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but better hair.

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I recall a cartoon of one Mayan priest leaning over a sacrificial victim with a knife saying to another priest "sure, our religion has shortcomings but it's the best thing we've come up with".

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Hey, there's a lot of professional respect there. I send him a card on his birthday, even. It says "Happy Holidays", but I'm sure he gets the joke.

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The British Royal Family, pre-House of Windsor?

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"Beat the brains out of others until they have as much brains as thyself."

Something like that, wasn't it?

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Judge Sharon Keller famously allowed an execution to proceed because her office was about to close for the day. Texas Supreme Court Justice Debra Lehrmann stated it didn't matter if a defendant was later proved to be innocent, that fact he was convicted took precedence.

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Pennywise?

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i can see a reality show which features 4 or 5 prisoners and the audience could vote who should get executed first.

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From an old Mike Kelley column in the Austin American-Statesman: a man was asked in voir dire by the defense attorney if he was willing to take part in a process that ended in the death of the accused. The man asked if that was done in Huntsville and on hearing the affirmative replied he would have to do it on the weekend as he couldn't take off on a work day.

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They shoot prisoners don't they?

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Moved from the Manchaca/Ben White area out to a farm south of Taylor. No more easy visits to Half-Price Books!

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Yesterday I got my copy of <i>The Nation</i> as well as a second copy addressed to someone else. I couldn't find him by Googling and out this way any subscriber would probably deny it, assuming the locals knew what that magazine is. The citizenry still smokes a lot and are poster children for obesity/diabetes. If you buy a plate of food here you get a FULL PLATE of food!

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