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LAY IT ON HIM
Legal genius Bryan Law seeks martyrdom:
One of the four convicted, Bryan Law, did not ask for leniency in his sentence submission, telling Justice Thomas that he “is prepared for a custodial sentence.”
“I ask that Your Honour does not grant a suspended sentence,” he said.
“That would be cruel.
“I would not be able to abide by its conditions and we would just end up in court again.
“Lay it on me Your Honour, and I’ll serve it out.”
His colleague, Jim Golding, said he did not want to go to jail and invited Justice Thomas to “join the resistance, the side that’s fighting for human rights.”
They haven’t exactly handled this well.
(Via Murph)
UPDATE. ekb87 writes: “While we’re busy worrying about Palestinian terrorists, those troublesome Presbyterians and silly-billys like Bryan Law and Donna Mulhearn, we’ve ignored the growing threat of Cornish extremists!” Quite so:
The Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA) — which wants independence for the coastal county and is suspected of a 1980s attack on a courthouse — has reportedly threatened to torch Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant in Padstow.
The group has also threatened Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen eatery in Newquay.
Bend over Bryla so you cell mate can lay it on you.
Posted by alien kiwi on 2007 06 14 at 01:09 PM • permalinkI’m surprised he didn’t plead for Gitmo. He lays in bed at night dreaming of being David Hicks.
Posted by alien kiwi on 2007 06 14 at 01:17 PM • permalinkAnd what does Golding mean by the resistance. Would that be the Iraqi resistance.
Posted by alien kiwi on 2007 06 14 at 01:22 PM • permalinkAww. I actually feel for Bryan. He’s a kook and all, but he’s harmless (and sometimes entertaining!).
We should write the court, tell him to release him- if anything, it would REALLY annoy Bryan to have been saved by Blair-ites.
Posted by mencken_cynic on 2007 06 14 at 01:52 PM • permalinkVery interesting defence strategy Bryla has employed. Seems hell bent on getting some decent gaol time, seemingly a view not shared by his counterparts.
Given they’ll all likely cop an identical sentence you can imagine how appreciative the other three were to hear Bryla asking the judge to “Lay it on me. I’ll serve it out!”Posted by Hank Reardon on 2007 06 14 at 04:38 PM • permalinkI’m sorry, but I’m having just a little bit of trouble taking this liberation movement seriously.
I figure if they’re going after Jamie Oliver, they can’t be all bad.
Posted by rightwingprof on 2007 06 14 at 04:51 PM • permalink#14,15. Wish someone would ply me with free liquor and food occasionally.
I’m sick of grocery shopping at the moment. Got an extra mouth in the house and it’s remarkable how much extra stuff we’re going through.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 14 at 05:06 PM • permalinkI think Tim nailed it on the martyrdom thing.
Byrla’s brothers-in-spirit over in the ME get to play at being real martyrs, but with our gun laws and generally law-abiding population and bleeding heart judiciary he’s got to make an extra effort to make a statement.
What the statement is, however, is anybody’s guess.
Any suggestions?
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 14 at 05:09 PM • permalinkIn the long run we shall prevail.
Cheers
BryanCan you imagine being in the next door cell, having to listen to him chanting:
Bryla:
“You can take away my freedom, but in the end, we will prevaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllll
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll”Ape next cell:
“Shut up you dingbat, I can’t sleep with your moaning.”Bryla:
“We shall, we shall not be moved.”Ape next cell:
“You bloody idiot - you are locked up. What do you expect to happen - the prison guards to try and break you out? hahaha STFU dingbat or I’ll knock you back to Darwin.”Bryla:
“It was those Blairites - they turned the jury!”Ape next door:
“Mate, you should be more worried about what they paid me to do to you ...”The end.
Tubby Jesus crucified for your sins.
At least he did his part to change the world. Putting a sign on the base fence that read “Pine Gap Peace Base” has made all the difference.
Posted by Col. Milquetoast on 2007 06 14 at 06:34 PM • permalinkAt 13 Aussie dollars for a piece of fucking cod and chips, it’s no fucking wonder. Rick Stein should be asking himself “Why do they hate us?”
Like I said earlier, Bryla should have kept his “Jesus” look.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2007 06 14 at 07:28 PM • permalink#31
Like I said earlier, Bryla should have kept his “Jesus” look
Posted by Col. Milquetoast on 2007 06 14 at 08:10 PM • permalinkCan the judge order the four be remanded to a psych ward?
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2007 06 14 at 08:54 PM • permalink#36- Not sure, as I don’t think stratjackets come in XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL.
There’s also a major risk that Donna Mulhearn would be mistaken for a member of staff, and escape into the community.
Webdiary sees Bryain as a rembodiment (huh??) of Banquo’s ghost from MacBeth- that’s a whole mess of ectoplasm by crikey. The Tyke Times claims the jury was crying when they delivered the verdict- I’ve laughed that hard myself.
Perth Indymedia reports that the prosecutor has asked for porrige to be served, saying there’s “no prospect for rehabilitation”.
There’s a photo of the wacky sign erected by the four stooges, and despite the fact that the facility has no ordnance or means of delivery I think it’s a bottler, and a worthy mission statement.#35- May I direct you to this advisory notice?
I heartily* concur.
*Best to not exert that particular organ and free the congestive globs that have formed in the ventricles though.
A friend of mine was framed by The Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA). He was a Cornish Patsy.
Posted by Infidel Tiger on 2007 06 14 at 10:12 PM • permalink#38 Did you read far enough, Habib, to see if Margo cast herself as one of the “weird sisters” further on in the Webdiary posting?
Posted by andycanuck on 2007 06 14 at 10:15 PM • permalink#42- Unfortunately my eyes automatically form cataracts as an autoimmune defence of my brain if I try to read more than two paragraphs of the tortured prose and hyperventilating, meandering consiracy theories which pass for posts at Webdiary. I note that Margo has a sibling named Hamish, so perhaps she’s well versed in matters of Hebridean hubble bubble.
Cornish National Liberation Army? It will be a whole new world for Cindy Sheehan. Britain out of occupied Penzance!
Does anybody else think that this fad for “liberation movemnts” has gotten out of hand?
#15 Ash,
I hope you are doing well.Posted by Michael Lonie on 2007 06 15 at 12:47 AM • permalinkProperly, fresh caught pan fish should be filleted and fresh caught channel catfish (fiddlers—fish of 1 to 1.5 pounds) should be fully cleaned, then both should be rolled in a combination of 1/3 cornmeal and 2/3 white flour, salt and pepper to taste and then fried in lard hot enough to just start smoking.
Sweet onions on the side, fried potatoes or potato salad, fresh sliced tomatoes, maybe some corn on the cob in season. Good enough to make you slap your granny.
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2007 06 15 at 12:49 AM • permalink#47 Mmmh Got pictures?
BTW, DYK, WTH, People in Cornwall are subject to high doses of naturally-occurring radioactive radon gas emanating from uranium-bearing granite rocks in the area, the average total dose rate is 7.8 Millisieverts - about 3-4 times the annual dose rate of most people.
Posted by Margos Maid on 2007 06 15 at 01:01 AM • permalinkOur favourite leftie Brylaw and his mates have been let off with fines.
He’ll be very disappointed
—Nora
Posted by The Thin Man Returns on 2007 06 15 at 01:35 AM • permalink#52 They’re clearly better people than me Pickles, because I’m loudly pleased and may have been rather excited on the telephone about such events to a certain gentleman’s mother. Thank your mother and her associates for me.
Whilst the gentleman in question was hiding in the bathroom so he wouldn’t have to speak to her.
Judge Thomas is a long term N.T. identity.
Her judgements are often described by locals as lenient.
Is it not the case that defence lawyers can sometimes select a window of opportunity when a favourable judge is sitting? Surely those defending themselves, as these people were, are able to do the same?
If I am correct,then the defendants may well have “organised” for Justice Sally Thomas to preside.
But the question remains .....Did they want leniency or the full extent of the law, which as I understand it can be seven years?
#32
The best fish and chips are fried in beef dripping.
Chips [or french fries] cooked in beef dripping have a lovely buttery taste.
In the olden days, McDonald’s in the US cooked their fries in a mixture of beef tallow and cotton-seed oil.
They changed to vegetable oil, to lower the saturated fat, but it spoiled the taste.
Now they add natural beef flavour to the fries. That improved the taste, but annoys vegetarians and non-beef eaters.
Posted by pog-ma-thon on 2007 06 15 at 06:58 AM • permalink#55-you’re not from Southern Indiana, are you?
I am. Whereabouts are you from?
Posted by rightwingprof on 2007 06 15 at 09:20 AM • permalinkSpeaking of cooking in animal fats vs vegie oil, I’m with Skeeter and Kae.
My mum cooked roasts with dripping for years, and she also remembered eating dripping on bread.
It drives me nuts when trying to do a roast dinner these days because the meat is too lean and you can’t get enough fat off it for the best taste.
Kids of today don’t know what they are missing out on.
Bloody food nazis.
Posted by Nilknarf Arbed on 2007 06 15 at 10:03 AM • permalinkNilk, I buy some Lard or Dripping from the supermarket. There’s also a lot to be said for keeping your dripping!
My grandma used to heat up her potato leftovers by frying them in dripping. Yum!
I hate leftovers, but nanna M had a way with them. But I never had bread and dripping.Vege oil just has no taste.
And it’s a bitch to clean off, it’s really sticky and, yuck!#55 Getting back a little late, but I’m from western Illinois. However, I have lots and lots of relatives in the Vincennes, IN area. My grandfather and his older brother worked their way up the Wabash River as ‘musslers’ dragging freshwater mussels out of the river to boil and sell the shells to Mother-of-Pearl factories and then down the Illinois River. Grandpa came to rest in western Illinois when he won my grandmother’s hand over his brother’s suit.
The lower parts of western Illinois, north of St. Louis are much like souther Indiana with better soil.
Posted by JorgXMcKie on 2007 06 17 at 12:59 AM • permalink
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I suspect every time Bryla opens his mouth, the judge mentally adds a month to his sentence.