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http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/hillsborough-sheriff-calls-news-conference-on-death-investigation-in-plant-city-area-20181219/

A Hillsborough County sheriffs deputy killed his wife, daughter and granddaughter early Wednesday morning, then confessed to their murders over his agency radio before killing himself.

Terry L. Strawn, 58, a Sheriffs Office veteran who was once named Officer of the Year, used his service handgun to kill his family at two locations in east Hillsborough County. Three deputies encountered him near Plant City High School and tried to talk him down before he died by suicide.

He indicated he was losing everything, said Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister. Im saddened. But Im also disheartened that a sheriffs deputy would ever cause harm to another individual.

The victims were identified as the deputys wife, Theresa Strawn, 54; daughter, Courtney, 32; and his 6-year-old granddaughter, Londyn, who was Courtney Strawns daughter. The youngest casualty was a student at Valrico Elementary School, where Strawn worked as a school resource officer.

Sheriffs officials learned of the carnage at 6:42 a.m., when Strawn started speaking over a sheriffs radio frequency. He announced he had "emergency traffic," then said he had killed three family members and gave directions to the two locations where they could be found, the sheriff said. The deputy said he planned to kill himself at Plant City High, which is near one of the murder scenes.

A communications supervisor tried to talk him out of it. A short time later, deputies found Strawn just east of the school. They pleaded with him not to hurt himself.

At one point he said he had to go, he wanted to be with his family, Chronister said.

No students or school staff were in the area, officials said, when the deputy killed himself.

Detectives and forensic technicians combed through three crime scenes Wednesday afternoon: An area just outside the Plant City High campus, Courtney Strawns duplex near the school and the deputys home in a gated community at 1512 Emerald Hill Way in Valrico.

During his radio transmission, he talked about how much he loved the Sheriffs Office, Chronister said.

Terry Strawn also spoke of coping with financial and health problems, the sheriff said, but no financial concerns surfaced during his recent pre-employment background check when the retired deputy returned to duty this past summer.

In 2011, the deputy and his wife filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court. In a petition, they estimated their assets at less than $50,000 with liabilities greater than that. Among the assets, they listed a Jeep, two trucks, a boat, and a 9mm Smith & Wesson firearm. But court records show they qualified for a mortgage and bought a house earlier this year.

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I've been assuming Cilantro was just Sillyknees on a rightward shift. Well then.
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bump
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This is such a good grift
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That shit ruled
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This combines something that has undoubtedly made the world worse, and Karl Marx
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Hitman speedruns require a level of planning and precision that I find really impressive


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I feel like movies are a fairly cheap hobby in comparison, but then each movie only provides a limited time of entertainment.
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Beginning to think this Donald Trump guy is some sort of dishonest person
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Makeveli_lives posted...

D-Lo_BrownTown posted...

I thought they'd at least give us a new level for Hitman 2.

Having not played, is this not a Christmas themed hitman 2 level?

This is a Christmas themed level from the previous game.
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The Crew 2
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Makeveli_lives posted...

Zack_Attackv1 posted...

And yet still no platinum trophy.

I'll pass.

Wait what? Is this like a personal thing for you or is the platinum not registering for users?

There is no platinum trophy. Not that that should keep anyone from getting this game, which rules.
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Seems more like an own on the military
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I made this topic so I could post more about Hitman 2, which is such a great sort of sandbox; the game gives you so many options to take care of targets. I'm going to be replaying this probably until Hitman 3 comes out.
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MC_BatCommander posted...

Prey (2017)

That game was fuckin cool!

- Takes place in space, which is always great
- The game environment is huge, and there's tons of stuff to find
- You can build your dude's skills out in different ways, which determines how you deal with certain situations you'll encounter
- Emphasis on using stealth, your skills, and the environment to fuck up enemies instead of just mindlessly shooting
- Interesting enemy design, including enemies that can disguise themselves as random props in the environment (an ability you can get too!)
- Benedict Wong has a lot of VA in it.

Oh yeah, and it has the Glue Gun which is a cool unique gimmick I haven't seen in other shooters.

That game is in first person, right? Otherwise I feel I'd enjoy it
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It was not the norm of the time, though. There was intense opposition to slavery, even in the 18th century.
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Sell us on a game, something you think deserves more appreciation.
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Relish
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Some real dumb folks are upset about this
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1075201780718305280
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Caution999 posted...

Also, someone PLEASE....

PLEASE

remind me what Trump did with Israel again?

The State of Israel is not the Jewish people
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uwnim posted...

Enough never Trumpers existed for there to be concern over a possible threat to him.

Never Trump people are like 10% of the party, if that
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https://v.redd.it/9gwf819z17521
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uwnim posted...

They have no choice. He's the figurehead of the republican party, so to the typical republican he must be supported. Anything else would damage the party and they've sworn loyalty to it.

Parties have primaries for sitting presidents all the damn time
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Full Throttle, in my experience, has been known to omit or alter details of a story.
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trans-teenager-claims-teacher-demanded-he-prove-he-was-a-boy-in-bathroom?

A 15-year-old transgender boy in West Virginia is alleging that his assistant principal confronted him while he was in a bathroom stall, challenging him to come out here and use the urinal to prove that he was really a boy.

That allegation and others are detailed in a Dec. 17 letter from the American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia addressed to Dr. Mark A. Manchin, superintendent of Harrison County Schools.

According to the ACLU-WVs letter, the transgender boyMichael Critchfieldwas using an otherwise unoccupied boys restroom in Liberty High School before a late November band trip when Assistant Principal Lee Livengood allegedly entered and asked why he was there.

Critchfield, according to the ACLU-WV, explained that he was a boy and that the bathroom was empty. But that was when the assistant principal allegedly issued his challenge to use the urinal. The ACLU-WV alleges that the assistant principal then blocked the door to the restroom to prevent Critchfield from leaving.

Mr. Livengood continued to berate Michael, his voice rising, asking Michael what would happen if another boy thought Michael was checking him out, the letter continues. Michaels classmates later told him they could hear Mr. Livengood yelling from outside the restroom in the hallway and cafeteria.

The assistant principal allegedly misgendered the boy throughout the conversation by referring to him with female pronouns, and concluded by saying: Im not going to lie. You freak me out.

The ACLU-WV says in its letter that Michael began crying uncontrollably after the alleged encounter, and went on to experience severe anxiety that only added to the preexisting stress of being repeatedly misgendered by several teachers at his school.

I think that theres a cultural problem at the school, ACLU-WV director Joseph Cohen told The Daily Beast. This was not just one incident of a bad act by a bad actor.

Dr. Manchin did not immediately respond to The Daily Beasts requests for comment. Cohen told The Daily Beast that the ACLU-WV and the Critchfield family have yet to sit down with the superintendent, but has heard through local media that Livengood may be facing a brief suspension.

West Virginia MetroNews confirmed the suspension on Tuesday. Manchin told the outlet that Livengood would be suspended without pay until 2019.

I was able to confirm the interaction with Mr. Livengood and that indeed he acted inappropriately, Manchin told the outlet. We need to address it and we will address it.

According to the ACLU-WV letter, Critchfield and his parents told Liberty High School administrators in a meeting prior to his freshman year that he is a transgender boy whose name is Michael and that he uses boys bathrooms. He was allegedly told that he could not use the boys restroomand he says that he continues to be misgendered at the school, including in intercom announcements that refer to him by his birth name.

At the end of the day, all I want is to feel welcome and safe in my school, Critchfield said in a press release. Mr. Livengoods behavior in the bathroom that day was terrifying and no student deserves that kind of treatment. Im telling my story so that high school doesnt have to be a scary place for kids like me.

Despite the shocking nature of the allegations, the ACLU-WV is not yet filing a lawsuit, pushing instead for the school district to discipline Livengood, institute transgender-inclusive training for staff, and create new best practice policies for LGBT students.

We dont think that litigation is good for anybody in this case, Cohen told The Daily Beast.

Becoming a sicko bathroom pervert to own the sicko bathroom perverts.
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BigSLM1993 posted...

That's pure insanity. They're placing their bets on Trump. Once he's done with his term, idk if they can go back to how they once were >_>

This is what they are, not some aberration.
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To describe the 2016 primaries as "sham votes" is really to oversell what happened there. Election results weren't changed or altered; the Superdelegate process was just laid on top of it.
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DarkRoast posted...

It's cool when one of your candidates funds your primaries, though.

That was bad too! Thankfully I'm not a Democrat.
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DaveTheUseless posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/77316535

it's kool tho

I spent too much time copy/pasting lol
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/south-carolina-gop-could-scrap-2020-primary-to-protect-trump

The South Carolina Republican Party could cancel its marquee presidential nominating contest in 2020 in a move to protect President Trump from any primary challengers.

Drew McKissick, chairman of the South Carolina GOP, said he doesnt anticipate Trump would face a primary challenge and emphasized that the state party executive committee hasnt held any formal discussions about the contest, dubbed first in the South and usually third on the presidential nominating calendar. But McKissick would pointedly not rule out canceling the primary, indicating that that would be his preference.

We have complete autonomy and flexibility in either direction, McKissick told the Washington Examiner on Tuesday. Considering the fact that the entire party supports the president, well end up doing whats in the presidents best interest.

As Trumps re-election campaign ramps up, one component of the effort is preparing for possible primary challenges. The president is solid with Republican voters and would almost certainly defeat any intraparty opposition. But incumbent presidents who faced primaries are in greater peril in the general election, a fact not lost on the Trump campaign and the GOP more broadly.

To minimize potential political hurdles for Trump, some state parties could move to scrap their 2020 presidential primaries. Already a long shot, the unavailability of one or more high profile primary contests could further hamstring the odds of any Republican who dares to run against Trump in 2020. There is precedent for this strategy, even when less uncertainty has swirled around the incumbent president.

In 1992, the Iowa GOP didnt issue a presidential ballot during its caucus, to save President George H.W. Bush from being embarrassed by Pat Buchanan Bush won the New Hampshire primary, although Buchanan still did better than Bush had hoped. In 2004, when President George W. Bush was running for re-election, the South Carolina GOP skipped its presidential primary.

Luke Byars, a veteran Republican operative in South Carolina and the executive director of the state party in 2004, said that there were some complaints but that the point was to further Bushs re-election and avoid unnecessary distractions.

We did not want to have a primary, Byars said. We had a meeting of executive committee, passed a resolution endorsing the president for re-election and said there would no Republican primary.

More than a few state GOP affiliates could make a similar call in this election cycle.

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nuthuggerclem posted...

The left eating itself again lol, banning right wing thought, while leaving far left patreon accounts alive.

That sounds like the opposite of the left eating itself
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I mean, correct, the guy who has been in like a dozen movies the last three years will be fine
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Listen, I'm not one to give the right wing the benefit of the doubt, but this and its placement reads like an anti-Trump political cartoon. Not necessarily a "false flag," that feels like too strong a term, but just the sort of liberal joke like "Trump probably thinks the Holocaust is fake news"
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These are the comments that resulted in Sargon being kicked from Patreon

https://patreonhq.com/hate-speech-on-patreon-a9026e52c2cf
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Doom_Art posted...

MutantJohn posted...

Do people really think this wasn't a joke? Lol

I'm not seeing the humor in calling the Holocaust fake news I guess

Well, the butt of this joke is Trump, of course.
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There is a distinction to be made between conservatism and the alt-right, but that's not for Ben "Arabs like to live in sewage" Shapiro. Is Jordan Shapiro a fascist or anti-semite? Probably not. But it's easy to see why those types would rally behind the guy who praises hierarchy and thinks "postmodern neo-Marxists" are lurking behind every corner to subvert it.
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Occupations that make use of the internet and new media forms are perfectly legitimate.
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Need for Speed. Forza Horizon is in good hands; Need For Speed needs some help
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I guess I'll do my own

GOTY: Hitman 2, Forza Horizon 4
Best Multiplayer: FH4
Biggest disappointment: The Crew 2
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This is what's called a strawman
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Xbox One players can play them on BC with EA Access
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Is it possible perhaps that they are not as opposed to white men as you believe them to be?
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lincoln002 posted...

He's addressing the problem of mass automation before it becomes a problem, driverless cars and trucks for example will put a lot of people out of work, e-commerce is killing retail like that in malls and leaving people out of work.

$1,000 is not going to address that problem!
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http://thefederalist.com/2018/12/18/youre-not-allowed-to-knock-trump-for-stormy-daniels-if-you-watch-porn/

Many have been quick to judge President Trump for his affair with pornography creator Stormy Daniels, and rightfully so. But Donald Trump is not the first man to cheat on his wife with an onscreen prostitute this year. Presumably, thousands of men engage in adulterous behavior with pornographers and strippers every day.

Culturally we may not believe it, but each time a married man watches pornography, he commits an act of adultery.
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Lol
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CruelBuffalo posted...

Antifar posted...

So strange to see Clara Jeffrey operating in bad faith like this. That's so unlike her.

Sarcasm? Idk who this lady is

She's the Editor of Mother Jones (which, sigh) and a leading sufferer of 2016 brain disease.
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So strange to see Clara Jeffrey operating in bad faith like this. That's so unlike her.
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Listen, I'm all for the first amendment, but making SNL illegal would be a step in the right direction
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Man, MGSV was bad about this
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Doesn't seem great
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