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He doesn't have it anymore. It was last seen in the hands of an Azure City resistance member.

Quote from: Akura on June 30, 2021, 03:11:29 pm

Quote from: TamerVirus on June 30, 2021, 02:17:09 pm

Bill Cosby is walking free after his conviction got overturned on appeal due to a non-prosecution deal made in 2005

Parents and younger sister are apparently cheering over this right now in the next room.

I have to admit I'm not that familiar with his case. Was the evidence hard, or just overwhelming amounts of circumstantial? Naturally the internet has, shall we say, a wide range of opinions.

I feel kinda bad, I think I've asked this before on this forum.

The evidence was solid, but the conviction was tossed on procedural grounds. Basically, the DA agreed to give Cosby immunity on that charge in exchange for testimony at the inevitable civil suit, then turned around and prosecuted him anyway. That's arguably a double-jeopardy violation, and is specifically against the laws of that state. The DA, Bruce Castor, was also Trump's defense attorney during the second impeachment where his total incompetence was on full display.

This is a good thing. Due process is vital to protecting the rights of the accused, and violating due process should be grounds for throwing a case out. Fortunately, the toxic deal only dealt with one of his accusers, and the statute of limitations has not expired on all of them. He could very easily be arrested and charged again. He is also not protected from additional civil suits.

I feel like the man was convicted, and shouldn't get out on what sounds like an unrelated, idiot technicality, but I'm still curious as to the circumstances.

Imagine a situation where somebody steals a car for a joyride. The DA strikes a plea deal to limit it to a misdemeanor with six months of community service, only to demand and receive twenty years from the judge. That would be a nearly identical situation to what happened in this case, and I don't think anybody would argue that it would be very bad. Letting the wall of protections erode because Cosby really does belong in jail hurts everybody.

There's considerable evidence that only a few plants are making a version of the Sputnik vaccine that actually works. Tests have shown that the stuff coming from South Korea (which is good) isn't remotely the same stuff others are getting. This is why there's major outbreaks in several countries with high vax rates.

With that in mind, I'd be very suspicious of a vaccine made in a country with even fewer resources. Cuba has a surprisingly capable homegrown research setup, but still.

An experimental mrna vaccine is showing near 100% agaims Malaria in mice. Research in one against cancer is going well.

covid may have inspired us to slay Pestilence entirley.

I wonder what moderate Republicans thinks about Joe Manchin for a freedoms 3rd party?

Manchin wouldn't be a good fit for creating a party calved-off from the GOP, precisely because he's already in that political space. He might wind up in such a party, but he does not bring enough to the table to give it appeal.

My qualm is really the assumption that, because they're representing themselves as female avatars instead of their real selves, their real selves must not be desirable to look at, and therefore they must all be fat, moreso because they're part of an industry that monetizes off of being cute female avatars instead of flesh and blood people, or that it's acceptable to lie about who you really are on the internet so of course they must be deceiving about their weight, or have enough weight to be deceptive about. I feel like I probably don't need to explain cultural weight expectations for women in entertainment or in general, culturally.

I'll take this as my reminder to quit kicking hornets' nests and leave it here, though.

Japan IS the country where a pop star got tracked down and sexually assaulted via the reflections in her eyes on social media. There's lots of legitimate reasons to disguise yourself in that sort of job.

Quote from: hector13 on May 24, 2021, 07:22:27 pm

House ownership (or rather, maintenance, or rather, why the fuck is there lead pipe in 2021) is cocking expensive.

Uh, those are illegal

Installing new lead pipes has been illegal for a long time, but replacing the millions of existing ones is a slow process. It requires specialized machinery to do so without requiring the destruction of the street, sidewalk, and possibly the house, and only a finite amount of such equipment exists. It is also rarely a priority because existing lead pipe is quite safe if undisturbed - a layer of scale builds up on the inside that prevents contamination of the water. It is only when something (such as the acidic river water pumped into Flint) disturbs this layer that replacing the pipe goes from a "Do this when major work is already being done" situation to a "fix this NOW" one.