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I don't know, there is some things that work against that. First, they say "they appear to be gashes or welts" but we don't know that for sure, but like I was saying, there are some things that work against that. For one, the funeral director said that Trayvon's body showed no signs of a physical fight. However, if there was a physical altercation, some things about that...for one, Zimmerman changed his account on that. One account he gave, he said he followed the teen, lost the teen, and then went to check the street he was on, and then was jumped from behind and beat by Trayvon. Then, in a different account, Zimmerman said that he followed the teen, lost the teen, and then the teen jumped out in front of him and asked "Do you have a problem?" and Zimmerman says he said "No." and then he says that Trayvon said "Well you do now" and then attacked him. Zimmerman, which account is it? However, neither account is true if we look at what Trayvon's girlfriend says: http://globalgrind.com/news/trayvon-...ks-out-details Quote:
When you start looking at different things like that, looking at what "appear to be" welts on the back of Zimmerman's head during one part of the video doesn't do much for some of us. We don't know for sure if those are welts on the back of Zimmerman's head, but we do know that he is a liar. We know that he followed and stalked the teen when he was told not to. We know that Trayvon was pleading for his life shortly before being shot. We know that Zimmerman should have been arrested and should have been scheduled for a trial before this became a huge national story. Edit: I'm really baffled about that still shot showing the supposed welt on Zimmerman's head. If you watch that video, you don't see such a stand-out mark on Zimmerman's head at any part of the video that shows that part of Zimmerman's head. It is like they took a still image from the video, enhanced the video, and then digitally enhanced the part of his head that looks like a welt, but highlighted it with different colored pixels, but when people see it, they think "Oh wow, there is a big welt there!". Like Dhomochevsky said, we don't need abcnews scoping out the video or the media trying to piece together things. We just need Zimmerman on trial and the experts trying to figure out what happened that day (to the best they can).
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2012-04-02, 19:55 | Link #20642 |
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Of course he is still being tried by the court of public opinion. Did the Prosecutor leave the case, because there was a rumor about that.
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2012-04-02, 20:08 | Link #20643 |
Juanita/Kiteless
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I'd just like to say: Zimmerman sucks. If he just stayed in his car and away from Trayvon like the police told him to, the real police would have shown up, they'd question Trayvon, things would likely be no big deal, we wouldn't have this thing become a national spectacle, and so forth.
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2012-04-02, 20:21 | Link #20644 |
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There are more fatties than previously thought because BMI underestimates obesity. Hello Land of the Fat.
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2012-04-02, 20:35 | Link #20645 | |
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The waist/height ratio is a bit more interesting - mine, for example, ~0.45 (32/72). My BMI is 27.1.... well..... my target weight would still leave me with a BMI of 25.1 (well duh I exercise). But most personal trainers, nutritionists, ... in other words, *people who actually have the training* do nothing but make fun of the BMI measurement as applied to individuals. It is one of those statistical thingies that insurance companies and less well-educated doctors cling to. They almost universally recommend caliper-type fat measurement at key body points. Its not a bad arm-waving rough rule-of-thumb though.
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2012-04-02, 23:36 | Link #20646 |
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Fatboy Kim's gonna launch his toy rocket soon. Hooboy, he'll be having a bucket of fried chicken while watching the action from the control room.
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/315...-rocket-launch
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2012-04-02, 23:50 | Link #20647 | |
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In the "if we were a monopoly it would save you money" fantasy news destined to empty the pockets of consumers even faster, instead of *competing* in a well-regulated free market - the monoliths simply consume each other via buyouts until there's one large ugly seamonkey left in the tank.
short summary, FTC fails to protect Main Street against Wall Street - Quote:
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One day, I hope, these giants will find themselves face to face with a country that cares. Not this one, certainly, but some distant future... that or the/a/some apocalypse.
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2012-04-03, 06:29 | Link #20649 |
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Honecker widow Margot defends communist East Germany
Whoa, she's very ignorant. Doesn't she realize it was East Germany's refusal to allow their people freedom and visiting their West Germany/Berlin relatives that made many escape to the west.
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2012-04-03, 11:10 | Link #20652 | |
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2012-04-03, 11:37 | Link #20653 | |
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2012-04-03, 12:49 | Link #20654 |
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Are we?
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http://www.tecca.com/news/2012/03/28...rom-employers/ Of course, the House of Rep. would reject the notion of supporting privacy when it comes to Facebook. Breaching privacy follows in line, with the Supreme Court decision today - which allows the police and jailors to strip search people, even for minor offenses. The decision was 5-4 and the 5 consists of the "conservative" judges. So, among the "conservative" base, there is an ever greater push towards police state policies. And today: Arizona is looking to outlaw "trolling": http://techland.time.com/2012/04/03/...rnet-trolling/ America is heading towards some very very dangerous waters. EDIT: Oh wow. http://campusprogress.org/articles/a..._universities/ Yea, you read the link. "Az. Official Considers Expanding Ban on Ethnic Studies to Universities".
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2012-04-03, 17:26 | Link #20659 |
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Shippers make U.S. the port of call for bankruptcy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8320XT20120403
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