The following is a new article written by Jeff Weiner and picked up by The Los Angeles Times regarding Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law.   Over the next several days I am going to put together an outline for further discussion/investigation/research on the various entities with expressed interest in defeating the Stand Your Ground law and how they have come together.   However, for now here is what Ryan Julison’s Orlando media pal has put into the media fray 
ORLANDO, Fla. — The nation’s fixation on the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has led many to question whether an impartial jury could be found for the trial of his killer, George Zimmerman.
But it’s possible a judge, not a jury, will decide Zimmerman’s fate. Zimmerman says he fired in self-defense, and many expect his lawyers will eventually ask for an immunity hearing under Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law.

Often described as a “minitrial” in which the judge serves as jury, such hearings are unlike other criminal justice proceedings. (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 †

The New York Times report specifically states that their source was inside the room with President Obama’s national security apparatus as they made decisions.   The leaked information could only have come from someone in a small advisory capacity within a select and exclusive group of Administration National Security Officials.
Knowing that fact based information what Position does Captain Underpants take?

Why no, despite proof the leaks can only have come from inside the White House, the leaks cannot have come from the inside the White House. (more…)

All Your Children Belong To The Regime !   That’s the insufferable mindset behind this video.   Mind your own damn business and raise your own damn kids.   Sorry, but I will take the minority position on this one, withold judgement, and say that the neighbor is nothing but an insufferable prog busy-body until more information is revealed.
You will note that while no-one has an issue arresting the father, putting him in jail, trashing his name all over the media etc etc…  They protect the identity of the neighbor.  Why is that?   If the neighbor is doing the right thing then why does he need to hide behind anonymity, and further if he is so committed to what he saw and believes then why hide? 
Nope, right now until further information comes out, if ever, I am not going to join a parade of people passing judgement on the person who didn’t know they were being videotaped in the privacy of their own back yard.   Think about it.   Where does that end.? 
CALIFORNISTAN –  (CNN) — An elected official in California has been arrested on accusations of felony child abuse after a neighbor videotaped him beating his stepson with a belt during a backyard game of catch, authorities told CNN Saturday.

Anthony Sanchez, 34, a director with the Imperial County Irrigation District, turned himself in to authorities Friday afternoon, said Imperial County Sheriff’s Lt. Scott Sheppeard. (more…)

Guess the races?…..  Because the media won’t tell ya..
JEFFERSONVILLE — A Twiggs County man tortured Saturday morning during a home invasion robbery was burned with hot scissors an estimated 40 times, according to the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigator Robert Rodgers said the assailants took apart a pair of scissors and heated one of the blades on a gas stove.
Robert Luce, 61, was burned on his neck and back while the men demanded to know where he kept money in his home, on Lettie Way off Sgoda Road just west of Interstate 16.
Paul Stafford, 41, of Laurens County, is accused of burning Luce during the torture, which also included beating Luce while he was bound with duct tape, Rodgers said.
Stafford, a registered sex offender, had been released from prison in November. Since 1999, he’s served three stints on charges ranging from escape and aggravated assault to attempted aggravated sodomy, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. (more…)

Hearing media reports of former Florida Governor being Gay will not come as a surprise to quite a few original members of the Treeper crew.   Indeed we have actually discussed this before, and it is not really a secret in circles of people who have paid any attention to the various exploits of Charlie Crist along with others.   From what I can remember several people knew of him frequenting a particular bar in Florida, and more people even knew of some rather ‘salty’ personal endeavors. 
I met Governor Crist once, in 2007,  and he was an amicable guy, a personable guy, and generally came across as a nice person.  But, something about him changed in/around the 2008 year and definately he became an insufferably horrid self-serving politician by the time he ran for the Florida Senate seat in 2010.

Tallahassee, Florida – 10 News has learned of allegations of homosexual affairs, a governor trying to kiss another man, and drunken escapades by former Governor Charlie Crist.
These allegations come in the form of a Florida Department of Law Enforcement Investigative Report in the Republican Party Chair Jim Greer saga.
Jim Greer is facing criminal charges and is set to go to trial on July 30 for allegedly paying himself to raise money for the Republican Party of Florida. Greer maintains that former Governor Charlie Crist approved the deal. (more…)

docraul dropped a link on Friday Night to this picture.

https://twimg0-.akamaihd.net/profile_images/253027928/President_Obama.bmp
We want to find out more about this picture and we are also time crunched.  According to docraul’s comment the picture was taken June 27th 2009.   However, official presidential scheduling is blank for that day according to whitehouse.gov.
Where was it taken?   What was the event?
We know that Daryl Parks, Benjamin Crump and Senator Obama met during the Martin Lee Anderson case and protests in Florida in 2007.   There is a possibility this relationship might lead to understanding a connection surrounding “gun control legislation”.   If you are able to assist, what can you find out?   Again, the known date is 6/27/09.

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 †

ACE has shut down his blog with a notation.  It is ironic and timely given some of the challenges we too are facing at the TreeHouse.   I respectfully request EVERYONE who enjoys visits to the TreeHouse to read, consider, evaluate and then share your opinions in the comments.

First, AceOfSpades Shares:  Comments Are Disabled Until Further Notice – I apologize to most commenters.

Jimmah, however, has decided to set blog policy for me, and several others have decided to challenge me on the point as well.   I will have to end commenting until I can figure out how to ban them.  This is precisely how I wanted to spend my Friday night. 

I know that everyone else — everyone else — was of course pleasant and wonderful as usual.  But there are some who just enjoy sabotage and fragging.

I don’t know how to fix it at the moment, so I’m going to possibly simply destroy the blog by letting it go dark.

But I don’t know what else to do. (more…)

Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit shares that Liberal genius and NY Times propagandist Paul Krugman was slated to speak today at Netroots 2012,  Unfortunately, he wasn’t quite the draw they were hoping for.

The room was empty.