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I doubt many people here have any very high opinion of Zimmerman, as an individual.
From what I have gathered, he is about average for a leftist.Some good, some bad.

The whole point in having laws, is about not having to win personality contests, or to obtain special State approval, in obtaining equal application of our laws.
Not whatever the entertainment “media” considers should be law, but actual law, and actual justice.
So far, I have seen little in this entire sordid affair indicating anyone in government really cares very much about the truth, or justice, for either Martin or Zimmerman.

I still care.

I still just want the truth to come out, and justice to prevail.
IMHO, when political expediency trumps law, as it has so far in this case, there is never going to be true justice.

I personally think Zimmerman probably did kill Martin in self-defense, after Martin physically attacked him.
Martin may have feared something from Zimmerman observing and following him, but we know Martin had a cell phone, and he could have dialed 911.

Frustrated head of a neighborhood community watch group meets up with an angry “gangster wannabe” teenager from another town, on a dark rainy night in Florida.

What could possibly go wrong?

Very true.

All the mothers of sons I know, had to have the “conversation” about the legal age of sexual consent.
All the mothers of daughters I know, had a similar conversation.

Most of the mothers I know included lot’s of facts, lot’s of morals, and plenty of real world consequences.

Yes, the 18 year old is guilty of a sex crime.
Her mother should have taught her better...

Tearfilled prayers sent!

WOW.
His handpicked staff must really hate him! /sarcasm//

You are correct.

I don't think most people understand just how horrible meningitis actually is.
I endured a viral version, and the consequences were severe and life altering.It's not like a bad case of the flu.

If homosexuals are specifically and knowingly mutating a new bacterial form, it will eventually cross over into the rest of the population.

God help us all!

LOL!
Even the leftist IRS hates child molestors!

I just called you out.
I did not and will not have a “conversation” with your ilk.

Was it a neighbor, your father, your uncle or your brother who first “had sex” with you?

Were you under three years old, or seven, or thirteen when you were first sexually molested?

Perhaps you need to get help,(or retribuition) if you don’t think children who have been raped have a right to declare themselves offended against.

Crawl back under your rock.

Your mere existence offends me.

Very good question!

Why can't the citizens of England, Germany, Ireland, Spain, France, Itally etc., EVER be “allowed to vote”, and opt in or to opt out of the EU?

Who is stopping them?
We now all know who has been stopping citizens in the USA from freely and openly advocating for another option.
Our own government is acting against our will.

It is clear that we can't “vote” them out of power over us.
They were never “voted” in.

It's going to get really ugly, really fast.

So...don’t allow the third worlders, or any mentally or sexual deviants, access to “our” world, and our children.

Sorry (sarcasm) that no free, adult woman will agree to have extramarital sexual encounters with you on demand, cawww./sarcasm//

(MAJOR SARCASM ALERT)
It’s really horrible that you can’t just privately indulge in your personal sexual urges, without all the societial pressure and legal crap, interfering in your personal pursuit of happiness!

Perhaps you should stop going to shopping malls, lest you be tempted beyond your personal capacity to resist raping young children, who don’t understand that people like you think shorts and a tank top is just “asking to be raped”.

Nobody believed me, ten years ago, when I openly railed against groups of male, obviously illegal aliens, hired by shady illegal construction companies, looking at my daughter as if she was a Playboy centerfold model...when she was 8 years old.

For any and all of you sick, despicable loser rapist bastards who want to give these evil sexual child predators “amnesty” for any reason...the answer is NO.

I can't stop all these worthless humans from raping children in foreign nations, but I can stop them from raping children here, in my own nation! By the ballot box, or if that fails...

We are on the same page.

I am a single parent. Always have been.
The reasons do not matter at this point.
It is what it is.

The very best environment for rearing children includes a mother and a father, 24/7.
That's not always possible, for many reasons.

I've often thought the ancient “fostering” system makes absolute sence when it comes to teenagers.
Swapping your kid with someones else’s for the final few years of childhood...solves a lot of problems for everyone involved.

No, but I am honest.
I buy books from many retail outlets, new and used, garage sales and even from the public library.

Whether or not I pay sales tax for my purchase is not a consideration, since I only buy books for my own personal use, and none for resale, or with any intent to redistribute.

I rarely buy products online, because I like to know who I am doing business with, and who to contact if there is an issue.

I've found that the people who rail against the loss of USA manufacturing jobs are often the same people who walk into a retail store, small or large, compare the products offered and then go online to buy it from some India or China based “merchant”.

Hey, whatever floats your dinghy, huh?

Am I supposed to keep pretending you have any point beyond wanting to support an illegal in all 50 states, multi-level marketing/ ponzi sales tax avoidance/black market scheme?

Do you also buy really expensive almost new items, real cheap, from the trunk of some guy’s beater car?

Neither of you seem to comprehend that Florida has no individual income taxes.

Government in the State of Florida is funded by sales taxes, property taxes, and fees.

That little tiny bookstore in Jacksonville has a client base well used to paying 7% tax on all purchases, but not for shipping.

If that little bookstore wants to hassle with outgoing shipments(via mail orders or Internet orders) they are free to sell and ship books to California, but are not free to charge and collect California sales taxes, without in fact, remitting those collected “tax” fees to California.

Rick Scott is very correct in telling Amazon that he will not play games with established merchant tax laws.

If Amazon wants to open a legitimate distribution center in Florida, we would welcome them.
They are not “forbidden” from doing so.

Amazon does not want to operate as a legitimate Florida business, subject to Florida business and taxation laws.

And nobody is inviting them to do so.

I really don't understand all you tax cheats who love Amazon, and other internet retailer ponzi schemers.

You all seem to loudly rail against the loss of USA economic activity due to cheap products from China, yet applaud cheap Chinese product sales from Amazon.

Are you all insane, or merely incredibly stupid regarding business operations?

This is one of those stories where I need a few more facts presented, before I can formulate any opinion.

Just saying....

BTTT!

ROTFLMAO!

I said:
“It’s like he, and his administration is openly inviting assasination attempts.”

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Kind of like how “insane” this POTUS and his Administration are in blaming a little known You-Tube video for the murederous terrorist attacks on State Department and CIA compounds in Benghazi on 9/11/2012 ?
Or as the insane thinking that a cartoon printed somewhere in Europe justifies riots throughout the Islamic nations, because of mild insults?

Do you mean that level of insane?

Or do you just mean I should STFU, lest merely stating the opinion that this administration is itching to provoke an “incident” to use all that ammo they have purchased against USA citizens, is now somehow subversive?

Not much of a chessplayer, are you chessplayer?

This POTUS, and his entire adminstration stated it is perfectly logical to think that random people who merely heard a story about an offensive video, were incited to murderous riots and mayhem in other countries, but we should all respect their opinions and not place any judgement on them. After all it is a cultural thing we must respect....

You can twist yourself into.... oblivion for all I care.

I did indeed do what was “right”.

I honored my oath of enlistment, and accepted that the UCMJ was a logical control mechanism over a dual edged sword.

Crafted over hundreds of years to soberly reign in both the civilians who could direct wars, and the trained warriors who would wage it.

The weakest point has always been civilian elected politicians.
Hense the ever present opt-out clauses regarding unlawfull orders.
Posse Comitatus is one such clause.
Others were added after WWII, and no excuses for obeying unlawful orders of superior officers or civilians is granted to anyone under the jurisdiction of the UCMJ.

This country has never endured a military “coup”.
Yet.

Really? LOL!

As if this administration is not blatantly daring the majority population of the USA to rise up in armed revolution against an unjust and out of control government?

Do you really think anyone even gives a damn what “the libs” or “the conservatives” say about anything anymore?

We have already lost our Republic.
Didn't you get the official memo? No?
Ask your local Representative or Senator for a copy.

Yeah, I watched the Marine try his best not to publically reprimand/embarrass his worthless CINC.

I was not a Marine, so I can’t state what the man should have done.

The only time a similarly stupid CINC came near me, and my USAF peers, we were all securely locked down.
Lest any of us “acted unwisely”.
That was during the Carter years....

Not sure about the Marine regs.

Seems more a function of his civilian aides or Secret Service detail.

It's like he, and his administration is openly inviting assasination attempts.

Obama’s version of suiciding for his cause?

No Republican voted for Obamacare.

Not one.
That is on the “record”.

Have you not followed this issue at all?

Got a link for that statement?

Because I couldn't find it in a few quick searches.
And I am not in the mood to play with Libertarians who think all taxes and all government and all religions are inherently evil.

Most of the wealthy, poor and middle class people I know, simply avoid peak times at tourist attractions!
More fun, less stress.
Only truly classless ignorant idiots would think that they have “scored a win” by paying an extra thousand dollars to cut lines in a crowded amusement park.

This story merely illustrates the stupidity of obnoxious people who think they can buy special “ cheat passes”.

They always willingly pay extra money to “beat the competition”.
What they can’t ever seem to comprehend is that most people just laugh at them, for acting like idiots!

An Executive Order allowed civil servants to form Unions.

What will it take to revoke that EO?

LOL!

I did admit to inhaling marijuana, twice, on my DDXXX form.
One would have to be currently using mind altering drugs regularly, to assert that Detroit is a viable city.

It wasn't “viable” the last time I stepped foot in it, 15 years ago, and it won't magically come back to life now.

I know we have exchanged quips before, but in case you have forgotten, I was born and raised in Michigan.
I left just as soon as I could!

I grew up in a Hoffa owned,union auto-workers and their elected officials suburb of Detroit.
Bars and cars. Pay people triple normal wage rates for unskilled labor, if they promise to vote the “correct way” and voila, you have a socialist population!

Both the KKK and the NAACP voted exclusively for Democrats, just as their Union leaders told them.
Lots of non-English speaking Central and South Americans moved in to service the new class of overpaid idiots.

And Dearborn is now a big Islamic center for foreign middle eastern imports, because the way was already paved by a total absence of any moral or legal authority, and the Unions tried to pretend they weren't controlled by criminals.

The nastiest thing about localized social and political corruption is the lethal cancerous spread.

When Detroit officially declares bankruptsy, will all those former Detroiters who will lose their “pensions” be forced to go back and physically live in Detroit to collect their retirement incomes? As a long term Florida resident, I will be happy to wave bye bye to them, and their New York brethren.

Michigan did not legalise pot.
That was Colorado.

They already tried that. It’s not working.

You are correct.

I have yet to see any election overturned because of proven election fraud.

Ding Ding Ding!
We have a winner!

But there is only increased public safety in that simple, non-controversial and extremely effective solution, and no revenue potential!

So,there is absolutely no chance at all that it will ever be implemented.

PEW who?
(I have never been polled by them, not that I would participate if they tried)

Why would anyone ever respond to any “poll” for free, except to FReep one?

Count Drudge clicks, for a more representative sample of public interest.....LOL!

I have NEVER been summoned to jury duty!

Am I being blacklisted from performing what I consider to be a basic civilian level civic duty?

How can I find out why my name never comes up, and why someone like you repeats?

My employer and several coworkers have received multiple jury duty summons, since I have lived here in Florida.

I have never been openly (falsely) accused of “niceness”, and my former jerkwad mailman was not under any threat of physical violence from me.

OTOH, since my apartment complex managers put in the centralised flat file 80 mail box station, I receive far fewer of my neighbors mis-directed mail in my “not checked every day” mail box.

No more excuses for the piss poor simple mail delivery job, since almost all of the apartment complexes in the local area have done their very best to mitigate against the outside quasi-government incompetence... That includes a piece of mail I picked up today. Two billings to my apartment, not to my name, by an electric company in another county, that does not operate in my county. No, I won't shoot my new mailman. He did band the TECO mail together and ask if this was a new tenant...

Since I am not a fan of the USA State Department nowadays, (frankly, I have never been a fan, in my entire life to date) I am not much concerned with honoring or assuming their internal lists of “potential enemies to the USA” is valid, or even remotely legal.

That specific government agency went rogue against USA laws and citizens several decades ago.

Politically appointed diplomats thinking they can freely act like trained CIA black ops agents.
CIA agents pretending they are diplomats.
A bunch of entrenched, union supported, corrupt at all levels federal employees willing to play for pay...we citizens are screwed.

It is well past time for a serious purge of the entire Federal government.

“No new steenking laws to be ignored at will by the treasonous president!! Do your freaking jobs already or get the hell out!!

This means you Rubio, McCain, Grahamesty, Flake, Paul, Bohener, McConnell, et al. Weak assed cowardly bastards!!”

I say “ditto” to that!
(And Jim, you can't penalize me a “time out” for it)

LOL!
You nailed it!

The S has a high probability of HTF in the next year or so, but it will not begin via pointless, leftist led “protest marches” in the USA.

TEA Party Conservative Patriots don’t operate like that...

You are close,so very close, to “getting” it.

It's also why those people who do not believe in the possibility of the existence of “God”, so readily align themselves with Islamists.

For those people, there is no battle between good and evil. There is just power over their fellow man, and they “believe” they alone can wield it justly, since they alone know the horrible, ugly truth of the meaning of existence.

Naturally, they don't know much about spirituality, human history, human nature or even the basics of physics and metaphysics, but they “believe” their supposedly reasoned unbelief in God, and pointless rage against “unfairness” will lead them to power, and help them to save humanity from religious charlatans, and free the vast majority of misguided human beings from our own individually reasoned opinions on the matter!

The incredible temptation to “react unwisely” they represent to my soul is extremely hard to resist.

But I am holding steadfast, for now.

When the Christians are gone, and the sanctions that constrain some of us who will be left behind are lifted, Jesus will, without any doubt, have left the Earth.

Of those of us who will most likely remain, the least powerfull and most hated by all, will be the atheists, who ushered the end times into being.

That sounds insane if you don't believe one has a soul.

For the vast majority of humanity, it is the simple truth.

In my personal experience, a question like that is the closest any Federal employee will ever get to an abject apology and public admission of government guilt.

But your instincts are correct.

It can also be a veiled threat.

Yet another obnoxious post, absent any truth,solely intended to incite us “natives”.

I deem thee a true Troll!

How much do “they” pay you to post here?

And for all those here who didn’t bother to check into the posted story, shame on all of you!

Kind of jumping the gun on the labels, aren't you?

All of my own miscarriages were all well under 16 weeks, so I don't really know how a 27-29 week spontaneous abortion would “present”.

I didn't dialate beyond “2” at 36 weeks, after many hours of medically induced labor, and I ultimately delivered my baby via a surgical c-section, 24 hours after my water broke.

I can't even imagine my body suddenly physically expelling my six-seven month old fetus into a toilet bowl, absent agony.

I doubt very much that you can judge her, markomalley.

Or do you have special experiences that might explain your willingness to call her specific situation infanticide?

Why not drop it off at his countries embassy/or to the UN?

I went to the referenced source, since the link didn’t work.

There is a lot more to this story, and it appears very much like the woman is mentally ill, and the object she was pointing at the cops she called to her home was a pressure washer handle.

According to the newspaper report, she admitted to attempting “suicide by cop”, and is in the process of being Baker Acted.

If true, it’s very sad, for all involved.
And it also shows a great deal of restraint on the part of the cop, who fired once, and wounded, but did not kill the woman.

I doubt very much that many USA citizens would approve of and/or have any degree of real trust in the CIA and the State Department.
For very good reasons.
They both went rogue, long ago, and nobody elected to government office, ostensibly “in charge” in the past two decades seems willing to leash them.

The closer one gets to either of those very secretive agencies, the less one will approve of them, both in theory and in practice.

This world is a very dangerous place. I know that in a way most people do not, from my own DOD military service and travels.

Congress is supposed to oversee the CIA, the State Department,and all Federal government agencies.
To act on our behalves and guard against corruption and criminal wrongdoing.

EPIC FAILURE!

Thanks for the update.

No, actually you are completely wrong.

Just because the ponzi scheme is online, does not make it legal.
If you are in the business of buying and reselling for profit, there will be taxes involved, and records kept and audited as to why sales taxes were not collected and remitted.

I'm having a problem understanding your interest in this matter.

If you don't operate or work for a legitimate business endeavor yourself, and don't understand the sales taxes and license fees structures involved, why would you be concerned about the level of business competitiveness of your local shopkeepers?

Legitimate businesses of all sizes have routinely and grudgingly abided by applicable sales tax laws in all fifty states for many, many years.

I don't buy online often as an end user, but when I do, I pay any applicable sales taxes.
Just like I do when I go to a brick and mortar store.

If I buy something from a small business in North Dakota, and they don't have a salesperson or office physically located in Florida, that business does not collect or remit taxes on any sale they make to me.
But they must keep records for seven years, showing why they did not.

I do buy online often as a business, and do not pay sales tax for any of the items I am reselling.
I have a business resale tax certificate allowing me to do so.
If I buy items for my internal business use, that I am not reselling for profit, ie rent, utilities, paper or ink cartidges, I do pay any and all applicable taxes on those specific items.
And list each and every one of them as business expenses, for tax purposes.

It is already illegal in all 50 states for businesses to charge “sales tax” as a line item, and not remit those funds in total to a taxing authority.
It is also already illegal to NOT charge and not remit state and local “sales tax”, as required by law.

Want to run a business?
Decide if you are going to operate legally, or as a black market entity.

Just don't expect anyone who is operating a legitimate business to help you cheat on taxes....

New Hampshire has a 7% telecommunications tax rate.

If you sell goods or services via telecommunications in New Hampshire, you are bound to collect and remit that taxable amount to the State of New Hampshire.

Are you a tax cheat, even in your supposedly no-tax state?
LOL!

Bravo!

I am sick of seeing New York, Illinois and California tags in Florida.

I remember a time when the joke was that Oregon had border signs telling people they loved out of state visitors, but wanted them all to go back home after their vacations.

They are now screwed, and the plague of locusts has now spread to include illegal aliens from many foreign nations.

I think it would be a good idea to have a Florida law that says if your income is 100% derived from another state, that should be the only state you can legally vote in, and no other.