http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-acquitted-murder-in-trayvon-martin-shooting-death/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/13/george-zimmerman-found-not-guilty/2514163/
As I expected, and any reasonable legal mind should have, a Florida jury acquitted Mr. George Zimmerman on all the charges in the tragic shooting of Trayvon Martin back in February 2012.
Dear readers, let's remember our criminal justice system's foundation is that the prosecution must prove his case beyond reasonable doubt. In a society easily influenced by the media, it is easy to loose our perspective. Let's keep that in mind.
As the Judge reminded the jury, I remind everyone,
This was not a slam dunk case, like the infamous Rodney King case more than 2 decades ago. The Zimmerman case was polluted by reasonable doubt from the get go. Are we to send a person to jail under such circumstances?
I agree with many legal experts who thought the prosecution had a weak case based largely on circumstantial evidence. Some said the state could possibly succeed if they appealed to the emotions of jurors. However, sympathy was not supposed to play a part in the verdict and defense attorneys reminded jurors of that fact repeatedly.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Friday, July 12, 2013
Russia orders typewritters to prevent data leaks
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/07/russia-orders-typewriters-to-prevent-data-leaks.html
After a flurry of headlines involving international espionage and
intelligence leaks, Russia is taking an old-fashioned approach to the
new face of security: the humble typewriter.
The Telegraph reports
that the Federal Guard Service (FSO) has placed an order for 20
German-made electric typewriters. The FSO is an agency tasked with
Russian communications and President Vladimir Putin's safety.
The
FSO declined to comment to The Telegraph on the reason behind the
order, but told Russia's Izvestiya paper it was concerned with
protecting their national secrets from leaking.
"After
scandals with the distribution of secret documents by WikiLeaks, the
exposes by Edward Snowden, reports about Dmitry Medvedev being bugged
during his visit to the G20 London summit (in 2009), it has been decided
to expand the practice of creating paper documents," the source told
Izvestiya.
That is what I call creativity. Obviously, printing physical documents alone ensures that data isn't
stored on a computer drive, preventing anyone from making a copy,
hacking into servers full of confidential data, or leaking said data to
the press. Not to mention that you can easily hold accountable whoever is in charge of typing and archiving classified documents for any leaks if they manage to make it out of the chain of custody.
оздравления - paz-drav-'le-ni-ya!
Obama dissapointed with China over Snowden
http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2013/07/12/obama-china-snowden-russia-national-security-agency/2511551/
"The President expressed his disappointment and concern with China's handling of the Snowden case," said the White House.
Has the President realized that China is not an ally? I wonder if also thinks that Russia is a trustful friend. That is all I have to say about this particular news.
"The President expressed his disappointment and concern with China's handling of the Snowden case," said the White House.
Has the President realized that China is not an ally? I wonder if also thinks that Russia is a trustful friend. That is all I have to say about this particular news.
Zimmerman trial jurors begin deliberations
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/12/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-trial-jury-defense/2511479/
Jurors have begun deliberating whether former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is responsible for the killing of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in February 2012.
And it should be the jurors who decide this man's fate based on reviewing all the evidence presented to them during the trial, NOT based on what the media, politicians or political activist fed us throughout all this sand process.
Jurors have begun deliberating whether former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is responsible for the killing of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in February 2012.
And it should be the jurors who decide this man's fate based on reviewing all the evidence presented to them during the trial, NOT based on what the media, politicians or political activist fed us throughout all this sand process.
Snowden to seek asylum in Russia
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/12/edward-snowden-moscow-airport/2511207/
As expected Edward Snowden will seek political asylum in Russia while he can find a way out to sunny South America. Snowden said Friday that he has no regrets over leaking details about U.S. electronic spying networks and is seeking temporary asylum in Russia until he can reach one of the Latin American countries that has offered to take him in.
"That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets," he told a group of human rights activists and other public officials at a meeting at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has taken refuge since June 23.
Some of us are just wondering if he also calculated the risk of collateral damage by the means of endangering U.S. military personnel and civilians when he reached his "moral decision" I guess it is perfectly moral to endanger your own fellow citizens at the expense of becoming a "defender and hero of freedom" and " U.S. "oppression".
As expected Edward Snowden will seek political asylum in Russia while he can find a way out to sunny South America. Snowden said Friday that he has no regrets over leaking details about U.S. electronic spying networks and is seeking temporary asylum in Russia until he can reach one of the Latin American countries that has offered to take him in.
"That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets," he told a group of human rights activists and other public officials at a meeting at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he has taken refuge since June 23.
Some of us are just wondering if he also calculated the risk of collateral damage by the means of endangering U.S. military personnel and civilians when he reached his "moral decision" I guess it is perfectly moral to endanger your own fellow citizens at the expense of becoming a "defender and hero of freedom" and " U.S. "oppression".
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Relevant facts or factoids?
Greetings to all, I have not touched the blog since March. I have been thinking how to re-tool it. After much thought, I arrived to the conclusion of just make comments on relevant news and events, and people, of course. So I changed the name of the blog...again.
What has happened since March? Pretty much a little bit about everything. Two maniacs planted some deadly bombs during the last mile of the Boston Marathon, totally despicable and sick. One got killed, the other one almost, and I expect him to rot in jail for the rest of his life. That was easy, unbiased reporting, right? No it was not, but I am sure it reflects the thoughts of many many people. Besides, I am not a reporter, I am a law student on his last year of school. Did I mentioned I also have a medical degree?
The IRS was caught in a major scandal for targeting Tea Party organizations. Nice move, whoever orchestrated that move should get the award for DUMBEST IDEA of the century. Granted Tea Party members are perceived as fanatics, ultra-conservative fanatics that are one notch below Charedi communities. But as in the case of my adorable Charedi counterparts, an eccentric belief does not warrant government persecution. We leave that to other governments, not ours.
Last but not least, there was a huge Tornado that ripped through Oklahoma. Unbelievable? Not at all, that area is prone to that, so in reality it was a matter of time before something of that magnitude could happen. Lots of lives lost, but we can't really blame anything or anybody. If there is a lesson learned from this is that we are mere mortals that somehow and sometimes refuse to deal with our mortality, especially when we are at the mercy of mother nature, whom we have developed an uncanny ability to underestimate. Time to rebuild, time to help, time to heal. Time to acknowledge our humanity.
Good night to all!!
What has happened since March? Pretty much a little bit about everything. Two maniacs planted some deadly bombs during the last mile of the Boston Marathon, totally despicable and sick. One got killed, the other one almost, and I expect him to rot in jail for the rest of his life. That was easy, unbiased reporting, right? No it was not, but I am sure it reflects the thoughts of many many people. Besides, I am not a reporter, I am a law student on his last year of school. Did I mentioned I also have a medical degree?
The IRS was caught in a major scandal for targeting Tea Party organizations. Nice move, whoever orchestrated that move should get the award for DUMBEST IDEA of the century. Granted Tea Party members are perceived as fanatics, ultra-conservative fanatics that are one notch below Charedi communities. But as in the case of my adorable Charedi counterparts, an eccentric belief does not warrant government persecution. We leave that to other governments, not ours.
Last but not least, there was a huge Tornado that ripped through Oklahoma. Unbelievable? Not at all, that area is prone to that, so in reality it was a matter of time before something of that magnitude could happen. Lots of lives lost, but we can't really blame anything or anybody. If there is a lesson learned from this is that we are mere mortals that somehow and sometimes refuse to deal with our mortality, especially when we are at the mercy of mother nature, whom we have developed an uncanny ability to underestimate. Time to rebuild, time to help, time to heal. Time to acknowledge our humanity.
Good night to all!!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I have not touched this site in months. Why? I don't have anything relevant to say. If I had short punch lines to say, there is twitter for that. What is relevant? Depends who you ask. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it is having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand. In other words, no bull crap. Since I did not had any significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand for pretty much anything, I decided not to post. Now, I still do not have any significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand to say, yet I decided to post all this shit on the word relevant. If you ask a lawyer what is relevancy, he or she will tell you affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion. In our case, absolutely nothing. I do not have anything to prove or disprove the matter at issue other than the word relevant. That said, I cannot prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion: relevancy.
However, it can be said that this entire short piece of editorial or shit, is a good example that the word relevant and the concept of relevancy is in fact relevant, because all I am saying is not relevant to anything other than talking about relevancy.
You know what? Never mind, all what I just said, is irrelevant.
However, it can be said that this entire short piece of editorial or shit, is a good example that the word relevant and the concept of relevancy is in fact relevant, because all I am saying is not relevant to anything other than talking about relevancy.
You know what? Never mind, all what I just said, is irrelevant.
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