I think they went from the narrative that he was murdered kneeling with his hands up, and then when that was proved wrong by the video then they simply switched to the story that he didn’t have a gun just to maintain the narrative.
Yeah, but a dozen men? Two dozen? She wuz a bizzy lil’ beaver!
When you say “wuz” do you mean “had”?
There was an arraignment today. Naturally, [the 16 defendants present pleaded “not guilty”](Ammon Bundy and Oregon Occupiers Plead Not Guilty to Conspiracy Charges - TIME Ammon Bundy and Oregon Occupiers Plead Not Guilty to Conspiracy Charges),
*Bundy sat at the main defense table while most of his co-defendants sat in the jury box as they listened to a government prosecutor read the indictment and U.S. District Judge Anna Brown tell them their rights. Brown reminded the defendants they are considered innocent until proven guilty. One by one, she asked them if they understood. Bundy simply said “yes,” but four co-defendants took the opportunity to express skepticism.
“It’s difficult to understand presumption of innocence when I’ve spent the last month in a jail cell and been led around in shackles and chains,” Ryan Payne said. Another, Jason Patrick, told the judge: “You’re the federal government; you’re going to do whatever you want.”*
Sorry, I did not realize that was an unusable link. Here is the OPB version.
Pun: there is a North American expression “Busy as a beaver.” (Building those elaborate dams requires a lot of work.)
Yeah I know; its a common expression the English speaking world over I think. I was just being silly.
Fun fact: The landscape of northern North America was changed significantly by the fashion in 17th- and 18th-Century Europe for beaver-felt hats. Because beavers create wetlands, and hunting/trapping them for their pelts significantly reduced the wetlands. You can read the story in American Colonies: The Settling of North America, by Alan Taylor, Vol. 1 in a projected 5-volume Penguin Books American history series. Also, to some extent, in West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt, which is about all the other things that were going on in North America while the 13 colonies were fighting their revolution. For instance, did you know that the Spanish only colonized San Francisco because they were afraid the Russians would get there first, and that that was a completely unfounded fear, the Russian efforts in America being entirely preoccupied with the Aleutian trade in sea-otter pelts?
Oh, and, yeah, as to beavers, penetrate 'em, pound 'em, etc., etc. Also some kind of “wetlands” pun.
Are these hats felt by beavers, or felt hats for beavers?
Those were the hats you wore when shooting beavers.
My new favorite part:
"Ammon Bundy and the other defendants currently have a trial date scheduled for April 19, according to court documents, a day known as Patriot’s Day, which commemorates the start of the American Revolution. That date is likely to change. "
It’s only a matter of time before the inevitable porn parody. Raising the Flags: The Malheur Suck-off, perhaps.
Beaver is also a slang term for ‘lady parts, which is what Princhester was alluding to’. As in ‘Ward you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.’
The difference between “wuz” vs. “had” is the degree of insultingness. The latter says “she was a slut” while the former says “that is what she is good for, not much else there”.
FTR, there were at least three women present in the occupation: Shawna Cox, Sandra Lynn Anderson, Victoria Sharp.
If someone sent me a drum of lube, and I didn’t care about trashing the place, I’d set up an indoor slip-n-slide. (not a euphemism)
I know I’ll regret asking this - but if they’re of “indeterminate shape”, then how do they know they were sex toys?
They were slathered in 1.7 gallons of lube.
Anything is a dildo, if you’re brave enough.