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Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World
In other gnus, George Zimmerman is a free man. I wonder if he is comforatble with his actions?
OPEN THREAD TIME,
WHAT’S COOKIN’ AT YOUR PLACE?
TheZoo 
I have a hunch Mr Zimmerman will be dealing with some inner demons in the future.
I can’t imagine having something like that on my conscience.
In my lifetime I have chosen to walk away from situations that would not have ended well.
Ego and ignorance are often companions.
I can sleep well at night.
“I have a hunch Mr Zimmerman will be dealing with some inner demons in the future.”
I kinda doubt it. You tell yourself a lie often enough and you come to believe it’s the truth. What will slap him back to reality is a civil penalty.
Or a black man with a gun, afraid for his life.
In Floriduh, we’ve already seen that scenario doesn’t work for you — even if you’re a black woman with a gun.
The lesson there is to shoot to kill. Forget about firing warning shots as that will put a person, especially a woman, in prison for 20 years.
I see Zimmerman as a future suicide. Not because of guilt over murdering a child, but because at some point it’s going to sink in that he’s never going to have his life again. He will forever be dogged by massive legal bills, civil judgments, and society looking at him sideways.
This is a man who arrested for pushing his girlfriend when he got frustrated, and chased down and killed a young man because “these assholes always get away.” George Zimmerman simply isn’t capable of living the life waiting for him.
Don’t forget to include the child molestation that Zimmerman is accused of doing. He is was and will remain a loser. Zimmerman will never have a job that pays a living wage. No one will trust him.
My guess is that Zimmerman is a sociopath and has no conscience.
I never heard of the child molestation. When did that happen?
“I can’t imagine having something like that on my conscience.”
And I’m still wondering how the young woman who killed our Adam lives with what she did. To my knowledge, nothing ever happened to her. There was a hearing a few months ago, but our family did not go to it, as they would have had to sit and listen to all of the gory details of Adam’s last moment of life. My brother would not allow me to go, and it’s too difficult to ask (our lawyer was supposed to have provided my brother and Wayne’s sister with a transcript, but they haven’t conveyed anything to me.) Wayne and I have no closure, nothing. We live every day with a huge hole in our hearts, so I can only imagine how much worse it is for Trayvon’s parents.
Karma has a way of keeping things in balance. That’s just the way it is.
This person made an excellent point. It’s a legal system, not a justice system. We might as well change the name of the DoJ to Dept of Law Enforcement while we’re at it.
Exactly.
Not guilty does equate to innocent.
For all cute little piglet lovers
Confirmation bias.
Sickening.
This family is the Zimmerashians.
What an ugly person.
I like when people find creative ways in which to grammatically offend people
One of my fave gifs.
I like this one, too.
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My thoughts exactly.
Here’s the Zimmerman trial in a nutshell:
http://www.upworthy.com/know-anyone-that-thinks-racial-profiling-is-exaggerated-watch-this-and-tell-me-when-your-jaw-drops-2?g=2
That is telling. The most disgusting piece was how these men fawn all over this pretty young woman. What a forked up society.
I think the black actor is lucky people didn’t start beating on him. The hostility was palpable.
I’m surprised no one pulled a gun on the black actor.
You tell ’em, Gary
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/14/open-season-black-boys-verdict
Are the Zimmermans not talking about the tragedy of a dead young boy because doing so might give the idea that the killing was unnecessary?
Paul Jamiol did a cartoon re Trayvon Martin. I posted it.
Read this:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/nra-alec-stand-your-ground
Then follow this advice
He probably rejoices whenever he sees a crucifix as this represents the murder of his savior, a Jewish man.
Makes me think of for profit private prisons.
Thanks, Zooey. That’s a great tweet. I found it and retweeted it. 🙂
I thought you might. 🙂
It’s sad that this sentiment has not been offered until now. Very telling about all of us.
That’s why, contrary to what the prosecution was insisting, this case was ALL ABOUT race.
Me su yu fo pho ne names.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/14/asiana-tv-station-fake-pilot-names/2515541/
Oh fucking jebus, the comments on that story from USA Today are amazing. They are actually arguing about whether the airline should be insulted by the “joke” or not. No clue about the real issue here. Fuck me in the heart.
My step-mother’s daughter insists that levity is necessary in life. As if the fake Asian-sounding names are just part of some stupid facebook meme, rather than names reported as fact, on a news program, where the real families of real people killed and injured in the wreck could hear it.
Ha ha ha, levity!
I think this is why some people learned to be good with a knife.
$1 says the doosh wearing that shirt would claim he’s not a racist.
I like women with a sense of humor.
I wish they wouldn’t point at my crotch and laugh, but I still like them.
In other murderous news, Sgt. Bales, the killer of 16 Afghan civilians, had been issued a malaria drug not supposed to be used by those with traumatic brain injury (which Bales had) lest it cause homicidal episodes:
http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130713/NEWS06/307130005/Anti-malarial-drug-linked-Afghan-massacre
Sounds like a drug recall should take place. Oh wait, the FDA is in the pockets of the pharmaceutical industry.
I was really hoping to wake up this morning to the news that George Zimmerman, after partying hard last night, had met with a “tragic” deadly accident.
(his time is nigh. There are those who will seek the same *justice* Zimmerman meted out to Treyvon)
Congressman Blames Obama For Zimmerman Having To Stand Trial For Killing Trayvon Martin
So: in King’s mind, the murder by gun of a completely innocent and unarmed black kid in a hoodie by a guy who has long professed that black kids in hoodies are bad, bad, bad, is neither a crime nor is it a race issue.
What an asshole.
As a Republican from Iowa, he believes the attention he receives from satan’s invasive corncob means he’s doing a great job…
Right Wingers Post Fake Race Riot Video After Zimmerman Verdict
Yeah, a “race riot” attended only by white people, and in front of the Canada Post building.
They really believe everyone is as stupid as they are.
pachy, show us your best side:
Bad: Corey Monteith, 31, of Glee fame, is found dead in a Vancouver hotel.
It doesn’t get better: Jane Lynch of Glee announces divorce from her wife.
Worse: Apparently Jane Lynch’s divorce has just ruined my marriage.
Chalk a few up for “da bulls”
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/07/201371475652734448.html
I’ve no understanding why people choose this way to, possibly, end their lives.
It’s Hemingway-ish.
It’s idiot, just like bull fighting.
I got suspended on Twitter. SOmeone apparently complained that I was mentioning them too much in my tweets, so without even getting a chance to challenge teh suspension, I had to check off two boxes promising I would follow the rules.
My account has been unsuspended, but if they don’t tell me who complained (so I can make sure I never mention them again), I’m never going back. If all it takes is someone complaining to Twitter and they automatically suspend you, well that’s a fucked up way to run a website.
This is more serious than being in Twitter jail. If someone else does that to me, I could get suspended permanently without a trial (so to speak.)
Apparently there is no leeway – they can’t warn you before shutting a tweeterer down?
Isn’t replying and retweeting part of the romance of the twitters?
That is fucked up. It seems that the way to shut someone up on Twitter is to merely make a complaint. They sure as hell won’t actually investigate.
Thank you for the support. I’m serious about this. I have to know who complained because otherwise the first time I accidentally include their name in a tweet, I could be suspended for good. And until they tell me, I’m not tweeting anymore.
Mission accomplished for the twitter bully. I wonder how many people like you the complainers got shut down today?
Keep badgering the twitter gods for an explanation, and while you’re doing that, keep the good word out there by continuing to tweet.
Twitter trolls?
Gawd what next?
Jeffey Bovine and Darryl have a new venue.
Thanks, Zooey. I’ve decided that I’ll tweet but I won’t reply to anyone. I’ll just have to act like one of the big shot celebrities, who almost never reply to anyone, which is why I’m excited when one of them replies to me. 🙂
Okay, so I’m replying to some people, but these are all people I’ve been following since nearly the beginning of my Tweeting days, and I know none of them reported me.
The Justice Department released a statement today on the Zimmerman verdict:
“As the Department first acknowledged last year, we have an open investigation into the death of Trayvon Martin. The Department of Justice’s Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial. Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial.”
How about by George Zimmerman’s own hand and admission, Trayvon Martin was deprived of his life without due process of law. (The Constitution does not specify who is not allowed to do the depriving. It’s in the passive voice, so that means I can’t do it to you and you can’t do it to me.)
Tucker Carlson, Racist Asshole, doing what Roger Ailes wants him to do
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/07/14/fox-news-al-sharpton-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leaders-hustlers-pimps.html
Tucker: “I am positive that people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton do not deserve to be called civil rights leaders. They are not. They are hustlers and pimps who make a living off inflaming racial tensions.”
“I see those six ladies in the jury putting themselves on that rainy night, in that housing complex that has just been burglarized by three or four different groups of black youngsters from the adjacent community. So it’s a dark night, a 6-foot-2-inch hoodie-wearing stranger is in the immediate housing complex. How would the ladies of that jury have reacted? I submit that if they were armed, they would have shot and killed Trayvon Martin a lot sooner than George Zimmerman did. This is self-defense,” – Geraldo Rivera, Fox News.
Fox has been race-baiting in hysterical, reckless fashion. It’s their metier.
QOTD:
“We humans are one among millions of separate species who live in a world burgeoning, overflowing with life. And yet, most species that ever were are no more. After flourishing for one hundred fifty million years, the dinosaurs became extinct. Every last one. No species is guaranteed its tenure on this planet. And humans, the first beings to devise the means for their own destruction, have been here for only several million years.
We are rare and precious because we are alive, because we can think. We are privileged to influence and perhaps control our future. We have an obligation to fight for life on Earth — not just for ourselves but for all those, humans and others, who came before us and to whom we are beholden, and for all those who, if we are wise enough, will come after. There is no cause more urgent than to survive to eliminate on a global basis the growing threats of nuclear war, environmental catastrophe, economic collapse and mass starvation. These problems were created by humans and can only be solved by humans. No social convention, no political system, no economic hypothesis, no religious dogma is more important.
The hard truth seems to be this: We live in a vast and awesome universe in which, daily, suns are made and worlds destroyed, where humanity clings to an obscure clod of rock. The significance of our lives and our fragile realm derives from our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life’s meaning. We would prefer it to be otherwise, of course, but there is no compelling evidence for a cosmic Parent who will care for us and save us from ourselves. It is up to us,” – Carl Sagan.
I really miss Carl Sagan.
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/07/08/carl-sagan-meaning-of-life/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+brainpickings%2Frss+%28Brain+Pickings%29
How much meth do think was guy was on and for how many years?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/12/justice/pennsylvania-boy-fire/index.html?eref=igoogledmn_topstories
And to think this fellow procreated – twice (his sons are 11&15)
The stupidity that he thought anyone would believe this explanation:
Myers and his sons are some really sick mother-forkers.
In other news, Mandela has been acquitted of dying. WAS RACE A FACTOR?
Apologies if someone posted this chart already, but here is the probability that someone will successfully use a SYG law based on the race of the killer and the victim, compared to white-on-white killing (i.e., 100%)
First photo of the Zimmerman jury.
If this is legitimate, holy flurking schnitt!
http://whowhatwhy.com/2013/06/27/fbi-document-deleted-plots-to-kill-occupy-leaders-if-deemed-necessary/
TwoThree great tweets (out his many) from one of my favorite twitter accountshttps://twitter.com/TheTweetOfGod/status/356593134643326977
From MSN:
“Apparently reporters aren’t learning from KTVU’s embarrassing phony-name pratfall. Another prankster was hard at work in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman murder trial in Sanford, Fla., where the media was trawling for reaction outside the courthouse. One resident happily told USA Today the not-guilty verdict meant that “justice was rendered. That’s why we have trials instead of public opinion.” The speaker? None other than noted jurisprudence expert Howie Felterbush, who’s probably a cousin of Hugh Janus. Interestingly, Howie wouldn’t let himself be interviewed on video, saying he was uncomfortable with the “state of things.” Like perhaps his name.”
Love the reactions of the three news people when they hear the explosion, which was a couple of miles away. (Video is about 30 seconds long.)
80 degrees at 5:30am. No wonder it exploded.
That’s a great way to look at it.
Ahhhh sweet Schadenfreude…
This guy follows back about 30,000 of the 100,000 (roughly) followers he has. I still don’t know why he follows me back, except that maybe he gets an arrogant person’s kick out of my tweaking him. So, I’ll just tweak him some more because, you know, First Amendment.
One great American’s solution to the problem:
Rescue the families of Walt, Vinyl and pachy then call Bugs to do saw off the state of FL!
Ebb, have you heard anything from Liberty Lover?
(was thinking about LL just the other week)
I have not, Zooey, It has been many months.
Last I recall – They were looking at places in the PNW.
The comments just stopped. Do hope all is well with the family.
Her mother was ill, too. Maybe that, combined with moving, has her offline. Hope to hear from her soon!
This is wonderful. There is hope for the future. These kids know what’s important!
via LGF:
Kids React to Controversial Cheerios Commercial