Conviction Confusion asks THE GoToNegro

Dear GTN,What a depressing day… I just read about another Mother who killed her children then herself…

This is really sad.

But one of the things that jumps out at me is this excerpt:

Texas has seen a number of child killings by mothers in recent years.

Less than five years earlier, another Hudson Oaks family was torn apart when Dee Etta Perez, 39, shot her three children, ages 4, 9 and 10, before killing herself.

Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the family’s Houston bathtub in 2001. In 2003, Deanna Laney beat her two young sons to death with stones in East Texas, and Lisa Ann Diaz drowned her daughters in a Plano bathtub. Dena Schlosser fatally severed her 10-month-old daughter’s arms with a kitchen knife in 2004.

All four of those women were found innocent by reason of insanity. Yates initially was convicted of capital murder, but that verdict was overturned on appeal.

Now why is it that these women are not GUILTY. These women killed their damn children, one would think is ULTIMATELY EVIL. Were these women rich? Did they get Johnny Cochran (sp?) as their Lawyer?

How come people who do evil shit like this get off? And normal-hard-working good people can be in the wrong place at the wrong time… and have to serve jail time for something so menial, or because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.

…I dont understand our legal system (or people for that matter).

 

Can You Explain?

 

 

Signed Conviction Confusion

 

 

Dear Naive Nelly,

After today’s redirection from prison to house arrest of one Ms. Whorebag Hilton, you still believe there is any “justice” in our legal system!?!?

Well honey, then I got some property to sell you, and don’t worry about it being under water, I’ll have that cleaned up before closing….TRUST ME!

 The above mentioned stories I believe all happened in Texas, HEART of the Bible belt. I also believe most of these woman claimed that GOD himself told them to kill said children. So of course they can not be held responsible for their actions. These poor delusional women just got too caught up in their faith and became misguided, which resulted in some collateral damage. Even our President understands how a message from God can result in youthful collateral damage, so why wouldn’t usually hangin’ Texas Judges and juries. They are all God fearin’ people themselves.

 I mean it’s not unreasonable to think that God may have asked for these miniature executions. Read the Old Testament, the G-man was always ordering deaths and wars to be carried out in his name; why should modern times be any different!?!? The Lord is nothing if not consistent….Unless you then read the New Testament, where he contradicts much of the old doctrine but hey who are we to question…

 Anyhoo, for future reference if you want to commit a crime, claim God as your co-pilot or get a makeover just before entering jail.

 

Send YOUR questions to: thegotonegro@yahoo.com

Send me your comments..Good, bad, silly, sarcastic. I want to hear what YOU have to say!

 

Sette giorni per chi ama la bicicletta

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Raduno, libro e pedalata notturna per promuovere le due ruote. E Ciclobby prepara il censimento.

[...] A Milano, la mattina del 17 settembre[...] Lo stesso giorno alla libreria Hoepli sarà presentato il libro «Evviva Milano in bici» di Anna Pavan: ventidue curiosi itinerari in bici alla scoperta di Milano (via Hoepli 5, ingresso libero).

Uno di questi percorsi potrà essere sperimentato la sera del 21 settembre in compagnia dell’autrice: il ritrovo è alle 20.30 in piazza Sant’Eustorgio, da dove si partirà per una pedalata notturna di un paio d’ore alla scoperta di quelli che la Pavan definisce «i finti castelli di Milano» (partecipazione gratuita).

L’associazione Ciclobby effettuerà per l’occasione il censimento dei ciclisti: il 23 settembre quasi cento volontari posizionati lungo la cerchia dei Naviglia conteranno le bici di passaggio. E per la prima volta sarà valutata anche la presenza di due ruote legate al servizio di bike sharing del Comune. Altri appuntamenti su www.ciclobby.it.

Da Corriere.it la notizia qui…

Paris Hilton Got Booed Off Stage!!!!

AHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!

Paris Hilton was booed off stage in Italy. It seems that Paris didn’t have such a great trip to Europe this time…she ticked off the Germans and the Italians. Does Parisknow who she is messing with?

From Pink News:

The socialite appeared at Join the Gap, which was organised by gay rights group Arcigay at the Borgo del Tempo Perso club in Milan.

While on stage with a drag queen host, she was told about the recent spate of homophobic attacks in the country.

Hilton replied: “That is not hot and it’s mean and wrong and I love and support you guys and I hope people stop people mean.”

However, when asked to hold up a non-political sign saying Stop Homophobia, she ignored the host and called for the music to begin.

When the host explained to the crowd in Italian she was refusing to hold the sign, she was booed off stage.

Oh, Paris! It was just a sign, and a simple one at that. Maybe she didn’t understand? But then, she didn’t come out of her hotel room for reasons unknown, so maybe something else is going on here. Paris did take a picture of the sign and put it on her Twitter page.

The Entertation Index: September 14

Black, Jack – The frenetic comedian from School of Rock and Tenacious D is spotted tootling around NYC carrying a giant axe.  Perhaps he was paying a visit to his agent for recommending he star in Year One.

Link: Black With Axe (Gawker)

Brown, Dan – The super-best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code has just released his new book, “The Lost Symbol.”  Without even reading it, you can expect atrocious, completely unnatural dialogue; a ridiculously mulleted, impossibly resourceful Indiana Jones clone; and mind-bender puzzles you might find by googling “folded $20 bill.”

Link: The Lost Symbol Released (NY Times)

Fox, Megan – It looks like our TBTS favorite once again generated headlines when she compared Transformers director Michael Bay, on set at least, to Hitler.  In defense of Bay, three anonymous Transformers crew members wrote a lengthy response absolutely lambasting Fox.  Bay himself posted a short piece trying to defuse the situation.  As of today, no rebuttal from Fox.  Check out the link; it’s worth the read.  This one’s only going to get better.

Link: Megan Fox Back-and-Forth (Huffington Post)

Hilton, Paris — Socialite, celebutante, debutite, and socialante Paris Hilton had the following quote considered something enough to be entered into the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations: “Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in.”  Since Paris’ lofty observation got in, next year I can expect to have accepted my exclamations “%$#!^” and “God, I swear to you I’ll never drink again if you just get me through this” after a night of whiskey shots at McCarthy’s.  See you at the awards ceremony!

Link: Paris Hilton in Oxford Dictionary of Quotation (Sky)

VH1, Reality TV Shows On – Insiders at VH1 say that, after one of their reality show contestants (Ryan Jenkins) murdered his wife (Jasmine Fiore), they’ll “chill on the crazies” for a while by running shows featuring more celebrities and fewer random people.  To anyone who has ever watched reality TV, especially VH1 programming, showcasing more celebrities will not achieve their goal of “chilling on the crazies.”

Link: VH1 Toning It Down (NY Post)

Willis, Rumer – The 21-year-old daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore tells People magazine that she celebrated her 16th birthday at Ashton Kutcher’s place, who at the time was 26.  It must have been weird to have to say, “no, future stepdad in my same age cohort, I will not shotgun a beer with you.”

Link: Rumer Willis Trivia (People)

Paris Hilton now a part of Oxford Dictionary of Quotes

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has joined the rank of intellectuals like Confucius and Oscar Wilde with her philosophical musings which http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/images/Paris.JPGhave been made a part of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotes.

Her take on life, “Dress cute wherever you go, life is too short to blend in”, will stand alongside words from world famous thinkers and philosophers, reported Daily Mail online.

The reality TV star’s words are among the 20,000 new quotations to enter the seventh edition of the prestigious tome including US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s infamous quote, “What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull? Lipstick.”

Others come from the likes of Stephen Hawking, Aung San Suu Kyi and US president Barack Obama who found a place in the dictionary’s 65th edition with the line, “The arc of history is long but it bends towards justice.”

“Anything quoted today, verbally or “written” in electronic-form, can be and probably will be encountered by people all over the globe. The new edition of the dictionary reflects the impact of these changes,” said the dictionary’s editor-Elizabeth Knowles.

Hilton who is best known for her wild lifestyle and a leaked sex tape may have reacted to the good news with another of her favourite catch phrases, “That’s Hot”.

Source: http://tr.im/yoMH

The blonde beauty had earlier sued greeting card company Hallmark for using the catch phrase without her permission.

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Big Bang FILA Pictures

So I was browsing Fila’s website to look for 2NE1 updates about their Fila endorsements. The girls aren’t featured yet, but I stumbled on Big Bang’s Fila corner instead. I saw these pictures and I love it. These are adorable pictures. So I thought I would share these babies to you. Big Bang endorsed Fila’s Summer collection. And if I’m not mistaken, 2NE1 will be endorsing Fila’s Winter collection. That makes pretty sense why the girls are not featured on the website yet. And oh, you know that socialite Paris Hilton? Yeah, she’s endorsing Fila’s Fall collection.

Click thumbnail to enlarge picture.

G-Dragon

T.O.P.

TaeYang

DaeSung

SeungRi

CREDITS: Thanks to fila.co.kr for these cute pictures.

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Michael Jackson será a celebridade que vai faturar mais em 2010

Mesmo morto, rei do pop é aposta dos analistas de mercado para fazer mais de US$ 200 milhões no próximo ano, acima de Ronaldo e dos Beckhams

O cantor Michael Jackson, durante anúncio de sua turnê mundial 2009: shows em Londres que nunca aconteceram

Mesmo depois de ser devidamente enterrado, o cantor norte-americano Michael Jackson continuará sendo a celebridade a faturar mais como marca em 2010. A aposta é dos analistas de mercado britânico, que elegeram Michael o “mais valorizado” de uma lista de 20 celebridades com poder para movimentar as caixas registradoras no país.

O ranking inclui o cantor Elvis Presley, o ator Heath Ledger (o Coringa de Batman) e a vencedora do Big Brother, Jade Goody, todos falecidos.

Morto aos 50 anos, a imagem de Jackson tem potencial para vender de roupas e acessórios até bonecos e chaveiros, ampliando uma já lucrativa linha comercial que deve perdurar com os anos.

A lista traz ainda os atores Daniel Radcliffe e Emma Watson, de “Harry Potter”, cantoras pop como Lady GaGa e Britney Spears, o ator Robert Pattinson, o vampiro de “Twilight”, a herdeira e empresária Paris Hilton, e esportistas como o corredor de Fórmula 1, Lewis Hamilton.

A previsão foi feita por mil especialistas em licenciamento e branding, os maiores da Europa, que se reunirão para o evento Brand Licensing em Londres no final deste mês.

Segundo Ciarán Coyle, diretor do Beanstalk Group, “os herdeiros de Michael Jackson poderiam faturar de US$150 milhões a mais de US$ 200 milhões em royalties de licenciamento de 2010”.

“A imagem de Michael e seu legado estão licenciados para qualquer tipo de produto, de moedas a roupas, livros e até bichinhos de pelúcia”, disse Coyle ao jornal inglês The daily Telegraph.

“Para se entender melhor as coisas, a marca Elvis faturou US$ 45 milhões no ano passado e só uma pequena parte disso veio de acordos de licenciamento”.

“O motivo pelo qual Michael Jackson continuará faturando como uma marca licenciada é que ele tinha fama e uma ligação muito forte com seus potenciais consumidores”, garante.

20 Maiores Marcas de Celebridades para 2010 * Posição Celebridade 1 Michael Jackson 2 Cristiano Ronaldo 3 Lady GaGa 4 Emma Watson 5 Daniel Radcliffe 6 David e Victoria Beckham 7 Lewis Hamilton 8 Robert Pattinson 9 Elvis Presley 10 Britney Spears 11 Katy Perry 12 Andy Murray 13 Usain Bolt 14 Jenson Button 15 Kate Moss 16 Katie Price 17 Jamie Oliver 18 Paris Hilton 19 Heath Ledger 20 Jade Goody *Brand Licensing

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Is the iPhone really the Paris Hilton of mobile phones?

Photo: parishilton.com

“iPhone makes for worldwide loss” reads the headline in Sunday’s Guardian, whose editors apparently missed the flurry of similar pieces that appeared three weeks earlier.

“Telcom operators hurt selling iPhones” was how Reuters handled the story, back on Aug. 17. “Who’s screwing who? (sic)” asked Shanzai.com the next day. And from ITWire.com: “iPhone — The Paris Hilton of mobile phones?”

That last one actually dates from Dec. 5, 2008, when the report from Strand Consult that coined the Paris Hilton metaphor first appeared.

In fact, all the iPhone-is-bad-for-carriers stories that have turned up in the trade press since the third week of August — and we counted at least a half-dozen — stemmed from the same nine-month old Strand press release: “iPhone – an operators worst friend.”

The money quote in that provocative report, picked up by every reporter who stumbled across it this year and last:

“Our research shows that there is not one single Apple partner in the world among the mobile operators that has increased their overall turnover, profit and market share due to the iPhone.” — John Strand

Does John Strand, the Danish CEO of Strand Consult, know something that the carriers who are fighting to get their hands on the iPhone — or desperately trying to hold on to their exclusivity deals with Apple (AAPL) — don’t?

Before we meet Mr. Strand, let’s take a look at what some of the carriers are saying. From AT&T’s (T) Q2 earnings call:

“The day of the [iPhone 3GS] launch was the best sales day ever for our AT&T retail stores and our website, att.com, had its largest order day ever…

“For the full second quarter, AT&T iPhone activations totaled more than 2.4 million. 35% of those activations were for customers who were new to AT&T. Better than half of the upgrades previously had no data plan. Better than 80% of the upgrades were from a non-iPhone device or a 2G iPhone, increasing ARPU [average revenue per unit] and in the case of 2G upgrades, eliminating our revenue share with Apple…

“And the iPhone subscriber characteristics continue to be terrific. ARPUs are significantly above our post-paid average, churn is much lower, recurring margins continue to be high and our iPhone customers continue to have very strong MPVs.”

AT&T has made similar comments every quarter since the iPhone launched. And AT&T is not alone. On Monday, Reuters reported that Softbank — Japan’s No. 3 carrier and the iPhone’s exclusive carrier there — once again passed No. 1 DoCoMo in the number of new subscribers it signed up in August.

We don’t pretend to have the expertise of John Strand — who has been covering the industry for 14 years and has, as you are about to hear, never made a mistake — but we wonder whether carriers might make more money from getting and holding new subscribers than they make from iPhone sales.

Anyway, here’s Strand in his own words, speaking to a reporter from Mobile Industry Review outside the Nokia booth at February’s World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. He’s got an unique take on the App Store (there’s nothing new there, he says) and he can’t resist using that Paris Hilton line one more time.

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New! 50 Cent - Flight 187

Today I was in downtown Toronto, on foot of course. I was crossing a street when I overheard some 50 Cent from a nearby car. I looked into the direction of where the noise was coming from only to see a Hyundai blasting “Ok, You’re Right”. I was at first happy to be hearing one of my favorite 50 songs, but disappointed at the same time that some guy in a Hyundai, thought it would be the shit to roll all his windows down, and stick his arm out. It pissed me off a tiny bit. Besides that, this song came out and I’m into it.

50 Cent – Flight 187

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MISS ITALIA 2009 - PER MILLY CARLUCCI, PARIS HILTON HA TALENTO! ANCHE PER BALLARE?

“Miss Italia 2009”, è ormai alle porte e  le voci e indiscrezioni sulla manifestazione, si rincorrono di ora in ora. Tra ragazze autoescluse ed  altre oggetto di polemiche per foto di nudo, a far discutere è la presenza come super ospite di Paris Hilton. La ricca ereditiera, nota a livello internazionale, esclusivamente per le sue fortune economiche e i suoi scandali veri o presunti, sarà infatti, presente alla serata inaugurale del concorso. Una  presenza, peraltro finanziata da denaro pubblico, della quale onestamente si potrebbe far volentieri a meno; Ancor di più se si considera, che lo slogan dell’edizione in corso e tutta l’impostazione della manifestazione, proprio quest’anno è basata sul talento. Le numerose critiche arrivate in quel di Salsomaggiore, hanno da subito coinvolto la conduttrice  Milly Carlucci, che difende a spada tratta  la scelta di invitare la Hilton.

Miss Italia non ha intenti didattici e la presenza della Hilton non e’ un invito a prenderla ad esempio o meno. Se l’abbiamo invitata e’ perche’ obiettivamente lei fa tendenza. Al di la’ delle apparenze, e’ un’imprenditrice capace, una persona che sa risorgere da fatti anche distruttivi.

E si, ormai la Carlucci vede talento ovunque. Se già lo slogan “la bellezza è un talento”, lascia al quanto desiderare, visto che l’avvenenza fisica, al massimo potrebbe essere considerata una fortuna; Ora ci tocca sentir dire, che saper vendere la propria immagine, tra feste mondane, sbronze e scandali vari, rappresenta un’ottima strategia imprenditoriale. Con buona pace della Famiglia Agnelli, che del riserbo e discretezza, ne ha, salvo qualche avventura in casa Helkann, fatto da sempre, simbolo di distinzione. Probabilmente però, gli Agnelli, i Barilla e tanti altri artefici di veri e propri imperi, sono nulla rispetto alla grande imprenditrice Hilton.La Carlucci, vede l’ereditiera risorgere, non si sa se in un sepolcro come Cristo o dalle ceneri, come l’Araba fenice. Chissà, che tra i tanti talenti di questa ragazza, la conduttrice, non trovi anche quello del ballo. Del resto, è di qualche giorno fa l’annuncio fatto dalla stessa Hilton, nel quale dichiara di aver ricevuto proposte per partecipare ad un importante reality italiano. Che l’ospitata a “Miss Italia”, faccia parte di un pacchetto confezionato dalla Carlucci e dal suo alter ego Massimo Romeo Piparo, autore e curatore oltre che del concorso anche dello show “Ballando con le stelle”?

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Lästern ist angesagt

Inspiriert von der visuellen  Hassliste auf sueddeutsche.de, Bilder auch davon geklaut;-)

Ticker: Bilder reichen nicht – LÄSTERN ist angesagt

Es ist doch irgendwie immer das Gleiche.

Ein neuer Trend!Waaaa…alle rennen los und essen es, trinken es,ziehen es an, gucken es, sprechen über es…in der Regel aber auf jeden Fall immer:

KAUFEN ES!

Du noch nicht?

Es ist ja soo toll…innovativ ..cool..sinnlos, aber soooo süss….bequem…

praktisch…whatever

Und ganz toll ist es, wenn es die anderen noch nicht kenne. Wenn sich der hinter mir an der Schlange fragt:

Was zur Hölle wird da bestellt?

D s ch ei-Latte-to-go???? Ei, Latte, Igitt!

Um dann kurz darauf zu erkennen , wie furchtbar er doch dem Trend hinterherhinkt, da der hinter ihm auch eine

Dschei-Latte-to-go-spicy-flavored bestellt!

Da hilft nur:

Nerd-Brille auf und: Das muss ich mal Googeln. Muss furchtbar 2001 sein, wenn ich das nicht kenne.

Aber wieso wollen wir es alle, um dann zu sagen, dass wir es furchtbar finden?

Oder besitzen wir es gar nicht und sind nur die Trend 2.0-Gruppe, 2.0 wird auch absolut überstrapaziert,  die dann unheimlich cool ist, weil sie diese Crocs niemals angezogen hätte?

Ich bitte dich. Noch ein Eimer und ne Harke in die Hand und ich kann mich als Gartenzwerg in den Vorgarten meines Nachbarn stellen, tssss…Crocs.

Krokodil nur als Handtasche…Hahahahahaa. Seit wann ist praktisch en vogue? Ist ja wohl eher en Sofa!

Das würde bedeuten, es gibt eine Gruppe, die sogenannte Werbezielgruppe, die eifrig konsumiert, um dann irgendwann blöd dazustehen mit ihren Crocs, der Nerd-Brille und einer Chai-Latte-to-go in der Hand.

Und die andere Gruppe, die vermutlich mehr Wert auf gute Bücher legt oder so, die dann irgendwann behaupten kann, sie wäre retro und somit wieder furchtbar “in”.

Dazwischen sind auch noch die, die erstmal alles blöd finden, sich dann aber doch fügen. Sozusagen die Trend-Schläfer. Die kaufen sich die Sachen dann wenn sie billiger sind, nur um dann zu sagen:

Nee, den normalen Preis hätte ich dafür natürlich nicht gezahlt.

Vielleicht doch mehr die Trend-Weicheier.

Aber keine Hassliste ohne Hass. Da wären wir bei Ed Hardy.  Ed Hardy kills my Augenlicht, wie es in der Studi-VZ-Gruppe heißt. Neeeiin, das ist kein Neid, weil ich mir diese geschmackvollen 200-Euro-Shirts und Käppis nicht leisten kann. Wenn ich 200-Euro übrig hätte, würde ich mir lieber ein Lukas-Podolski-Konterfei auf den Rücken tätowieren lassen, als diese unglaublich hässlichen Motive so nah an meinem Körper zu tragen!

Außerdem erinnert mich dieser Name immer an Eis. Ed von Schleck…und da sind wir doch auch schon wieder bei einer

der Hauptsupporterinnen von Christian Audigier…da Paris Hilton…sucks…

Ich frage mich schon lange, ob die völlige Überlagerung von schrillen Motiven auf kreischenden Mustern auf das Denkvermögen Einfluss hat. Ich meine, bis ich die gesamte Geschmacklosigkeit mit meinem Sehnerv erfasst und es dann an mein zentrales Nervensystem weitergegeben hab…natürlich hat mein Hirn da keinerlei Kapazitäten mehr frei. Ed Hardy hat das erkannt und versucht nun verzweifelt so schnell wie möglich wirklich jedem erdenklichenen  Gegenstand sein Dessin zu verpassen, damit er endlich wieder mit der Menschheit auf einer Wellenlänge ist.

G o o o oo od Mo o o Go o od Mooo orn…Go o od Mo ornin`! My ..my nam..my name is Ed!

Ni ..nice.. to ..to m e e ..to meet..yo ..yo..you, Ed!

Aber ist Neid vielleicht das Stichwort? Teilen Trends nicht auch immer die Menschen in die, die es tragen können…LEGGINGS…und die, die es nicht tragen oder vielleicht auch nicht finanzieren können? Und Leggings kann nicht jeder tragen..vielleicht in der Einkaufstasche mit sich rum…aber nicht als Beingewand..in manchen Fällen dann auch Beingewinde. Vielleicht schürt das den Hass.

Umso schöner wenn er dann endlich raus kann. Lästern wird wohl nie aus der Mode kommen, solange die Mode so wichtig ist.

Übrigens ich füge noch etwas hinzu, was ich nicht mehr sehen kann:

Dünne schwarze Krawatten, die sagen sollen: Mann bin ich nonkonform, jugendlich und kreativ!

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/507/485928/bilder/?img=0.0

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