Posts by Boo Radley 128 posts • joined 14 Jan 2011
Convicted scamvangelist Jimmy Bakker sells a silver solution (only $300 for a box of six bottles) that not only cures coronavirus, but also all venereal diseases AND HIV. The state of Missouri is now suing him to stop it, and the New York attorney general has sent a cease and desist order. How many religious nutjobs have been taken by Bakker?
Very true, I have an excellent Tag Heuer with a self winding mechanism. They've been using this particular mechanism for 2 decades or more, so they've apparently got it sorted. The only problem is that it gains a minute every couple of weeks, but that's an easy fix.
Here in Texas most of the highways are 75 mph, with frequent signs warning that the left lane is for passing. This doesn't stop many drivers poking along at 60 in the left lane, interestingly many of those drivers look to be of Hispanic descent. Drivers Ed is also not required here, which definitely contributes to the poor driving habits. Personally I think everyone should have to retake the driving test every ten years or so. BTW, I am a professional driver, and have had quite a bit of extra driver training and know the traffic laws here.
I'm an American, and coming back from vacation in Brazil in 2005 I was detained for a couple of hours. I wasn't told why I was being detained, but I was grilled on a variety of things. I finally found out that a little, empty, 2ml bottle in my luggage had alerted them that I may be a drug smuggler. It was overall a miserable experience and one that I don't ever want to repeat. They implied that I was guilty and would be going straight to jail if I didn't fess up, but again, I wasn't being told what I was being accused of until it was all over.
In federal cases like this, the jury has no say in sentencing. Be that as it may, he pled guilty, so no jury was involved. The judge determines the sentence using the previous sentence report, which uses charts with the dollar amount of the crime, offenders age and other details. The judge usually follows these sentencing recommendations.
By age 5 or 6 my parents pretty much left me to entertain myself and to find things to do. My father worked three jobs, so he wasn't ever around, and my mom was pretty self absorbed. I found great pleasure picking through people's rubbish bins, bringing home any electrical devices that I found. This led to a lifetime of tinkering and a degree in Electronic Engineering but left me a little bit socially retarded. Fortunately I outgrew that awkward phase after college. Hopefully today's kids turn out at least as well as I did without their parents constant involvement in their lives.
The local county hospital had, some years ago, nice high quality toilet paper and paper towels in their bathrooms. I'd regularly go in with my backpack empty and leave with it full of items. Then they switched to those huge kilometer long rolls of tp, and I was forced to shop at a regular store for my toiletries.
My friends pay $60 per eightball (one eighth of an ounce) so the police estimate of value is off by an order of magnitude. And that's calculated at the street value of the smallest purchase size. By the pound, or kilo, the total value would be even less. On Breaking Bad their meth sold for $40k per pound, here locally a pound is now less than $8k.
Depending on what charge he's convicted of, he'll probably be sent to a fairly low security prison. As a non American, he would be ineligible for a so-called prison camp, plus his failure to appear conviction, the feds would be certain that he's in a secure facility. Rape is pretty uncommon in such low security prisons, for those of you that are tempted to make rape jokes.
Speaking only for myself, if guns were outlawed I still know where to get one, and I'd feel far more certain that the person I want to rob wouldn't have one to protect himself, as most people wouldn't want to break the law by having a gun. And, as a criminal, I couldn't care less that I'm breaking the law by having one.
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