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The Spector case is still ongoing. OJ is serving a long sentence now. Admittedly not for the murder that he clearly did commit, but that's down to the way the evidence was presented. A cock-up rather than a conspiracy. Michael Jackson? Meh.

As much as I think OJ got off for murdering his ex-wife and her boyfriend, I believe he was railroaded this time and got a much harsher sentence just because of the other case. Plus, I think he may have been set up...

no one courier looks the same.

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Kingsbury & Northchurch? What were the details? I ride this way all the time.

Sorry to hear about the Victoria Park troubles.

Me too! Not good to hear there might be issues...

I wouldn't feel so comfortable riding through any park at night.
I know Victoria Park well and wouldn't want to ride through there anymore. The canal too.
Just bad news.
At least Em is ok. Not nice for anyone to be chased.
And Mr Object: I heard the news off Gabes and was really pissed off.
Keep safe.

Is the canal not safe, either? Good to know! I've considered cycling along there, but haven't since it started getting dark early...

@Polkatronixx....i couldn't care less about whether it's in Hackney or tower hamlets...one of my best friends just narrowly avoided getting attacked by two guys.
We live in hackney...i'm not sullying it's name i'm trying to save the same thing or worse happening to somebody else.

I know... sorry scott. I wasn't trying to be a dick or detract from the message. I was trying to be 'clever.' Obviously it backfired.

Seriously hope your friend is doing ok, and I appreciate the heads up.

Smart arse. Hope your flatmates alright Scot.

Sorry...

I was just being snarky b/c it seems like poor old Hackney gets all sorts of stick, all the time. I've only lived in Hackney for about a year and a half (and just moved slightly over the border into Haringey... the border runs through my garden), but I never really had a bad experience living there.

Isn't Victoria Park in Tower Hamlets? Don't sully the 'good name' of Hackney ;p

edit: that sucks, though. Sad to hear that cyclists are being harassed/mugged there. A colleague of mine just got mugged in Tottenham, but you kind of expect that....

andy.w, i didn't know all that.. and it's definitely kind of a bummer, but i'm not really surprised. politics is a game where money and corporate interests are really big cards to hold, maybe someday in the far off distant future that will change - and wouldn't it be great.. but american people are paying attention now and they care and lots of them are proud and happy, and i think/"hope!" that will have a trickle-down effect on other aspects of american society, too. he's a politician for sure, and obviously not perfect, but i do think he's already done quite a lot for the american psyche.

Well, that's what we all thought in 1992 (I was 20 at the time). The American public is very fickle. And politicians say a lot of things on their way to the White House.

George Bush a liberal? Sue your teachers.

Neoliberal. And yes, he is!

edit: I realise it's wikipedia, but: [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoliberalism[/ame]

people can be as cynical about this as they want, but i truly believe that this is a major step in the right direction for the usa. of course, politicians are politicians, and obama is not going to be perfect, probably not even going to be close to perfect... but when he first came on the scene as a possible presidential candidate a couple years ago i never thought he'd make it to the office, and i really think it says a lot about the state of the usa that he has.

i watched the inauguration with a bunch of americans in budapest, and as cheesy as much of it was (very superbowl-ish i thought... and what was with that awful poem?), i still could not stop grinning and we were all so happy... one thing no one can deny is how his time in the spotlight has incited such enthusiasm within a population that has been largely politically apathetic for quite some time now, i think that's my favorite thing about it. i can't really imagine anyone else doing that... people care, and they're paying attention, and that is already a change.. i saw him speak last spring and the crowds who descended on the small-ish town where i was living were just unbelievable, and the level of support was so strong and real. and now, it's actually happened, and he's really the president, which still seems surreal. and yesterday, on his first day, he made moves to close down guantanomo as well as freeze salaries for top government employees. it's easy to get cynical (though it's also wrong to blindly follow), but i feel like if everybody had that attitude nothing in the world would ever change for the better.

Barack Obama is just another neoliberal like George Bush and Bill Clinton. People like that only represent the wealthy. They serve their corporate benefactors, not the electorate.

YES! Come on you fuckin Spurs, bout time we got some goals in that match.

I couldn't believe it. Although I'm very happy with the end result, it did little to stop me worrying....

Yes.

If you want this, you can get it. You'll pay for it, but you can definitely get it.

Good to know! That is my aim, long-term. I will one day have a bike built EXACTLY for my dimensions. At 6'6" it is difficult to find an exact fit.

I wasn't sure that this was correct, so I used my search-fu. I wish I hadn't, what I found was bonkers:

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05573a.htm

Only click if you're REALLY interested.

They call the conversion of a wafer to the actual body of Christ 'transubstantiation.'

the schwinn is ugly as standard, the only thing that look nice is simply the chrome part.

I disagree (obviously). I like the colour and the font/colour of the decals. And the chrome bits, too. As an OTP, it's got a nice kind of retro feel to it.

A friend of mine has an '07 model (the white/red one) and I rode it briefly when I was back home last year. Not bad, if a little heavy. The components were about what you'd expect. For the money, though, I think I'd rather get a KHS Flite. (Maybe slightly pricier?)

Sexist. ;-)

I know I look good!

oh wait.. you said 'sexist'

OTP can never be custom.

It can all be reduced to this:
OTP frames are made to fit slices of the average market.
Custom frames are made to fit individuals.

That's it.

No more, no less.

Question (and I'm being serious): are there any frame builders who will build you a frame to your EXACT specifications, based on your size? All the frame builders I've seen build frames using standardised tube lengths (i.e. 24" 24.5" etc). Is it actually possible to have a frame built using, say, Reynolds 631 tubing with a seat tube of 25.1" ?

Yep, I really like the fact that you can use it as a reference book, yet it reads cover to cover quite well too.
Nice hand drawn illustrations.

I left mine behind when I moved over here. I miss it...

:)

I have been following the recent spate (in the US) of people (no good for nothing crazy students and similar ne'er do wells) taking the holy wafer into their mouths but not consuming it and basically smuggling it out of the church to desecrate in some humorous/youtube way.

The church have been livid with outrage, to the point of attempting to effect an arrest on grounds of kidnap.

Silly Idiots, these people are wasting their time.

I would love to have 'Kidnap of a cracker' on my criminal record.

It would go just under 'assault and battery of a custard cream' and 'indecent exposure in front of a Carr's water biscuit'

I hadn't heard of that! When I was a kid and had to attend CCD (confirmation of Catholic doctrine, i.e. Sunday school) I had a teacher who told us stories of people smuggling the host out of the church after it had been consecrated and the host bleeding or doing other crazy (or 'miraculous') things.

To each his own

You're right about that, but Platini's statement (with my correction) 'each to his own' makes sense as well. A bit awkward, though.

'blouse'.
Each to their own. If you don't enjoy it don't do it. End of.

Each to his own.

that's a model!

anyhow, check this out;

That's a real shame b/c the Schwinn Madison isn't a half-bad-looking bike

Have you read 'Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance'? ;)

This book certainly influenced my approach to bike building (amongst other things). I have tried to include as many handmade components as possible. The best bit for me, was spending several hours stitching on the Elk-hide bar covering. It wont effect performance but it does (for me) illustrate the hand-made nature of the bike.

Its all about injecting some care.

Have you read '[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Zinn-Art-Road-Bike-Maintenance/dp/1931382697/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232544125&sr=8-1"]Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance[/ame]?' I learned a lot from that book (no joke).

if he hadn't of messed up the " i do solemnly swear ....." bit, i think i was in line for a tear to be shed for the first time in 20 years or so
very moving moment for the whole of the world, just think where the blacks were only 20 years ago in america ( and in some parts 20 minutes ago, alabama for example ) to now, an immigrant from kenya arriving in the us of a to becoming president
THAT HAS TO BE A KICK IN THE BUTT FOR ALL THE MOANERS OUT THERE
See what can be achieved with a bit of hard work and some dedication ( thats what it takes to be a record breakerrrrrrrrrr )

Shame they had to go on about GOD so much in the speech. though

How much time have you spent in Alabama? In 1988?

Obama does not share the exact views on NAFTA or free trade in general as Clinton. See his comments during the debates regarding labor laws and dealing with Colombia or countries with dismal human rights as an example.

And as for Clinton and health care, his initiative was blocked by Republicans who controlled Congress. Obama would have less hurdles in that regard with the Democratic majority and the popularity of the program among the public these days.

And working for the Clinton administration does not mean an exact adherence to his policies nearly a decade later. Take Emanuel for example - he was chosen for his tough ability to keep the party in line to forward the Obama agenda and not for his personal opinions. Obama will be the one calling the shots and making policy not those who work for him.

Regarding "militarism" - I dont see anything particularly questionable in Obama's agenda -- he will be pushing for a withdrawal from Iraq, a refocus on Afghanistan and the border region with Pakistan, and sitting down for the sake of dipolmacy with controversial heads of state. I dont see new war on the agenda - I see negotiations. And besides Kosovo and the continued sanctions of Iraq, I dont recall Clinton's "militarism" being all that bad. And I think Obama would have more reservations that Clinton ever had with engaging in warfare considering the last eight years.

And this reminds me of the whole "there is no difference between Gore and Bush" talk among the left circa 2000 - how did that work out? I think we messed that one up pretty bad.

Clinton was anti-NAFTA during the election. To be more accurate, he said he wouldn't support NAFTA without some major changes. And then he got elected and rammed it through Congress, completely against the wishes of organized labor... the people that may very well have gotten him elected in the first place. The Republicans did not kill national health care as much as Clinton allowed it to die slowly and quietly.

Obama has said he would support invading Pakistan if necessary. Obama's camp were very quiet about the recent Gaza situation and he has made it VERY clear that he is a 'friend' of Israel.

As far as Clinton's militarism.... his best moment was destroying an aspirin factory in Sudan to take the heat of himself for the Lewinsky scandal.

Btw... there is no real difference between Gore and Bush. They belong to the same people. But had Gore won in 2000, we would've still ended up with the whole 9/11 thing and would've ended up in Afghanistan. Whether or not we would've ended up in Iraq remains to be seen. I'm certainly willing to admit that might have been something we would've avoided. Probably would've avoided.

But we'd still have the whole 'credit crunch.'

The (admittedly comic) representation of Christianity's is, even you must admit, accurate, that is why it is comic, translating Christianity's pious language into common speak reveals it's unhinged supernatural claims for what they are.

But the response on Atheism is so so far of the mark it is also funny !

The most telling part is that it fails to mention atheism other than in the title ? It attempts to use woeful misrepresentations of science (cosmology and evolution) to refute atheism !?

To be fair, Catholics (and all related churches) believe they are eating the ACTUAL flesh of Christ, not doing so symbolically.