Cyberyeti Posted January 19, 2016 Report Share Posted January 19, 2016 The new celestial supergroup just gained a drummer http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35342699 What with Lemmy on bass/vocals, Frey on guitar and Bowie on vocals could be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, died on Sunday at the age of 89. I think this is the first person in this thread who I knew personally, although not very well. When I was a freshman at MIT, I think I once went to a party at his home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ylee Posted January 30, 2016 Report Share Posted January 30, 2016 My good friend and BBO player BozoBus lost his heroic battle with pancreatic cancer on Feb. 25 2015..Not a day goes by that I do not remember him. Next month will be the one year anniversary of his passing. He loved to play bridge and taught me a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PassedOut Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Artur Fischer, Inventor With More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Justice Antonin Scalia, Who Led a Conservative Renaissance on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 79 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 It is hard to stop smiling at this somber occasion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 It is hard to stop smiling at this somber occasion. It is said that his best friend was Ruth Ginsberg; most ahve said he was a fine person. You are a bucket of spit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 This looks as if it has legs, maybe it could be moved? I think in RIP it may be fair to indicate bad qualities as well as good, but a political debate should go elsewhere. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike777 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Too soon for this discussion, too soon. jShocking and sad and yes many political factors but too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 A friend of mine posted this on FB in answer to some of the discussions above. https://www.facebook.com/RepublicanFamilyValues/photos/a.145210952205452.28751.145209655538915/1011338268926045/?type=3 with the comment I had someone ask why I could not give condolences or respect for Justice Scalia upon his passing. This decision, and his opinion on it, is the reason why. In that moment, he demonstrated that he did not warrant nor deserve sympathy upon his passing - for he actively sought to deny that to others. I think this sums the argument up fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 When remembering Scalia, the following quote seems apropos: "And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?" Scalia had no respect for precedence or stare decisis. In turn, this is why his own decisions are built on sand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trinidad Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 In turn, this is why his own decisions are built on sand...Hrothgar, I don't care whether his decisions were built on jello. The man just past away. IMNSHO, this is neither the place nor the time. Rik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 A friend of mine posted this on FB in answer to some of the discussions above. https://www.facebook...8926045/?type=3 with the comment I think this sums the argument up fairly well. For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem? Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem? Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P. It looks like it's a paraphrasing of a longer judgment. To me having read the original, I think the paraphrasing is fair, but it could do with a bit of context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbradley62 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem? Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P.This is from the 1993 case Herrera v. Collins, and the actual text of Scalia's concurring opinion, provided by SCOTUS, can be found here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/boundvolumes/506bv.pdf . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 This looks as if it has legs, maybe it could be moved? I think in RIP it may be fair to indicate bad qualities as well as good, but a political debate should go elsewhere.I've moved the posts about SCOTUS, but not specifically about Scalia, to a new thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flem72 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 This is from the 1993 case Herrera v. Collins, and the actual text of Scalia's concurring opinion, provided by SCOTUS, can be found here: http://www.supremeco...lumes/506bv.pdf . ty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Umberto Eco. I am not a fiction reader but "The name of the rose" made me make an exception. A truly great author. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Umberto Eco. I am not a fiction reader but "The name of the rose" made me make an exception. A truly great author. ugh :( He was more than a fiction writer, one of my favorites if not THE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 “He showed how not only to understand culture, in general, but to create new culture that way. That is what this man was about. Not only that, he loved it, he enjoyed every minute of it. To be with Eco was to just enjoy life.” -- George Lakoff, professor of cognitive linguistics at University of California, Berkeley who credited his friend with changing academia’s approach to literature, by giving respectability to the study of popular art forms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Nancy Reagan, dead at 94. Much has been said, but she and her husband were a happily married couple. That counts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovera Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Keith Emerson : http://ultimateclassicrock.com/keith-emerson-dies/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_U_Card Posted March 17, 2016 Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 In memoir I am Bereft of life but freedom gained Released from all our bounds and ties At sentence end, our story told. More than a memory of what once was Creative font of that to come. For there is more, as we go on Beyond the pale and earthly veil Returned to our more natural state. Of being and not just a cog in cosmic clockwork, time and place. Fear not and do not grieve this loss As that was just a passing phase We'll meet again in a new space To celebrate and consecrate Our return to immaculate grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 The Holland football legend Johan Cruyff has died of cancer at the age of 68. The Dutchman, who on three occasions was voted the world player of the year, guided Holland to the World Cup final in 1974 and as a manager he spent eight years in charge of Barcelona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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