Froth Slosh B'Gosh

In Order To Form A More Undemocratic Union

Florida continues is purge of those pesky, dusky voters who might cast a ballot for the Kenyan Usurper.

UPDATE:  A ray of sunshine in the Sunshine State:  Florida's onerous voter registration laws are ruled unconstitutional. 

Security Theatre

When the HELL is someone, anyone,  going to rein in the TSA???

 "It made no sense. Why would an 18-month-old child be on a no-fly list?"

Riyanna's parents, who asked not to be identified, said they think they know the answer to that question. They believe they were profiled because they are both of Middle Eastern descent. Riyanna's mother wears a hijab, a traditional head scarf. That's why they have asked to remain anonymous. They said they're concerned about repurcussions. That said, they are both Americans, born and raised in New Jersey, just like their daughter.

Riyanna's parents said once they were taken off the plane, they were met by TSA agents and made to stand in the terminal for about 30 minutes.

"We were put on display like a circus act because my wife wears a hijab," Riyanna's father said.

Actual Terror

Neo-nazi border vigilante asshole murders a family, including a toddler before taking his own life and trying to blame Mexicans. 

Something Is Not Adding Up

ABC has footage from the night Trayvon Martin was killed. The footage is from cameras at the Sanford PD station of George Zimmerman being brought in for questioning. Remember that in Zimmerman's version of events, he claimed Martin knocked him to the ground with a single punch. Zimmerman is supposed to have suffered a broken nose, lacerations to the back of his head, and the back of his clothing supposedly bore grass stains. Watch the video. See any evidence of any of those injuries? Even if first aid was rendered at the scene, broken noses tend to look broken. Bruising doesn't dissappear over a relativly short period of time. A gash to the back of the head that likely would require stitches would be evident. Clothing isn't laundered of grass stains on the way from the scene to the station.

While security camera videos don't deliver particularly good resolution, you'd expect to see at least some of the injuries Zimmerman is alleged to have suffered. The placement of ABC's EXCLUSIVE banner is particularly bad as well.

Another point. If Martin was delivering such a beating to Zimmerman that Zimmerman feared for his life, wouldn't the autopsy show fighting damage to Martin's knuckles and hands? I doubt he donned boxing gloves, but I haven't been able to find the autopsy online. If Martin was beating Zimmerman, I think the autopsy would show evidence to support that hypothosis.

UPDATE: Its not an autopsy report, but the funeral director says that other than the gunshot wound, Martin's body bore no signs of being in a fight. Frankly, I'd prefer a comprehensive forensic examination, but it looks like this is the best we have right now.

A Pair Of Things To Keep In Mind

There's always the background reality...First, read this.

Then, read this.

Just a couple of things to keep in mind when examining current events that are racially charged.

No One Could Have Predicted....

That "Stand Your Ground" laws would lead the killing of dangerous blackity black teenagers who insist on being black while armed with Skittles.

"He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man," Martin's friend said. "I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run."

Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he'd managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering Martin.

"Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone."

The line went dead. Besides screams heard on 911 calls that night as Martin and Zimmerman scuffled, those were the last words he said.

Tony Norman weighs in:

Mr. Zimmerman is not a cop. He had no legal right to question a law-abiding citizen based on his suspicions. Unless the legal standard now is that black youth have to show fearful deference to random strangers who stop them on streets they have a legal right to be, then Mr. Zimmerman's actions weren't justified.

There's something wrong with a state law that makes it possible to shoot a citizen who has not committed a crime simply because the shooter feels threatened. All sorts of murderous mischief would be possible if the only threshold for killing is fear.

Regardless how the Brevard Seminole state attorney's office rules, all "stand your ground" laws should be reviewed by the Justice Department. In Pennsylvania, we have a similar law on the books called the Castle Doctrine. It has already resulted in one bizarre love triangle killing: a betrayed husband shot his wife's lover in the heart with a bow and arrow. There's always a thin line between fear and opportunism.

This isn't an isolated case either. 

 the number of justifiable homicides has significantly increased since the law went into effect, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

From 2000 to 2005, an average of 13 killings by private citizens were deemed justified each year. Between 2006 and 2010 that average increased to 36 killings per year. The highest was in 2009 at 45.

Duty to retreat if practical, was a reasonable standard.  We need to bring that standard back.

Don't You Dare!!!

Don't you DARE call them racists!!

As I am fond of typing.....if you don't want to be called a racist, stop doing or saying racist stuff.

Also, too:  Jewy Jew Jew Jew.   Jew.

 

As I Am Fond Of Typing....

If you don't want to be called a racist...don't do racist stuff.

Montana Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull, a George W. Bush nominee, admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded a racially-charged email implying that President Barack Obama might have been the product of a sexual encounter between his mother and a dog.

If I'm a defense attorney, I'm filing this away, and everytime I represent a minority defendant before this judge, I'm pulling that e-mail out.

Ripping Apart Families

Disgusting.

Seriously, the insanity of red tape, expense, and bigotry that surrounds our immigration laws must come to an end.  I'm tired of people screeching how their "ancestors came to this country legally" when prior to 1921, there were virtually no barriers to (European) immigrants, and the immigration laws enacted in the run up to the Great Depression were written in such a way to favor western Europeans at the expense of every one else who wanted to come here and try to make a new life for themselves.   

This timeline is an excellent rundown on the history of our immigration laws, and how deeply seeped they are in racism and bigotry.

 

Ebony And Ivory

Things like this would never happen today had we not gotten rid of miscegnation laws.