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  • Germany is currently charging a 95-year-old woman in a youth court - since she was under 18 when the crime occured, and there's no statute of limitations on accessory to murder in 10,000 cases. The woman worked as a secretary for the commander of Itzehoe concentration camp when she was 17-19 in 1943-1945.

    In a similar case a 93-year-old man last year was sentenced to two years prison by a youth court, set out on probation. At the time it was speculated that this might be the last case to be trialled on Holocaust-related crimes - two other cases against men of similar age were cancelled due to the accused not being triable for medical reasons. The last case successfully concluded before that one was in 2015 (in a case in 2016 the accused died before he could be sentenced).

    However, the 95-year-old secretary isn't the last one either. One week later we're now also charging the to my knowledge so far oldest criminal in court, a 100-year-old former concentration camp guard. That'll be in a regular court.

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    • Just closed on a new (to us) house, 12 days after we first saw the place.

      Mind blown, head spinning.
      Trust me?
      I'm an economist!

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      • Originally posted by DOR View Post
        Just closed on a new (to us) house, 12 days after we first saw the place.

        Mind blown, head spinning.
        Congrats.
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        • Originally posted by KHNS_91.5_FM_in_Haines_Alaska

          Haines woman's bare bottom bitten by black bear while seated in outhouse
          by Henry Leasia
          17 February 2021

          A group of Haines residents had a bizarre encounter with a bear near Chilkat Lake on Saturday. Shannon Stevens said she was using an outhouse when she felt something bite her bottom.

          Shannon Stevens spent the weekend with her brother and his girlfriend at a remote yurt on Chilkat Lake, 17 miles from Haines.

          After traveling across the frozen lake by snow machine on Saturday, they cooked sausages over an outdoor firepit. Later that evening, Stevens left the yurt to use the outhouse.

          “Normally, when we are out there in the summer or the fall I’m used to shouting ‘Hey, bear!’ the whole way. It was the dead of winter, so I didn’t think to do that this time,” Stevens said. “I got in there and sat down on the toilet seat, and something just immediately bit me in the butt. I jumped up and screamed.”

          She called for her brother Erik Stevens who came running to investigate.

          “I’m like, ‘Okay, I’m going to open the lid and look.’ I take the headlamp and I grab the lid of the toilet seat and I lift it up,” Erik Stevens said. “Right at the level of the toilet seat, maybe an inch or two below, is a gigantic bear face looking right back up at me.”

          He closed the lid and they ran back to the yurt as fast as they could. Shannon Stevens was bleeding, so they cleaned the wound and bandaged it up.

          She said she was shocked, but not seriously injured.

          “It felt like just a single puncture. Maybe it wasn’t even a bite. It might have been a swipe with his claw potentially. I don’t think we’ll ever really know that part,” Shannon Stevens said.
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          Erik Stevens compares his hand to the bear tracks around his yurt on Chilkat Lake (Photo courtesy of Erik Stevens)



          They stayed in the yurt the rest of the night and waited till morning to take a look around. The next day, the bear was gone. The fire pit had been knocked over and there were tracks running towards the outhouse.

          Erik Stevens said he believes the bear was attracted by the smell of cooking, then entered the hole below the outhouse through an opening downhill.

          “There’s a way out in the back of the outhouse, there’s a rock wall and there’s a way for a creature to get in through that rock wall. He probably just pushed the rocks over and got down into the hole,” Erik Stevens said.

          Alaska Department of Fish and Game Biologist Carl Koch conducted a brief investigation after learning about the incident. He believes it was a black bear based on photos of the tracks and other recent reports of bear activity in the area.

          “[She] might be the only person this has ever happened to,” Koch said. “I wouldn’t be surprised over the years if other folks have had bizarre things—but during February to sit down in an outhouse and have something like that happen is very unusual.”

          Koch said he has heard of bears damaging outhouses after being drawn to their smell. In general, bears are less active during the winter as they tend to stay in their dens for a long period of time. That’s not always the case.

          “Some bears will stay out a long time if there is food, maybe almost never den up,” Koch said. “We get calls year round in Juneau and all sorts of places, just not nearly as many as we do in the summertime.”

          This is not the first close encounter with a bear in Haines this winter. Earlier this month, a Haines man was mauled by a brown bear while backcountry snowboarding with a group of friends. The attack left him with a broken arm, puncture wounds and other injuries. He has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.

          Shannon Stevens said her experience was not nearly as traumatic, but she has learned a valuable lesson.

          “I mean, I’m definitely going to look down in the hole next time,” Stevens said.

          You never know what might be down there.

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          Last edited by JRT; 20 Feb 21,, 07:09.
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          • Today is the Wife and I's 30th wedding anniversary.

            So my question is, when I hit 30 in the USMC I got a big Retirement certificate and started drawing retirement pay instead of retainer pay.

            How many more years do I have to do before I get my marriage retirement check?

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            • GS, it's called Life Insurance but knowing your wife is Korean and knows how to use knives, I'm thinking she will collect first.
              Chimo

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              • GS, I'm pretty sure it goes to the wife and I am also sure if asked why she will say because she deserves it. My wife, is Filipina, and while she doesn't quite count every peso like she once did when she lived in the Philippines she still pays attention to any extra bonus for family.

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                • I got shot by the 101st Airborne!
                  Three weeks to the second one!

                  Sadly, the site (Valencia College, Metro West) was very under-utilized.
                  Space for 10 times as many as the 60-80 folks I saw.
                  Trust me?
                  I'm an economist!

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                  • Got the Moderna myself yesterday. 4 weeks to #2.
                    “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
                    Mark Twain

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                    • You may be a redneck if ...

                      This is how you cool your van.

                      We followed this guy for a few miles before thinking to take a picture ... zoom in for the full effect.




                      Trust me?
                      I'm an economist!

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                      • The real story ...

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                        I'm an economist!

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                        • Originally posted by MIT_Technology_Review



                          Published on 05 April 2021

                          The use of facial recognition by police has come under a lot of scrutiny. In part three of our four-part series on face ID, host Jennifer Strong takes you to Sin City, which actually has one of America’s most buttoned-up policies on when cops can capture your likeness. She also finds out why celebrities like Woody Harrelson are playing a starring role in conversations about this technology.

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                          • DJT Jr has purchased a home in Jupiter, Florida, some 20 miles from Mar-a-Lago. Wabbits should note that Celine Dion owns a home in the same 888-house exclusive community, which should be ample punishment for all concerned.
                            Trust me?
                            I'm an economist!

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                            • Originally posted by DOR View Post
                              You may be a redneck if ...

                              This is how you cool your van.

                              We followed this guy for a few miles before thinking to take a picture ... zoom in for the full effect.



                              Did we tell you "Welcome to Florida" Yet?

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                              • Originally posted by DOR View Post
                                DJT Jr has purchased a home in Jupiter, Florida, some 20 miles from Mar-a-Lago. Wabbits should note that Celine Dion owns a home in the same 888-house exclusive community, which should be ample punishment for all concerned.
                                The Colonel is going to be neighbors with DJT Jr. I bet there will be a scotch shortage in Florida soon

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