

Today, June 28th, is DAY #15 (of 3rd week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. [Yesterday] … it was simply not a very good day at all for the prosecution. The primary State witnesses today were Rachel Jeantel, Jenna Lauer, and Selma Mora. The first had her credibility substantively destroyed, the second was powerfully–almost humiliatingly–co-opted by the defense, and the third provided testimony entirely consistent with the defense’s theory of lawful self-defense. (continue reading)

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Today, June 28th, is DAY #15 (of 3rd week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. [Yesterday] … it was simply not a very good day at all for the prosecution. The primary State witnesses today were Rachel Jeantel, Jenna Lauer, and Selma Mora. The first had her credibility substantively destroyed, the second was powerfully–almost humiliatingly–co-opted by the defense, and the third provided testimony entirely consistent with the defense’s theory of lawful self-defense. (continue reading)
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Today, June 24th, is DAY #11 (of 3rd week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case. The first day of the actual trial. The previous two weeks were jury selection and the conclusion of the Frye Hearing.
Over the weekend Judge Debra Nelson ruled that State voice identification experts would not be allowed to claim Trayvon Martin was the voice heard calling for help on the 911 call tapes based on unproven science. The jury reported for sequestered duty on Sunday.
Today opening statements are set to begin: (more…)
Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, according to U.S. officials. (more…)
The Last Refuge – officially, The Conservative Treehouse – celebrated its second anniversary on February 1, 2013. Now it’s time for another celebration (and we love celebrations) as we welcome our 10,000,000th visitor today!
The Tree has been approached over ten million times, tapped for information, moved into for refuge and signed up for learning.
Ten million times someone has said, “Self, let’s check out the Treehouse and see what’s up.”
Ten million times someone perhaps said, “I saw that link—wonder what they’re up to….” (more…)
This picture is a request from Sharon, who says, “It is never too late for the duck!” And because he’s a funny duck. (more…)
I just (finally) made a donation to relief efforts for Oklahoma. As usual, I procrastinated, and part of the reason was I didn’t have a handy link or phone number to use to make my donation.
If you are like me, you might find the following information useful: (more…)
Earlier today I was having a casual conversation with a long-time coworker. We talked about this and that, and she asked me if I was following the Jodi Arias trial.
My coworker is a woman in her sixties, very well read, and is more conservative than not, I would say. (more…)






