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In the matter of the murder of Trayvon Martin…

We’re talking about the Stand Your Ground Law; the new personal protection law that’s sweeping the nation.

Not to be confused with the Castle Doctrine…this law is the right to use lethal force to protect your personal space…Stand Your Ground, unlike the Castle Doctrine which provides the right to kill intruders in your domicile, residence or “castle”…goes with you where ever you go…like a right to personal protection bubble.

The law means any shooter is justified in killing, what would normally be called murdering, simply because  the shooter ”feels” threatened or endangered

–There is no need for any actual threat or endangerment–all that is necessary is the  shooter feel, or perceive that they are threatened!

The New Could’ve, Might’ve Law ….sanctions  killing anyone You don’t like in Your neighborhood.

All You have to do is feel afraid. (more…)

The creator of this piece, R.J. Matson, gave the title “The  Stand Your Ground Before He stands His Ground Defense…so our staff came up with sub-caption: “The Future of  ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws”.

The Future of "Stand Your Ground" Laws

A few words about the creator of this cartoon: (more…)

Readers who live in the Washington, D.C. Metro area are familiar with news anchor Jim Vance, the man in the following video.

Vance is also known on the Internet for appearing in a video with the late sports anchor George Michael where they laughed at a model who fell, not once but twice, on a fashion show runway.

This time you will find him somber as he expresses his point of view on the matter of Trayvon Martin.

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 Mounting pressure in the Trayvon Martin tragedy has succeeded in bringing forth the following result:

Just moments ago the federal  Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI announced they will be investigating the murder of Miami Gardens teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

The department announced late Monday it has begun an investigation into the fatal shooting death of an unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, in Sanford, Florida by a self appointed neighborhood watch captain. (more…)

The following video is one African American intellectual’s take on the murder of seventeen year-old Trayvon Martin of Miami, Florida. Reports of his February 26, 2012 murder, while completely unarmed, is making headlines around the world. His confessed shooter has not been charged or arrested due to a technicality in the law called “stand your ground”. ( Read more about the so-called “stand your ground law” in a future post.)
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This article was authored by attorney Sheryl L. Axelrod, of  The Axelrod Firm, PC.
The Axelrod Firm, PC  is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania law firm established for the purpose of assisting individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations with  commercial, real estate and employment issues.  Sheryl L. Axelrod  is the owner of the three attorney, state-certified, woman owned law firm.  As few as 5% of lawyers per jurisdiction are recognized by their fellow lawyers as Super Lawyers,  Sheryl L. Axelrod has been recognized as a Super Lawyer for the third year in a row.  Attorney Axelrod is the President of the Temple Law Alumni Association (TLAA), its 4th female President in its over 95 year history.

It frequently happens. A business owner purchases an insurance policy to protect the business. You pay your premiums in a timely manner, year after year. Then one day, your business is at the wrong end of a lawsuit. You quickly submit the claim to your insurance carrier and expecting they’ll cover it. They’ll hire a lawyer at their cost (after you pay any deductible), and the lawyer will defend your company. After all, that’s why you’ve been paying all those premiums, to get that coverage. However, a few weeks later,  you receive a letter s in the mail. Your carrier is rejecting the claim and now you’re the one who must foot the bill to pay for, defend and fight the lawsuit. This is what you should do to effectively fight back. (more…)

After a humiliating TSA, Transportation Security Administration, pat down at Jackson, Mississippi airport, that left Indian Ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, livid and insistent that she would never return to America has prompted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to promise a review of TSA policies in the aftermath of a nationwide revolt against invasive airport security measures. At the height of the TSA backlash last month, Clinton herself told CBS News that the pat down procedures were so invasive that she would personally want to avoid them.

Now she has been forced to promise an inquiry into measures that led to Indian diplomat Meera Shankar being confined to a glass cage before being invasively groped by TSA staff in full public view, after Indian authorities demanded an apology for her treatment. “We obviously are concerned about it,” Clinton told reporters in Washington. (more…)

Here’s a ditty dedicated to all of you who will be flying domestic or international flights during this Christmas holiday season. The tune is a parody of the Bing Crosby favorite, “I’ll Be Home For Christmas”; the special lyrical twist is supplied by the mellow holiday musical stylings of Roxi Copland. Enjoy!

We could not escape all this talk in the United States of nuclear weaponry because of the commemoration of the use of the atomic bombs dropped on civilians in Japan in 1945.

We found an  interesting video piece created in 2003 by the  artist  Isao Hashimoto of Japan. We are sure you will be surprised, as were we, to see the number of devices detonated since 1945 up to and including 1998; that’s more than ten years ago. How many more bombs have been tested since 1998? What are our world leaders arming us against?

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Who will cry for the little boy?
*By Antwone Fisher

who will cry for the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry for the little boy?
Abandoned without his own?

Who will cry for the little boy?
He cried himself to sleep.
Who will cry for the little boy?
He never had for keeps.

Who will cry for the little boy?
He walked the burning sand
Who will cry for the little boy?
The boy inside the man.

Who will cry for the little boy?
Who knows well hurt and pain
Who will cry for the little boy?
He died again and again.

Who will cry for the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be
Who will cry for the little boy?
Who cries inside of me

*Antwone Fisher is an acclaimed best selling author, poet, producer and screenwriter. Fisher is also a survivor of child abuse.

April is the month of springtime renewal. It is also the time when we celebrate the earth and make commitments to saving our planet and preserving it for the next generation of humans, plants and other animals on the land, in the sea and in the air.

April is also  Child Abuse Awareness Month. As we are working to preserve our planet,  wouldn’t it be wonderful to develop humans who are kind and loving to other humans? Wouldn’t it be great if the parents who are nurturing the young ones insure they provide protection and love to help the children develop into well adjusted balanced, caring adults by confronting their own issues of past incidents of abuse? (more…)