Texan judge gives 17 year old honour student jail time for truancy

[P3nT4gR4m]

I really do wonder if the charges were reversed mainly due to the amount of attention the judge received.  That, for real justice, your case needs to go viral.

I'd take trial by media over trial by fat fuck who gets backhanders from the jail for every new mailbag operative he sends their way, any fucking day of the week.

[minuspace]

I just can't stand maritime tribunals.

[Bu🤠ns]

I really do wonder if the charges were reversed mainly due to the amount of attention the judge received.  That, for real justice, your case needs to go viral.

I'd take trial by media over trial by fat fuck who gets backhanders from the jail for every new mailbag operative he sends their way, any fucking day of the week.

Hell yeah...there's something legitimately democratic about a trial by media (for now)...only thing is, you just have to be the lucky contestant.

[LMNO]

Please tell me you're taking the piss.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I just can't stand maritime tribunals.

Oh, Christ.  Shut up.

[Bu🤠ns]

Please tell me you're taking the piss.

Kinda tongue-in-cheek, yeah.

[Reginald Ret]

This is like something straight out of Rash. Just wait till the prisons are run by multinational corps who use the prisoners as indentured workers to create their goods. Middle ages here we come!

Whaddaya mean, "just wait"?

The largest owner of prisons in the USA is Corrections Corporation of America
(Their stocks are doing well this year)
Apparently Goldman Sachs is the Designated Market Maker, though i have no idea what that means exactly
Soooo, yeah. The future is now! Aren't you glad to be part of the future? To know that the ones pulling the strings now were your classmates!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is like something straight out of Rash. Just wait till the prisons are run by multinational corps who use the prisoners as indentured workers to create their goods. Middle ages here we come!

Whaddaya mean, "just wait"?

The largest owner of prisons in the USA is Corrections Corporation of America
(Their stocks are doing well this year)
Apparently Goldman Sachs is the Designated Market Maker, though i have no idea what that means exactly
Soooo, yeah. The future is now! Aren't you glad to be part of the future? To know that the ones pulling the strings now were your classmates!

I keep thinking that if we all screech about this loud enough, people will actually pay attention.

But nope.

Have you researched ALEC yet? Ever since I found out about them I've been trying to get people to look them up so they have a better understanding of what's going on, but for the most part everyone seems to think that's too much work.

[minuspace]

I just can't stand maritime tribunals.

Oh, Christ.  Shut up.

Welcome back, great to have you, although I resent the implication 

[Pope Lecherous]

I really do wonder if the charges were reversed mainly due to the amount of attention the judge received.  That, for real justice, your case needs to go viral.

I'd take trial by media over trial by fat fuck who gets backhanders from the jail for every new mailbag operative he sends their way, any fucking day of the week.

Hell yeah...there's something legitimately democratic about a trial by media (for now)...only thing is, you just have to be the lucky contestant.

It's funny how if you replace media with mob the statement can be made both true and false depending on what universe you live in.

[Don Coyote]

I really do wonder if the charges were reversed mainly due to the amount of attention the judge received.  That, for real justice, your case needs to go viral.

I'd take trial by media over trial by fat fuck who gets backhanders from the jail for every new mailbag operative he sends their way, any fucking day of the week.

Hell yeah...there's something legitimately democratic about a trial by media (for now)...only thing is, you just have to be the lucky contestant.

It's funny how if you replace media with mob the statement can be made both true and false depending on what universe you live in.

Thing is, I think the media did what it was supposed to do, bring up shit that is going on that people should know about as far as their governments and their rights are concerned.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

This is like something straight out of Rash. Just wait till the prisons are run by multinational corps who use the prisoners as indentured workers to create their goods. Middle ages here we come!

Whaddaya mean, "just wait"?

The largest owner of prisons in the USA is Corrections Corporation of America
(Their stocks are doing well this year)
Apparently Goldman Sachs is the Designated Market Maker, though i have no idea what that means exactly
Soooo, yeah. The future is now! Aren't you glad to be part of the future? To know that the ones pulling the strings now were your classmates!

I keep thinking that if we all screech about this loud enough, people will actually pay attention.

But nope.

Have you researched ALEC yet? Ever since I found out about them I've been trying to get people to look them up so they have a better understanding of what's going on, but for the most part everyone seems to think that's too much work.

http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/09/alec-what-it-does-and-why-three-major-corporations-cut-ties/

http://www.policymic.com/articles/6970/alec-dropped-by-reed-elsevier-joins-mcdonald-s-and-pepsi-in-mass-exodus

http://www.katu.com/politics/national/-Amazoncom-drops-affiliation-with-political-group-153781495.html?m=y&smobile=y

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

This is like something straight out of Rash. Just wait till the prisons are run by multinational corps who use the prisoners as indentured workers to create their goods. Middle ages here we come!

Whaddaya mean, "just wait"?

The largest owner of prisons in the USA is Corrections Corporation of America
(Their stocks are doing well this year)
Apparently Goldman Sachs is the Designated Market Maker, though i have no idea what that means exactly
Soooo, yeah. The future is now! Aren't you glad to be part of the future? To know that the ones pulling the strings now were your classmates!

I keep thinking that if we all screech about this loud enough, people will actually pay attention.

But nope.

Have you researched ALEC yet? Ever since I found out about them I've been trying to get people to look them up so they have a better understanding of what's going on, but for the most part everyone seems to think that's too much work.

http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/09/alec-what-it-does-and-why-three-major-corporations-cut-ties/

http://www.policymic.com/articles/6970/alec-dropped-by-reed-elsevier-joins-mcdonald-s-and-pepsi-in-mass-exodus

http://www.katu.com/politics/national/-Amazoncom-drops-affiliation-with-political-group-153781495.html?m=y&smobile=y

What's the confusion-face part?

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

This is like something straight out of Rash. Just wait till the prisons are run by multinational corps who use the prisoners as indentured workers to create their goods. Middle ages here we come!

Whaddaya mean, "just wait"?

The largest owner of prisons in the USA is Corrections Corporation of America
(Their stocks are doing well this year)
Apparently Goldman Sachs is the Designated Market Maker, though i have no idea what that means exactly
Soooo, yeah. The future is now! Aren't you glad to be part of the future? To know that the ones pulling the strings now were your classmates!

I keep thinking that if we all screech about this loud enough, people will actually pay attention.

But nope.

Have you researched ALEC yet? Ever since I found out about them I've been trying to get people to look them up so they have a better understanding of what's going on, but for the most part everyone seems to think that's too much work.

http://swampland.time.com/2012/04/09/alec-what-it-does-and-why-three-major-corporations-cut-ties/

http://www.policymic.com/articles/6970/alec-dropped-by-reed-elsevier-joins-mcdonald-s-and-pepsi-in-mass-exodus

http://www.katu.com/politics/national/-Amazoncom-drops-affiliation-with-political-group-153781495.html?m=y&smobile=y

What's the confusion-face part?

It seems that people are looking up ALEC more than ever. How else do you explain the mass exodus?

Also, what do you think are the most important things that people ought to know? I've been considering making infographics with references to disseminate through the web and print.

[Cain]

ALEC has come to prominence since the Trayvon Martin case, but only among people who are typically well informed on political issues (notably, there has been a large amount of ALEC posts on liberal blogs....though one could argue just how well informed liberal bloggers are, they are generally better informed than the statistical base rate).