dagblog - Comments for "Loser"

and yet another:

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 08:16:53 +0000

In reply to Another one for ya:

and yet another:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11186983/New-...

Another one for ya:

artappraiser — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:49:53 +0000

In reply to Loser

Another one for ya:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/25/world/americas/ottawa-canada-gunmans-r...

And tweet from the link: gain

Elusive Trope — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:27:44 +0000

In reply to Interesting finds from

And tweet from the link: gain knowledge, get women, acquire currency. A sort of recipe for success for too many guys (and some gals).

Interesting finds from

artappraiser — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:47:24 +0000

In reply to Loser

Interesting finds from Dzhokhar’s Twitter account; thought I might as well include his comments on topic on your thread along with everyone else's:

“Never underestimate the rebel with a cause”

“No one is really violent until they’re with the homies."

from

News Analysis: Unraveling Boston Suspects’ Online Lives, Link by Link
By Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, April 23/24, 2013

We now have clear

artappraiser — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:16:57 +0000

In reply to Thanks AA. The article

We now have clear confirmation that the hijack victim is a key witness in the government's case, name not given; he can testify that Dzhokhar confessed to him:

'Did you hear about the Boston explosion? … I did that'
By Ed Pilkington in New York, guardian.co.uk, Monday 22 April 2013 16.41 EDT

Charge sheet against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev contains mass of new detail and reveals how CCTV footage was used to build the case

[.....] The court papers also reveal new details about how the two bombing suspects carjacked a black Mercedes SUV, which they used to try and make their escape before ending up in a shootout with police in the Boston suburb of Watertown. The car owner, who is not named in the complaint, told investigators that he was sitting in the vehicle when a man approached and tapped on the passenger window.

When the driver rolled down the window, the man forcefully entered the car and pointed a gun at him. "Did you hear about the Boston explosion? … I did that," the man said. The driver appears to have been incredulous, because the man then removed the magazine from his gun and showed him that it was fully loaded, then re-clipped it and said: "I am serious."

The charge sheet records that the driver of the Mercedes reported to investigators that the initial carjacker was joined by second man, and that they spoke to each other in a foreign language. The pair allegedly forced the driver to hand over $45, and tried to get more money out using his credit card at an ATM. Later, they stopped at a petrol station where the two men got out of the car. Contrary to earlier reports that they voluntarily let the driver of the stolen vehicle go, the charge sheet says that the victim managed to escape. [.....]

Obviously we have not heard from him because he has agreed to be in the hands of prosecutors who do not want him to speak publicly both for his own protection and for the protection of the case.

I actually don't recall

Elusive Trope — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:07:22 +0000

In reply to On the

I actually don't recall anything about Versace and Cunanan. This may have to do with the fact that at the time it happened, my girfriend and I did not own (or rent) a television. I wasn't really reading newspapers either.

On the

artappraiser — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:44:17 +0000

In reply to That they let the driver of

On the loser-killer-makes-the-history-books thing, Gopnik asks does anyone now recall the killer of Gianni Versace? And I admit I don't, but I sure do remember the massive coverage of the story and the popular fixation on it. The name and his persona evade me, except that a memory that he was a loser type. One could google it, but why would one want to?

just as for some kids in some

Elusive Trope — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:13:17 +0000

In reply to You have a point. Like the

just as for some kids in some social circles being a loser in your parents' eyes practically guarantees being a winner in the eyes of their peers.

There was a song on the radio I heard once lamenting that one had to be a Republican just so one could ensure that one's kids adopted the right political views.

You have a point. Like the

erica20 — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:59:33 +0000

In reply to Charlie Sheen could be a

You have a point. Like the Grammys and the People's Choice Awards, there are plenty of categories, and being a loser in one sometimes practically guarantees winning in another.

Charlie Sheen could be a

Elusive Trope — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:19:33 +0000

In reply to A lot of people aren't very

Charlie Sheen could be a poster child for this blog because there are those who see the individual who was able to be the highest paid actor in television in 2010 and then start a new series Anger Management which "broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers on its series debut night and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history" and to do so while doing lots of substances makes him a winner.