June 2013
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May 2013
11 posts
Hannibal is actually a really good reminder to be kind to everyone you meet. You never know when you’ll meet a cannibalistic psychopath who holds a grudge against you because you were rude.
Hannibal is not a psychopath, he is a high-functioning sociopath, do your research.
April 2013
4 posts
March 2013
16 posts
a petition calling for The Daily Mail to fire Richard Littlejohn →
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more information at the link. trigger warnings (for this link and the ones supplied thereafter) for transmisogny, transphobia, suicide, misgendering.
All These Things That I've Done
The Killers
The Killers - All These Things That I’ve Done
When our generation’s children are school-aged, and this song comes on in the car, and we roll down the windows and passionately scream every word of it, and start tearing up at the bridge, our generation’s children are going to be so, so embarrassed.
Digital Baubles: She Wrote It BUT... She Had An Inside Connection →
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Dude means well. Dude’s tweeting to Marvel in favor of more diversity. Dude states (inaccurately) that Marvel has two women writers — M. Liu and K. DeConnick, the latter being ‘a lady with an inside connection.’
Just like that—fwoosh. Didn’t work my way in. Got in because of who I’m fucking….
February 2013
15 posts
"Get me a lawyer" not enough to get defendant counsel, 9th circuit says [below: a list of tips for protecting your Miranda rights] →
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Holy Mother of God. Fyi, the 5th Amendment Miranda requirement - “you have the right to an attorney, everything you say can be used against you” that we think we all know from TV shows is actually an incredibly precarious right. Today, in a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit rendered it even weaker.
When 19-year-old Tio Sessoms was arrested in 1999 for the murder of a Sacramento minister, he told police that his father “asked me to ask you guys — uh, get me a lawyer.”
The officers responded by saying they would advise him of his rights and then see if he wanted a lawyer. They also told him two other suspects had already talked to them without lawyers and that an attorney would probably discourage him from giving them his version of events. And they denied his request to call his father.
…The court said police must halt their questioning of a suspect who clearly asks for a lawyer, but that Sessoms hadn’t done that. When he said, “Get me a lawyer,” he wasn’t speaking for himself but was just relaying what his father had told him, Judge Richard Tallman said in the majority opinion June 3.Tumblr, I’m just a law student. I don’t know much. But I do know how fucking ugly it is to see a room full of privileged, well-off would-be lawyers scoffing at defendants who “didn’t know what to do. Man, how do you not ask for a lawyer? Everyone knows that.” Especially under this new ruling, it’s not that simple. (Also, save me from the “intellectually curious” friends who want to argue about how this is the defendant’s fault. NO.)
The other thing I know, which please, please, please be aware of: courts tend to side with the police on this one, as this case shows. The defendant’s lawyer is going to try for an en banc hearing, after which point the case would go up to the Supreme Court. There’s no guarantee that the defendant will get either. This may well be followed henceforth in the Ninth Circuit, which is to say: in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
Here are some tips of what to do if you’re read your Miranda rights, or even if you aren’t (the courts are going to put this all on you):
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS
1. NEVER EVER EVER SIGN A WAIVER. DO NOT SIGN A WAIVER. IF YOU ARE GIVEN A PIECE OF PAPER THAT SAYS “I WAS READ MY RIGHTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM DOING,” DO NOT SIGN IT.
2. Say loudly and clearly “I want a lawyer. You need to get me a lawyer.” THEN DO NOT TELL THEM ANYTHING ELSE. It doesn’t matter if the police seem nice. It doesn’t matter if they say they’re going to talk to you a bit and then see if you want a lawyer. NO. As soon as you say you want a lawyer, they are supposed to bring you one. DO NOT TELL THEM ANYTHING ELSE. (And look, I don’t mean to paint all cops as bad. I know there are some good cops. I know it. I’ve met a bunch. I’ve worked with a bunch. Honestly, here I’m more concerned about the prosecution and the courts not caring when cops slip up.)
3. Except for this: “I am asserting my right to remain silent. I will not answer any questions without my lawyer present.” Look, guys. The Supreme Court has said that actual silence does not get you this right. They decided against a guy who was silent for days because ‘silence is not enough.’ You actually physically have to say “I am asserting my right to remain silent. I will not answer any questions without my lawyer present.”
4. Also know this: even if you do get a lawyer, and even if you’ve told the police you know your rights, and you think the police have to pay attention to them, THEY DON’T. If your lawyer leaves for the day and the police come to your cell to talk to you, if you start talking, you’ve waived your rights. DO NOT TALK EXCEPT IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR LAWYER.
Okay. Got it? Let’s review.
1. NEVER SIGN A WAIVER OF YOUR RIGHTS, NO MATTER WHAT THE POLICE SAY
2.SAY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY “I WANT MY LAWYER”
3. SAY LOUDLY AND CLEARLY “I AM ASSERTING MY RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT AND I WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY LAWYER PRESENT”
4. SHUT UP
The Onion: The Onion Apologizes →
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Feb. 25, 2013
Dear Readers,
On behalf of The Onion, I offer my personal apology to Quvenzhané Wallis and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the tweet that was circulated last night during the Oscars. It was crude and offensive—not to mention inconsistent with The…
I didn’t know about this until their apology but (pardon my French), the Onion can fuck off.
Here is some measure of relief for this disgusting story.
