fast and furious is a movie starring vin diesel

I would argue that while Vin Diesel is the clear Star of The Fast and the Furious, by the time Fast and Furious was released, Paul Walker was clearly the headline name of the franchise. Notice how in scenes featuring both Diesel and Walker, your eye is drawn to Walker even if Diesel is the focal point of the scene.

Most (non-invested) people who have read a decent chunk of the thread are pretty confident she's actually guilty. I actually thought Henry's huge megapost(s) were pretty interesting reads.

To answer your actual question, though: the primary "appeal" of the thread is as a sociological artifact. One simply stands in many-hued awe at the walls of rippling text, pondering the unanswerable questions they pose about their constructors.

i dunno. the range vin diesel displays and his command performance as the emotionally withdrawn yet unfailingly loyal thief steals the show. even if you want to argue paul walker is the headline, and certainly some may argue this is in fact the case, diesel delivers such a powerhouse that it's harder to argue against him being the face of the franchise, much in the same way people remember dark knight for heath ledger

Despite his penchant for zealously refuting every minor assay lobbed his way, Henry's posting in the Knox thread is remarkably astute and valuable. One of the rare examples on this forum where I can imagine significant members of people actually being persuaded that what they thought they knew is incorrect. Without any exaggeration, he (or someone more TV-ready who can parrot his points) should be on CNN talking about the case.

I agree, for me the most interesting thing is the motivations behind the posting. Why bother?* The trial has been over for what, a year? I realize there is news this week but from what little I've heard nothing will come of it.

* for the astroturfer the reason is obvious, but still seems weird. What is the point of attempting to sway public opinion at this juncture?** And what kind of ROI could be expected from the massive hours invested in arguing this? (Bear in mind most of us presumably post for sport, but in that person's case it's ostensibly a job.) For Henry, it's his obsession with being right, no matter how many words, posts, or pages it takes to get there. It's like a perfect storm.

** at a glance yesterday of the posts made in the thread by the astroturfer apparently it's been a couple of months since he/she last posted, but that was still well past the trial's outcome.

The Knox thread is super terrible? Hey, let's all talk about it in Sporting Events!

First you need to actually read those word bombs tho, ain't no one got time for that

A retrial was ordered after her previous conviction was overturned. She's very likely to be extradited and the original conviction to be upheld. I'm not sure if she will serve any more jail time, but the public perception of her is likely to shift dramatically.

My guess is she and her family were pretty devastated by the news.

Also, went to a fundraising breakfast at my old high school today. They're building a pool on campus, a pool which apparently is going to cost $1.5M. There's nothing but a grass field where it's going to be built so the cost seems pretty lol but whatever.

What's notable about this is that they currently own a large multi-pool campus a few miles away that they are selling for $6M. Unsurprisingly this detail didn't come up at the breakfast. Netting a $4.5M profit, they also have asstons of money in the bank, and they still want mine. I get why they're putting their hands out, it will be worth their time, but it's just not something I could see donating towards unless somehow I come into billions of dollars, quickly. Education costs are ridiculous. Reason number one trillion why I am glad to not have nor want children. This school costs 5X today what it did when I attended (yeah yeah it was a long time ago, lick my grundle).

Oh. All I got was a blurb from a TV at the gym on HLN saying that the US was unlikely to extradite. Which although I'm hardly an extradition expert don't see why they should.

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I too have the same conflict. Every now and then I get solicited by the University of Michigan to donate back to the University. I get the idea behind it. They gave me an education that has paid benefits to me.

But then I get to thinking.

You have a $7.8 BILLION Pile of cash. That isn't net worth. That isn't total assets. That is a pile of liquid cash. Why should I take my money and just tuck it somewhere to get lost in that pile of cash?

list needs more first earth battalion

Doesn't alumni donations affect the US News university rankings or am i imagining that?

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The endowment is not all held in cash. Its total assets.

Yes. Plus, there is a large networking value to showing up on the list of donors for 5+ years, 10+ years, 20+ years, every year since graduation, etc. Oh yea, it also helps you get sporting event tickets should you ever want them. I make sure to give every year to Duke and Fuqua as well as paying alumni dues even if it is just a small amount.

Ha, seriously. Thanks for your money br0, we'll get around to spending it in a few decades.

Turns out that the guy sitting next to me runs the local First Tee program. Hadn't met him until today. Now there's a program that probably isn't sitting on piles of cash, but even if they had an excess I'm guessing it would be spent more judiciously, and in ways that I'm more sympathetic towards. So I pledged a donation to him instead of to my school (albeit not much, and the check may bounce, in which case hopefully it's the thought that counts...).

What, can we not lol pog now either?

CDL, I guess what I meant by cash was liquid assets. The endowment of a university (afaik) is held in liquid or semi-liquid assets rather than long-term assets like land and buildings.

def rooting for knox

Bouncing checks to charity is unconscionably terrible, uless somehow you get sex out of it.

My wife just found out she can no longer pay her SAG union dues through an online credit card payment because so many people used invalid card numbers to game the system. WTF? How on earth would a multitude of people think to try that, and why wouldn't the union just spend $2 on a slightly more robust payment form.

Most institutional endowments are held in less liquid assets - how David Swenson was able to pwn so hard with Yale's endowment (copied heavily by most other big universities).