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A George Zimmerman Update

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Looks like there’s a trial date for Zimmerman

A judge set a tentative trial date next year for a neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.

In her first hearing since taking over the case, Judge Debra S. Nelson said June 10 would be the start of George Zimmerman’s trial, though the date could change as both sides get prepared for what is expected to be a three-week trial.

And there’s this:

A judge has ruled that attorneys for a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer can inspect the school records and social media postings of the unarmed teenager he is accused of murdering.

Judge Debra S. Nelson said Friday that defendant George Zimmerman’s attorneys need to know whether Trayvon Martin’s school records and social media postings give any evidence that he had violent tendencies.

The argument for prosecution is that Martin was both a good kid, and was fighting for his life before Zimmerman killed him. I suspect the truth is that Martin was engaged in criminal activities on the night of his death, and was likely in a drug-altered state, and was fully prepared to murder Zimmerman for interrupting him. I think with his Social Media posts, and school disciplinary records as evidence the defense will find that case MUCH easier to make.

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Presidential Bombshells

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Wow these two stories are really impressive.

First up, you know how I feel about Obama, but damn I gotta give him credit where it is due.

That’s a pretty killer buzzword. Of course the “Anti-War” President who was going to close the Gitmo Prison, could get cut by this double-edged sword…I still think the Romney campaign is too stupid to beat it.

And on the other side is this:

Can’t find what I just heard in a radio interview, but Rand Paul is attempting to get the Ron Paul people to support Romney because Johnson has zero chances of winning, and Romney is closer to Ron and Rand Paul’s ideals than Obama. He’s got a great point.

Of course it doesn’t sway my support for Governor Johnson, because A) I live in Massachusetts, so its not like my vote is doing shit here, B) I know Mitt Romney, and he’s a leader and will get things done. I also know that Obama won’t have a ultra “Progressive” 2nd Term, because to do that sort of action, he’ll need to show leadership, and I just don’t think he has that ability. I’ll take an ineffectual and hated President whom is against me, over a RINO President who will pass laws and rally the Legislature that might not be in my best interest.

Also another thing to consider is that Obama might be more dangerous as a private citizen than as a President. He was a BOMBSHELL on the campaign trail of ’08, and he’s not a guy who will quietly retire if he still has a chance to jet-set around the country and make speeches for adoring fans. In the midterm election to Combat an Obama endorsement, a candidate will need Romney’s help (and with Romney as President he WILL be the RNC), and candidates who are more like Rand Paul might need to moderate their message to get his full support.

As for the Supreme Court, if Romney wins I’d bet my lunch money one or more of the Heller 5 will retire, and I am NOT willing to bet that he’ll pick somebody BETTER than them. Meanwhile if Obama wins the Heller 5 will hold their water and wait until the next term to step down. Also while Elana Kagen and Sonia Sotomayor are horrible, are they REALLY worse then the Commie goons they replaced?

I still fear President Romney more than I fear President Obama.

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Why Would You NEED a Gun?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Not only is the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston such a crime zone locals call it “Murderpan”, they have Coyotes!

The Mattapan coyote didn’t just have 15 minutes of fame. It had a full hour. And oh, what an hour it was.

It was about 11:30 a.m. yesterday when a worker at the Mildred Avenue Middle School spotted the beast on a set of train tracks near the building. By noon, the animal had two animal-control officers chasing him through yards, two more on the way, TV news choppers hovering above Blue Hill Avenue tracking the pursuit and a phalanx of breathless reporters and photojournalists who snapped pictures of the captured creature being led into a van about 12:30 p.m. as if he were a criminal suspect captured after a frantic highway chase.

And don’t give me bullshit of a coyote not being a threat, as we’ve had attacks in Boston in the past, and if it was no threat, why did they need to deploy all those officers?

BTW back in Maine I was chilling out on my family’s porch enjoying a summer afternoon, when a cop car pulled up in front of my neighbor’s house, pulled out a shotgun and fired into their hill. He had seen a small raccoon wandering in the shrubs, and took him out with a well-aimed shot into a good solid backstop.

He bagged the critter, tagged it, and went on his way, giving me a waive. Every year a few pets and sometimes a few people get bit by a rabid animal, so a nocturnal creature wandering in broad daylight is a public heath risk, and was shot on sight. No SWAT team, no fiasco, just a dead critter in an evidence bag.

I have no issue with this!

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More Massachusetts Gun Control

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

There was a Shooting the other day in Boston:

It is the second time this week a young teen has been charged with murder. A 14-year-old boy, Ernest Watkins IV, was charged Monday with the stabbing death of a 39-year-old man who resisted when a group of teenagers tried to rob him on Oct. 6 near the Fields Corner MBTA station in Dorchester, police said.

But wait, there’s more!

A 15-year-old Brighton High School student and two men were charged today with murder and illegal gun possession in connection with a shooting Wednesday night in the South End, an apparent targeted killing, prosecutors said.

So we live in a state where getting a permit to OWN a handgun is a maybe, all legal guns are registered, many guns are excluded from public sale, and magazines that hold more than 10 are heavily restricted. All this and we have murders by minors, and high-speed car chases!

Seems to be working GREAT! I think those other states with LOWER crime than Massachusetts should adopt our bullshit!

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“Gun Death” New York

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Good for New York with their low “Gun Death”!

An MTA spokesman said that Dina Saint-Fleur, 25, slashed at least two people after getting into a dispute on a J train around 8:45 a.m. Earlier reports indicated as many as seven people stabbed.

The argument continued while they were riding the escalator on the way up to the street, police said.

Wouldn’t it have been horrible if somebody had a gun and shot this monster? The anits think so, because “Knife Death” is irrelevant, but “Gun Death” is horrible.

I have nothing for them but contempt!

h/t Barron

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A Discussion Question

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Weerd Beard

First up, I suspect that the readers of Weer’d World aren’t representative of the general population, still I thought I’d get your opinions of this issue in American Law.

So we’ve all heard now about the “Terrorist” in New York who attempted to detonate a fake bomb supplied by an FBI plant. I’m not impressed by these stories as it appears to be law enforcement manufacturing a crime, and therefore hand-building a criminal.

Still, I thought I’d post a little more despicable, yet common case we read about all the time.

This is the case where the grown man is chatting with an “underage girl”. He flirts, gets sexy, then arranges a meeting. He arrives with sexual gear in tow, only to find his underage hookup is a grown male police officer.

Now Child predators are MONSTERS, and I honestly do wish the law was a little more lenient in shooting these bastards, because even tho an aware adult will scare them away, they’re still a predator in the wild, and I see them as no different as a coyote or a bear snooping around a populated area…they aren’t a problem NOW, but they are a FUTURE problem.

Still with these cases, like the “terrorists”, its a shadow of a serious crime….but there is no ACTUAL crime. He’s flirting and arranging a tryst with a grown adult. Does because he THINKS its an underage girl, or THINKS the bomb is real constitute a crime?

Also if there was no cop or FBI agent phishing for a “criminal”, would there ever be a crime then, or in the future?

For further discussion, I’ve known many people who have drank illegally at bars with a fake ID, or with a sibling’s ID that looked close enough to them as bad license photos go. The Bartender THINKS the person is legal, so they serve them. Are they breaking the law?

What say you, readers?

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Occupy Keeping it Classy!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Weerd Beard

More love for the Occupy movement. First a “Protest”:

It’s difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation – to recognize people who have helped improve the quality and availability of food to reduce world hunger.

But as the Des Moines-based foundation prepares for its 2012 award ceremony, which will be attended by dignitaries including Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, dozens of protesters hope to disrupt the activities….Organizer Frank Cordaro said he expected about 30 people to turn out Wednesday, with 10 willing to be arrested. By Wednesday afternoon, police arrested five activists on trespassing charges after they tried to enter a private event.

The group opposes what it sees as a focus on corporate agriculture motivated more by profit than food safety or protection of natural resources.

Super classy! I must say, protest is heavily protected in this nation, so if you’re planning on getting people clapped in irons, you’re doing more than just “Protest”.

And of course nothing like messing up some family fun!

Occupy Wall Street campers have made Halloween at a church in lower Manhattan simply too scary, church officials told FoxNews.com.

Citing an “abundance of caution,” the Rev. James Cooper of Trinity Church said the Episcopal parish at Broadway and Wall Street in Manhattan has canceled it popular Halloween activities due to safety issues arising from a sidewalk encampment in front of the place of worship…“The sidewalk is owned by the city, so we don’t have the legal power to remove people from the sidewalk, but it’s our responsibility to clean it,” she said. “We hose down the sidewalk and throw away the trash.”

Those cleanings, which occur twice daily at 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., typically lead to a “tense situation,” Hanick said.

“They will only get up if a white shirt — a lieutenant — is there,” she said. “It becomes a tense situation.”

The unidentified man was arrested and returned to the encampment the following day, said Hanick, adding that church officials have recently installed eight security cameras to monitor activity nearby. Anywhere from 25 to 50 people are camped outside at any given time, she said.

Again, this isn’t a protest, this is an unruly mob!

Carry your damn guns, because these people are anything but peaceful!

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Podcast! NOW WITH MORE SQUIRREL!!!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Weerd Beard

After a one-week hiatus the Squirrel Report is back with a great show!

Go follow the link for our list of topics, but the most important person on the Squirrel Report is YOU! Call in tonight for tales of hunting and Pest Eradication. Jay and I will talk about our Prairie Dog hunt in Colorado, tell us your hunting stories, or tales of pest eradication!

That’s 9pm EST! THE SQUIRREL REPORT!!!!

oh wait…

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Free The Ducks!

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Weerd Beard

Glad they’re free!

Almost a year after our initial efforts to rescue over 160 ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens that were living with a hoarder in appalling conditions, we were finally able to bring them to safety. They are now enjoying sunshine on their feathers, water to swim in, clean bedding, warmth, grass under their feet and room to roam for the very first time. Initially, we tried working with their owner towards an amicable surrender, pleading with her to consider the quality of life for the birds and used many of our own resources to help provide a cleaner environment for them. The hoarder’s initial intentions were good and her love for the animals apparent, but she neglected to see how their overcrowding, over-breeding, lack of shelter and space and filthy conditions were hurting them. She also continued to buy chicks and ducklings online and mail ordered to her.

I have no issue with keeping livestock, but they deserve respect!

h/t Janelle

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