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Jimmy-Pesto-Jr t1_jdz083z wrote

Reply to comment by T1mac in Hungary ratifies Finland's Nato bid by gfghfhgfhfcvb

>Finland which is going to be a NATO member and it's a more democratic and independent nation,

in fact, the best of the buiz - Finland ranks among the absolute lowest in corruption, and highest in freedom of press & speech, education, happiness - even by European standards.

plus Finland has a long and colorful history of obliterating Russian troops.

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jollybumpkin t1_jdz00y1 wrote

Reply to comment by DigitalSteven1 in N.Y. to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated in writer Alice Sebold rape case by OutsideObserver2

Now you're just being antagonistic.

When she testified, she had the mistaken belief that he was the perpetrator. Was this foolish? Perhaps. Was she mixed up? Yes, probably. Was it racism? Probably not. There was never much doubt that the perpetrator was black. It just wasn't Broadwater.

But there's no reason to believe she testified maliciously. If that were true, she wouldn't have publicly apologized, recently.

When she wrote her book about the assault, Broadwater was already tried, convicted and locked up. She used a pseudonym for Broadwater, but she repeatedly wrote about the guy who was caught and prosecuted. She wrote he was the one who did it. She seems to have believed it, until, much later, she better understood what had happened and how the police improperly influenced her testimony.

Lucky did not sell well. After she published Lovely Bones, the public got interested in her previous book, Lucky, and started to buy it. By then, Broadwater had been locked up for years.

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DigitalSteven1 t1_jdyz7if wrote

Reply to comment by jollybumpkin in N.Y. to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated in writer Alice Sebold rape case by OutsideObserver2

I wouldn't call that a mistake... More like lying under oath and putting an innocent man behind bars.

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Of course, the entire situation is fucked, and all points back to the corruption in the justice system. Coercing a rape victim to identify an innocent is super fucked. The real people that should be behind bars are the ones that practically forced her to do that.

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dclxvi616 t1_jdyz482 wrote

Reply to comment by sciguy52 in First Citizens Bank to purchase assets of Silicon Valley Bank by Substantial-Pass-992

The two statements are not mutually exclusive: "SVB did not have enough liquid assets," & "The assets of SVB are good."

It's like if you put all your cash into savings bonds that you cannot redeem for a 1-year holding period and don't leave yourself anything to buy groceries with. You are financially ruined in the moment, but your bonds are still good assets.

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Plastic-Wear-3576 t1_jdyyetq wrote

Reply to comment by patman_007 in Estimates suggest population growth rate to peak at 8.6 billion by madrid987

The confusion is that the headline and opening sentence of the article itself are different.

The headline says what you're saying, the highest rate of population growth will be at 8.6 billion people, then that rate will taper off, but their will still be growth.

The first sentence in the article says that at current growth rates, the highest POPULATION, not growth rate, will be at 8.6 billion people, where the population will then begin to decline.

Simplified:

Headline -> Population will grow past 8.6 billion. Article -> Population will not grow past 8.6 billion.

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DaHolk t1_jdyy5s9 wrote

Reply to Woman framed in ‘rape fantasy’ plot speaks out after conviction of ex-U.S. Marshal by drkgodess

Can someone explain to me why the victim faced possible life in prison, but the two parties involved got 5 years and "a maximum of 20 years tbd" respectively?

I can't be the only one that feels like the math is weird on that. I feel like when an officer of the law knowingly, with malicious intent AND merely for monetary gain is willing to get someone to spend of their life in prison by abusing their position.... 20 years max sounds a bit weak?

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goldfinger1906 t1_jdyx5f8 wrote

Reply to comment by Thr0waway3691215 in N.Y. to pay $5.5 million to man exonerated in writer Alice Sebold rape case by OutsideObserver2

It’s used more, now anyway, as a means of eliciting either a confession or non-verbal cues directing the officer to a location where something may be hiding. It’s intended to dramatically increase one’s fear and stress levels, especially in a roadside stop. Usually preceded by statements like,”Look if you just tell me where it is I can help you, but if the dog finds it first then it’s out of my hands.”

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