Zimmerman Trial Final Jury Wrap-Up: Insights on Trial Strategy
The final jury was selected the Zimmerman trial today, consisting of 6 women jurors and 4 alternate jurors. For those following along with the juror ID numbers, the jurors selected are: B29, B76,...
View ArticleAdios Taxifornia
From Danelle: Last Person Leaving Taxifornia Please Turn Off The Lights It’s not a bumper sticker, but my sister in law sent this a few minutes ago. Her family is moving to Texas this week and leaving...
View ArticleWorld Government Of the People’s Money, By the People’s Money, For the...
G-8 Communique: We don’t want no John Galts At the recently concluded G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, the leaders of the world’s biggest powers couldn’t even come up with a statement openly condemning...
View ArticleZimmerman Trial LIVE – Final pre-trial motions and proceedings
Today there are several pretrial motions and proceedings scheduled. But the big event is the judge’s ruling on the Frye hearing as to whether the State’s audio experts will be allowed to testify as to...
View ArticleMoving to final stages of Senate #amnesty push
The next few days will be critical to the shape and passage of the Gang of 8 bill, with recent additions to border security being characterized as window dressing and unlikely ever to be implemented...
View ArticleSyrian rebels says have received game-changing weaponry
Via Lebanese website Naharnet: Syrian rebels have recently received new weapons that could “change the course of the battle” against the Syrian regime, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army told Agence...
View ArticleAmericans for a Conservative Misdirection supports the Gang of 8
Versions of the ad below run endlessly on television and radio. I can’t seem to escape them. I even heard one of the ads at the break when Rush Limbaugh was interviewing Ted Cruz as to why Cruz was...
View ArticleTurkey cracks down on social media users supporting protests
Since May 31st, protests have raged in Turkey as demonstrations against demolition of an area in Taksim Square’s Gezi Park gave way to a larger anti-government movement. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan...
View ArticleZimmerman Trial Pre-Game Day Analysis
The jurors are now selected in State of Florida v. George Zimmerman and opening statements are scheduled for Monday. Today was a ‘wrap up’ day, to resolve as any lingering issues that Judge Nelson...
View ArticleNSA Leaker Edward Snowden Charged with Espionage and Other Offenses —...
Breaking news tonight from the Washington Post: Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of...
View ArticleThe power of ideas
Kind of like wearing the ribbon. Spotted by my wife in Rhode Island. 5.00 / 5 5 1 / 5 2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5 10 votes, 5.00 avg. rating (99% score)
View Article“The Haves versus The Have Nots” Week at College Insurrection
The Haves: NYU loans millions to top faculty for vacation homes NYU vacation home scandal just latest example of college compensation extravaganzas Law school uses ‘used car salesman’ tactics to...
View ArticleLoophole in Gang of 8 bill gives Napolitano wide discretion to allow almost...
One of the things I learned from Obamacare was that each section of the law could take many hours to understand because of cross-references to other sections and other laws. Amendments make the...
View ArticleZimmerman Trial: State Experts’ Audio Findings Not Admissible
Judge Debra Nelson today ruled that the testimony of Mr. Tom Owens and Dr. Alan Reich, the prosecution’s experts in the field of speech recognition and speaker identification, will not be admissible at...
View ArticleNSA Leaker Edward Snowden Reveals New US Hacking Accusations
A Hong Kong news outlet unveiled explosive new hacking accusations against the US on Saturday morning, citing information shared with the outlet by NSA leaker Edward Snowden. From the South China...
View ArticleProtests in Turkey reignite after relatively quiet week
The protests in Turkey continue, with police upping the use of force to break up even peaceful demonstrations. Via Reuters: Turkish riot police fired water cannon to disperse thousands of...
View ArticleSaturday Night Card Game’s predictive powers on display in the Zimmerman case
The race issue in the George Zimmerman shooting of Trayvon Martin has been pushed early and often. We’ve covered the false accusations that Zimmerman called Trayvon Martin a “coon” on the initial 911...
View ArticleSaturday Night Open
Comment worth considering from Adios Taxifornia: bannor | June 21, 2013 at 7:54 am The problem with a lot of people that flee California is they continue to vote for the same type of people and idea...
View ArticleYorkie
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View ArticleNSA Leaker Edward Snowden Has Left Hong Kong – Wikileaks Claims to be Assisting
UPDATE 6/23 1:00pm EST: Snowden has requested asylum in Ecuador, per Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs Minister. The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden — Ricardo...
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