed an 18-year-old member of the cartel and then got into a shootout with other members of the cartel.

Harris was killed in the gunfire.

“Mr. Harris, he had a bulletproof vest on, but it did not work with the kind of ammunition that was used,” Johnson said. “He had gloves on, and he, they went there to do what was done except they did not think it was going to backfire on them.”
This guy coached at a charter school in the county I work and live. He was killed last week, and the initial story was that he was shot in an attempted robbery while he was helping a friend move. There was a story earlier in the week about what a great guy he was. Then this came out today. Crazy. There's also a gofundme for his family that's already raised $20000. Guessing some people will want the money back.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:39 pm

😳 yikes

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Postby RonnieFranchise » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:41 pm

A friend of mine from HS posts - not quite incessantly but often- on FB about Union Academy. All his kids went there.

Oddly he didn’t mention that the basketball coach was killed in a shootout by a drug cartel..

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:45 pm

I had heard a rumor about the "real story" about that...didn't expect that to turn out to be true.

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Postby MWB » Thu Apr 15, 2021 7:26 am

It’s kind of surprising it took this long to get out, but did seem odd that there was so little on social media about his death after it happened.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:05 pm

I cannot imagine what kind of wiring must be in your brain to think that stealing money and drugs from a cartel is a good idea.

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Postby blackjack68 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:14 pm

Too much Breaking Bad

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Postby NAN » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:22 pm

https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-boy ... -challenge

My kids aren't at this age yet where they are on social media, but we talk to them about doing stupid ****. I hope my kids don't ever try anything like this.

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Postby MR25 » Thu Apr 15, 2021 1:57 pm

That was around long before social media. I remember hearing warnings about it when I was in middle school.

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Postby shafnutz05 » Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:08 pm

SMDH

https://www.bet.com/news/national/2021/ ... iktok.html
Joshua Haileyesus, a 12-year-old boy from Colorado, reportedly passed away on Saturday (April 10) after being on life support following his participation in a dangerous TikTok challenge.

On March 22, Haileyesus was found unconscious after choking himself over what’s known as the “Blackout Challenge.” He spent 19 days on life support before passing away.

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Postby dodint » Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:26 pm

So, he won?

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Postby mikey » Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:31 pm

Nice return serve on the death joke...

Reminds me of the Anthony Jeselnik joke about the kid that died playing hide and seek and him dying a winner...

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Postby dodint » Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:23 pm

Well, there are no new jokes.

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Postby shoeshine boy » Sun Apr 18, 2021 11:17 am

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/25-hur ... -in-athens

even without COVID, 500 people on one floor of a house is a special kind of stupid. it's too bad all of the engineers go to Ga Tech.....
note: it's absolutely amazing no one was seriously hurt or killed.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:46 am

@meow @MWB

Kings Mountain getting that casino.

https://www.wxii12.com/amp/article/king ... s/36156470

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Postby NAN » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:15 pm

Going to be listening to the Pine Richland school board make further asses out of themselves on the firing of the FB coach at 3:30. Should be interesting.

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Postby NAN » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:38 pm

Going to be listening to the Pine Richland school board make further asses out of themselves on the firing of the FB coach at 3:30. Should be interesting.
Welp, that was uneventful. School board president said they felt like there was hazing, they didn't want to renew, and then walked away with no questions.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:59 pm

Going to be listening to the Pine Richland school board make further asses out of themselves on the firing of the FB coach at 3:30. Should be interesting.
Welp, that was uneventful. School board president said they felt like there was hazing, they didn't want to renew, and then walked away with no questions.
Don’t know if you have kids in school, but got an email for a vacant opening for the school board. Surprised there was only one

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Postby NAN » Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:08 pm

Going to be listening to the Pine Richland school board make further asses out of themselves on the firing of the FB coach at 3:30. Should be interesting.
Welp, that was uneventful. School board president said they felt like there was hazing, they didn't want to renew, and then walked away with no questions.
Don’t know if you have kids in school, but got an email for a vacant opening for the school board. Surprised there was only one
Yeah. One of the board members resigned late last week. I still haven't seen my neighbor board member

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Postby NAN » Fri Apr 23, 2021 11:03 am

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/bo ... li=BBnbfcL

I hope they catch these SOBs. This stuff is sick. I feel horrible for that family and that poor boy.

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