Really, if you're going to try to pull rank on 12-year-old girls, you need something in your own pocket a little better than freaking Radiohead.
I guess it was filmed right before the Berlin Wall was built; I'd never seen the Brandenburg Gate area without the wall.
Capital punishment is the ultimate punishment. It should be reserved for those who:
* caused a death. The death penalty for treason, rape, or other crimes where no death results is simply cruel and unusual.
* committed their act in cold blood without any mitigating circumstances. The slightest mental illness, the slightest intent not to kill, the slightest other circumstance which, if not present, would have resulted in a non-lethal outcome means life in prison is better.
* is, barring divine intervention, beyond redemption. The slightest acceptance of moral responsibility, even after sentence is handed down, means the execution should not go forward.
* the person would endanger the lives of others if he were incarcerated for life in the most secure prison possible
Very few people are simultaneously immoral or amoral and at the same time not mentally ill.
Of those who are, most can be kept from killing again by incarceration. For some, incarceration in a "supermax" prison may be necessary.
The number that is left is either very small or zero.
Since the combination of these conditions never or almost never happens, it is simply much more efficient to have life in prison than to have a death penalty.
I marked this "Pay no attention to my musings." If this shows up on Firehose then then the 'hose is hosed.
Fortunately, Pandora is so effective in capturing the exquisiteness of my musical taste that it skipped from Here I Go Again to Rock Rock (Till You Drop) to Bad Medicine. Strength to strength, so to speak.
Winner, though is pete-classic and friends, on "Wearable Motion Capture". Planet, schmanet, Janet!
The other classic aspect of that article was how the author of the paper shows up (with a 168K uid and CmdrTaco-grade spelling) and rakes in a mere handful of mod points.
The story itself is delightful, though. I read the paper, had no idea what any of it meant and printed it out so maybe my wife can explain it to me.
It looks a lot like the supernova enemy in Maelstrom, though. I got in my binoculars and my first reaction was to spin and shoot it before Orion sped up and clocked me.
Problem:
Adjustable rate mortgages rise too fast.
Solution:
Mortgages whose payments go up with inflation, and down with deflation. The term of the loan shrinks or expands as needed, with a balloon payment of the remaining balance after some fixed period of time, say, 10 years past the stated term of the mortgage.
Twist:
Have the interest rate adjust with inflation as well, rather than the prime lending rate.
"Engineering without management is art." -- Jeff Johnson
