Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Rob F]

That's pretty cool DSL

Liney is the poodle?

Can't be!

[Mike]

But have you been having any fun!?

[lineygoblue]

I'd be great at blackjack if 22 was a winning hand ... :-)

[entropy]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Australian man attending an Oklahoma college on a baseball scholarship was shot and killed in what police described Monday as a random act of violence by three "bored" teenagers who decided to kill someone for the fun of it.

Christopher Lane, 22, of Melbourne, was found dead Friday while visiting the town of Duncan, where his girlfriend lives. Three boys, ages 15, 16, and 17, are in custody and face a court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

Duncan Police Chief Danny Ford said Monday a woman called 911 after she saw Lane stagger across the road and fall to the ground in the south-central Oklahoma town of about 24,000 residents. Ford said Lane, who was staying with his girlfriend and her family in Duncan, had jogged past a home where the three boys were staying. He said the shooting appeared to be completely random.

Autopsy results are pending. Ford wouldn't say how many times Lane was shot.

Ford said the 17-year-old has given a detailed confession to police, but that investigators have not been able to locate the murder weapon.

"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: 'There's our target,'" Ford said. "The boy who has talked to us said: 'We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"

"They followed him in the car to that area, shot him in the back and drove off," Ford said.

He said the district attorney is expected to file first-degree murder charges Tuesday, and all three will be arraigned at Stephens County District Court. It wasn't known if the three will be charged as adults or as juveniles.

Sarah Harper, Lane's girlfriend, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. that the two had only returned to the United States from Australia last week.

"He didn't deserve any of this," Harper told the network. "It's heartbreaking that it was such a random choice those guys made that drastically altered so many lives in the process."

Lane attended East Central University in Ada, about 85 miles west of Duncan. He started 14 games at catcher last year and was entering his senior year.

"He was an absolute joy to coach," baseball coach Dino Rosato said in a statement issued by the school. "Chris was an extremely well-respected teammate. ... He set a great example for all of his teammates, but more importantly for the younger players. He was a mature student-athlete who his teammates could look to for advice and support."

Ford told Oklahoma City television station KOCO that one of the teenagers said they shot Lane for "the fun of it."

The chief told the Duncan Banner that police detained the three boys near a car and had retrieved a dismantled shotgun from the vehicle, but that Lane had been shot with another gun that had not yet been found. He said police have had "problems" with two of the three juveniles previously. He did not elaborate.

Peter Lane, the boy's father, told Australian broadcasters there was no explanation for his son's death.

"It is heartless and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity," he said.




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[THE_WIZARD_]

Despicable.

[THE_WIZARD_]

I hope Oklahoma has the Death Penalty.

[Optimus Prime]

They are not boys or children, they are murderers, likely afro-racists too.

"They saw Christopher Lane jog by the house they were at, they chose him to be the target, they got in the car, drove up behind him and shot him in the back.

"They saw Christopher go by, and one of them said: `There's our target,'" Ford said. "The boy who has talked to us said: `We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody."

[lineygoblue]

And of course .. the Jesse and Al show will be totally silent.

[Optimus Prime]

It was simply outrageous to listen Jackson & Sharpton paint Zimmerman as a "pseudo-racist" for purely financial gain over the last year. Martin's death was tragic but frankly there is no war on black men, at least not by white men....shameful.

Last year, the Scripps-Howard News Service studied half a million homicide reports and found that killings of black victims by white attackers have actually dropped over the past 30 years, from 4,745 during the 1980s to 4,380 during the first decade of the 2000s.

There were nearly twice as many white victims killed by black assailants: 8,503 in the 1980s, and 8,530 in the 2000s.

[Mike]

Black on white crime doesn't meet the standard of "racially motivated".

[lineygoblue]

Great pics OP

[hodgkal]

We just spent 2 nights at the Little River Indian Casino in Manistee as part of a study group we belong to (didn't gamble). What an eye opener! Hundreds of addicts glued to slot machines, completely oblivious to their surroundings. A typical gambler was a 60 something white haired overweight cigarette smoker sitting for hours repeatedly punching in the enter button as the screens rolled.

Most of the employees are locals and non-Indians and this casino supports the local Ottawa tribe numbering a little over 4000. But at what cost?

Our surprising takeaway was how this casino has destroyed the local economy of Manistee. Our tour guide used to own a bar there and said the casino wrecked his business and has sucked out most of the jobs from the local food and entertainment establishments. The city itself looked quite dead although I'm not sure how bad it really is because we were not there on a week-end.

[lineygoblue]

::: maybe this would be a bad time to mention that I hit that casino for one of my biggest craps wins:::

:-)

[hack]

What's with all the racism in this thread? You two retarded faggots should just get a room together.

[Hannibal]

It was simply outrageous to listen Jackson & Sharpton paint Zimmerman as a "pseudo-racist" for purely financial gain over the last year. Martin's death was tragic but frankly there is no war on black men, at least not by white men....shameful.

Last year, the Scripps-Howard News Service studied half a million homicide reports and found that killings of black victims by white attackers have actually dropped over the past 30 years, from 4,745 during the 1980s to 4,380 during the first decade of the 2000s.

There were nearly twice as many white victims killed by black assailants: 8,503 in the 1980s, and 8,530 in the 2000s.

RACIST!!!