Monthly Archives: May 2005

Getting Away With Murder

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Or, at minimum, getting away with involuntary manslaughter:

“I have come to realize what I did was wrong”
Thus spoke Spc. Brian E. Cammack, who was sentenced to three months in prison over the beating death of a prisoner in Afghanistan. Cammack plead guilty to charges of assault and two counts of making a false statement. In accepting a plea bargain, prosecutors decided not to pursue a charge of maltreatment (I guess manslaughter wasn’t on the list of possibilities).

A manslaughter charge certainly is a possibility in a military court.
This pat on the butt plea bargain could be the a result of at a couple different things: 1) The guy really is giving up good info that will lead to more severe penalties for others (don’t hold your breath) and 2) this administration and its military still don’t think anything wrong has occurred and believe that too severe sentences in these cases will dampen ongoing behavior in the inquisition centers.

Sunday Wierdness

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Why are these people crying while eating? For that matter why has someone posted this stuff? But, then, perhaps by posting this I answer my own question.
Along with Steeph I can’t make anything out of it. But, I was able to get through 1.5 of the videos. How many can you tolerate?

Update 5/25: Thanks to S. Y. Affolee for the comment with the answers. This is all part of a marketing project. There is a cash prize for the winner.

eating with bush

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I wonder what the prudish base think about the republican national committee hooking bush and rove up with this pair:

Porn star and former gubernatorial candidate Mary Carey will be joining her boss, Kick Ass Pictures president Mark Kulkis, in attending a dinner with President Bush in Washington, D.C. on June 14.
Kulkis was invited to attend the event by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), which is organizing the event. Over a two-day course of NRCC events preceding the dinner, Carey and Kulkis will be attending a meeting with presidential advisor Karl Rove, giving their recommendations on important national issues.

and exactly which important national issues they will discuss.
Via Skippy.

Are My Testicles Black?

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I saw/heard this somewhere recently and thought it was pretty funny so when ran across it at Avatar’s place I decided to steal it and pass it on the the rest of you:

A white male patient is lying in bed in the hospital with an oxygen maskover his mouth and nose and still heavily sedated from a 4-hour operation. A young nurse appears in his room to sponge his hands and feet.

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