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I am becoming increasingly convinced that Erica C. Barnett and Nicole Brodeur are the same person.

I'm not sure I get the "Idiot Jury" thing - the article seems to be about the guy being found guilty and getting the maximum sentence?

Greg... They're not. I like Nicole.

@2 It seems he was convicted of sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment, but not rape. I think that's what ECB's referring to.

@3

But you don't like ECB? Why not? What's wrong with ECB? She's cool, and totally not Annie Wagner, who is all kinds of not cool.

@3: Read this column, then get back to me.

Annie is okay. I always get a kick of trying to figure out what she's saying. And fine, Greg, FINE. Admittedly, Nicole is lame, but I can only be bothered with hating one writer today.

Okay, I'll start previewing my posts...

Re: Birth Control: Lowers the abortion rate.

DUH! That fact alone exposes the "pro-life" movement for what it is. They aren't interested in reducing abortions, otherwise they would be all over birth control. They are pro-scarlet leter, anti-woman, anti-sex.

There is no better combination in the mornin' than rape and recipes!

Because really, who hasn't lost their appetite after reading these stories...?

I'm somewhat inclined to agree with this guy: give ethanol a chance. Yes, it raises food prices in the short term, but what is the alternative at this point? Burning more liquid dinos, which could seriously affect crop yields in the future? Every economic transition is accompanied by these kind of stressful transitions, even when the transition is ultimately beneficial in the long term. Would the same folks complaining about the rising food prices complain about a carbon tax, which, while better reflecting the real cost of production, would also raise food prices for the poor?

Furthermore, while right now it seems that growing corn produces as much CO2 as burning oil anyway, that could change with improved technology.

not just the maximum sentence -- he also falls under megan's law for the rest of his life.

shrimp is the cockroach of the sea.

Oh, and another note to ECB: "Idiot Jury"? Of course we know you'd consider yourself more qualified to judge a case based on one short article about it than the twelve people who actually sat down and listened to the arguments in detail, but there is a reason we don't perform trials by media.

Besides, the guy got 10-20 years in jail for lesser charges anyway. Since when have you ever been inclined to pay attention to pesky details - e.g. what a defendant was actually charged with?

@11 - there are lots of alternatives, and the only reason ethanol is being pushed is the huge corn lobby in this country. Ethanol is actually at least as bad as regular gas for the air, and ethanol from corn costs at least as much energy (much of it in the form of petroleum, amazingly) to make as we get out of it.

If it weren't for the heavy hand of corporate America (not to mention Iowa's disproportionately important role in electoral politics), corn-based ethanol would not be taken seriously for a minute.

@14,

That article was about 14 pages long. If you read it, you'll see that the jury only convicted the guy begrudgingly, for a rape committed against a woman who was ill and confined to her bed. According at least one of the jurors, the bitch was asking for it.

@16,

Oh, nevermind, I thought ECB linked to a longer article about it, the one I read yesterday. But, in that longer article, there were long-winded explanations for why the jury acquitted on most counts. The guy was charged with raping ten women and was only convicted on lesser charges for one rape. Even though Marsalis is pretty much a congenital liar, two juries took his word over the word of ten women.

nothing about ron sim's new taxes?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/arts/music/16mart.html?ref=arts

how has this title gone unnoticed?

@19 I'm suspicious of any seed Ricky Martin wants to plant.

@17 yeah, i didn't get that at all from the articule ecb linked to. the linked article made it sound like 1) they gave the guy a strict punishment, and 2) that the women were satisfied. i wouldn't mind getting the correct picture; do you have your link handy?

@1 - Greg, they're not. I know them both. They're nothing alike.

@21,

Here you go.

I am (sort of) happy that the guy got the maximum sentence. At least the judge was paying attention.

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