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Joe Arpaio—the former sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, who famously ordained himself "America's toughest sheriff"—was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order mandating that Arpaio and his deputies refrain from racially profiling Latinos with traffic stops and detentions, based on suspicions about their immigration status.
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton said [July 31] that Arpaio demonstrated a "flagrant disregard" for the order, rejecting[1] the former sheriff's defense that the order was unclear and the violations unintentional. Arpaio, who is 85, could face up to six months in jail, and is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 5.
[...] Arpaio's attorney said [July 31] he plans to appeal Judge Bolton's ruling in hopes of receiving a trial by jury. The [former] sheriff was denied a jury trial in May because it was not legally required, due to the short length of his potential jail term.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 04 2017, @09:00PM (1 child)
She is hard-core, so no birth control. I got a real Catholic.
I'm pretty much an atheist. I was raised by a Catholic, and tried to be Catholic especially when dating, but I just can't believe in nonsense. At least Catholicism isn't the worst of it; Pope John Paul II said it was OK to accept evolution. I tend to like Catholic family values and culture, but not the socialism and the recent failure to protect/expand western society.
We went the "wind up getting her pregnant" and "have a zillion kids and be broke" route. I just had my 11th, and I'll probably get a few more. My sex life is great. I never need to worry about an STD. I never have to fuss with birth control. She goes crazy for sex when she ovulates.
As an atheist, I simply accept that reproduction is the meaning of life. This is what evolution requires of me. In the battle for survival of the fittest, I'm winning bigly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 04 2017, @10:04PM
Accepting "reproduction is the meaning of life" has nothing to do with being atheist. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in deities.
Since evolution has no consciousness, evolution cannot "require" anything of you.