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by fickman
Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:24 pm
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Topic: 17y/o Killed By Neighborhood Watch/CHL
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baldeagle wrote:Hmmmm....escaping to sanity, I suppose.
He's welcome on my street!
by fickman
Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:00 am
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bizarrenormality wrote:Over the 200 hump. It's all downhill from here.

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According to Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies, this thread has yet to reach its inevitable destination to conclusively declare the conversation has ended.
by fickman
Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:10 pm
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Keith B wrote:
AndyC wrote:I'm surprised it made it to 200 pages without getting locked :)
It seriously came close a short while back. And if it gets into that same mode again, it WILL be locked.
Somebody send George the link and see if he wants to print out the whole thread and include it as a chapter in his book.
by fickman
Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:57 pm
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baldeagle wrote:
A-R wrote:This video is guaranteed to do two things:

1. Make your blood boil :mad5

2. Push this thread well past 200 pages :read:

I can't embed from my phone, so if someone else can embed this one ...

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So, to embed the video click on the youtube box in the reply screen.
Remove the www. from the url, which will be enclosed by the opening and closing youtube brackets.
Change the url like this: " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - IOW, remove the &feature=youtube_gdata_player part and the www.
And voila!
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Ahhhh. . . the Jessica Spano effect.

I went to school with a dozen or so copies of this same girl. Pseudo-intellectual naive ramblings. White guilt? Their understand of reality is based on the same blind ignorance of facts that got "Grizzly Man" eaten by a bear.

All I can do is echo my earlier recommendation of Black Rednecks and White Liberals by Thomas Sowell.

Sowell critically analyzes the distinction between race and culture and demonstrates how the white liberal activists are actually hurting the black community more than they are helping them. The book recasts the conversation.
by fickman
Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:10 pm
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by fickman
Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:22 pm
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philip964 wrote:
Fangs wrote:
philip964 wrote:Family of four pulled from overturned Ford Explorer that burned.

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/07/22/zi ... d-vehicle/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A couple different people have posted saying that the SUV was on fire, but I haven't seen it in any of the news articles. Am I just missing it? Or are most of them leaving that detail out?

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Drudge headline said fire, but story did not. So I said it burned. It may not have been on fire when the people were helped out. George stayed until the police came, and gave his name to them.
The report of the story linked by LegalInsurrection did include the fire and said George had a fire extinguisher to put it out. (They are citing Breitbart, who is in turn citing the Sanford PD.)

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07/zi ... ue-family/

They also mention the police had to turn most of the evidence from the Trayvon Martin case over to the FBI and Justice Department.

This thread isn't ready to be closed just yet.
by fickman
Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:43 pm
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This question is only meta-relevant to the topic.

What is the longest thread in the history of the forum? Are there other notables that rival this one?
by fickman
Fri Jul 19, 2013 3:10 pm
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The Annoyed Man wrote:
fickman wrote:
Tic Tac wrote:If it was racism rather than a broken "culture" then immigrants with dark skin would have the same problems as those born in America. That may be true for the risk of being shot by NYPD, but when you look at academic achievement and career success, Black immigrants in aggregate do much better than Blacks born here and immersed in a toxic "gangsta" culture.

Similar trends can be seen in other ethnic groups as well.
One of the most informative, interesting reads on the topic of culture and race that I've ever encountered. FWIW, culture is the root of the issue, and Sowell proves it with impeccable research. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
"Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell

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Just "Kindled" it.
Please start a thread on the book when you've read it. . . probably would be worth starting after the first essay.
by fickman
Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:52 pm
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Tic Tac wrote:If it was racism rather than a broken "culture" then immigrants with dark skin would have the same problems as those born in America. That may be true for the risk of being shot by NYPD, but when you look at academic achievement and career success, Black immigrants in aggregate do much better than Blacks born here and immersed in a toxic "gangsta" culture.

Similar trends can be seen in other ethnic groups as well.
One of the most informative, interesting reads on the topic of culture and race that I've ever encountered. FWIW, culture is the root of the issue, and Sowell proves it with impeccable research. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
"Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell

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by fickman
Wed Jul 10, 2013 2:47 pm
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Topic: 17y/o Killed By Neighborhood Watch/CHL
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The defense rests. Zimmerman did not testify. Prosecution calling rebuttal witnesses. . . starting with gym owner.
by fickman
Wed Jul 10, 2013 1:40 pm
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BREAKING NEWS (probably deserving of its own thread):
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/10/ne ... -protests/
Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents proving that the Department of Justice played a major behind-the-scenes role in organizing protests against George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in February 2012.
(CRS = DOJ unit called the Community Relations Service)
March 25 – 27, 2012, CRS spent $674.14 upon being “deployed to Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”

March 25 – 28, 2012, CRS spent $1,142.84 “in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”

March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL “to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.”

March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent an additional $751.60 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance to the City of Sanford, event organizers, and law enforcement agencies for the march and rally on March 31.”

April 3 – 12, 2012, CRS spent $1,307.40 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance, conciliation, and onsite mediation during demonstrations planned in Sanford.”

April 11-12, 2012, CRS spent $552.35 in Sanford, FL “to provide technical assistance for the preparation of possible marches and rallies related to the fatal shooting of a 17 year old African American male.” – expenses for employees to travel, eat, sleep?
by fickman
Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:50 am
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Topic: 17y/o Killed By Neighborhood Watch/CHL
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We offer the Wally Walk as a requirement for forum members who get their new CHLs.

We need an initiation / hazing for forum members who are in the "waiting room" (packet submitted, state is processing application, plastic not in hand). I propose that they be directed to this thread and asked to read it in its entirety to pass the time.

:mrgreen:
:cheers2:
by fickman
Wed Jul 10, 2013 11:13 am
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The self defense expert is really tying all of the loose ends up for the defense. He's got a great presence on the stand as well.
by fickman
Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:39 pm
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sjfcontrol wrote:Well, the animator is dead. Bury him and lets move on. This is too painful.
:iagree:

He's shaky and vulnerable to the prosecution. I don't think he adds much compared could detract from the momentum the defense currently has.
by fickman
Tue Jul 09, 2013 1:44 pm
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texanjoker wrote:
fickman wrote:This expert witness (forensic pathologist) is straight from a Law and Order episode.

In fact, several witnesses in this trial have been caricatures (not just characters).

Compelling.

He is very good and can articulate himself well. Are you talking Law and Order, Crime and Punishment or the dramas... The C&P was filmed in real courts in San Diego.
I don't know. I don't watch any Law and Order. hahaha.

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