If two elderly white women opened up two simultaneous cans-o-whoop-ass on a black customer it would lead the CNN headline for a days; and we would be exposed to a narrative of “we need to have this conversation” for weeks.  Reverse the races and….. (((crickets))).

PACOLET, SC (FOX Carolina) –  Deputies said two women are accused of attacking a customer at a Li’l Cricket store in Pacolet who asked them to give her some space while checking out.

According to Spartanburg County deputies, it was all because the victim asked the women to give her some space while she entered the pin code for her debit card at the cash register.

“All I wanted was a little bit of privacy, I didn’t know it would lead to a beatdown,” said the victim, Amanda Parker.

On Monday afternoon Parker stopped into the Li’l Cricket on Pine Street in Pacolet, never knowing she’d need to be rushed to the hospital by the time she was through.  (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Rare is the opportunity to encapsulate the mindset in one real life example.    Prepare for the audio visual demonstration…. (and stick with it all the way to the end).

Many people have questioned this forum about how can so many, on the opposite side of reality based issues, be so detached from the known realities of life and consequence.   This young man, and this young woman give us the full earnest audio/visual.

It matters not whether the conversation is about Benjamin Crump, Tray-Von, DeeDee, Keyser Soze, or the Obamaphone lady,  the mindset of cognitive function to qualify their belief system is EXACTLY the same version of visible dissonance.

Countering approaches to their illogical intellectual patterns, which frame their beliefs, are futile – the synapses are firing in divergent directions.

On Thursday President Obama called Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President, Morsi.   He didn’t call to scold Morsi for his insufferable power grab.  He didn’t call to correct Morsi for taking over the judicary, and ignoring the minority voice by implementing Sharia Law despite the opposition coalition.

Obama didn’t call Morsi to reprimand him for brutalizing freedom principles.  No, instead he called to tell Morsi the street protests don’t look good, and are fodder for ridicule toward the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton.

So what does Morsi do TODAY  do in response to Obama’s concerns?

Struggling to subdue continuing street protests, the government of President Mohamed Morsi has approved legislation reimposing martial law by calling on the armed forces to keep order and authorizing soldiers to arrest civilians, Egypt’s state media reported on Saturday.  (link)

Tom Vilsack is a member of President Obama’s Cabinet and reflects the typical attitude of those who surround “THIS” President.    But they may want to pause before disparaging the kitchen staff (rural America = bitter clingers), because that very same kitchen crew might just say “enough” and quit.   Then, how you gonna eat?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has some harsh words for rural America: It’s “becoming less and less relevant,” he says.

A month after an election that Democrats won even as rural parts of the country voted overwhelmingly Republican, the former Democratic governor of Iowa told farm belt leaders this past week that he’s frustrated with their internecine squabbles and says they need to be more strategic in picking their political fights.

“It’s time for us to have an adult conversation with folks in rural America,” Vilsack said in a speech at a forum sponsored by the Farm Journal. “It’s time for a different thought process here, in my view.” (more…)

Authorship unknown – Another Christmas Story 

In September 1960, I woke up one morning with six hungry babies and just 75 cents in my pocket.  Their father was gone..

The boys ranged from three months to seven years ; their sister was two.

Their Dad had never been much more than a presence they feared.  Whenever they heard his tires crunch on the gravel driveway they would scramble to hide under their beds.  He did manage to leave $15 a week to buy groceries.

Now that he had decided to leave, there would be no more beatings, but no food either.  If there was a welfare system in effect in southern Indiana at that time, I certainly knew nothing about it.

I scrubbed the kids until they looked brand new and then put on my best homemade dress, loaded them into the rusty old 51 Chevy and drove off to find a job.  (more…)

Major h/t to anwtex for doing the hard part….finding the video! 😀

This segment of the interview centers around the inconsistencies in both Sybrina and Tracy’s testimony regarding their son’s voice.  The fact that the State withheld information regarding who was in attendance during an earlier meeting where Serino questioned Martin is more than troubling.  Officer Bill Irwin, the same person who did the voice stress analysis on George, was sitting in on the earlier questioning of Martin….a corroborating fact that, until now, was unknown to the defense.  Why did Sanford Police Capt. O’Connor and the State keep this information from the defense until they were deposed?   O’Mara states it’s the same issue they keep having with all the witnesses…“They change – particularly after conversations with the State.”

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff. A place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

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