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This stuff goes on more than people realize. Not just at the big schools, but at all of them. I live in a small college town and the "preferential treatment" the athletes get just blows your mind sometimes. And at bigger schools, the preferential treatment gets bigger. But I remember back in the...

Several countries have announces similar measures. I think the Swiss announced they will be building no more news ones, and as he current ones go offline at the end of their lifespan, they will not be replaced. Much of it is knee-jerk reaction, some of it is good sense. Frankly, I never...

That's fine, but ignoring it will will get you fired. First mistake the guy made was trying to call 911 while the robbers were still in the store and confronting him. That's what caused one of the robbers to vault the counter, escalating a simple armed robbery to a desperate confrontational...

I'm glad you're not on the editorial or legal team of ABC News. :D Reporters are creatures of habit, anyway, and have been conditioned to use it without thinking, but I know if I were the one reporting the story, I'd have used allegedly. It's better to have used it and not wish ya had, than...

Yes. It's not libel or slander if it is is true, and you can prove it is true. If you're sued for libel for leaving out the word "allegedly" when reporting some crime, your libel case may end up being adjudicated long before the crime in question gets settled. It's not about what might be proved...

Well, I wouldn't wait, either. And be it blanks or bullets, while both are indeed shooting, you cannot shoot blanks "at" someone, hence "allegedly" when stating "Wisconsin police fire at suspect who allegedly shot at them during traffic stop." The point of the thread was not whether the cops...

Knee-jerk reaction. Hoven is a man who refused to abide by the policies of his employer, despite receiving comprehensive training on their robbery procedures and how to react and respond, and was fired because of it. What should Walgreens apologize for? For hiring a man who can't follow the...

Well, you can replace "allegedly" with "reportedly" or "appeared to have", but the innocent until proven guilty thing isn't just for a court of law, as many people believe. You can be sued for libel or slander if you omit the qualifier, even in the case shown in the video, even if someone ends...

Alan Farnham should be fired for writing that paragraph. It's a news story, not a Philip Marlow or Sam Spade novel. “Of all the script joints in all the towns in all the world, they walk into mine.” <snort>

Well, no, my cold tire pressure is 55-front and 80-rear. :D

Far more serious, eh? Kids raised in traditional, perfectly functional "normal" families (which doesn't exist, BTW) have problems in society, just the same as kinds raised in classic dysfunctional families (which is the norm). Either they'll figure it out and survive in society, or they won't...

It is one PSI difference for every 10° F. So, if by "cold weather" you mean 20° F, and by "warm weather" you mean 120° F, then yes, your numbers are correct.

Yeah they can, and no it doesn't. People can, absolutely, just help out and not concern themselves with the tax breaks, but within the context of this thread, as the tax breaks were a part of the premise (or, the sales pitch to get people to help), then it cannot simply be ignored. And no, it...

The event at the public Houston National Cemetery is run by a private group, the National Cemetery Council for Greater Houston.

I agree. People are born that way, whatever way they are born, and its not a choice. For these parents to leave it up to their kids to choose to be male or female is just silly, because nature has already chosen. Be that as it may, I think the parents should be able to raise their kids in...

Well, there's a J and a Loves there.

Many say it's because he believed in tiny government, and that the government should not interfere with business in any way. He signed into law the Revenue Act of 1924, which was extremely popular with both politicians and the people, and served as a cornerstone in his presidency. The Revenue...

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I thought a Sprinter was a cargo van. No? :confused:

Beforehand is subjective. It was hastily orchestrated not too long after the individual was beat up at the gas station. Until then, city officials nor citizens knew of Westboro's plans to protest there. You're talking in the abstract, and trying to apply it to a group of good ol' boy rednecks...