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JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp.I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
edited May 2011 in Debate and/or Discourse
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    Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Feral, plenty of judges aren't elected.

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    HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Jacob, you nerd.

    <3

    t Feral: So, you vote judges into their offices?

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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    And was posting just as Jacob closed the thread.
    Feral wrote: »
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What are the qualifications to become a judge in the US? I really have no idea.
    I'm also astonished you guys have voted for sheriffs.

    People had to vote for you.

    Actually this depends on the district, state and level of the court. Also I think some places require Judges to be approved by the local BAR association. As per usual our system is annoyingly diverse on the state level since they are all like little countries in some ways.

    Federal judges though are appointed. And at a certain level they require congressional approval.

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    NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2011
    that judge thing is old news, though

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    mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Regarding judge qualifications (from http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos272.htm):
    A bachelor's degree and work experience usually constitute the minimum requirements for judges and magistrates, but most workers have law degrees and some are elected. Training requirements for arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators vary.

    Education and training. Most judges have been lawyers. In fact, Federal and State judges usually are required to be lawyers, which means that they have attended law school and passed an examination. About 40 States allow nonlawyers to hold limited-jurisdiction judgeships, but opportunities are better for those with law experience.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    And also I see some guy named Bin Laden caught a bullet.

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Haphazard wrote: »
    Jacob, you nerd.

    <3

    t Feral: So, you vote judges into their offices?

    See Mazzyx's post.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    Haps: municipal, county, and state judges are appointed, elected, or otherwise selected depending on the rules of the place in question. In my own county I don't get to vote for a particular person out of a list, but I get to choose every two years whether each of about eight judges shall be retained or not, and if they aren't retained, a replacement is selected.

    Federal judges and the Supreme Court are put there by Congress and the President.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    The guys in that second D&D picture are obviously Faerun's equivalent of the KKK, and have just lynched a dragon.

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    Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    This is a good OP.

    I hope no one accuses me of kissing up to the mods!

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    ThomamelasThomamelas Only one man can kill this many Russians. Bring his guitar to me! Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Timothy Leary Come Check Out This Theory wrote: »
    I guess acts not under the umbrella of 'war' should be handled by the justice system. So some gradient of murder, manslaughter, self defense, etc.

    My worldview is now more holistic; thanks, [chat]

    Which we do now. Killing someone in a terrorist bombing is murder and a couple of other charges. You have to have a trial then a sentencing. Which is actually the same requirements for unlawful combatants except you don't have to allow Red Cross or other international aid organizations access to them. Which is intentional since spies are covered under unlawful combatant and giving them a final chance to report is frowned upon.

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EsJdC1d8t8

    Somehow I knew what this would be parodying before I clicked on it.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    Bogart wrote: »
    The guys in that second D&D picture are obviously Faerun's equivalent of the KKK, and have just lynched a dragon.

    Look, he should have taken the hint when they burned the symbol of Pelor on his lawn.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    Also, that video is brilliant.

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    japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I don't know what the video is parodying.

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Anybody have a good VBS script to enable remote assistance (remote control) on a machine? Not Remote desktop. I've found plenty of scripts to do that. We can't administrate domain group policy at our level but we want to implement remote assistance.

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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    The video has really surprisingly high production values. My usual reaction to "check out this hilarious parody video on Youtube" is a string of :P :P :P but I was really pleasantly surprised by this one.

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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    The production values in the video actually confuses the hell out of me. Is it really a parody? Or are they just that geeky?

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    JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    Well, the lyrics and melody are a parody of a real song, but they put a hell of a lot of effort into it.

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    Silas BrownSilas Brown That's hobo style. Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Is it "like a g6?" My bosses keep on singing that song, so that makes me eager to see this parody.

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    HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    I see. Thanks for all the answers guys.

    Also, one of my, yes D&D, regulars is vaguely looking like the singer in the video, but was wearing the exact same clothes last time we played.

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    WashWash Sweet Christmas Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Jacob, i'm heading out later to buy books and booze. What's a good noir story to pick up?

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    jacobkosh wrote: »
    The video has really surprisingly high production values. My usual reaction to "check out this hilarious parody video on Youtube" is a string of :P :P :P but I was really pleasantly surprised by this one.

    Yeah I was like "alright, got a table, got some autotune...


    oh hey costumes



    oh hey makeup






    oh hey cgi"

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    GooeyGooey (\/)┌¶─¶┐(\/) pinch pinchRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    IM SO EXCITED

    IM SO EXCITED

    IM SO

    SCARED

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Yeah, it's Like a G6

    Or if you sing it like my girlfriend, "Like a cheesestick"

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

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    HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.

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    MazzyxMazzyx Comedy Gold Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Gooey wrote: »
    IM SO EXCITED

    IM SO EXCITED

    IM SO

    SCARED

    Just accept the change. Becoming a socialist isn't that painful.

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    LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Holy shit. Just saw this pointed out on reddit. The dragon wings make character silhouettes wtf I never noticed that.
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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
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    deeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.
    The G6 (Group of Six) in the European Union is an unofficial group of the interior ministers of the six European Union member states – Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and Poland – with the largest populations and so with the majority of votes in the Council of the European Union. The G6 was established in 2003 as G5 to deal with immigration, terrorism and law and order. In 2006, Poland joined the group, making it the G6.

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    PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Man that video is such a liar, two attractive women playing d&d? Yeah right.

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    BogartBogart Streetwise Hercules Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited May 2011
    Good noir? Check out Dashiell Hammet. Red Harvest, The Maltese Falcon.

    For films, get Out Of The Past, an incredibile noir starring Robert Mitchum that really laid the template for a lot of what followed. Or get Bogart's version of The Maltese Falcon, or the excellent Big Sleep he starred in with Lauren Bacall. Or the Robert Altman version of The Long Goodbye, which mixes noir with seventies realism. Or the last great film Mitchum ever made, the fine Farewell, My Lovely.

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.

    I thought it was a reference to a car, but apparently it's a type of plane that they made up for the song.

    It's just a party song with dumb lyrics about getting drunk.

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    "The Group of Six" totally sounds like some kind of shadowy criminal syndicate.

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    Niceguy MyeyeNiceguy Myeye Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    That dog pic is great.

    I was going to post something about toxic waste dumping and Somali pirates and corrupt justice and how that relates to terrorism, but really, that dog pic makes me not want to think about situations like that.

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    HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    mrflippy wrote: »
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.
    The G6 (Group of Six) in the European Union is an unofficial group of the interior ministers of the six European Union member states – Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and Poland – with the largest populations and so with the majority of votes in the Council of the European Union. The G6 was established in 2003 as G5 to deal with immigration, terrorism and law and order. In 2006, Poland joined the group, making it the G6.

    I've heard about the G7, or G9 nowadays, but never heard of the G6. Go me, huh?

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Niceguy Myeye wrote: »
    That dog pic is great.

    I was going to post something about toxic waste dumping and Somali pirates and corrupt justice and how that relates to terrorism, but really, that dog pic makes me not want to think about situations like that.

    I think that dog is dumping some toxic waste in water bowl bay

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    mrflippymrflippy Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Feral wrote: »
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.

    I thought it was a reference to a car, but apparently it's a type of plane that they made up for the song.

    It's just a party song with dumb lyrics about getting drunk.

    Everything I've read says that it refers to this plane.

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    FeralFeral ＭＥＭＥＴＩＣＨＡＲＩＺＡＲＤ interior crocodile alligator ⇔ ǝɹʇɐǝɥʇ ǝᴉʌoɯ ʇǝloɹʌǝɥɔ ɐ ǝʌᴉɹp ᴉRegistered User regular
    edited May 2011
    mrflippy wrote: »
    Feral wrote: »
    Haphazard wrote: »
    What's a G6? Goddamn, just when I thought I was up to date.

    I thought it was a reference to a car, but apparently it's a type of plane that they made up for the song.

    It's just a party song with dumb lyrics about getting drunk.

    Everything I've read says that it refers to this plane.

    Yeah well I can countercite but I won't do it because it's just a party song with dumb lyrics about getting drunk!

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    every person who doesn't like an acquired taste always seems to think everyone who likes it is faking it. it should be an official fallacy.

    the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
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    HaphazardHaphazard Registered User regular
    edited May 2011
    Preacher wrote: »
    Man that video is such a liar, two attractive women playing d&d? Yeah right.

    Oh Preach, I could tell you about the things I've seen...

    Yes, that includes seeing C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate.

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