Open Discussion
Good morning caterpillars, moths, butterflies, and all creatures great and small.
With the snow melting, I’m going to be outside extending my sidewalk and clearing the deck of remaining snow. (I can use a vacation in Hawaii.)
What’s on your mind?
Posted on 02/24/2014, in Potpourri and tagged open discussion. Bookmark the permalink. 57 Comments.
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We need more commercials like this by other companies to reflect the beautiful world of diversity that we live in.
May those that resist have a change of heart.
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love you and love this site. The butterfly peace sign is groovy.
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Mornin’ Rachael. Love you too.
Speaking of groovy …
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🙂
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That was awesome!!
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I tried to go to her blog today and it was down, do you know what happened?
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towerflower,
The message appears to say that she needs to either pay for the domain name or pay for the server. Since she is planning on uploading new material on Wed., she will find out.
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I thought this was recent.. I didn’t realize the child was there when he did this. The arsenal of weapons he has…. he must be very afraid.
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mindyme,
Paranoid seems more like it. It’s been over 2 years and no one has attacked or killed him yet. He needs to get over it.
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I know right?? And you know if anyone really wanted him dead, he’d be dead.
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He was paranoid before he shot Trayvon too – which is, IMO, why he shot Trayvon to begin with.
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Reblogged this on idealisticrebel and commented:
A beautiful blog
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IdealisticRebel,
Good morning, and thank you. Have a fantastic week!!
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A nice rain washes away all negative and cleanses.
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I use videos like this when I have trouble sleeping. Love these!
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Thank you! I loved this when it came out. 🙂
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Christi O’Connor has pix of broken shards of glass from honey pots 911 call. Oh MY, and she is going to release part two on 2/26. That date seems somewhat familiar to me. oh, right the day tubs murdered our sweet angel.
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Good morning,
We are now in our new home with the internet and cable up and running!!!
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Wonderful, dreamer! Good to have you back and settled in you new home!
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dreamer,
Congratulations!!!
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This link has videos of testimony at Curtis Reeves bail hearing:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/justice/florida-movie-theater-shooting/
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Have the full videos from this hearing been released?
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If you go to this YouTube page, you can see Part 2 of Feb 5.
Then, you can see the other parts if you look at the video choices in the right column of the page.
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Here is this YouTube page link:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4B3YZEwTtI
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Croakerqueen123 has them on her Youtube channel. The hearing was over the course of 2 days and each video is over an hour long. It would require a page of its own. I can do that for you if you want but ultimately, the final decision was to deny bond.
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Thanks for replying, Xena. 🙂
Actually the link I just posted provides every video. I realized that there were too many to post and that is why I ultimately just posted that link.
I can also just go to Croakerqueen123’s page.
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TwoSides,
Do you have any update on this news article as to how this event went?
http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20140219-riverside-kelly-thomas-father-to-address-police-accountability-group.ece
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are you kidding me?? lol, George Zimmerman thinks he is ‘accomplished’?
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Hat tip to Kira Moore’s blog.
Legendary Chicago comedian and director Harold Ramis, who appeared in movies such as Animal House and Ghostbusters, has died at the age of 69 after a long illness.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/02/24/report-harold-ramis-dead-at-age-69/
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Interesting read. I like the way she counters negative with positive images.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/02/white_woman_admits_an_inner_george_zimmerman.html
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Thanks for posting the link to this outstanding article, Xena! 🙂
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It means so much to us and to the kids that helped create this video that you chose to post it! Thank you for spreading the word!
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Yahoo news is reporting today that the FL legislature is in the process of voting to EXPAND SYG:
Of course, this goes on top of the “no duty to repeat” and “it’s irrelevant whether the defendent was actually in danger as long as he believed he was in danger” parts. So, if this expansion had been in effect during the Dunn trial, Dunn wouldn’t have needed to claim that Jordan exited the car, or even that Jordan brandished a gun. He could just have said, “He said he was going to kill me, and he sure seemed dead serious about it, and i believed he meant it, so I figured he had to have some kin d of weapon available to carry out that threat, and i wasn’t going to wait around to find out the hard way, so I shot him before he could do anything to me.” (Kinda like, ‘We’re going to go to war with Iraq and kill 10s of thousands of civilians because we’re not sure their military doesn’t have WMD.)
I’m going to go throw up now.
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Whonoze? That will be me right by your side, head in the toilet if this is passed. This is crazy, and the world is losing control. I am so upset with all of the murders at schools, on the streets, kidnappings, and violence in general. God help us………these peo[ple are really sick, and it is escalating daily.
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Unfrikingbelievable!!! This can’t happen, it just can’t!!!
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Whonoze,
Thanks for your comment. It helped me. When I first heard about the expansion, it was represented as a “Bill”, and I thought in terms of Marissa Alexander and Michael Giles and statutory sentencing. You have brought out the other side of this as to how it could be used to the advantage of those abusing the law.
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Actually, the “threat of force” refers to something that Marissa Alexander did…..she “threatened” with a warning shot.
From this linked article:
http://news.yahoo.com/florida-lawmakers-vote-to-expand–stand-your-ground–law-200940342.html
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Just think, GZ could have saved those two butterfly bandages for some bigger boo boos. The next kid he decides to kill won’t require so many detailed lies, only one. “You’re going to die tonight MF.”
I’ll bet there will be a surge in tourism in Florida. Having thoughts of offing your loved one, a nice romantic weekend to rekindle those loving thoughts. “We were taking a walk on the beach, and I confessed I had an affair, and he said he was going to kill me. He has a temper, and I was so scared officer. We were standing on a cliff, and when he tried to grab my hand I tripped him and he fell off the cliff.”
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The Crisis Magazine @thecrisismag
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https://www.raceforward.org/open-letter-prosecutor-angela-corey-and-legal-community
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I wonder how many legislators across the U.S. could pass tests showing their understanding of the bills they vote on.
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http://www.bet.com/news/national/2014/02/25/rally-to-be-held-to-remember-trayvon-martin-and-jordan-davis-in-times-square-wednesday.html
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http://wkar.org/post/trayvon-martins-family-attorney-latest-stand-your-ground-cases
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