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Mr. Scorpio
Mr. Scorpio's Journal
Mr. Scorpio's Journal
January 23, 2014
Complaints...
January 23, 2014
Match burning in slow motion
January 22, 2014
There are two types of people in this world....
There are those who are prone to classifying others into over generalized groups and then there's everyone else
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There are two types of people in this world....
There are those who write incomplete sentences.
There are two types of people in this world....
There are people who are me and then there's everyone else.
There are two types of people in this world....
There are those who feel free to add their own examples to this thread and there are those who don't.
January 22, 2014
How Bad Does the GOP Need Chris Christie? Really Bad.
Without the scandal-engulfed New Jersey governor, Republicans dont have a candidate who could even come close to the votes needed to win the presidency in 2016.
Well, well, well, today is an interesting day: its Chris Christies re-inauguration day. It was just two weeks ago, a little more, that this was going to be a day of shimmering triumph. I was just reading this CNN dispatch, from January 6, that talks about how the governor is planning on starting his day at a black church (whose reverend presided over Whitney Houstons funeral) and ending it at Ellis Island. Theres nary a word in it about bridges and subpoenas.
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House. He didnt have to do or prove anything in this putative second term. Lose a little weight, maybe. But otherwise, he was on the glide path to the GOP nomination, not that Rand Paul and others wouldnt have something to say about it, but the party establishment and most of the big money all set to gather around Christie and make sure that he didnt have to spend too much time crossing swords with the crazies.
Now? Things are a little different, arent they? I trust youre enjoying the Christie panic among Republican establishment types as much as I am. That New York Times story on Sunday, with big boosters like Home Depots Kenneth Langone fretting publicly that he really must surround himself with better people (so its their fault!), combined with the cable damage-control efforts by the likes of Rudy Giuliani, really shows the extent to which the party big shots have been counting on Christie to save them.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/21/how-bad-does-the-gop-need-chris-christie-really-bad.html
Well, well, well, today is an interesting day: its Chris Christies re-inauguration day. It was just two weeks ago, a little more, that this was going to be a day of shimmering triumph. I was just reading this CNN dispatch, from January 6, that talks about how the governor is planning on starting his day at a black church (whose reverend presided over Whitney Houstons funeral) and ending it at Ellis Island. Theres nary a word in it about bridges and subpoenas.
Back then, today was supposed to be the official beginning of the slow and ineluctable ascent to the White House. He didnt have to do or prove anything in this putative second term. Lose a little weight, maybe. But otherwise, he was on the glide path to the GOP nomination, not that Rand Paul and others wouldnt have something to say about it, but the party establishment and most of the big money all set to gather around Christie and make sure that he didnt have to spend too much time crossing swords with the crazies.
Now? Things are a little different, arent they? I trust youre enjoying the Christie panic among Republican establishment types as much as I am. That New York Times story on Sunday, with big boosters like Home Depots Kenneth Langone fretting publicly that he really must surround himself with better people (so its their fault!), combined with the cable damage-control efforts by the likes of Rudy Giuliani, really shows the extent to which the party big shots have been counting on Christie to save them.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/01/21/how-bad-does-the-gop-need-chris-christie-really-bad.html
January 22, 2014
The House GOP 2013 Agenda
January 21, 2014
Let me sing the song of my people…
January 21, 2014
They've been getting it wrong for far too long….
January 21, 2014
Stormtrooper Secrets: Hip Hop Twerk
January 21, 2014
Cake!
January 21, 2014
Florida Man Claims Self-Defense After Hopping A Fence To Shoot, Kill 21-Year-Old In A Hoodie
BY NICOLE FLATOW ON JANUARY 21, 2014 AT 2:57 PM
On Thursday, an Orlando man shot and killed a 21-year-old who was fleeing his yard. He didnt appear to be stealing anything, according to witness accounts. He didnt appear to be threatening anybody. But Claudius Smith said he feared he was a burglar, followed him over the fence to a neighboring apartment complex, where he shot him after he said he felt threatened, according to a confession documented in an Orlando Police Department report. Smith even said he feared victim Ricardo Sanes was armed because his pants were falling down and his hands were in his hoodie pockets, according to a report obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.
Now, questions are emerging about whether Smith will also invoke the states Stand Your Ground law, which gained notoriety over the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, shot in a Florida residential development while wearing a hoodie. Law enforcement officials dont seem to believe Stand Your Ground applies. Smith has already been charged with second-degree murder. But that doesnt stop a judge from granting Stand Your Ground immunity later. In one of the most recent Florida court decisions on Stand Your Ground, an appeals court granted Stand Your Ground immunity to a man who went to his car to get a gun before the fatal incident.
According to statements by Smiths girlfriend, Angela Kemraj, to police, the incident started when she saw a man in the yard on surveillance cameras and reported it to Smith. She said they saw the individual in dark clothes and a hoodie leaving their yard without anything in his hands, and climbing over the fence to a neighboring apartment complex. Smith then left the apartment and climbed over the fence. Two minutes later, Kemraj said she heard gunshots. Soon after, Smith came back to the apartment and said Sanes tried to rob him, without mentioning the shooting. During initial police questioning, Smith later denied knowledge about the shooting, and only later confessed, claiming he shot in self-defense.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/21/3187451/florida-suspect-says-believed-man-killed-armed-pants-falling/
On Thursday, an Orlando man shot and killed a 21-year-old who was fleeing his yard. He didnt appear to be stealing anything, according to witness accounts. He didnt appear to be threatening anybody. But Claudius Smith said he feared he was a burglar, followed him over the fence to a neighboring apartment complex, where he shot him after he said he felt threatened, according to a confession documented in an Orlando Police Department report. Smith even said he feared victim Ricardo Sanes was armed because his pants were falling down and his hands were in his hoodie pockets, according to a report obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.
Now, questions are emerging about whether Smith will also invoke the states Stand Your Ground law, which gained notoriety over the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, shot in a Florida residential development while wearing a hoodie. Law enforcement officials dont seem to believe Stand Your Ground applies. Smith has already been charged with second-degree murder. But that doesnt stop a judge from granting Stand Your Ground immunity later. In one of the most recent Florida court decisions on Stand Your Ground, an appeals court granted Stand Your Ground immunity to a man who went to his car to get a gun before the fatal incident.
According to statements by Smiths girlfriend, Angela Kemraj, to police, the incident started when she saw a man in the yard on surveillance cameras and reported it to Smith. She said they saw the individual in dark clothes and a hoodie leaving their yard without anything in his hands, and climbing over the fence to a neighboring apartment complex. Smith then left the apartment and climbed over the fence. Two minutes later, Kemraj said she heard gunshots. Soon after, Smith came back to the apartment and said Sanes tried to rob him, without mentioning the shooting. During initial police questioning, Smith later denied knowledge about the shooting, and only later confessed, claiming he shot in self-defense.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/01/21/3187451/florida-suspect-says-believed-man-killed-armed-pants-falling/
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