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Crime Thread
| December 29th, 2023 at 4:24:08 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | the best way to avoid this outcome for the newbie is to avoid mushrooms with gills. And, I do, and I'm still standing, yeah. why experts don't say this I don't know. I suspect they feel it's not that hard to identify the right ones to eat, but my opinion is that most people aren't up to examining spore prints and all that. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 13th, 2024 at 2:28:27 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | I have read books and watched plenty of true crime stories on TV over the years; definitely cutting back on that now. I pretty much refuse to follow any story now that is as much as anything just a sordid story, and, really those that are not are few. [edit] Just watched the story of the murder of a young couple in 1987, Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook, for which William Talbott II was convicted. This is exactly the type of story I normally won't watch now, but this one had other aspects that were interesting, mainly that the killer was caught because a relative sent in her DNA out of curiosity about her family tree. I won't go into it, you can follow up online if you want, but one statement that was made in the show struck me: if you are in the US and white*, they said, the data base is so strong that there is a 90% chance that you can be identified if they have your DNA. Largely this is because so many people are sending in their DNA for ancestry, a big thing with white people it seems. They mean, too, even if your DNA is otherwise a mystery, that it was submitted as from an unknown person and your DNA never got put into the vast database before. Some of your relatives have, most likely. https://sandhillsexpress.com/cbs_national/killer-eludes-police-for-31-years-one-woman-found-him-in-2-hours-cbsid8086703e/ * wouldn't you know race becomes part of the story I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 13th, 2024 at 7:52:54 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 201 Posts: 21110 | I really liked the "Masterminds" TV series. It was about criminals who did a lot more clever things, than your average criminal. It's fitting that it only last one season. After all, otherwise it would imply less than the best of the worse.
"Facts are whatever I say they are." - Trump |
| March 30th, 2024 at 2:19:39 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | So what did Sam Bankman-Fried in? . Specifically, the type that's applied math
According to https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/29/24114864/sam-bankman-fried-trial-sentencing-lessons-ftx I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 30th, 2025 at 6:06:31 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | Axios article: Why the rich love digital shoplifting
Said so in a survey I doubt very much that it's only 6 figure earners. Maybe they are more comfortable admitting it * you can get out of a losing bet that way ? not with any online sportsbook I know of https://www.yourtango.com/self/crime-socially-acceptable-rich-gen-zers https://www.axios.com/2025/01/27/gen-z-digital-shoplifting . I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| January 30th, 2025 at 6:27:13 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 201 Posts: 21110 |
Brick & mortar stores like Walmart keeps track of how many returns you make. Not sure why a purchase address or a name wouldn't be blacklisted from purchasing with an online retailer. They care for customers unless you present a pattern of abuse. I guess you could keep jumping from retailer to retailer. But I think retailers would start sharing problem customers. Of course, stores pass a certain amount of loss onto customers in prices. "Facts are whatever I say they are." - Trump |
| February 14th, 2025 at 12:21:26 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | Jack the Ripper ID'd, see link ... I'm not 100% buying it just yet ... could be a scam this image is all over the internet as the guy https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jack-the-ripper-identity-revealed-dna/ . I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| February 28th, 2025 at 11:14:10 AM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | The known details [so far] in the deaths of Gene Hackman and wife sound like they were written by Agatha Christie. So far it's not considered homocide, but I bet detectives are wasting no time in following up on the mysterious details. I almost want to say there's no way there is an innocent explanation for everything. Even if so, it still will be interesting. in particular, why was the dog that died found in a closet? If written by Chrisite, this would be so her detective would surmise the dog was acting badly while there was a visitor ... hmmm the pills all over the floor ... well we need to find out about those, no? the apparent sudden deaths ... two people seemingly at once, or nearly? really? the door left ajar... has this been confirmed or was it left ajar after first discovery? I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| February 28th, 2025 at 11:52:26 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 201 Posts: 21110 |
They say nothing was missing. Well, do they know if he hoarded cash in his house somewhere? And did they check his accounts already? "Facts are whatever I say they are." - Trump |
| March 7th, 2025 at 5:00:27 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 162 Posts: 5990 | Now they say Hackman and his wife died of natural causes about a week apart, that Hackman was in the home with a dead wife and didn't know it. He had Alzheimer's. She died from a rare disease you get from mouse droppings, usually by inhaling mouse dropping dust you are sweeping up. It is something you can get in the area, but another weirdness to this story. Expect no one to be satisfied with this. I will sympathize. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/03/07/gene-hackman-cause-of-death-wife/80684790007/ . I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |