This is one of the saddest stories of the year. George Leroy Baker III, 81, left Tempe, Arizona to celebrate his granddaughter’s wedding in Lynchburg, Virginia. Walking across the street to a diner from his hotel, some teens allegedly beat him to death for fun.
The three teenagers were walking down the street when one allegedly said he would beat the first person he met — to impress a girl. Baker walked right into the dare and died for it.
The teens included two 16-year-olds and a thirteen-year-old. They have been charged with murder but their names have been withheld.
Baker appears to have been a wonderful father and his family must now deal with this tragedy at what should have been one of the happiest times for the family.
Source: AZ Family
Jonathan Turley
Blowfish
I reckon the only bit of scottish you understand is the bit about the scabby dirk, or do you not undersatnd such a reference?
100% descendant from Scotttish isn’t the same as being scottish and your “clan” as you put it are all USA, the same as mine
So don’t mix up your histories by watching too much of Mel in Braveheart. we both know he and you are full of bull.
according to bud in earlier posts, your “clan” members were beaten by his “English” ancestors in an american battle
amazing that he is the only person who remembers Scottish involvement in the WoI but hey, this is your friend
Blowfish
I reckoin the only bit of scottish you understand is the bit about the scabby dirk, or do you not undersatnd such a reference?
100% descendant from Scotttish isn’t the same as being scottish and your “clan” as you put it are US, the same as mine so don’t mix up your histories by watching Mel in Braveheart. we both know he and you are full of bull.
according to bud in earlier posts, your “clan” members were beaten by his “English” ancestors in an american battle
amazing that he is the only person who remembers Scottish involvement in the WoI but hey, this is your friend
Buddha,
You’re accomplishing nothing but making yourself look like an idiot without a logical counter-argument or any proof of anything you say.
I would say that’s a rather damning indictment of someone who is allegedly your friend…….keep it coming baby you making me laugh
adding the word “blithering is just further adding to the insult, I would leave it there sweetheart……but welcome on board, anyone who shafts the bud is a friend of mine
Blueish, its spelled Wales, as in the country, it’s readily available in most dictionaries, including the revered Merriam Webster
Whales are those big fishy things in the sea that swallow men with peg legs an shit
“stupid is as stupid does” obviously written by someone brighter than thou, or at least someone who didn’t claim to be a clever shite but knew the difference between “whales” and “wales”
Bud, so as well as being a hypocrite, a racist and a down dog liar, you’re a part mick cross as well? the English bit is by mutual denial and to be fair, I wouldn’t put a claim on such a low down gobshite as you neither.
fuck me son, you got nothing going for you at all have you, cant fight and cant argue for shit, gettin beaten up by the fuckin post boy for fucks sake
You is so low you could parascend out of the ass of a snake and still manage a free fall.
fuckin lowest of the low and before you git all penickety, you use the F word long before we did.
why you keeping count of your failures son, it’s not like we need remindin, you lost, done an dead. hypocrite, racist and dog done liar
you a hypocrite
a racist and you got beat up by a bunch of 12 year olds an I bet those were mostly girls
shit I reckon my 10 year old could roll you over and make you squeal like a lil pig
your all mouth, dictionary and thesaurus and fuck all else, if you wanna come an play please do tell otherwise shut the fuck up and stop behavin like a bitch who lost her dinner money
welcome to the war peace loving mother
” … embarrassed by the Scots contingent we’ve seen on display here.”
My Clan would consider them “lowland” or “border” Scots and lackeys of the Crown … and would probably run a raid in an attempt to clean out the nest of vipers for :
‘Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome tæ yer gory bed,
Or tæ Victory.
‘Now’s the day, and now’s the hour:
See the front o’ battle lour,
See approach proud Edward’s power –
Chains and Slavery.
‘Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha will fill a coward’s grave?
Wha sæ base as be a slave?
Let him turn and flee.
‘Wha, for Scotland’s king and law,
Freedom’s sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand, or Freeman fa’,
Let him on wi me.
‘By Oppression’s woes and pains,
By your sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free.
‘Lay the proud usurpers low,
Tyrants fall in every foe,
Liberty’s in every blow! –
Let us do or dee. (Burns)
My ancestors were a blood thirsty bunch …
Buddha,
“Rowling [she’s the only juvenile fiction author I’ve really enjoy other than Robert Heinlein’s pieces, I consider Barrie a children’s author although I’ve read a couple of his plays]).”
There are plenty of juvenile/young adult authors who write outstanding fiction–including Jane Yolen (I loved her book “Girl in a Cage,” a work of historical fiction about Marjorie Bruce that Yolen wrote with co-author Robert Harris. Yolen lives in the Massachusetts and Scotland.), Susan Cooper, M. T. Anderson, Lois Lowry, Natalie Babbitt, Katherine Paterson, Avi, Christopher Paul Curtis, Jacqueline Woodson, and Joseph Bruchac, a Native American author. You HAVE to read Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” winner of a National Book Award. Alexie is another Native American author. He’s written fiction, short stories, poetry, and wrote/co-wrote the screenplay for the movie “Smoke Signals.”
Blouise,
Truth be known? I’m not pure Irish. Just mostly. We’ve got a Scot (3 generations out, a Payne) and a Blackfoot (4 generations out and have I got some stories about her! A real larger than life character) in the woodpile. There may even be an English in there, but I’ve never been able to confirm that. Scotland has produced many amazing things as a culture including some of my favorite authors (Sir A.C. Doyle, J.M. Barrie and the surprisingly good J.K. Rowling [she’s the only juvenile fiction author I’ve really enjoy other than Robert Heinlein’s pieces, I consider Barrie a children’s author although I’ve read a couple of his plays]). Personally, given the raw number of NASA engineers who grew up to take their careers after watching a certain Irish-Canadian actor play “Scotty” on Star Trek, I’d consider it a proud badge. I would, however, be quite embarrassed by the Scots contingent we’ve seen on display here.
Buddha,
I know you will find this rather silly but, never the less, I will proceed. I am 100% descended from Scots which is quite a nifty thing to have happened given that the first of my familial predecessors arrived in this country in the mid 1700’s. (Excuse it to a “clan” thing)
Never was I allowed to refer to either myself or any of my relatives as Scottish. We were Scots. Why? Alright, here’s the silly thing. England produced the English, Ireland the Irish, and Britain the British but Scotland produced Scots (Whales was always left out of the explanation) … thank you very much! My Clan still refused to recognize the 1603 Union of Crowns when James VI of Scotland became James I of England and no “ish” was the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual meaning for my Clan was also very anti Church of England. The word Scottish was used only by those loyal to the “Throne” and thus not true Scotsmen. I kid you not!
Slarti,
There are several forms of “mathematical” poetry that require specific numbers of lines as well a specific number of syllables in each line–including Haiku (5-7-5), Tanka (5-7-5-7-7), and the Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2).
Buddha,
“You’re accomplishing nothing but making yourself look like an idiot without a logical counter-argument or any proof of anything you say.”
May I suggest a modifier for the word “idiot?” How about blithering?
Elaine said:
^..^*(many) said,
I haven’t seen anything else that compares (or compared) to the power and flexibility of Fractint. I’ll have to take a look around and see if there is a worthy successor out there…
Actually, I approached fractals from the ‘cool pictures’ direction, too – I just went from there to the ‘cool pictures made with math’ and then started learning about the math… fractals were the bait that hooked me on non-linear dynamics.
I know some people who felt that way about LSD. The visuals were my first introduction to the idea that mathematics can generate beauty, but since then I’ve come to see that the underlining mathematics has a beauty of its own. I think people like Poincare, Fatou, and Julia who were able to see the beauty of the mathematics before there were computers to generate the images were amazing visionaries.
Smale is best known for ‘the Smale Horseshoe’ a map of the square onto itself via stretching and folding. This is a fundamental example in dynamical systems – it is an intuitively simple map that produces extremely rich dynamics.
I was doing a project for an engineering class on non-linear dynamics and I ran across a passage in a book describing something called ‘Newhouse sinks’. As the professor that I was referring to is Sheldon Newhouse, I asked him about Newhouse sinks – after telling me that he didn’t call them that he gave me a detailed explanation. Definitely a worthy student of Smale…
I like your husband already…
I’ll try it out and let you know.
FAIL(10): Doesn’t substantively refute the argument as presented.
Again – Prove the hypocrisy or you’re simply not doing anything but name calling. It should be readily apparent at this point I don’t care about that. I only care about proofs and logic.
Again – The Scottish are not a race, they are a nationality. If calling a Scotsman “Scotty” hurt someone’s feelings? Too bad. It doesn’t make me a racist unless you can prove the Scottish have a distinct genomic sub-grouping.
You’re accomplishing nothing but making yourself look like an idiot without a logical counter-argument or any proof of anything you say.
(AY,
Like Blouise, I am tormenting them primarily out of boredom from withdrawal. These guy(s) are clearly cut from the same cloth as Wayne.)
AY,
Oh, I don’t know … it’s a bit of sport … but then I’m suffering from Impeachment Trial withdrawal so it may just be a slight psychotic break …
Buttens
ROFLMAO
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/pensions/article7148161.ece
sigh … it’s a cross
Blouise actually believes the national enquirer and thinks the Brits cause the Gulf Of Mexico spill
ROFLMA
Buddha *snicker*
FAIL (in caps) wont accept when he’s wrong
hypocrite
racist
all the buttens in every combination over and over again
*snicker*
FAIL(9): Doesn’t substantively refute the argument as presented.
Repetitive bullshit merits a repeated grade.
AY,
Yep.
FAIL(7): Doesn’t substantively refute the argument as presented.
more copy and paste
Good luck with that
FAIL(8): Doesn’t substantively refute the argument as presented.
It’s also obvious by your use of black and white that you still don’t understand the bifurcation fallacy – you know, that thing you created when you insisted revenge was the equivalent of justice.
Sigh … all I was trying to do was extend a hand across the pond and offer assistance to a fellow blogger in need etc etc etc
Totally wasted here Blousie, you might want to wait until you have an Enmglishman dangling on your line before you come out with that stuff, and you could maybe call him racist names like your alter ego?
Besides wasn’t BP majority owned by American companies? yes it was
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/just-how-british-is-bp/
Even you couldn’t be dumb enough to believe that sacking the English CEO changed the ownership of the entire company.
ROFLMAO what a stupid person you are