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Foosters

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  1. Personally, I think of anti-vaxxers as those who espouse conspiratorial rationale, or the "do your own research" crowd. I'm not sure who the "we" is in your question. And, lets be honest, the majority of those (adults) refusing the vaccine from 2021 - present fall in one of those two crowds.
  2. Is the same level of disdain directed to the CDC for recommending flu vaccines for children? Is the low rate of vaccination among kids a sign that the CDC is wrong?
  3. Yeah, at the time the partnership was formed, one of the most trafficked threads on their site was a Qanon thread where thousands of adherents gleefully posted their excitement over the upcoming extrajudicial killings of their enemies. Wise business decision.
  4. To all of you criminal law experts on this thread, can you point to some examples of bosses and executives being charged with involuntary manslaughter for the careless actions of their employees based on a theory of negligence in the hiring of that employee? Because to me, it sounds like a lot of you are using concepts that exist within civil liability and trying to shoehorn them into criminal law.
  5. It was not a shoot em up. Resources were so scarce, you never had the ammo to make it a shoot em up even if you wanted to. It was scavenging and travelling intermingled with intense violence and altercations with human and zombie enemies. There was more than what you've seen so far however. In the scene where they leave the QZ and Joel beats that's dude's face in, the game (IIRC) has it where there are numerous guards after you as you try to escape. Same with the museum- more fighting, more enemies. Basically, it's similar but fight scenes are longer with more enemies in the game and cut scenes and dialogue are longer in the show. That said, the game does rely on dialogue and cut scenes to move it along. There are fans on YouTube that have cut and mashed up the first game to make like a 2hr movie that is almost entirely dialogue and cut scenes.
  6. This is going to save me so much time. Closing argument, write thyself.
  7. Empty seat means we're taking one more. Sun in the middle of second shot means its likely coming from ASU
  8. Fwiw, Monterrey Park is like 75% Asian. We were actually going to attend the Lunar New Year festival there today...
  9. Yeah, that would be pretty funny. Up to the point where you're murdered by a fanatic Patriot.
  10. You may have a point, but may I first ask you why you've remained silent on the situation in Yemen?
  11. That's a good point, although I thought I remembered them saying she must have gotten it at the hospital? But that wouldn't make sense either, unless she was bitten at the hospital. Probably just a plot device necessary to ensure that the actors aren't wearing gas masks every time they are inside a building
  12. Here is the meat. They need to prove BRD that he acted with criminal negligence, which means: Criminal negligence involves more than ordinary carelessness, inattention, or mistake in judgment. A person acts with criminal negligence when: 1. He or she acts in a reckless way that creates a high risk of death or great bodily injury; AND 2. A reasonable person would have known that acting in that way would create such a risk. In other words, a person acts with criminal negligence when the way he or she acts is so different from the way an ordinarily careful person would act in the same situation that his or her act amounts to disregard for human life or indifference to the consequences of that act I haven't been following the facts of the case, but my understanding was that he was handed a prop gun? Regardless, it's a tough hill to climb for the prosecution.
  13. The below is lifted straight from California jury instructions on an Invol manslaughter. Just for reference: When a person commits an unlawful killing but does not intend to kill and does not act with conscious disregard for human life, then the crime is involuntary manslaughter. The difference between other homicide offenses and involuntary manslaughter depends on whether the person was aware of the risk tolife that his or her actions created and consciously disregarded that risk. An unlawful killing caused by a willful act done with full knowledge and awareness that the person is endangering the life of another, and done in conscious disregard of that risk, is voluntary manslaughter or murder. An unlawful killing resulting from a willful act committed without intent to kill and without conscious disregard of the risk to human life is involuntary manslaughter. The defendant committed involuntary manslaughter if: 1. The defendant committed (a crime/ [or] a lawful act in an unlawful manner); 2. The defendant committed the (crime/ [or] act) with criminal negligence; AND 3. The defendant’s acts caused the death of another person. [The People [also] allege that the defendant committed the following lawful act with criminal negligence: Criminal negligence involves more than ordinary carelessness, inattention, or mistake in judgment. A person acts with criminal negligence when: 1. He or she acts in a reckless way that creates a high risk of death or great bodily injury; AND 2. A reasonable person would have known that acting in that way would create such a risk. In other words, a person acts with criminal negligence when the way he or she acts is so different from the way an ordinarily careful person would act in the same situation that his or her act amounts to disregard for human life or indifference to the consequences of that act. [An act causes death if the death is the direct, natural, and probable consequence of the act and the death would not have happened without mthe act. A natural and probable consequence is one that a reasonable person would know is likely to happen if nothing unusual intervenes. In deciding whether a consequence is natural and probable, consider all of the circumstances established by the evidence.] Prepare to be disappointed Edit: I don't know why much of the text is set to strikethrough and it won't let me change it.
  14. Like it or not, zombies are a genre. Not all alien, vampire, bank robbery, etc. movies/tv are the same just because they all deal with the same circumstances. There have been dozens of zombie video games. Only this one captured the gaming community and swept all awards. It's funny that the above poster mentioned Children of Men as I think it's a better comparison than The Walking Dead. A broken, grieving father is coupled with a child who (no spoilers) may represent humanity's savior.
  15. What about spores? Those were a big problem throughout the game. I've read they won't be including spores in the show.
  16. Better lawyers? I know just the place to look! Can't miss it. I've walked into it several times mistaking it for a CVS.
  17. Speak for yourself. I've been inconsolable for the last 36 hours
  18. Its not the figuring out a grift that's difficult - its seeing it through. Pick any household item - razor blades, coffee filters, dishwasher detergent, etc., and put the word "Patriot" in front of it, find a manufacturer oversees that can print the stars and stripes on the items, and sell them for 1000% markup. Buy a couple of ad spots on OAN and pepper Facebook with digital ads. Market them as "produced" or "originating from" the USA regardless of where they are manufactured. Retire early.
  19. I see quite a bit of CP cases come through the courthouse but they're all simple possession, as opposed to distribution. Local law enforcement gets notified by ISP that a certain account has downloaded flagged images. Law enforcement gets a warrant, heads to the house and busts the guy. Based on only seeing the possession cases, I'm assuming Feds (maybe state AG?) handle the distribution and other folks more directly involved.
  20. I've had the pleasure of representing multiple people charged with this offense. If the local police are sending child porn to unsuspecting citizens, then they too are guilty of the crime and could all be arrested. Shit, the DAs even have complex procedures for handling, viewing, and marking the evidence that involves multiple clearances and a literal safe room.
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