Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)

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Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)

Post by Beyond » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:55 pm

Boy! Are you gong to get it from Hostess!! Uh-huh Uh-huh :!: :!:
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Re: APOD: Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring... (2010 Aug 02)

Post by neufer » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:21 pm

beyond wrote:
Boy! Are you gong to get it from Hostess!! Uh-huh Uh-huh :!: :!:
I've got a more than competent lawyer:
  • <<Justice Antonin Scalia referred to the "Twinkie defense" in discussion of a defendant's right to counsel of choice: "[If I am a defendant,] I don't want a competent lawyer. I want a lawyer who's going to get me off. I want a lawyer who will invent the Twinkie Defense [...] I would not consider the Twinkie Defense an invention of a competent lawyer [...] but I want a lawyer who's going to win for me.">>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense wrote:
<<"Twinkie defense" is a derisive label for an improbable legal defense. It is not an actual legal defense in jurisprudence, but a catchall term coined by reporters during their coverage of the trial of defendant Dan White for the murders of San Francisco City supervisor Harvey Milk and mayor George Moscone. White's defense was that he suffered diminished capacity as a result of his depression. His change in diet from health food to Twinkies and other sugary food was said to be a symptom of depression. The media misinterpreted this defense as a claim that sugary food was itself responsible for White's criminal behavior. White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter.>>
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Re: APOD: Prometheus Creating Saturn Ring... (2010 Aug 02)

Post by Beyond » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:58 pm

If he had eaten the chocolate covered Twinkies, he wouldn't have been depressed :!: :!:
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Re: Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)

Post by bystander » Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:15 pm

Snowball (TM) - Another One Bites The Dust

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Re: Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)

Post by Beyond » Tue Aug 03, 2010 1:39 am

bystander wrote:Snowball (TM) - Another One Bites The Dust

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I just can not find any words........
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Re: Twinkie Defense: Split from (APOD: 2010 Aug 02)

Post by Beyond » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:25 am

I just found some words.
Bystander it's a good thing you spelled it Snow-ball and not Sno-Ball, or you would have to be looking over your shoulder to see if the Hostinians were comeing for you also.
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