Fashion Board 5-7-04 to 6-9-04

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Jack, get back, check your facts.

Len Bias injested an enormous amount of blow and is also thought to have had an unknown heart condition similar to Dereck Coleman and Olojuwan, wherein the heart occasionally erupts into arrythmia during exercise.

PS: To the ass who stole the 7 foot poster of Bias palming a balll in fron of a scoreboard which read "I'm Bias" from my door in my senior year apartment, I'll see you in hell.

Of course, you never know if you have that unknown heart condition until it (a) kills you or (b) you have it discovered because you've done something else to fuck up your heart. And coke is precisely the sort of thing that produces those funky arrhythmias that (a) kill you or (b) if you're lucky enough, fuck up your heart so that you catch the arrhythmia and don't die. This time.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

"Federal law prohibits disclosing the identity of a covert agent, triggering an investigation into the leak. Such a disclosure is a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine."

Why isn't Novak subject to this penalty?

TM

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
"Federal law prohibits disclosing the identity of a covert agent, triggering an investigation into the leak. Such a disclosure is a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine."

Why isn't Novak subject to this penalty?

TM

In his world, because it was already public knowledge. And/or because such laws don't apply to the right. I'm sure Novak was fighting terrorism.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
This relates to a conversation I just had with another associate in the office. Without implicating yourself, how many people do you know who have smoked crack either during law school or during the years they are practicing law?


THank you all. Please participate in my biased survey.

While we were all on Amelia Island for a wedding, an acquaintance from high school left to go buy some crack. I think it was safe to say everyone was shocked.

I don't think I've ever been in the same room with crack.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
"Federal law prohibits disclosing the identity of a covert agent, triggering an investigation into the leak. Such a disclosure is a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine."

Why isn't Novak subject to this penalty?

TM

It's a First Amendment issue. Technically, Novak didn't disclose the agent's identity; he merely reported information disclosed to him. The more interesting issue for me is whether or not Novak can be charged with misprision of a felony for not revealing his source, or if the First Amendment extends protection to him for not revealing a source even when he knows the source has endangered the life of another in the commission of a felony.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Of course, you never know if you have that unknown heart condition until it (a) kills you or (b) you have it discovered because you've done something else to fuck up your heart. And coke is precisely the sort of thing that produces those funky arrhythmias that (a) kill you or (b) if you're lucky enough, fuck up your heart so that you catch the arrhythmia and don't die. This time.

Exactly. Sebby, haven't you ever had heart palpitations when you're severely hungover?

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by taxwonk
It's a First Amendment issue. Technically, Novak didn't disclose the agent's identity; he merely reported information disclosed to him. The more interesting issue for me is whether or not Novak can be charged with misprision of a felony for not revealing his source, or if the First Amendment extends protection to him for not revealing a source even when he knows the source has endangered the life of another in the commission of a felony.

So, if one of my many CIA buddies discloses that X person is a covert agent, and I put it in my blog, I have not committed a felony but have only done the misprision of a felony? Cool.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Exactly. Sebby, haven't you ever had heart palpitations when you're severely hungover?

Raouaouoaool, it's cool. Don't worry. I'm sure that has nothing to do with whether cocaine will kill you. Really. So go ahead and snort up a storm. I hear the high is better if you dehydrate yourself first.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Don't get me wrong, I am not pro-crack. But, I sometimes think that crack has, relatively-speaking, gotten bad rap. It has been portrayed as this drug that can get you addicted if even think about smoking it. But, there are actually a fair number of people who are able to smoke the drug and maintain relativly normal lives. Is crack any worse than meth, or heroin, or oxycontin in terms of how likely it is to derail an otherwise normal life?

Smoking crack is stupid. Too much of it goes up in smoke.

[bilmore]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower
Don't get me wrong, I am not pro-crack. But, I sometimes think that crack has, relatively-speaking, gotten bad rap. It has been portrayed as this drug that can get you addicted if even think about smoking it. But, there are actually a fair number of people who are able to smoke the drug and maintain relativly normal lives. Is crack any worse than meth, or heroin, or oxycontin in terms of how likely it is to derail an otherwise normal life?

The only reason it's gotten the "horribly addictive" rap is that the price of entry is so low. You can go back in an hour with eight more bucks and get buzzed again, whereas a gram of the real stuff takes much more, and so is sort of self-limiting.

[AnotherSarcasticSock]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
While we were all on Amelia Island for a wedding, an acquaintance from high school left to go buy some crack. I think it was safe to say everyone was shocked.

I don't think I've ever been in the same room with crack.

I assume that the Amelia Island crackhouse only cost 1.5 million.

[baltassoc]

So I get the promotional e-mail for Lollapolooza, and I have to challenge the assertion in the first paragraph.

After 9 years, Perry Farrell and his touring musical circus known as Lollapalooza have assembled the best line up since the very first Lollapalooza.

Thursday, August 12 • Merriweather Post Pavilion
DAY 1: MORRISSEY • SONIC YOUTH • PJ HARVEY • MODEST MOUSE • LE TIGRE • BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB • THE VON BONDIES • BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE • THE WALKMEN • WOLF EYES • DANGER MOUSE • THE DATSUNS • SPARTA • PERETZ


Friday, August 13 • Merriweather Post Pavilion
DAY 2: THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT • THE FLAMING LIPS • MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD • GOMEZ • THE POLYPHONIC SPREE • SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 • THE THRILLS • THE COUP • ELBOW • WHEAT • PERETZ

I'm sure they say this each time (best line up since the first one), but the one I went to back in the day was clearly better. From memory, there was Green Day, George Clinton, Bikini Kill, Shonen Knife, Smashing Pumpkins and the Beastie Boys, and that's only the ones I was sober enough to remember. The only two that even approach that level are PJ Harvey and Sonic Youth.


Str8, I've got presale info if you want or need.

[leagleaze]

I knew a person who had been addicted to coke but got off it before law school. Em is quite successful now. Probably one of the most successful grads from my year, come to think of it.

I didn't know anyone who did crack in college. I do remember people snorting vivarin(sp) when they couldn't get anything else. I recall thinking that was very lame.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I've never known anyone who admitted to smoking crack. And I've known some fairly serious drug users. I know plenty who dropped acid in college.

Did your avatar get highlights?

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
So, if one of my many CIA buddies discloses that X person is a covert agent, and I put it in my blog, I have not committed a felony but have only done the misprision of a felony? Cool.

That's odd. My many CIA buddies assure me you are on the quarrantine list. Are you sure your "CIA buddies" aren't really North Korean secret service?