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  • Now that Mrs. Robinson’s in flagrante is apparently coinciding with returning the troubles to Northern Ireland, does that mean all the Irish must go back?

    Think Progress » GOP plans on reintroducing legislation to ban and deport immigrants from ‘terrorist’ countries. 2010

  • But I suspect that this is a generational concern; what today's parents forget is that tomorrow's interview panels will comprise people who were themselves once captured in flagrante on Facebook – and will therefore have a lower shock-horror threshold.

    A Flickr of interest… John Naughton 2010

  • Anonymous #8: Not quite all of those survived -- IIRC, the princes die (one in flagrante delecto with the Baker's wife, and I think the other with one of the other women), and (semi-spoiler) when Jack's father gets killed off, "that's when the plot really goes to hell".

    Grimmer Tales: twisted fairy tale comics Boing Boing 2009

  • The first is article 340, which allows an “in flagrante” defence to a man who kills his wife and her lover if he finds them in bed together.

    ProWomanProLife » You go Queen! 2009

  • Singing sensation Susan spoke movingly of her relationship with Peter, sleb-magazine darling and husband of Jordan, and how Jordan had caught the pair in flagrante, leading to Andre's acrimonious divorce and SuBo's subsequent emotional collapse.

    EXCLUSIVE: SuBo: The Truth About My Breakdown Dungeekin 2009

  • In the act, in flagrante, she had called out, “We're making love!” as if the idea, the reality of it, had just dawned on her.

    On Deadline Jonathan Sapers 2010

  • Why should the Isreali soldiers who were brutally attacked by a bunch of mercenary thugs be satisfied with anything other than the trial and imprisonment of those who were not already killed in flagrante delicto?

    The Volokh Conspiracy » What’s Going on With Turkey 2010

  • After all, are not the tabloids full of stories of job applicants being confronted at interview with images, taken from Facebook albums, of themselves in flagrante?

    A Flickr of interest… John Naughton 2010

  • There is nothing more delicious than the sight of a holy roller hypocrite, caught with their pants down while “in flagrante delicto.”

    Think Progress » GOP Senate Candidate Rep. Mike Castle Takes Credit For Over $5 Million In Stimulus Funds He Voted To Kill 2010

  • Singing sensation Susan spoke movingly of her relationship with Peter, sleb-magazine darling and husband of Jordan, and how Jordan had caught the pair in flagrante, leading to Andre's acrimonious divorce and SuBo's subsequent emotional collapse.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009

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