April 12, 2012
— Ace Of course he's French. And filled with ennui.
The first clip is old, but the sequel is new. I put them both below the fold because they're new to me.
via @starchambermaid
Henri's on Facebook: Of course he is.
Old French Whore: I thin Toby mentioned this old sketch. It's pretty funny.
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Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 12:37 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 12:38 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Princess Barry McPrissypants at April 12, 2012 12:39 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: kathysaysso at April 12, 2012 12:39 PM (ZtwUX)
Posted by: sTevo at April 12, 2012 12:39 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: Truman North at April 12, 2012 12:40 PM (I2LwF)
Kalytus, I'm bored. I want to play with things for a while.
Posted by: Emperor Ming The Merciless at April 12, 2012 12:40 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 12:41 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Kanye Biden at April 12, 2012 12:41 PM (eHIJJ)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 12, 2012 12:42 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 12:42 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: Roy at April 12, 2012 12:43 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 12:44 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2012 12:44 PM (7W3wI)
la plume de ma tante
Posted by: Henri, le roi de tout ce qu'il y a at April 12, 2012 12:44 PM (jm/9g)
Posted by: Mr Pink at April 12, 2012 12:44 PM (6GU3o)
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at April 12, 2012 12:44 PM (qfooS)
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2012 12:45 PM (7W3wI)
-Joe Biden
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 12, 2012 12:45 PM (RfvTE)
I've been largely ignoring this, because I think it's mostly a fool's errand (the ship has sailed), but that article is pretty damning.
And, as he says, even discounting the "where was Obama born" thing, why would the WH release a forged document?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 12:45 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, thinking in pallandromes at April 12, 2012 12:47 PM (Dll6b)
Just returned from France--that silly poster is everywhere.
Didn't see many catz. Dogs everywhere, restaurants, underfoot, with hobos and without. Little dogs in Paris, slightly larger ones in the countryside. They may have a diet rich it catz in Brittany, which would explain the larger dogs there.
Posted by: spongeworthy at April 12, 2012 12:47 PM (r5w1L)
-Vice President of both the freeworld and of the most powerful nation in the history of mankind.
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 12, 2012 12:47 PM (RfvTE)
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Because liars lie. I want to know when they are going to release a truthful document or for that matter, any damned truth at all.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 12:48 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Soothsayer at April 12, 2012 12:49 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 12:49 PM (r2PLg)
Or you will be a melacholy like Henri.
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2012 12:49 PM (KXm42)
He says, "I'm always here", not , "I'm still here". Yes this is important !!!
plot development....
Posted by: SantaRosaStan, thinking in pallandromes at April 12, 2012 12:49 PM (Dll6b)
Posted by: Mr Pink at April 12, 2012 12:49 PM (6GU3o)
Yet I oppose evrything.' *** Proof that cats are Liberals.
Posted by: dananjcon at April 12, 2012 12:50 PM (eavT+)
Or you will be a melacholy like Henri.
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2012 04:49 PM (KXm42)
You can pay extra for anything over $100.
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2012 12:51 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Obama's Distraction Generator at April 12, 2012 12:51 PM (jUytm)
The Republican "your-on-your-own" capitalists blocked it before the funding for the law was instituted.
-Vice President of both the Free-world and of the most powerful nation in the history of mankind: Joseph Biden
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 12, 2012 12:51 PM (RfvTE)
Now excuse me while I break open another treats bag
This is why I have dogs.
Their treats come in boxes, mostly.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 12:51 PM (8y9MW)
Our two kittehs are clean, quiet, affectionate, and un-demanding. They're conservatives.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 12:52 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at April 12, 2012 12:54 PM (MZ4a8)
Poor kitty must have insomnia; that's a good 5 hours a day less sleep than the typical cat.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 12, 2012 12:54 PM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Henri le Gato, Ennui Kitteh at April 12, 2012 12:54 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: Henri at April 12, 2012 12:55 PM (KNvk+)
You can pay extra for anything over $100.
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2012 04:51 PM (X6akg)
For the record, they insure NOTHING.
You are not paying for insurance. They will be the first to tell you this, but only if you ask.
I ship a ton of expensive items for my business. I have to carry a seperate Insurance Policy to insure against loss and damage.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 12:56 PM (akP5G)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 12, 2012 12:56 PM (i6RpT)
Not sure of the spelling, but you are correct.
Which pretty well completely taps out my knowledge of French.
But where Americans (and, to a lesser extent, the British) will say "I am," romance languages all used the more formalized "my name is," or "I call myself" form. "Je suis" is "I am" as in "I am a... " whatever.
This has been your mostly-useless trivia update.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 12:57 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 12:57 PM (UOM48)
The upper video doesn't have any shaky cam. The lower one does. WTF with the shaky cam. I guess this is a trend set by Hollywood fuckwits that will be hard to undo.
Don't the film arts scientist assholes realize that a persons area of focus doesn't shift even as you are shaking about. Back in the day when Lucas was inventing all new science for filming Star Wars, you would think he would have made a camera with a gyro compensated focus such that the peripherals would shift while the subject stayed relatively in frame, even while being jarred about.
Maybe this could be the subject of a thread with the hope that people could realize their art is being reduced to crap by using this very obnoxious technique.
Posted by: sTevo at April 12, 2012 12:58 PM (VMcEw)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 12:58 PM (ZHge+)
That will change. Soon you will be rounding up the Jooo cats to turn over to the German cat.
Posted by: Philippe Kittain at April 12, 2012 12:58 PM (QKKT0)
You are not paying for insurance. They will be the first to tell you this, but only if you ask.
I ship a ton of expensive items for my business. I have to carry a seperate Insurance Policy to insure against loss and damage.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 04:56 PM (akP5G)
Then UPS has been outright lying to me. They told me, "It's insured up to $100."
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2012 12:59 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 04:58 PM (ZHge+)
So, which one of those reasons accounts for the Murder 2 charge?
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 12:59 PM (akP5G)
Hey, German too Ich heisse
Posted by: toby928© at April 12, 2012 01:00 PM (GTbGH)
What a waste of a Blog post... CatÂ’s suck and serve little legitimate purpose other than catching mice and feeding coyoteÂ’s.
Posted by: G-Man at April 12, 2012 01:00 PM (TVMzj)
"the white idiot writhes on his chair begging for cheeseburgers"
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That perfectly describes my old man. And by cheeseburgers, he means my tasty "Henri".
*oh la la*
Posted by: kallisto at April 12, 2012 01:00 PM (jm/9g)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:00 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 04:57 PM (8y9MW)
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Since you seem the immediate expert here, I'd like to know something I've been asking most of my life about the French: Do the girls in France really not wear any underpants?
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:01 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:03 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: Cate at April 12, 2012 01:03 PM (0jE21)
That just it. If you lose something worth 2000$ you are going to get 100$ for it.
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2012 01:03 PM (KXm42)
Is Henri a WHITE black cat or just a cat?
Posted by: NBC News at April 12, 2012 05:00 PM (Y+DPZ)
He's white as a bowl of Vietnamese rice. We understand he kills coons too.
Posted by: MSNBC at April 12, 2012 01:03 PM (EL+OC)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:04 PM (2rJxN)
TEARS ... in my eyes from laughing so hard.
BRAVO Posted by: Cate
........
You don't get out much, do you?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 12, 2012 01:04 PM (f9c2L)
***************
It's a question of my being which I answer/ponder not my calling.Posted by: Henri farts in your general direction at April 12, 2012 01:04 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: G-Man at April 12, 2012 05:00 PM (TVMzj)*
Hiiiisssssssssssssssss
Posted by: kittehs at April 12, 2012 01:04 PM (UOM48)
"Je suis" means "I am"
Unless the foreigners have bastardized French, "J'aime appelle Henri" is correct.
Posted by: Jimbo at April 12, 2012 01:04 PM (O3R/2)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:05 PM (jUytm)
Got a screen/storm door today.
Now I need to get a new, softer doormat for kitty to lounge on as she surveys the front yard.
Posted by: Well-trained Mama AJ at April 12, 2012 01:05 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Bobby Duvall at April 12, 2012 01:06 PM (WqMvr)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 04:58 PM
He was only about 100 yards from where he was staying and GZ had lost sight of him. So why didn't he just run home?
I find it hard to believe that a gold grilled hoodie gangstah wannabe is going to tell his GF that he's afraid and he just wants to get home OK, even if that's really what he's thinking
I have a hunch that when she gets on the stand, a lot of "facts" she's told everybody aren't going to hold up under evidence and cross-examination.
Posted by: kbdabear at April 12, 2012 01:06 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Henri farts in your general direction at April 12, 2012 01:06 PM (r2PLg)
I told you I'd tapped out my knowledge of French. That includes French culture.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:06 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Henri farts in your general direction at April 12, 2012 01:07 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 01:07 PM (ZHge+)
Now I need to get a new, softer doormat for kitty to lounge on as she surveys the front yard.
Posted by: Well-trained Mama AJ at April 12, 2012 05:05 PM (XdlcF)
My sister gave us one for the screened porch that says:
THIS IS NOT A JOKE
If you ever want to see these people again, bring me five lbs. of fresh tuna in a plain brown bag.
The Cat
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 01:07 PM (UOM48)
I have a hunch that when she gets on the stand, a lot of "facts" she's told everybody aren't going to hold up under evidence and cross-examination.
Her testimony would be pointless. She's not a witness.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:07 PM (akP5G)
Posted by: eleven at April 12, 2012 05:03 PM (KXm42)
No, I get that. If I'm shipping something worth $2000, I'll pay extra for enough insurance to cover it up to $2000.
But garrett, are you saying that even though I'll pay for extra insurance, it won't be covered? AND they're even lying to me about the first $100 being covered?
Posted by: Tami at April 12, 2012 01:08 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Brian at April 12, 2012 01:08 PM (UnMRd)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 01:09 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Brian at April 12, 2012 01:09 PM (UnMRd)
>>damned formatting. sigh.
I was totally going to laugh, but the formatting made me too sad.
True story.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 12, 2012 01:10 PM (XdlcF)
Me(If I were a lawyer and, specifically, Z's attorney) immediately on Cross: Ma'am, did you witness these events?
Her: We were on the phone.
Me: But you could see the area?
Her: We were on the phone.
Me: So you couldn't see the area? Ma'am, has anyone ever told you something on the phone which you misinterpreted, or which turned out later not to be true?...
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:10 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:11 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: Sassy at April 12, 2012 01:11 PM (Eo4aG)
(If the hyperlink doesn't work, it's a YouTube link: http://tinyurl.com/c87ek2 )
G#$d^mn lazy frog.... ;-)
Posted by: Jazz at April 12, 2012 01:13 PM (NzrVU)
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:13 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 12, 2012 01:14 PM (V7+5U)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 01:15 PM (r2PLg)
Me: Objection: irrelevant. Argumentative.
Judge: Sustained. Counsel, confine your arguments to closing.
Posted by: Cicero at April 12, 2012 01:15 PM (QKKT0)
Posted by: NIPP hasn't read the comments. at April 12, 2012 01:15 PM (0oYHO)
Posted by: Henri le Gato, Ennui Kitteh at April 12, 2012 01:15 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 05:05 PM (jUytm)
Long haired cats look cooler, but my 15 pound cat has already shed 30 pounds of hair this year.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 12, 2012 01:15 PM (NVu2l)
Wait- Easter is now significant enough a holiday to affect hiring/firing decisions?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 05:13 PM (8y9MW)
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So I guess the SCOAMT is going to be blaming the unemployment on Jesus now.
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:16 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: Jane D'oh
Yeah, I put a lamp right by the door after I stepped in something...well. It was dead. It probably was a bird (feathers and some scattered down) when it started out; by the time I found my "present", it was indescribably revolting.
I still remembered to pet and praise my cat.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:17 PM (DV/Ik)
But garrett, are you saying that even though I'll pay for extra insurance, it won't be covered? AND they're even lying to me about the first $100 being covered?
The dollar figures are a declaration of the value of what you are shipping (for potential replacement due to loss or damage).
Best case scenario is damage as you can prove the declared value to be accurate...when something is lost, they can get cagey about making it right.
Also, there are things they will NOT replace or compensate you for no matter how much you pay them in 'Declared Value'.
At no point are they insuring your item.
If you are shipping anything of true value, check with your insurance agent about getting a shipping rider (ryder?) for an existing policy.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:18 PM (akP5G)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:18 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 04:58 PM (ZHge+)
For the last time, the dispatcher, not the police, asked if Zimmerman was following Martin and when Z said yes the dispatcher said "you don't have to do that" and Z said OK. He wasn't "ordered" to do anything. He said that he then decided to return to his truck where Martin confronted him. Also the eyewitness said that he saw and heard Zimmerman screaming for help. This is all bullshit.
Posted by: Hedgehog at April 12, 2012 01:19 PM (3jGS1)
CatePosted by: Cate at April 12, 2012 01:19 PM (0jE21)
Posted by: Scooby Doo at April 12, 2012 01:19 PM (WqMvr)
Please tell me someone has already made the "pussy-whipped" joke.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:20 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: shibumi, the ennui kat at April 12, 2012 01:20 PM (z63Tr)
I have to wonder... is there really evidence they have that we don't, or is she just telling us not to believe our lying eyes (and ears) about the information that has already been released (and verified)?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:21 PM (8y9MW)
something on the phone which you misinterpreted, or which turned out
later not to be true?...
Me: Objection: irrelevant. Argumentative.
Judge: Sustained. Counsel, confine your arguments to closing.
Posted by: Cicero at April 12, 2012 05:15 PM (QKKT0)
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Prosecution: Your honor. I'd like to cross-examine.
Judge: Go ahead.
Prosecution: You really look pretty today. You wear your unconsolable grief well. But my question: Have you ever heard anything on the phone that was true?
(That line of questioning could go both ways)
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:21 PM (Jdmxh)
Our two kittehs have never pissed or pooped on anything. They are meticulous with they're litter box and respectful and shy when strangers come over. My sister's dog, on the other hand, will. not. stop. jumping on me and barking. Sam with my husband's aunt's dog and his cousin's dog. Argh.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 12, 2012 01:22 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:22 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: General Zod at April 12, 2012 01:22 PM (2+bRt)
I love Maury Povich's show:
Q: You cheated on him one month after the wedding? Why??
A: I wasn't ready to get married.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2012 01:22 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: General Zod at April 12, 2012 01:23 PM (2+bRt)
Cats.......I mean.........why not kill them with a bow? Seriously, why the fuck not. If your going to kill them.........anyway........why not use a bow? I am torn......hesitant...........the neighbors mighthear me if I use a gun. I am torn...If I make a poor shot, the yawling and squalling can be heard for blocks.......loss of stealth........ire of old ladies...........so what? I don't care about old ladies. I shall use a bow, after all............................................now.......blunt or broadhead........I am torn.......
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:23 PM (OlN4e)
Me: Conniving bastard.
Posted by: Cicero at April 12, 2012 01:24 PM (QKKT0)
Silly String. I find it to be neither string nor silly. It seems to exist in its own universe.
Much like me. *le sigh*
Posted by: Henri le Gato, Ennui Kitteh at April 12, 2012 01:24 PM (d0Tfm)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:24 PM (jUytm)
Point of order: That would be re-direct (I already mentioned I was on cross).
And, as for the objection- the damage would already be done.
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a competent lawyer could get her entire testimony thrown out as some combination of irrelevant and hear-say. Since she wasn't there, she can only report what she was told- and she had no way to check the veracity of anything she was told.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:24 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: the pink cracker formerly known as the hobbit Donna at April 12, 2012 01:25 PM (ZHge+)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:25 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 05:23 PM (OlN4e)
Look into The Guillotine by arrowdynamic solutions.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:26 PM (akP5G)
That is an owner problem not a dog problem. I took in the SIL Irish setter for 6 months*. I trained those bad habits out and within a month after they took it back had the bad habits returned.
*Loser didn't think rent payments were top priority.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 12, 2012 01:26 PM (tf9Ne)
Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if a competent lawyer could get her entire testimony thrown out as some combination of irrelevant and hear-say. Since she wasn't there, she can only report what she was told- and she had no way to check the veracity of anything she was told.
Better yet. He called your phone...can you prove it was you that was talking to him.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (akP5G)
These days I get sad watching cat videos. My three dog household is mourning the loss of our honorary puppy cat, Lucille, who ran out of lives a couple of weeks ago. A formidable hunter, Lucille brought numerous gifts into the house over the years. The most memorable was a special middle of the night offering of a live flying squirrel. Lucille sat there as languid as Henri as she watched Clare, the Jack Russell terrier, tear up the house in hot pursuit of that squirrel.
Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (CsMvH)
154....I can't recall if even Clinton was this blatant.
The Clintons used the IRS like a blunt instrument to hit people over the head with audits and other harrassment. ....So, they probably used IRS records as a source of politically useful information too.
But back then, the Clintons didn't have to deal with the increased level of conservative alternative media....like we have today. So they got away with a lot.
And yeah, Y-not.....I've been expecting to see 'leaks' come out from Romney's confidential IRS and business records....things that the rest of us do not have access to, but the SCoaMF does.
Posted by: wheatie at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (+5U+B)
I think I might be, too, except I'm the one cleaning the toilets around here.
Posted by: Radish A. Radish at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: peep le pew at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (3467A)
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 05:26 PM (akP5G)
I cleared my neighborhood of pesky cottontails, but a 75 pound draw compound with blunts literally cut them in half. Messy, but instantaneous.
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:27 PM (OlN4e)
I moved into a new house a couple years ago. One thing they don't tell you, and it's not advertised, there were mice. I have more than one cat. There are no longer mice in my house.
They earn their keep. Henri is like everything else french, feeling superior about being so miserable while we Americans enjoy our pursuit of happiness. Thanks france, for helping us kick the king out, now go suck on a lake.
Posted by: BurtTC at April 12, 2012 01:28 PM (TOk1P)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 12, 2012 01:28 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:28 PM (jUytm)
The dispute stems from a March 30 post on the pro-gay Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) website, which boasted that it had obtained documents revealing that Mitt Romney “donated $10,000 to the National Organization for Marriage [NOM] in 2008 …”
So this means Mitt will lose the election because based on what you see on HGTV 75% of the population is gay/
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at April 12, 2012 01:28 PM (mFxQX)
Yep.
And I have noticed that it makes absolutely no difference. This is about politics, not justice.
The mob wants blood, and by all that's holy, the State of Florida is determined that the damned mob shall have it.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:28 PM (DV/Ik)
Posted by: soothsayer is hooked on phonics at April 12, 2012 01:29 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 12, 2012 01:29 PM (i6RpT)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 05:24 PM (8y9MW)
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Agree. A defense lawyer would make mincemeat out of her testimony. That's why she'll never get called. BUT, I'm sure there'll be an affidavit introduced as evidence.
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:29 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:30 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012
Allen? Do you know what happens when you don't praise kitty for her present?
The presents get fresher and fresher. Until the live ones start being dumped on your pillow in the dead of night.
Until you have awakened to a hysterical, bleeding mouse in your freshly washed, waist-length hair, you have not lived.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:31 PM (DV/Ik)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2012 01:31 PM (4q5tP)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 01:32 PM (r2PLg)
Witness: the prosecutor told me I was wrong.
Posted by: nevergiveup at April 12, 2012 05:28 PM (i6RpT)
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OR....Rev. Sharpton came to my house and we had a long talk.
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:33 PM (Jdmxh)
I knew there was a reason I prefer dogs.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:33 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:34 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 01:34 PM (m3R4Y)
That's pretty much what I anticipate. A trial is irrelevant.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:36 PM (DV/Ik)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:36 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:36 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:36 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2012 01:37 PM (7W3wI)
Posted by: Y-not, snake woman at April 12, 2012 01:38 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:38 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 01:38 PM (m3R4Y)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 12, 2012 01:39 PM (2rJxN)
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 12, 2012 01:39 PM (4q5tP)
Don't buy it.
How, exactly, do the parents get paid? Z has no money. He's been all but bankrupted just from this much, add legal defense fees, and other expenses, and then a civil judgement? Where would they get their money?
And "practically guarantees" is not "guarantees."
No, it's too complex.
This one is simple: Corey is up for election this year (for whatever her post is), and knows she won't get elected if he doesn't at least get charged. So she charges him with the highest crime possible- because anything less would be the same as not charging him at all, as far as her political future is concerned.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:39 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: steevy at April 12, 2012 01:40 PM (7W3wI)
Cat videos.
French cat videos.
Cheese-eating, surrender-monkey, French cat videos.
Like a wet fart at the end of a symphony.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at April 12, 2012 01:40 PM (kqqGm)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 05:34 PM (m3R4Y)
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Okay, everyone. Now....on with the repub war on "lesbian moms".
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:40 PM (Jdmxh)
Should've used a crossbow.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 12, 2012 01:41 PM (SY2Kh)
My neighbors fucking cats use all of my garden and flower beds as litter boxes. The neighbors have been less than cooperative in addressing the problem.
Their cats are not long for this zip code.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:41 PM (akP5G)
In the second video....at 1:22....Henri the cat says: "I'm surrounded by Morons".
Uh....is Ace trying to tell us something?
Posted by: wheatie at April 12, 2012 01:41 PM (+5U+B)
Great, so now they're going to subsidize SPAM?
"Hmm... I'm hungry what have we got."
"Nothin', just a can of spam."
"Wow, that worked like a charm! I'm not hungry anymore."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 05:29 PM (Jdmxh)
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The court (judge) is not supposed to accept an affidavit or deposition when the witness is available.
And as for "hearsay" from a deathbed confession etc, this would not be the same. This is secondary hearsay from an available witness.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (YdQQY)
Two words: Moth Ball Flakes. Cats hate the odor.
Posted by: toby928© Person of Pallor at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (GTbGH)
Good heavens, really?
I'm still spitting and choking over "One in five people in San Francisco is hungry" campaign for the Food Bank a few years ago. Frankly, I don't see how that's possible, and yes, I read the reports (it's part of my job). I'm convinced there's something seriously wrong with their methodology.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (DV/Ik)
Jane, Jane, Jane.....your cats could be lying to you, ya know?
Jane: "Have my kittehs been weeelly weeeelly goood today?"
Cats: "oh yeah, absolutely ... I mean, saintly, check the crap box, everything is there that should be there."
Jane: "That is so reassuring, some asshole has jjust impugned the entire feline kingdom, but my cats are the bestest aren't you?"
Cats: "Fuckin' A. Word, baby!"
Please wake up Jane, the cats are playing you big time. THat's what they DO!
Posted by: Scooby Doo at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (WqMvr)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 12, 2012 05:41 PM (SY2Kh)
A string gun? Nope, I don't drive a prius either.
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 01:42 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 12, 2012 01:43 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 01:43 PM (r2PLg)
Beautiful... is there sound? Because I want to know if I missed anything by watching this on a speakerless platform.
We had two family cats for years and thought they were perfectly box trained. They passed away two years ago and when we recently cleaned out the house, we found out they were not so perfect. Of course, those "accidents" /may/ have been from younger guest-kitties. But somehow, I doubt that. Probably old age and stress. Oh, and general kitty sneakiness.
I swear cats are the ultimate long-term planners. They'll plot revenge that lasts after they're gone from your life.
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 01:43 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 12, 2012 01:44 PM (AxHOT)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 12, 2012 05:41 PM (SY2Kh)
Cottontails are tasty. I'd have used a snare. Waste of good meat splattering them.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 12, 2012 01:44 PM (NVu2l)
Two words: Moth Ball Flakes. Cats hate the odor.>>
Or Mini Claymores.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 12, 2012 01:44 PM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:44 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: Y-not, snake woman at April 12, 2012 01:44 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 05:42 PM (DV/Ik)
Of course one in five people are hungry at this time. They're going out to lunch now.
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 01:45 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 12, 2012 05:44 PM (AxHOT)
Have you tried a taser?
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:45 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 05:39 PM (8y9MW)
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Two civil rights cases could be filed by T's momma. 1.) Suit against the state of FL for the "stand your ground" law or CCL. 2.) Suit against the homeowners association that allowed Z to be a neighborhood watchman.
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:45 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: Miss80sBaby at April 12, 2012 01:46 PM (d6QMz)
Two words: Moth Ball Flakes. Cats hate the odor.
Yeah, tried that and Chili Powder and Marigolds and now I'm tired of it. None of it worked.
They are getting trapped and I will bring them to the shelter in Great Falls. I need an excuse to go out to the ranch, anyway.
Posted by: garrett at April 12, 2012 01:46 PM (akP5G)
Posted by: Y-not, snake woman at April 12, 2012 01:47 PM (5H6zj)
239 OK, cat people - how do I break my cat's habit of peeing on a certain chair.
The chair is his now. .....If you remove it, he will claim another. There is no way to prevent him from peeing on that chair again, and again. ....This is why people prefer dogs.
Posted by: wheatie at April 12, 2012 01:47 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: Ombudsman
Get rid of the chair. That's easiest.
Other methods: Start by cleaning it and throwing out any cushions you can. If you can't dispose of the cushions, de-stuff them, throw away the stuffing, wash the covers three times (once in very hot water with no soap, twice in cold with woolite), then replace the stuffing. Move the chair to some other part of the room.
Bar the cat from the room for a while.
Put scat mats around and on the chair.
Put some tobasco on contact points of the chair, where kitty likes to scent mark.
Posted by: Dianna at April 12, 2012 01:47 PM (DV/Ik)
Florida law says this:
Hearsay exceptions.--The following are not excluded under s. 90.802, provided that the declarant is unavailable as a witness:***(b) Statement under belief of impending death.--In a civil or criminal trial, a statement made by a declarant while reasonably believing that his or her death was imminent, concerning the physical cause or instrumentalities of what the declarant believed to be impending death or the circumstances surrounding impending death." (Fla. Stat. Ann. § 90.804)
Posted by: Cicero at April 12, 2012 01:49 PM (QKKT0)
239OK, cat people - how do I break my cat's habit of peeing on a certain chair. Other than offing him, eating him, sticking a cork in his schwantz, and other anti-cat snark
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 12, 2012 05:44 PM (AxHOT)<br>
Zap Mat. Works wonders. Of course, he might just sit on the damn thing belligerently while it shocks him the first time around, but he won't go back a second time.
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 01:49 PM (Mk/IQ)
Hide behind the chair, wait till he comes near it, then pee on him.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 12, 2012 01:50 PM (SY2Kh)
A murder case defense can easily runs between 300K and 700K.
As I said earlier, this ain't wag the dog. This is gut the dog.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 01:50 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:50 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Y-not, snake woman at April 12, 2012 01:50 PM (5H6zj)
Posted by: Ombudsman at April 12, 2012 05:44 PM (AxHOT)
Mark the chair yourself. Show him who's boss.
Posted by: Hydrocarbon Liberation Front at April 12, 2012 01:51 PM (NVu2l)
OT but it's about that lying weasel Buffet (he of the "Buffet Tax" increase named just for him doncha know).
In today's Crains Chgo Business:
"(Crain's) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has launched a new venture to finance low-income housing projects, starting with a nearly $29 million center for seniors on Medicaid in the south suburbs....Affordable Housing is a subsidiary of Mr. Buffett's holding company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which had total revenue of $143.7 billion in 2011....
... the new Berkshire venture is expected to invest in projects by buying up federal tax credits.... The buyers...use the tax credits to lower their tax bills."
Commenters on the story in Crains note that the "affordable housing" aspect is just PR window dressing for these projects. The entire point is to mine the tax code and reduce Berkshire's tax burden.
Sorry for no link but the blog doesn't like me when I do that. It's in today's Crains.
Posted by: Boots at April 12, 2012 01:51 PM (neKzn)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:52 PM (5H6zj)
State has sovereign immunity, so that one wouldn't fly (I think). The neighborhood watch one... maybe. That one could probably at least get a hearing, and the HOA's insurance might just try to settle.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:53 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 01:53 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:53 PM (5H6zj)
If you do try out a Zap Mat, make sure you don't touch the contacts when it's turned on. Conversely, don't turn it on unless the contacts are attached to the mat and the whole thing is on the chair.
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 01:54 PM (Mk/IQ)
a) While the speaker probably wanted to say "je m'appele Henri" if you go existential "je suis Henri" is actually better, as the cat, Henri, is the existential embodiment of the Platonic ideal of the Bored Cat Henri.
b) Why is okay for some people to casually joke about killing cats, the valued property of others, but you never see the same kind of jokes about dogs? I'm a cat person but I don't hate dogs and don't want to kill them indiscriminately.
Posted by: Grant S at April 12, 2012 01:54 PM (dsCnE)
The whole 'dying declaration' thing dates back to a time when most people believed in God....and as such, did not want to meet their maker with a lie on their tongue.
This basic premise no longer exists. ....Today, there are people who would lie with their last dying breath....to get revenge on someone, or just because they are compulsive liars.
Posted by: wheatie at April 12, 2012 01:54 PM (+5U+B)
That's going to be the hard one, though- proving that he thought his death was imminent.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:55 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: maddogg at April 12, 2012 01:55 PM (OlN4e)
Posted by: Y-not at April 12, 2012 01:56 PM (5H6zj)
Because people who don't like dogs don't make those kinds of jokes?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 01:56 PM (8y9MW)
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 05:54 PM (Mk/IQ)
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The cat will pay attention to a Zap Mat. Usually only takes one time. Then...then you can use the Zap Mat as a hilarious prank at parties.
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 01:57 PM (Jdmxh)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 01:58 PM (m3R4Y)
Posted by: soothsayer at April 12, 2012 01:58 PM (jUytm)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 02:00 PM (m3R4Y)
262....Growing up, we had a male dog who peed in the house.
Bummer. ....I've never had that problem with dogs. I think my current dog would turn blue and burst, before he would pee or poop in the house. ....He has thrown up on a couple of rare occasions, when he couldn't get us to wake up and let him outside.....and poor guy acted sooo sorry that it'd happened.
Posted by: wheatie at April 12, 2012 02:01 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 02:04 PM (m3R4Y)
Posted by: Soona at April 12, 2012 05:57 PM (Jdmxh)
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Yep. We had a cat who was King of the House. He hated being locked in the bedroom when we had guests over. So much so that he was banging on the door at all hours of the night while yowling. We got the Mat and he was defiant the one time.
After that, we just had to make sure the mat was off (just the sight was a deterrent) or to jump over it when opening the door to avoid being shocked ourselves.
Watching him angrily twitching on the mat was pretty funny. The look on his face... I miss that darn cat.
Posted by: soulpile at April 12, 2012 02:04 PM (Mk/IQ)
Posted by: tasker at April 12, 2012 02:05 PM (r2PLg)
Posted by: The Fix Is In at April 12, 2012 02:06 PM (m3R4Y)
Posted by: Mandy P., lurker and stay-at-home mom at April 12, 2012 02:09 PM (qFpRI)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) SMOD 2012 at April 12, 2012 05:55 PM (8y9MW)
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That wasn't the original question. He did not make a "deathbed statement". He is alleged to have told his GF that Zimmerman was following him. So says his GF. So the idea is that his GF will testify to that in court.
She will then be giving "hearsay" evidence since she was not there. In addition, the prosecution will not be allowed to give a deposition from her saying that. She must appear in court so that she can be cross-examined.
Posted by: Vic at April 12, 2012 02:15 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Neil Kinnock at April 12, 2012 02:39 PM (c3mby)
I would be curious about whether the "excited utterance," or "spontaneous statement," or "then-existing mental, emotional, or physical condition" exceptions would apply. I suspect good arguments can be made for each, subject to establishing that Martin, indeed, made the call to his g/f.
Posted by: Jazz at April 12, 2012 02:51 PM (NzrVU)
Posted by: cranky-d at April 12, 2012 06:44 PM (970pZ)
Mostly both videos want to make you kill yourself more than ever.
I never know cats feel like I do most of the time.
Posted by: Heltau at April 12, 2012 09:49 PM (Tp2Qu)
Posted by: Donna V. at April 13, 2012 03:39 AM (tmM1e)
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