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Is the lawyer expected to bill the family afterwards for the method of execution, Iran-style, or will payment be upfront to add a new, extra-ghoulish twist?

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I donno... he's in the long line of entertainers going back at least to Paul Lynde, Bishop Sheen, and Liberace .... while they were not political, it's the same schtick: as a screaming queen, one is expected to be "outrageous"... but as a "harmless sissy", a pet of the elites.

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They actually did show an execution on TV in Guatemala several years back. A few months later, Guatemala abolished the death penalty.

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Goofy wasn't always so shy.

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If you're pissing off both sides, you're doing something right. Or, you know, desperately desperately wrong.

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Swishin Fetchit?

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See also: Any National Hockey League game.

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This is getting creepy.

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See also too Ernst Roehm.

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Yeah, a friend of his was executed; just before it happened he wrote Guillotin a letter saying "Please take care of my wife and kids". The letter came to the attention of Robespierre, who wanted to execute the whole family, and he demanded Guillotin tell where they were hiding. The doc told him to get stuffed, and was thrown in jail, but before he could be executed too, Robespierre was overthrown and he was let out again. He stayed out of politics after that, which was probably wise.

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And Milo is still defending the thing about thirteen year olds, and hasn't denied that he said he saw younger kids passed around at parties and said nothing

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Pol Pot and capitalism! They go together like... toothpaste and orange juice!

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Our new ERA director is hip deep in this appalling story. Rachael had a piece on it last week. Thurs, I think.

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Much of Trump's staff and supporters are already on record as supporting wide use of gas chambers and crematoria.

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I was amazed at how fast it was. In a weird way, a little disappointed in that there was no time to comfort him into the other plane (not that I really believe that stuff).

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In case you've never thought about it this way:Homicide is the only crime that is also a punishment.We don't rape rapists, we don't beat perpetrators of violent assault, but we kill killers.

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