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  1. JMPrince Avatar

    Better but still shorter description of above story here, via the Equal Justice Initiative study:

    http://bossip.com/255046/blacks-are-being-blocked-from-southern-juries-recent-study-shows/

    via the NYT story here:

    nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02jury.html?pagewanted=2&sq=juries&st=cse&scp=2

    JMP

  2. JMPrince Avatar

    “Blacks Are Being Blocked From Southern Juries Recent Study Shows”

    June 7, 2010

    “The United States criminal justice system guarantees a jury of one’s peers. But a new study of eight southern states found that widespread racial discrimination persists in jury selection, particularly in criminal trials. Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, says prosecutors often cite reasons other than race, but the statistics tell another story. And Alabama resident Brenda Green says she has been booted from several juries because she is black.”

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127536413

    The past is never quite behind us. It’s never done. It lives all around us. Breathing. JMP

  3. JMPrince Avatar

    The Deadpool’s most prominent escapee, former Sen. Alan Simpson lends his hand to the cred of the Obama deficit commission here in profanity laced video dis-ing Social Security:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/alan-simpson-in-profanity_n_617232.html

    JMP

  4. JMPrince Avatar

    In other sad, ‘missing diva’ news’, Big Mo in To finally succumbs to the ravages of time:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/music/18forrester.html?src=me&ref=arts

    “Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79
    By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
    Published: June 17, 2010”

    In another ‘death letter’ on the day, this commie kicked the bucket. Naturally, he was the only one mentioned by NPR last night. Also via the NYT

    “José Saramago, Nobel Prize-Winning Writer, Dies
    By FERNANDA EBERSTADT
    Published: June 18, 2010

    José Saramago, the Portuguese writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998 with novels that combine surrealist experimentation with a kind of sardonic peasant pragmatism, died on Friday at his home in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands. He was 87.”

    Never heard him sing though. He was in self imposed exile from his country when he died.

    JMP

  5. JMPrince Avatar

    Last known female sex symbol of Poland dies @ 72: Via the NYT:
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/18/arts/18czyz.html?src=me&ref=arts

    “Elzbieta Czyzewska, Polish Actress Unwelcome in Her Own Country, Dies at 72″
    By BRUCE WEBER
    Published: June 17, 2010”

    JMP

  6. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    I think this thing is gaining momentum!
    http://tinyurl.com/2w5hcp7

  7. JMPrince Avatar

    Precisely my point.

  8. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    Rawls is toast.

  9. JMPrince Avatar

    Clearly a question for Rawls.

    But here’s yet another question & saga of Ed & Higher Ed:

    http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Young-Adults-in-Povert/65826/

    Not since the Great Depression have we’ve seen incomes dropping for even College grads. And it’s been stalled or falling for much of the last 8 years prior too, across the board for all categories & almost universally for all job classifications. JMP

  10. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    OK, they tied. That’s good news for us!
    England has to play Slovenia, and we get Algeria next. Our game is theoretically a little easier I think.
    Beware, I have vuvuzela app on my phone.

  11. griftdrift Avatar

    80th minute and England/Algeria is still tied. That sounds you hear is the loud gnashing of poorly maintained teeth.

  12. griftdrift Avatar

    No. it would go to lots because U.S. and England would be tied for second with the same goal differential. Or maybe it would go to total goals which would mean U.S. in….maybe….I’m going to consult the FIFA rule book.

  13. griftdrift Avatar

    Wait. No lots because U.S would lose on points. Forget that scenario.

  14. griftdrift Avatar

    Depends on whether England can beat Algeria. They are in the 65th minute with no score.

    If England ends up with a draw against Algeria, then for the U.S. it is win and in. If England ends up in a draw with Algeria, then draws against Slovenia AND the U.S. draws against Algeria, it will go to drawing lots. I kid you not.

    But lets assume England wins against Algeria 1-0. Here are the scenarios.

    U.S must beat Algeria or it is eliminated.

    U.S Wins/England Wins = U.S. in

    U.S. Wins/ Slovenia Wins = U.S. in

    U.S. Wins / Slovenia and England Draw = U.S. must best Algeria by at least 2 goals to get in.

    I think I’ve covered everything.

  15. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    Among the best applications of that phrase. Ever.

  16. Ed Avatar
    Ed

    No love for my funny picture?

  17. sndeak Avatar
    sndeak

    BS call on the US goal that was waived off.

  18. JerryT Avatar
    JerryT

    US and Slovenia tie, 2-2.
    I think we need England to lose against Slovenia when they play.

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