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McRINO Teams Up With Socialist Sen. Elizabeth Warren
To Pass New Banking Regulations

(McRINO outdoes himself yet again... Holy Pete, what is it with this clown)

Via Daily Caller:

Sen. John McCain's work with Sen. Elizabeth Warren to revive the Glass-Steagall financial reform law is just the latest attempt in the Arizona Republican's years-long battle to bring back the regulatory law.

Progressive Massachusetts Democrat Warren, a Banking Committee member and leading crusader for financial reform, introduced a bill Thursday to revive Glass-Steagall, the law passed in 1933 that separated commercial banking and investment banking. Glass-Steagall was repealed in 1999 by President Clinton, but progressives and some Republicans favor its reinstatement.

Warren's bill would separate banks that provide checking and savings accounts from investment banking firms and hedge funds in an attempt to safeguard against another financial crisis. Conservatives are already lining up to oppose the bill.

"If Elizabeth Warren is leading the way on this bill, considering her views on [banking], then it's probably not going to be a bill that conservatives will support in any way," Richard Manning of Americans for Limited Government told The Daily Caller.

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Hmmmm... wonder what this clown has on his mind.  Tee shirt is most likely being sold at White House.gov with proceeds going to the New Black Panther Party!

http://www.youtube.com/v/cdExsAQuCQA&hl=en_US&fs=1&;

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(Would someone please enter that crowd and retrieve those
American Flags to a safe location. Those a**holes have no
affiliation with the Flag and are liable to do it harm.)

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Unbelievable...
News Station Gets Trolled...
Repeats The (gasp) Wrong Names Of Pilots In Asiana Crash

(I've posted some good reports from this station, but they really bit on this one.
Reporter on this story?  E. Pik Phal)

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Great piece by the Washington Times' Jeff Kuhner this morning before the jury said George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges:

George Zimmerman is innocent. The evidence clearly shows this. Yet the liberal media have already convicted him in the court of public opinion. The result is not only that a man's life — regardless of the verdict — has been shattered. Race relations have been poisoned, paving the way for possible deadly riots if Mr. Zimmerman is acquitted.

From the outset, liberal media outlets — CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, ABC, NBC, the Huffington Post, The New York Times and The Washington Post — put forth one seminal narrative: The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was a flagrant example of white racism against blacks. Modern-day Sanford, Fla., was transformed into 1960s Selma, Ala. Mr. Zimmerman has been turned into the poster child of a more subtle and polished, but revived Ku Klux Klan. For example, the audiotape of Mr. Zimmerman's call to a 911 dispatcher on the night of the shooting was deliberately edited by NBC in a pathetic attempt to portray him as a vile racist bent on violence.

The entire mainstream media narrative, however, is based on lies. Trayvon was not killed because he was black. He was shot in self-defense because he repeatedly punched and smashed Mr. Zimmerman's head on the pavement. The neighborhood-watch captain was trained by police to notice nonresidents, especially those who looked out of place and behaved suspiciously. The Sanford community had suffered a rash of burglaries and other crimes. According to residents (both white and black), the town-house complex has become increasingly unsafe. Hence, the reason — and need — for a neighborhood-watch team.

After spotting Trayvon, who did not live in the neighborhood, Mr. Zimmerman did what any good citizen should do: He called the police. The dispatcher asked for the location of Trayvon's whereabouts. Mr. Zimmerman followed the teenager, gave the approximate address and street, and attempted to return to his car — until confronted by Trayvon. He then began to savagely beat Mr. Zimmerman, who suffered two black eyes, a broken nose and lacerations in the back of his head. If he had not used his gun, Mr. Zimmerman would likely be dead today.

All of these facts have been corroborated during the trial. A key witness, John Hood, saw Trayvon on top of Mr. Zimmerman hitting him "mixed martial arts-style." Also, toxicology reports prove that Trayvon had marijuana in his blood and urine that night. Mr. Zimmerman told the dispatcher that the suspect acted like he was "on drugs." Mr. Zimmerman's wounds — and the grass stains on his back — were consistent with his story of being on the ground and repeatedly punched by Trayvon.

In other words, rather than the constant media image and picture of an angelic 12-year-old baby-faced boy, Trayvon was the opposite. He was a 6-foot-3 man-child with a history of drug use, who had been suspended several times from school. He even had images of himself on his cellphone smoking marijuana and wielding a gun. He was a wannabe thug, who triggered a deadly altercation. Had Trayvon gone straight back to the home of his father's girlfriend, he'd be alive today. Instead, he chose to confront and attack Mr. Zimmerman. Ultimately, Trayvon — not Mr. Zimmerman — is to blame for the fatal shooting.

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(I agree... the public and media do not belong in the courtroom)

We never should have witnessed a Zimmerman trial

By John Lott
Published July 14, 2013 - FoxNews.com

The George Zimmerman case should never have been brought[to trial]. Saturday night after the "not guilty" verdict was delivered, State Attorney Angela Corey justified bringing the case "to put the facts out there." But criminal cases should never be brought simply to put the facts before the public.

No one should be charged with a crime unless prosecutors themselves really believe that the person committed a crime.

Yet, the prosecution and their own experts' language consistently showed a lack of certainty. Prosecutors aren't supposed to bring cases where the best they can say is that something might "possibly" have happened or that there was a "chance" that it did.

Usually defense attorneys are the ones trying to get prosecution witnesses to concede that alternative explanations might be possible. In the Zimmerman trial, even the prosecution couldn't get definite statements out of their own witnesses.

By the end of the trial, with the prosecution conceding that Travyon Martin was likely on top of Zimmerman, prosecutors were forced to speculate that possibly Martin was about to get off of Zimmerman when he was shot. That, by itself, completely undermined the prosecution's claim that Martin was the one calling for help.

The case was so weak that the local Sanford District Attorney refused to bring charges against Zimmerman. That is why, on the orders of the governor, an outside District Attorney, Angela Corey, had to be brought in to handle it.

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee was fired because he also refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime.

Even the lead detective on the case, Christopher Serino, told the jury he believed Zimmerman's version of the events.

Many people jumped to conclusions without knowing the facts. Even before they could read the police reports, many conservative commentators claimed early on that Zimmerman had acted improperly (Mona Charen, Rich Lowry, Heather Mac Donald, Robert VerBruggen, and Gregory Kane).

Comments by President Obama, Al Sharpton, [Jessie Jackson], and others surely stirred up the racial aspects of the case and appear to have led some blacks across the country to attack whites to avenge Trayvon Martin (e.g., Gainesville, Florida; Oak Park, Illinois; Mobile, Alabama; Toledo, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Norfolk, Virginia).

The media also bears a real responsibility for sensationalism. After all, most people can't spend their days reading police reports or listening to trials. But in Zimmerman's case, "NBC Nightly News" and the "Today Show" went so far as doctoring tapes of Zimmerman's 911 call to make it look as if he was fixated on Trayvon Martin's race.

Even late in the trial, media coverage still showed pictures of a much younger 12-year-old Martin continually reinforcing the image in many minds that Zimmerman had shot a young child, not a six-foot, 17-year-old football player.

Many readers might be surprised to learn that 17-year-olds are almost 50 percent more likely to commit murders than 28-year-olds such as Zimmerman.

Other parts of the prosecution's case could only be described as an attempt to distract jurors. For example, much was made of the class Zimmerman took at Seminole State College that taught by Professor Alexis Carter.

The key was, supposedly, that Zimmerman really understood Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. Prosecutor Richard Mantei told the court that Zimmerman's legal studies would help jurors understand his "state of mind" and "ambitions and frustrations" before the shooting.

One could debate about whether Zimmerman remembered the part of that lecture from the class. Nevertheless, it was really completely besides the point for the same reason that the defense never referenced the law: with Zimmerman on his back and Trayvon Martin holding him down, he had no option to retreat.

None of the testimony ever explained why the "Stand Your Ground" law was even relevant to Zimmerman's actions.

The prosecutors' biggest problem was that they had to do more than convince jurors that their version of events was "likely," and they never come close to doing that.

Instead, they had to show that their claims about Zimmerman were true beyond a "reasonable doubt." To put it differently, to say something is "likely" just means that there is over a 50 percent chance it is true. To say something is beyond a reasonable doubt means that it is much closer to 100 percent.

This case should never have been brought by prosecutors, but they let politics influence their decision.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/07/14/never-should-have-witnessed-zimmerman-trial/#ixzz2Z2qFyPyn

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Ex-DNC flack tweets claims of racism, politics after Zimmerman acquittal

http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/14/dnc-flack-tweets-claims-of-racism-politics-after-zimmerman-acquittal/#ixzz2Z2xEjoWJ

(Typical Pavlovian response)

Via Daily Caller:

Former Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse fired off an incendiary stream of tweets late Saturday night suggesting that racism and politics prompted the jury to acquit George Zimmerman of all charges.

At 11.23 p.m., Woodhouse – who left the DNC job two weeks ago – retweeted a message claiming that the jury was racist.

"I think in post-Obama America its easy to forget race matters still matter. Zimmerman was innocent the moment they sat an all white jury," said the original tweet from Cornell Belcher, a Democratic-affiliated African-American political strategist.

At 10.25, Woodhouse broadcast a tweet suggesting that Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin because he is not black.

"RT @ryangrim: Does anyone honestly believe Trayvon would have been acquitted if he had shot Zimmerman and told the same story?"

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Al Sharpton Demands Federal Investigation Of Zimmerman:
Martin Family Always Had A 'Plan B'

(Mentally challenged Al Sharpton: Jump!  Lapdog Eric Holder: How high?)

(Race Pimp Al Sharpton Demands Federal Investigation Of Zimmerman
And now the the Circus begins:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/naacp-in-talks-with-justice-department-about-trayvon-martin-case/article/2533022 ) 

Al Sharpton's Bio:

Via Mediaite:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/al-sharpton-demands-federal-investigation-of-zimmerman-martin-family-always-had-a-plan-b/


Al Sharpton told Meet the Press host David Gregory Sunday morning about his plans to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, following the latter's acquittal Saturday night for the murder of Trayvon Martin.

"Clearly there are grounds for a civil rights charges," Sharpton told Gregory.

Sharpton, a key figure in metastasizing the shooting into a national issue in March of 2012, said he and Martin's family had planned from the beginning to ask for a federal investigation if Zimmerman was let go.

"The mother and father of Trayvon Martin and I with their lawyers met with the U.S. attorneys in Florida, the day I went down to organize the first rally there," Sharpton said. "We always said there needed to be a Plan B, but there needed to be a Plan A."

"I watched the whole trial, and no one can say what Trayvon Martin did wrong," Sharpton argued. "'They always get away with it,' the gentleman said. Who is they getting away with what? That's the basis of a civil rights trial."

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NY Giants Star: 'Zimmerman Doesn't Last a Year Before the Hood Catches Up to Him'
Sunday, July 14, 2013

After George Zimmerman was found not guilty of all charges on Saturday evening, New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz sent a threatening tweet that has since been deleted from his account.

Read more: http://patriotupdate.com/2013/07/ny-giants-star-zimmerman-doesnt-last-a-year-before-the-hood-catches-up-to-him/#ixzz2Z37T4RmO

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Dirty Harry came out of his hole and said:

"Justice Department Is Going To Take A Look At This. This Isn't Over With"

(You're Unbelievable, Dirty Harry. 

Anything you can do or say to keep the Obuma Scandals out of the media)

Via The Hill:
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/310865-reid-on-zimmerman-this-isnt-over-with?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer3ae0a&utm_medium=twitter

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Sunday urged the Justice Department to review federal charges against George Zimmerman who was acquitted in Sanford, Fla., of murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

"I think the Justice Department is going to take a look at this. This isn't over with and I think that's good. That's our system, it's gotten better, not worse," Reid said on NBC's "Meet the Press".

A jury of six-women found that Zimmerman acted in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old Martin in February of 2012. Hundreds of people gathered outside the courthouse to protest the verdict Saturday night.

Federal prosecutors could still charge Zimmerman with violating Trayvon Martin's civil rights.

Reid said he accepted the not-guilty verdict on murder and manslaughter charges.

"I am a trial lawyer and have [brought] over 100 cases to a juries. I don't always agree with what the jury does that that's the system and I support the system," Reid said.