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Im surprised the defense attorney didn’t talk her out of a bench trial. Juries love to let women walk. I’m still not 100% convinced she intended suicide and death, but she certainly had psycho moments and that was one of them.

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I think she went psycho and was like "frick you I'll crash this car right now," but I don't think she really wanted to kill herself. She's entirely too vain and narcisstic for that.

Her attorney was terrible. Her parents make bad decisions, so I'm not surprised that they picked a shitty attorney. But it worked out for the best and she got the conviction and jail time that she deserved.

She didn't seem remorseful at all. I think she may be a sociopath.

Does this have anything to do with it?

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Orleans Sewerage and Water Board says a vessel struck the 54-inch sewer pipe on Friday night (April 17), causing a massive sewage leak that continues. Divers have been working in the waters of the Industrial Canal to stop the flow, as thousands of gallons of raw sewage from the Lower 9th Ward continue to bubble to the surface.

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Divers are working to do that as shipping traffic resumes intermittently on the busy 5.5-mile-long canal, which connects to the Intracoastal Waterway, Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. The board says a vessel struck the 54-inch sewer pipe, causing the damage and affecting the electrical infrastructure running under the canal. Specialty Diving has had a 10-man crew on scene trying to stop the sewage flow. “Right now we’re just trying to get the leak stopped to get everything separate and make sure that the powerlines and everything is in place,” said Lambert.

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Industrial Canal Sewage Leak

I’ve watched all the docs, read the Valerie Bauerlein book about him, and have been listening to one of the Murdaugh podcasts since it started and have been following the appeal.

You’re right, It’s all Becky Hill’s fault.

I’ve heard a few interviews of the juror, Myra, who was removed right before deliberations. Her story was that Becky approached her and asked her how she was leaning and she told her she wasn’t sure. Next thing she knew, it was reported to the judge that Myra was discussing the trial when none of the jurors were supposed to do so. I can’t remember all the details, but the person who turned Myra in was someone linked to Becky. According to Myra, none of it was true. She accused Becky of purposefully getting her removed from the jury since she hadn’t decided on what her vote would be.

Hope Becky’s shitty Today show interview was worth it. What a dumbass.

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the broome has lawyered up

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Does that typically mean she found out an indictment is coming? FBI sent out target letters two years ago and she's just now hiring this guy? I wonder what changed. Maybe Courtney started talking after she was arrested.

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But the study also found that the virus could be passed relatively easily during this window, after periods of only brief proximity to someone else. The researchers were able to show that the first patient, a 68-year-old man who attended a birthday party with about 100 other people, infected someone else after being in contact with them for only a few moments, on the way to the restroom.

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That would explain the flight attendant that's in the hospital right now. The article I read said the flight attendant was only in contact with the Dutch woman for a few moments before they removed her from the plane (before the flight took off) because she was so ill.

NY Post Article

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At least 23 passengers from the hantavirus-infected cruise ship MV Hondius have already left the boat and returned home, including to the US, according to a shocking new report — and one of them has already gotten sick.

The travelers did not realize that they had been exposed to the deadly virus — which has a mortality rate of up to 40% — when they left the expedition vessel during its stop at Saint Helena, a tiny island in the South Atlantic, on April 23, according to a passenger who is still aboard the ship.

“There are 23 people wandering around there, and until three days ago, no one had contacted them,” the passenger told Spanish newspaper El Pais.

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“The Australian went back to Australia, the one from Taiwan to Taiwan, the Americans to all corners of North America. The Englishman to England, the Dutch to their homes… I don’t remember the rest.”

One of those passengers, a Swiss man who had returned home with his wife, tested positive for hantavirus on Wednesday, authorities said.

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“Working with national authorities and the ship’s operators, our teams have built a list of who was where when, in order to ensure that any potential exposure is documented and people can get help if they develop symptoms,” the rep said. “This contact tracing also helps to contain any potential spread.”

An Oceanwide Expeditions spokesperson said company officials were “currently working on details of passengers and crew who embarked and disembarked on the various legs of the voyage.”

But the passenger believed their efforts were too little, too late.

“We were in touch with them and kept asking ourselves, ‘When are they going to tell them something?’ Some people weren’t contacted until yesterday,” they reportedly said.

The deceased Dutchman’s wife, who also disembarked in Saint Helena, later succumbed to the virus at a Johannesburg hospital.

Argentine investigators now believe the couple was responsible for bringing the virus onboard, after picking it up from rodents while visiting a landfill during a bird-watching tour in the city of Ushuaia days before the ship departed from the Argentine port on March 20.

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Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

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Dalmatian, first one was the best dog ever so smart

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We have a dalmation. She's super sweet and is a really beautiful dog. She is SO needy, though. Whines all the time, just for funsies. Should have named her Ariel because she only wants to be where the people are.

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Consumerism is the economic and social theory that increased consumption of goods and services is desirable and fuels economic growth. It represents a cultural emphasis on purchasing material possessions to define personal identity, status, and happiness. It also refers to the movement to protect consumers from unsafe products

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This is the problem. We all have too much stuff and "they" keep telling us we need more. We don't. We don't even need all the shite we have.

About 13 years ago, my mom (in her early 50s at the time) was evicted, jobless, and moved in with her elderly parents. She tried to move in with me, but I said no. I had to go to therapy to learn how to deal with a fricked up family with zero boundaries. It was in therapy that I realized my mom has undiagnosed borderline personality disorder. Learning that has changed the way I interact with her. Your wife should read up on it. It basically explained my entire childhood.

My mom had 3 siblings who were unhappy with her moving in with their parents, but they were involved enough to prevent her from doing any real financial or legal damage to her parents. They were mad at me for not taking her in. I was willing to let her go to a shelter, my grandparents weren’t. That was their decision. She eventually moved out, got a job and got her own place again.

My grandparents have since passed, so she doesn’t have that to fall back on now. She was evicted again last year, but has somehow found another place to live and support herself with her social security check and money my youngest sister gives her for “babysitting” her own grandchild.

Unless she is a danger to herself or others, there’s not much you can do to force her into treatment. You’re all going to need to accept that.

I would take the advice of others on here to try and legally and financially protect the great grandmother. Find the appropriate APS office in Texas and call them.

The whole incident with my mom ripped my extended family apart. If I hadn’t gone to therapy and learned about boundaries and how to handle the self-destructive behavior of my mom, I would have let her move in with me and it probably would have destroyed my marriage too. I feel for you and your wife, it’s a very difficult situation.