O.J. Simpson has died
A family member announced, on X, that O.J. Simpson passed away due to cancer. As readers here remember, Simpson has been the subject of controversy. He rose to fame from relatively humble beginnings. He broke records as a running back and then played roles in film. He was accused of murder, later acquitted by a predominantly black jury and then found liable in a civil court for the murders by a predominantly white jury. Justice caught up to him where robbery charges started a chain of events that would land him in prison.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Simpson was once the country’s most admired athlete, a formidable running back who broke records with grace and determination. He became a crossover star, lending his handsome face and affable personality to the slapstick “Naked Gun” movies and classic television commercials for Hertz.
He served time at Lovelock Correction Center, 90 miles northeast of Reno, where he served nine years of a 33-year sentence after his 2008 conviction on armed robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy and other charges stemming from his attempt to recover valuable memorabilia he claimed was stolen from him. His incarceration was widely viewed as long-overdue punishment for the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald L. Goldman.
Although widely presumed to be guilty of the killings, the former USC Heisman Trophy winner was acquitted in 1995 in a spectacular trial that was rife with vexing questions, none more divisive than the one posed by Simpson’s defense team: whether a Black man in America — even one who had crossed racial barriers and attained significant wealth and status — could be tried without prejudice for the slayings of a white person. Polls showed deep fissures between Black people and white people on the question of his innocence. When a predominantly Black jury set him free, it drew those racial suspicions into even sharper relief.
“The only reason that we will care about O.J. Simpson 10 years after, 20 years after, is what it told us about race in this country,” said the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin.
Simpson’s acquittal was only the first chapter in a long legal saga. In 1997, a predominantly white jury in Santa Monica found him liable for the deaths in a civil suit brought by the Brown and Goldman families. Ordered to pay the families $33.5 million in damages, Simpson gave up his Brentwood estate and moved to Florida, in large part to evade the civil judgment.
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Category: Society
Hack Stone recalls the riots by angry white people following the acquittal of Mr. Simpson. Los Angeles burned for days after that. Oh, that happened in Opposite World.
I believe Hack was thinking of a different situation in the same era.
(see hint)
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy back when SNL was somewhat relevant. The late great Norm MacDonald crushed the Juice on a weekly basis.
I was at the doctor’s earlier and they had some daytime “news” on. There was a (white) woman discussing the acquittal. She said she recalls (and I’ll paraphrase here) “White people being shocked, and black people celebrating, because white people had been getting away with this for years. Finally here’s a black man getting off.”
Good riddance.
Well Bye
Flush
OJ now has been tried by the Judge of the Universe, with Whom there is no partiality, but Absolute Justice. Unless he accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior, OJ’s sentence is eternal and irreversible.
But we must all stand before Him someday. Plan ahead and prepare.
Yep. Now that Former Carpenter preached the whole love, forgiveness, and confessing with your mouth thing. His Daddy?…not so much. Seems like the term “Vengeance is mine…” comes to mind. Whatcha wanna bet that the Sho ’nuff Big Guy has Nicole and Ron in the the Jury Pool when this murderous scum shows up for “Judgement”? Seems, too, IIRC, The Big Guy gets a tad upset when folks break multiple sections of that Text He downloaded on The Tablet.
Graybeard and KoB:
Amen on what you both commented.
AMEN.
Thank You.
Don’t forget OJ’s memorable role in this classic documentary:
And THIS 1 minute video….”Nordberg’s Bad Luck”..
Oh, The Irony…
And this 35 second clip…
Oh, The Irony…
There were some fucking characters and story lines there.
Remember that clown living in the backyard, Kato Kaelin?
Kato, ever the media ham, speaks about O.J.’s death:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kato-kaelin-thinks-o-j-215156090.html
Thinks OJ did it, too:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/kato-kaelin-recently-predicted-o-202512453.html
I believe his vehicle is headed in the wrong direction….
Next stop is not the twilight zone.
Saint Peter redirected him.
Al Cowlings knows….
15 Seconds of Pure Gold….This NEVER gets old…
Yep….
Another Dude going to his grave with his lies as well as never taking responsibility for his actions and admitting he was wrong…
OK Fucker, this is a Thinking man’s meme and you have to hand it to you, I laughed way too hard and then paused and then laughed some more.
Bravo.
Annnnnndddd I fucking love the Internet…
That’s the tackiest fookin’ thing I’ve ever seen. I love it!
Al Cowlings forever!
Chipster:
We are stealing the meme you shared…
Bravo!
👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👍👍😉😎
And today’s meme winner is….
I bow in reverence to this supreme example of satire!
She did have a nice rack, I remember seeing her in The Girl Next Door magazine and thinking, “she looks familiar”.
Who?
You have to watch the entire 29 second of this video to understand the jest of it…:)
Exactly.
1 of several OJ (with a dozen donuts) billboards
put up over the years by Maple Donuts.
Set the Juice loose!
I only drink apple juice. OJ will kill me.
6 days ago….. RIP CB
—- Charlie Burnside, owner of Maple Donuts
known for his provocative ads, has died
https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2024/04/05/provocative-maple-donuts-owner-charlie-burnside-has-died/73217198007/
I blame the rise of the Kardashians on OJ. Their dad hid OJ’s bloody clothes and knife. He activated his law license to be a member of OJ’s defense team, so he couldn’t be called on to testify because of Attorney-Client privilege. Without the trail the infamous family would have never been in the limelight.
I wish they would put some clothes on.
Wonder how much of an estate OJ left. His kids ain’t gonna get any of it.
https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/o-j-simpson-currently-owes-ron-goldmans-estate-96-million
Marcus Allen was unavailable for comment.
OJ undoubtedly did some estate planning to shield his assets to the greatest extent possible. But my research shows that a living trust will not protect his assets from creditors’ claims such as the judgments in favor of the Goldmans. Thus, I suspect his creditors will go after whatever assets he had when he died, to the extent they are no longer exempt from execution to satisfy any judgments. That will be function of Florida state law.
Are you spun up on Residuary Bypass Trusts? (I presume that you are :-))
Not really. My estate planning knowledge is quite limited. Most of my career was civil litigation. I had someone that knew what she was doing to craft my intervivos family trust.
Q: What’s the difference between Tang and OJ?
A: Tang tastes nasty. OJ will fuckin’ kill you.
The OJ jokes and memes are coming fast and furious…😆
The irony of the joke you wrote as well as the video you posted:
Tang = Astronauts.
Astronauts = “Capricorn One”.
“Capricorn One”= OJ character in the movie, i.e.John Walker…
John Walker Is killed In the movie…😉😎
What did Nicole Brown say to Ron Goldman that night?
“Bring the sunglasses over, it won’t kill you.”
What were OJ’s last words to Nicole?
“Your Waiter will be along shortly.”
What did Ron say to Nicole at the Pearly gates?
“Here’s your fucking sunglasses!”
Thankyuhverymuch, don’t forget to try the Waitress and tip the Veal!
OJ jokes already? Maybe take a stab at it later!
Now he can haunt the killer?
How exactly do you haunt yourself?🤣
Well, for all those ’70s kids fans he still has left…
Still the best player the Bills ever had.
A number of years after the oj trial, a juror came forward and mentioned that the all black jury found him innocent so as to get even because of the rodney king deal.
Jeff: You are absolutely correct.
Please check out the video.
We remember watching this on an ESPN special about OJ where the jurors admitted they found him not guilty as “revenge” for the Rodney King incident.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/101s6zk/oj_simpson_juror_admits_not_guilty_verdict_was/?rdt=57055
Thank’s ninja
I happened to cross paths with a fellow whose daughter was a paralegal on the OJ prosecution team. His daughter told him that the prosecution had already lost the case. He said to her: “How can that be? You just finished jury selection.”
In addition, I think there was a conspiracy to make sure that the case was lost, so a certain demographic would not riot and try to burn the city to the ground, again. Vince Bugliosi thinks so too.
Beat me too it.
HBO juror number six is a good one.
She’s now 87 years old…She’s next!
Gonna be interesting to read the comments on her demise…😉😎
We’re gonna need a bigger net.
I guess I should lay in a supply of 4” PVC pipe and an auger, huh?
I think you’re gonna need more than one auger.
I think you’ll need at least four.
One auger will drill multiple holes. What will be needed is enough 4″ PVC pipe for about a dozen piss tubes arrayed around the grave. We wouldn’t want to disappoint those of us Viet of the Nam vets who couldn’t wait in line for hours to take that historic piss.
Don’t worry, Ranger…I’ve got it laid out. 12 piss tubes strategically laid out over approximately 20 square feet? That’s a lead-pipe cinch!🤣
Some screen for the top end to keep debris out.
Dude, I’m an Engineer and, more germane to this thread, I was a plumber during my enlisted days. I know how to build a piss tube!🤣
Yes, we don’t want those tubes clogged with cigarette and cigar butts.
Can the day of her death be a national holiday?
I’ll take the day off regardless. I’ll head over to my local Legion and VFW posts and buy a round for the house in each one. I’ll tell the bartenders to open a tab for the Vietnam vets and I’ll cover it.
Big Spender? I can only wonder how many Vietnam vets still go to those places. OTOH, there could be some.
Regardless. I’ll buy. Shit, first one is on me if we ever meet. You can hold me to that.
She will always be Ho’s Ho
Even in Hell
Here’s a preview…
Dibs on the cheap beer concession!
Cheap beer? No…nothing but the best for such an occasion. Yuengling, Champagne Velvet, Abita, and Shiner Bock.
For these folks I turn to Psalm 73:
[[A Psalm of Asaph.]]
Truly God [is] good to Israel, [even] to such as are of a clean heart.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For [there are] no bands in their death: but their strength [is] firm.
They [are] not in trouble [as other] men; neither are they plagued like [other] men.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them [as] a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly [concerning] oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full [cup] are wrung out to them.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these [are] the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase [in] riches.(cont)
Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend [against] the generation of thy children.
When I thought to know this, it [was] too painful for me;
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; [then] understood I their end.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
So foolish [was] I, and ignorant: I was [as] a beast before thee.
Nevertheless I [am] continually with thee: thou hast holden [me] by my right hand.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.
Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
But [it is] good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Grass will never grow on that grave
Maybe John Fonda-Kerry will deliver her eulogy from his seared memories.
As well as the vets standing in line to piss on her grave, someone(s) need to form the beer concession(s) to keep everyone hydrated.
Biden would give the twat a state funeral
I seem to recall a post-trial interview years later of a juror who said she voted to acquite OJ entirely as revenge for what happened to Rodney King. As a lover of the law, I was thoroughly disgusted at hearing that.
Note to admin: My email account got hacked, so this is my new email.
It might not be today, it might not be tomorrow, it might not even be 20 years from now, but eventually, everyone answers to the man upstairs.
Well, so long Killer.
They say never speak ill of the dead so…
good for him…
I am sure in his final moments he knew he could rest peacefully because his wife’s murderer would soon be rotting in hell.
I was working at a construction site south of San Francisco when the verdict was announced; everyone but me (and a scant few others) was celebrating. I asked the guy on the next beam if his life was better because of the verdict. He replied by immediately shutting up.
I don’t remember seeing this OJ interview. This is only 37 seconds. The prank teh juice plays on the reporter interviewing him is just so dadgum creepy. This dude belonged in a psych ward.
OJ SIMPSON PULLS AN ABSOLUTELY BANGING PRANK – YouTube
How did O.J. log on to his computer?
//\\ S tab escape
Will they slow-troll his dead ass around Los Angeles the same way they did with Dead Ted Kennedy, around Boston?
As MLK Jr so desired, America has seen the content of “their” character.
It “unjust” that ordinary black people cannot rebuke vapid cretins who still eat out of LBJ’s hand.
No one has diminished the “cultural assimilation” of black people than Jimmy Carter’s Department of Education/INDOCTRINATION.
Hell, Trayvon Martin has an honorary college degree, awarded posthumously, that is at least of the same credibility of OJ’s veritas. It’s almost on the same level as Reverend Al-Sharpton’s ministry.
To his credit, he could and did play football.
May he find peace from his demons in the afterlife
The Biden White House extends condolences to the grieving Simpson family.
WH Expresses Condolences to OJ’s Family, No Mention of Victims (breitbart.com)
Wow.
AMF. I doubt his next court is going to buy any of the defense arguments.
Another shit bag finds a just reward.
To paraphrase, I’ll never wish death on anyone but I will read certain obituaries with a smile and a fresh spring in my step…
Fuck that guy.
One wonders whether he greatly feared afterlife comeuppance during the last three decades.
Though no fan nor defender of his, I still wonder whether his spirit or consciousness may finally be 100 percent free of the purely cerebrally based agitation and contempt that may have actually blighted much of his life. Therefore, free of his corporeal shell, he may be wondering, ‘Why was I so angry, so much of the time? Oh, the things I said!… I really hope I didn’t do damage while I was there’. …
A few decades ago, I learned from two Latter Day Saints missionaries that their church’s doctrine teaches that the biblical ‘lake of fire’ meant for the truly wicked actually represents an eternal spiritual burning of guilt over one’s corporeal misdeeds. Bemused, I thought and said: “That’s it? Our punishment is our afterlife guilty conscience?”
During the many years since then, however, I’ve discovered just how formidable burning guilt can be. I’ve also considered and decided that our brain’s structural/chemical flaws are what we basically are while our soul is confined within our physical, bodily form. The human soul may be inherently good, on its own; but trapped within the physical body, notably the corruptible brain, oftentimes the soul’s purity may not be able to shine through.
Thus, upon the multi-murderer’s physical death, not only would he (or she) be 100 percent liberated from the anger and hate that blighted his physical life; his spirit or consciousness would also be forced to exist with the presumably unwanted awareness of the immense amount of needless suffering he personally had caused.
Then again, maybe the human soul goes where it belongs or where it feels comfortable and right — be it hell’, ‘heaven’, somewhere in between, etcetera. This concept was suggested in a very interesting 1987 radio-broadcast sermon titled “A Bird’s Eye View of Hell