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Desider commented on the diary post Witness Recants Statement Identifying Zimmerman As Person Screaming For Help by Masoninblue.
I don’t understand – Zimmerman being on bottom makes him more guilty?
In what significant way has Zimmerman contradicted himself?
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Desider commented on the diary post Counting Saverin’s Lucky Stars (and Tax Obligations) by Desider.
No, he paid his fucking taxes. And will continue to pay any he owes.
He just doesn’t want to live in a snotty country with people with grabby snotty attitudes anymore. Who could blame him?
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Desider commented on the diary post Counting Saverin’s Lucky Stars (and Tax Obligations) by Desider.
Stealth appreciate’d.
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Desider commented on the diary post Why Is Trayvon Martin Dead? by Masoninblue.
Not really – he said he looked for Martin but lost him and turned towards his car. I assume this was in the grassy area between rows of houses, where the 2nd cut-through led. And where the shooting took place. But the distances aren’t very great, so the timing doesn’t make sense unless Martin waited [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Why Is Trayvon Martin Dead? by Masoninblue.
What exactly do you think Neighborhood Watch does, but look for people and things out of place. Hold Tupperware parties? Since there were recent robberies, the neighborhood meeting in Sept/Oct put more emphasis on this. Zimmerman had reported other unknown people that related to a robbery, an open window one time, etc. (I believe one [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Counting Saverin’s Lucky Stars (and Tax Obligations) by Desider.
Of course I’m taking Saverin at his word. Schumer says the US “educated him” – I can guarantee you Saverin didn’t go to public school in Miami, and imagine he paid his own tuition at Harvard. And after Saverin pays several hundred million in taxes (more than GE?), that won’t be enough for Schumer and [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Why Is Trayvon Martin Dead? by Masoninblue.
The vehicle was in front of a cut-through across from the mailboxes to the side of the clubhouse. That cut-through leads to the grassy area between 2 rows of townhouses, the far end is where Trayvon Martin was staying and near the back entrance to the community. Here are pictures of the community to help [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Why Is Trayvon Martin Dead? by Masoninblue.
Also, the NY Times or some paper had an internet graphic & image of the neighborhood that made it much easier to figure out Zimmerman’s townhouse, the cut-through from 7-11, the clubhouse & mailboxes, the cut-through going to Martin’s house, the grassy area between 2 rows of houses where Martin died not far from the [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Why Is Trayvon Martin Dead? by Masoninblue.
Note that the girlfriend’s comments about the incident were relayed weeks after the shooting – she did not come forward initially, and then she talked to Martin’s lawyer, not the police. Her version of events will be likely tainted, and after weeks unreliable.
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Desider wrote a new diary post: Counting Saverin’s Lucky Stars (and Tax Obligations)
As Saverin seems to have gone off into tax haven lala-land, preferring some ex-British seat of imperialism for home of the brave and free, it’s important he understand the continuing benefits he should be paying for. Such as: – Department of Defense. While it’s easy to discount the good we do, that $680 billion a [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post The Washington Post Continues Its Love Affair With NAFTA and Disdain for Facts by Dean Baker.
Think their “GDP growth” figures come from GDP, not per capita GDP:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/mexico/gdp
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Desider commented on the blog post FDA Seeks “Voluntary” Limits on Antibiotics in Livestock
Excellent video clip on meat in general, including how these animals are treated. (Gary Yourofsky presentation – long but quite thorough)
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Desider commented on the blog post WTO Rules in Favor of Indonesian Tobacco Companies
Agree. This post ignores the role Philip Morris had in supporting it – who’s the corporatist at work? But in any case, in the meantime Philip Morris bought Sampoerna, so the clove ruling won’t hurt it.
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Desider commented on the diary post Zimmerman Did Not Shoot Trayvon Martin In Self-Defense by Masoninblue.
Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain, so had reason to do surveillance. We don’t know whether Zimmerman tried to catch up to Martin, or simply kept sight of him – which would be his job for neighborhood watch. (The dispatcher gave *advice*, not an order, and it’s not obvious that Zimmerman “pursued” Martin vs. followed [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post By Way of an Apology to All Firedogs For…Well…Nuking the Place by wendydavis.
If there are only a handful of approved photo sites, then FDL should change the software to flag or delete unapproved sites. Placing the burden on the user to read the fine print of usage? Right, I read ketchup labels in my spare time as well. Complaining about someone posting lyrics? Jesus, as Dylan said, [...]
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Desider wrote a new diary post: Homeland Sec Tweet-Dar Broken; Brits Sent Packing
Two Brits coming to the US to get trashed and “destroy America” and “dig up Marilyn Monroe” were deported . Whether digging up Marilyn Monroe is terrorism remains to be seen – after all, the two weren’t Muslims, which is supposed to be criteria numero uno In any case, don’t try to engage Homeland Security’s humor, because [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post #OWS and Forging Common Cause with Tea People and Libertarians by wendydavis.
Yeah, right, you probably have a Confederate in your closet you’re defending.
Hey Wendy, does this mean we don’t get to kick around Southerners and Catholics or Libertarians anymore?
I hope you have something better on the menu than just bankers – that makes for pretty thin soup after a while. Occupy Comedy Central.
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Desider commented on the diary post #OWS and Forging Common Cause with Tea People and Libertarians by wendydavis.
I thought health reform should have been approached from a pro-business competitiveness-enabling point of view. How can businesses compete well overseas when they have this misunderstood health business wrapped around their necks that also means bad employees stay, good employees leave for the wrong reasons. If a chip fab or auto plant sets up a [...]
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Desider commented on the diary post Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2012 by Desider.
Hey, guys as long as you’re adding videos & front paging, mind putting my tip jar up? What? You do? Oh well, next time…
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Desider commented on the diary post Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 2012 by Desider.
Yeah, I meant to make reference to Paul’s “ghost-writer-Gate”
Hmmmm…. Johnny Cash doing “Ghost Writers in the Sky”? - Load More
