Dan Gould

Will they provide a second limo for his ego?

We have Planned Parenthood for that.

You mean I am not the only one who says that as a catcher he makes a fine DH?

I recall a few trying to disparage his support for jazz/jazz artists. Was there one shedding light on this particular aspect of Cos?

And that his wife is bat-shit crazy.

I suggest that you take a look thru these excerpts from his deposition: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bill-cosby-quaalude-deposition-excerpts-20160523-snap-story.html There are flat up statements without any consent, or clear statement that he says these are ludes. I give her quaaludes. We then have sex. Q: When you got the quaaludes, was it in your mind that you were going to use these quaaludes for young women that you wanted to have sex with? A: Yes. I know he claims that he was always straight up with women but that's an extremely questionable claim on his part. Also Kevin I believe that if the victim said what was alleged, it was a generalized 'celebrity' not "I'm going to lie about Bill Cosby".

Also that they thought the probative value outweighed the potential for prejudice against him. To me the problem for an appeal is that the "he was convicted for another bad act, not the one he was charged with" is kind of ludicrous. Women testified about their experiences with Cosby, and the prosecution pointed out all the ways it supports, as a pattern or MO, the actual victim's experience. And, the defense got to try to tear down their credibility with a lot of vicious attacks on all of them iirc. His better avenue for appeal is the usage of the sworn deposition which Cosby believed was given with the understanding it could not be used in a criminal trial but ultimately was.

The last trial ended in a hung jury. I don't know how a witness gets specific credit for preventing the jury from reaching a decision. In this trial, both sides put on a better case. The defense was able to elicit the testimony that the accuser had told her that she would make a lot of money by concocting a false claim of assault against a celebrity. She was excluded in the first trial when the accuser denied knowing her. New evidence of at least a passing acquaintanceship was enough to get her testimony in this time. And, as you mention, the prosecution got testimony of other accusers, all of whom described a similar pattern of behavior by Cosby and the judge allowed. I'd also like to point out that at least one juror has stated that Cosby sunk himself when he acknowledged using quaaludes to drug women prior to sexual encounters.

but per her statement, he's totally not guilty and the victim of mob justice and an incredibly far-reaching conspiracy. And wtf are the witnesses the judge didn't allow to testify on Cosby's behalf? I heard of none and it would take a hell of an argument to prevent a defendant from putting on his defense. Totally unlike the effort to get the five other victims in for forming a pattern/m.o.

The Official Statement From Camille O. Cosby. “We the people” are the first three words of our nation’s Constitution, but who were those people in 1787? Dr. Howard Zinn, the renowned, honest historian, states in his best selling book, A People’s History of the United States: “The majority of the 55 men who framed the Constitution were men of wealth in land, slaves, manufacturing or shipping.” Clearly, most people were not included in that original draft of the Constitution; no women, Native Americans, poor white men; and, absolutely, no enslaved Africans. What have the masses of people done who are treated as outcasts by “we the people”? They, through the purity of the unceasing human spirit, forced 27 amendments to the Constitution that have guaranteed fundamental rights to all people…finally doing what the framers should have done in 1787. Now enters an American citizen, Bill Cosby. The overall media, with their frenzied, relentless demonization of him and unquestioning acceptance of accusers’ allegations without any attendant proof, have superseded the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, which guarantee due process and equal protection, and thereby eliminated the possibility of a fair trial and unbiased jury. Bill Cosby was labelled as guilty because the media and accusers said so… period. And the media ensured the dissemination of that propaganda by establishing barricades preventing the dissemination of the truth in violation of the protections of the First Amendment. Are the media now the people’s judges and juries? Since when are all accusers truthful? History disproves that…for example, Emmett Till’s accuser immediately comes to mind. In 1955, she testified before a jury of white men in a Mississippi courtroom that a 14-year-old African American boy had sexually assaulted her, only to later admit several decades later in 2008 that her testimony was false. A more recent example is the case of Darryl Hunt, an African American who in 1984 was wrongfully convicted for the rape and murder of a white woman, only to have DNA evidence establish in 1994 that he did not commit the crime. Nonetheless he was held in prison until 2004, serving almost twenty years behind bars, until the true rapist confessed to the crimes. These are just two of many tragic instances of our justice system utterly and routinely failing to protect African Americans falsely accused in so-called courts of law and the entirely unfair court of public opinion. In the case of Bill Cosby, unproven accusations evolved into lynch mobs, who publicly and privately coerced cancellations of Bill Cosby’s scheduled performances; syndications of “The Cosby Show”; rescissions of honorary degrees and a vindictive attempt to close an exhibition of our collection of African American art in the Smithsonian Museum of African Art. Although the Smithsonian’s hierarchy did not capitulate, a disclaimer was posted on the exterior of that Museum. And all of that occurred before the trial even started. The worst injustices, however, have been carried out in the Pennsylvania Montgomery County Courthouse. Three criminal charges, promised during an unethical campaign for the district attorney’s office, were filed against my husband…all based on what I believe to be a falsified account by the newly elected district attorney’s key witness. I firmly believe her recent testimony during trial was perjured; as was shown at trial, it was unsupported by any evidence and riddled with innumerable, dishonest contradictions. Moreover, Bill Cosby’s defense team introduced the testimony of a witness who confirmed that the district attorney’s witness admitted that she had not been sexually assaulted, but that she could say she was and get money … which is exactly what she did. I am publicly asking for a criminal investigation of that district attorney and his cohorts. This is a homogeneous group of exploitive and corrupt people, whose primary purpose is to advance themselves professionally and economically at the expense of Mr. Cosby’s life. If they can do this to Mr. Cosby, they can do so to anyone. How much longer will we, the majority of the people, tolerate judicial, executive, legislative, media and corporate abuses of power? We, the majority of the people, must make America what it has declared itself to be….a democracy…not to be destroyed by vicious, lying, self-absorbed paradigms of evilness. Once again, an innocent person has been found guilty based on an unthinking, unquestioning, unconstitutional frenzy propagated by the media and allowed to play out in a supposed court of law. This is mob justice, not real justice. This tragedy must be undone not just for Bill Cosby, but for the country. I wish to thank the witnesses who courageously came forward at trial to testify as to the truth, as well as those witnesses who would have done so but for the judge preventing them from testifying. Someday the truth will prevail, it always does. ************************************************************* Part of me wants Cosby to serve time because of his wife. She's freaking nuts and I think she knows all about his proclivities.

Montgomery out up to two months.

Florida Statutes provide an exemption from garnishment of earnings payable to a head of household whether denominated as wages, salary, commission, or bonus. For a debtor to qualify as a head of household, he must provide more than half of the financial support for another person to whom he has either a legal or moral obligation of support. The supported person may be a child or an adult, and the supported person need not reside in the debtor’s homestead.

Well we haven't done so (not a lot of extra cash lying around) but a week or so ago Susan was served with the Credit Union's lawsuit papers. She's consulted an attorney and he advised that their communication with people in her company is absolutely a violation of the Federal credit/collections rules and that it could be used as leverage to reduce the ultimate settlement of her debt. However they recommended communicating with their attorneys about a payment plan. Given their refusal to discuss a payment plan months ago I don't see that as going very far. She did find out that since she makes more than me, as "head of household" she is protected from any garnishment of wages. This makes me strongly suspect that their refusal to discuss the matter was predicated in the antiquated belief that wives make less than husbands and that this would work in their favor once a judgement is won.

For its first releases under new ownership, Delmark will release a blues anthology marking the label’s 65th anniversary; a recording featuring Volcano Radar with reedist and NEA Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera; an album spotlighting esteemed Chicago guitarist Fareed Haque; a collection of previously unreleased recordings by avant-garde jazz icon Sun Ra; and what’s being billed as a “surprise” recording. That will get some people's attention round here.

Well I slipped this to the top of the pile and must report the sound is at minimum decent and the playing is topnotch.

Supposedly not. It arrived yesterday; I am a little concerned about sound quality as jazzmessengers listing says "pretty good" which doesn't strike me as a ringing endorsement. I should be able to report back by tomorrow.

If Verlander credits his pitching coach, fine. But I don't think he needed help given his track record.

Sorry to hear this Paul. He sounds like a very cool cat, gone too soon.

Try again Steve. Michael has been clear for a long time that downloads have never been allowed by any rights holder.

Thanks for the lead on that. Always love me some Kenny Drew so this was a no-brainer.

Happy Birthday Organissimo co-founder emeritus Joe Gloss!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2018!

Fuck the Yankees.