State had no duty to protect VA Tech students

State Supreme Court – 'Who knew?'

Richmond – Most people missed it amid the sensational headlines of late October, but the Commonwealth of Virginia neatly excused itself of all culpability in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Seung-Hui Cho began his rampage by slipping into a dormitory where he killed 4 students with a handgun; then he hid from police for three hours before finishing the assault that left a total of 32 students dead after attacking an additional 28 in an instructional hall across campus. The State Supreme Court ruled, “the commonwealth did not have a duty to protect students against third party criminal acts.”

The unhappy Korean student knew little English and was suffering in his studies as a result, but he was cunning enough to chain the exit doors shut to prevent his prey from escaping before he began his final assault after three hours of terror as police tried in vain to apprehend him.

The unfortunate students trapped inside could have escaped had they been alerted to the initial shootings at the dormitory, according to an argument offered by attorneys who represented the parents of the students who later lost their lives in Norris Hall.

Instead, they continued their studies, trapped inside classrooms from which there was no easy escape while an enraged gunman stalked the corridors, firing at will.

The justices of the court wrote, “Based on the limited information available to the commonwealth at the time prior to the shootings in Norris Hall, it cannot be said that it was known or reasonably foreseeable that students in Norris Hall would fall victim to criminal harm...”

Legal form for return of firearms seized as 'evidence'

Bell County Attorney refuses service of motion to obtain Grisham's firearms from evidence...

One from the stacks, TX Code of Crim. Procedure, Chapt. 18, Sect. 18.19

This is the form promulgated by Texas law that M/Sgt. C.J. Grisham is turning in to get his pistol and rifle returned to him. - The Legendary
Notice the application must be made before the 61st day following the date of the judgment of conviction…

This is Sgt. Grisham's account of what happened when he tried to deliver his motion to the County Attorney's office:

"They sent down Darrell Guess - another nobody - because Nichols was supposedly in court. He wouldn't talk to me except to say he'll only talk to my attorney. I told him I don't want to talk just submit this formal request according to Texas law. And I don't need an attorney to submit it. He started walking away and asked to at least take the copy of the law I printed out for him. He refused. I responded I didn't expect them to start obeying the law now since they haven't cared about it to date. Guess is the same statist thug that worked so hard trying to hide the dashcam footage from the public. They answer to no citizen I guess (no pun intended). I filed the demand with the county clerk to at least ensure it was in the court record and available for public scrutiny."

In accordance with Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, Chapter 18, Section 18.19, I hereby demand the immediate return of my lawfully carried firearms and other accessories that were confiscated from my person on March 16, 2013.

On November 19, 2013, I was convicted of violating Texas Penal Code, Chapter 38, Section 38.15 INTERFERENCE WITH PUBLIC DUTIES, a non-violent Class B misdemeanor. On November 20, 2013, I was sentenced to pay a fine as a result of that verdict.

Section 18.19 of the CCP states that I am “entitled to the weapon seized upon request to the court in which the person was convicted or placed on deferred adjudication.” I hereby make that request and put the court on notice that I am in compliance with the Section 18.19(d)(1-5) to wit:

1. This request is being made BEFORE the “61^st day after the date of the judgment of conviction
2. I have NOT been convicted under Chapter 46, Penal Code
3. The weapons are NOT “prohibited weapons” under Chapter 46, Penal Code
4. The offense did NOT occur “in or on the premises of a playground, school, video arcade facility, or youth center, as those terms are defined by Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code”.
5. The court has NOT determined “based on the prior criminal history of the defendant or based on the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offense that possession of the seized weapon would pose a threat to the community or one or more individuals”.

I may be contacted directly at 254-383-8238 to arrange for transfer of my firearms, ammunition, and other items still in possession of the Bell County Prosecutors Office.

Respectfully,

__________________________________ ___________________

Christopher J. Grisham DATE

XXXX XXXXXXX 

Temple, TEXAS 7XXXX

I said, I come for my guns, officer. You savvy?

WWDD - What would the Duke Do?

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ~John Wayne

Temple – When M/Sgt. C.J. Grisham showed up at the Temple Police Department to get his Kimber semi-auto .45 ACP pistol and a Blackjack Firearms AR-15 confiscated on March 16, they told him to come back with some “evidence.”

Evidence of what?

The world saw a couple of police officers take the weapons and stash them in the trunk of a patrol car when they arrested him; the arrest was depicted on both his camera, which he struggled to hand off to his son Chris, Jr., and a dashcam video with which the car is outfitted.

And then they brought out both items to publish as evidence for jurors on two panels who sat in judgment of whether he had interfered with the duties of a public official, a misdemeanor offense.

In the first trial, the panel deadlocked. A mistrial resulted. In the second trial, jurors were able to quickly reach a unanimous verdict of guilt when the judge revised his jury instruction. They concluded that he had, in fact, put his hands on the rifle when the officer made a move to take it away from him.

He stands convicted, fined $2,000 for the Class B misdemeanor offense.

Officer Ermis skins his smoke wagon...

All concerned agree – it's not a gun offense. It's a case of disorderly conduct, promenading down a rural road with a loaded rifle and pistol, then becoming disagreeable and loud when Officer Steve Ermis determined he would disarm him, jammed the muzzle of a pistol into the back of his neck and bent him over the hood of the cop car. He and his son were on a 10-mile hike in pursuit of a Boy Scout merit badge. They chose to walk along Prairie View Road and Hwy. 36 near the Temple Airport.

“Prosecutors claimed it wasn't a gun case yet paraded my guns through the courtroom, had the officer show how "easy" it would be "if" I decided to use my rifle to shoot him or others, incessantly brought up the fact that we were hiking near an airport and school (the school was closed and I live literally 10 feet from the airport fence and shoot in my front yard), and made a point of explaining to the jury that "normal" people don't hunt with and AR-15 (umm, I do!).”

He returned, and the cops told him he would have to make a quick run to Belton to see County Attorney Jim Nichols.

Mr. Nichols demanded that he obtain a court order by having his attorney file a motion showing cause why he should be restored to the possession of his weapons.

“I have the phone conversation recorded where TPD is telling me that Jim Nichols' office said they will only speak to my attorney,” said Sgt. Grisham.

But there's a back story, here, and it emerged today as he answered questions on the Open Carry Texas Facebook site.

In multiple plea bargain offers, the prosecutors suggested he could get his guns back and pay only a small fine if he would only plead guilty. “I don't take the guilty plea,” he replied. They also suggested he could always just leave Bell County to make the entire problem go away.

Grisham wouldn't hear of it.

Asked why he won't consider just going into court with his attorney, he replied, “David, they WANT me to use my attorney so it costs me more money. I'm going to get my guns back without my attorney because I'm not going to play their game. I won't submit to their corporate system.”

He elaborated, saying he intends to approach the media and the Commissioners Court, seeking relief.

“Bell County Attorney Jim Nichols is up to his typical anti-gun agenda. He is refusing to return my firearms to me, in spite of the fact that - according to their own testimony during the trial - this isn't a gun case. TPD said they don't have possession of my guns and I had to call the prosecutors office. However, TPD was told to convey to me that they wouldn't be giving back my guns and that I couldn't demand them back, to have my attorney do that (presumably so they can tell HIM they aren't giving them back). They are still in possession of stolen property: my Kimber .45 Ultra Carry Pro, Blackjack Firearms AR-15 Serial #0003, and my SERPA holster.”

Illini solons clash over unfunded pension woes

Springfield, Ill – Because legislators failed to fully fund state workers' pension funds for decades, the system is in peril of financial collapse.

A Chicago Democrat, Gov. Paul Quinn is in the unenviable position of having to ask legislators today to take action on a drastic plan that doesn't sit well with union bosses in the Windy City, as he convenes a special session today to deal with the coming crisis.

Under the terms of the proposed legislation, the retirement system would:

1. Push back the retirement age for those 45 and younger;
2. Replace annual cost of living increases with partial increases to some benefits;
3. Offer the option of freezing pensions and starting 401K plans;
4. Prevent pension abuses of allowing non-government employees to participate.

In the past, union bosses have been allowed to retire under the system with full benefits, though they are not employed by the state; new hires have been allowed to bank sick time and vacation benefits in order to boost pension payments.

Members of the Service Employees International Union have travelled to Springfield to attend the State Fair, where they are agitating against Gov. Quinn and urging legislators to vote the reform plan down.

It's an illusion that allows you to change the past

How it hit me, that long road to come, and the truth of it

I was in the basement of this building, one December weekend several years ago,  looking at an exhibit of how the displaced people who were shipped away and never heard from again were organized in the camps during the Holocaust.

Why the Grand Lodge of Texas has this museum exhibit only becomes clear when you stop to consider that many hundreds of thousands of Freemasons and suspected Freemasons lost their lives in those camps – based on an accusation or political denunciation by a neighbor, a former employer, a political rival.

They weren't alone. Jews, gypsies, criminals, mentally ill or mentally challenged persons - all met their fate by being worked to death, starved, or murdered as an act of what was seen as political expediency. 

And then it happened, one of those ugly incidents that can make a life take a radical turn, halt, accelerate, do loop-de-loops, or flutter like a panicked flying creature looking for the way out.

Out of nowhere and apropos nothing, this individual in a black cowboy hat strolled up and said, “None of this is true, don't you know, brother?”

Say what?

“These exhibits. They aren't true. No one lost their lives in concentration camps. Never happened.”

News to me. That's when another guy walked up and said, “It's all a lie – a Zionist lie – and it's there to make you believe something that just isn't true.”

Hot, ain't it? That's pressure, the unpleasant kind that makes you sweat, blurs your vision, then sharpens it to an unbelievable acuity, brings your hearing into sharper focus and your senses hyper vigilant, and your mental awareness to a level beyond all reason. I didn't like it.

I walked away, but not before an entire series of images flashed through my mind – the takeover of a radio station on the Czechoslovakian border, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the fact that a vocal – and very loud mouth – minority was propagating the notion that 9/11 was an inside job...Oh, God. What else can you say? No one else can help.

Scary.

In fact, terrifying, to be so confronted in a bastion of liberty like the Masonic Grand Lodge Temple in Waco, Texas.

Within weeks, the second man spoke to the gathering at large at a constituent lodge, saying “They ought to take a rifle and blow that _____'s head off. He was talking about the President of the United States of America. Are you aware of how many people lost their lives following the Kennedy assassination, people who heard something, something as nonsensical as that – just on the spur of a forgotten moment, and then it caught up with them? 

True story. Look it up.

Here's a whole series of 33 videos produced under the name of "dallasgoldbug" that allege that a lot of what has happened on the world scene in regards to terror, political instability, currency destabilization, is actually attributable to the leading families of the world's financial community – yeah, that community - acting in false flag events produced for video and the evening news in advance of actual events. The people who order the treasuries to print the currency, the treasuries to issue the bonds - the folks who clip the coupons, collect the interest, bank the dough, farm the taxes? The globalists? 

Unsettling, to say the least, but it's worth watching because it's happening in real time, and it's going forward now – today. History.

To be sure, it's all been debunked and thoroughly opposed. Like most disputes of this type, it's like walking into the middle of a long, drawn-out family argument, but there it is. One need only click on this link to hear a part of the opposition's rebuttal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4RMvthUPoo

I've seen some major league crazy, but this takes the cake. 

Service union plans one-day fast food strike in 100 cities

New York, NY - According to reports published in “The New York Times,” a major international union is planning strikes this coming Thursday, December 5, in 100 of the nation's major cities against fast food franchises such as McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy's.

The goal: a wage of $15 per hour, which organizers say is necessary to make a living in support of families who depend on that type of employment. Many do not work a full 40-hour week, but are forced to accept diminished schedules of 20 or 25 hours per week due to various pressures exerted upon the employers that are related to benefits and overtime.

In another service industry sector, Wal-Mart workers and employees of federal contractors are fighting for a $15 per hour salary, almost twice the present minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Service Employees International Union is sponsoring the fast food strike through a website called http://fastfoodforward.org

Both retail workers and fast food employees are organizing to strike and to gain the right to form a union without retaliation through a website called http://fightfor15.org/en/

Both organizations say they are looking for sympathy demonstrations or job actions in an estimated additional 100 cities throughout the United States.