Dominique Strauss-Kahn Case Reverses, DSK INNOCENT

It has come to pass that the accuser of Dominique Strauss-Kahn is far from waterproof. Indeed, the word is that Strauss-Kahn's draconian bail restrictions will be taken down tomorrow and that the criminal case against him may be dropped entirely. How pissed is DSK? Oui-Oui. Ha...

The New York prosecutorial team led by Cryrus (sic) Vance is about to eat crow, emu, ostrich and owl. With a side of humble pie! And if the alleger-maid is as untrustworthy and as worthless as suspected, these prosecutors should munch in their embarrassment in the public square of truth. After all, in the event that DSK is not a heinous sex monster, his life has been ruined unfairly by the scandalous show put on in New York City over the last six weeks. Look what happened. DSK...

• was forced to resign his post as the director of the International Monetary Fund
• was effectively removed from running for the Presidency of France
• was humiliated internationally
• was decimated in front of his wife, Anne Sinclair, who is parenthetically an angel

So here's the blub-blub on the accuser, the Guinean housekeeper, who has claimed she was forcibly violated by the Frenchman at the Sofitel NY.

1. She has repeatedly lied to prosecutors.
2. She has links to drug dealing, money laundering and other criminal activities.
3. She was recorded in a conversation with a jailed man about the advantages of pursuing the case against DSK.
4. She was receiving money into her checking account from illegal drug transactions.
5. Her asylum application mentions of a previous rape and genital mutilation are not substantiated.
6. The prosecutors admit that her credibility is severely challenged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/01/nyregion/strauss-kahn-case-seen-as-in-jeopardy.html?hp

Holy cow! Holy cow! The French will be saying things like...

The Americans are idiots.
The Americans rushed to judgement, an unfair judgement.
The American legal system believes an accused is guilty until proven innocent.
Mayor Bloomberg, who went out of his way to humiliate DSK with the public handcuffing photos, is lacking in sensitivity.

And who could blame America's cousins form another genomic match-up?

So what's gonna happen? Some guesses.

1. The criminal charges against DSK will be dropped tomorrow.
2. DSK will plead out to a misdemeanor or less.
3. Bail restrictions will be mostly eliminated. (entirely!!)
4. Anne Sinclair will be declared to be the best wife in the world.
5. DSK's career will resurge. He will win the French Presidential election... Gaul est a kinder, more perceptive place. 

It will come out that DSK was set-up. Surely he will be viewed by some as a stupid, weak and flesh hungry MAN. Like Bill Clinton. Yup, just like Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton is an American hero. Rightly so.

As an aside, what does the room-servicer look like? Sadly for her, if she loses the support of the legal gladiators, she will be filleted, sauteed and braised. Above is a picture of Bella, until a real snap can be added. Just for a visual. Bella is and means pretty.

Oh, Cy Vance needs to be fired or, at least, dressed down. Michael Bloomberg* needs to publicly apologize. The City of New York owes DSK and Anne Sinclair lots of money and the good citizens of the City and State need to pony up the damages. Really New York could never recompense completely. Here's some heart rending lyrics. Just sayin'... 

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!

America! America!
God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

Would an image of the Statute of Liberty be too much? Not forgotten, it was a gift to the USA from France! Nah...

E cosi va

*Michael (Mixmaster) Bloomberg is involved in this situation. He is:

• the Mayor of New York City 
• not a judge, not a prosecutor
• an influential leader
• a man whose actions have international repercussions
• aware that people of different stripes have different sensitivities

The Mayor opined on the handcuffed march (the perp walk) made by DSK. "I think it is humiliating, but if you don't want to do the perp walk, don't do the crime," Keep in mind the French consider the image of person handcuffed as an implication of guilt. The "crime"? Did he mean to say that DSK was guilty of a crime?

Check these out...

http://www.pplume-blog.com/2011/05/anne-and-maria-women-scorned.html

http://www.pplume-blog.com/2011/05/strauss-kahn-trial-by-newsprint.html

http://www.pplume-blog.com/2011/05/strauss-kahn-show-continues.html

http://www.pplume-blog.com/2011/05/anne-sinclair-best.html

http://www.pplume-blog.com/2011/05/dsk-horrific-sex-monster-moves-to.html

UPDATE July 3, 2011

It gets worse. The accuser-maid is a "hooker" according to the Post. She went berserk after DSK wouldn't pay her for an usolicited oral experience. DSK is only guilty of indescretion, NOTHING more!!! http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hotel_maid_got_stiffed_by_dom_4sML8y67I7vcfXEBbTo2UM?utm_campaign=SocialFlowNewYorkPost&utm_source=SFBrooklyn_Paper#ixzz1R3KqvCiN

Update July 5, 2011

DA set to drop charges vs. DSK

Investigator: Dismissal a 'certainty'

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/da_set_to_drop_charges_vs_dsk_RWftbQcr6Xw3clMsm6zNWJ#ixzz1REP9IznC

The case against DSK has fallen into complete disarray. The accuser appears unreliable and worse yet may have her own set of legal issues. At the time of his next hearing in 2 weeks, Mr. Strauss-Kahn will be completely exonerated from criminal action.

In that event...

• Will he run for President of France?
• Will he litigate against NYC, DA Cyrus Vance, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the accuser-maid, the State of NY or the Sofitel Hotel? He, indeed, has a slew of damages.
• Will the IMF return his job to him? Or offer him another like position?
• Will he turn the other cheek?

The American justice system has egg on its face. Apologies and damage control measures need to be implemented. More to come...

Getting Black and White for the 4th

Thursday, the end of June, the cusp of the BIG 4th July summer weekend. Sometimes it's good to be a Yankee. Funny, Brits call Americans Yanks, but do they mean all Americans? Do folks from the South consider being called a Yankee by a Brit an insult? Surely Bostonians must abhor that label, which to them is synonymous with pinstripes.

Well, no matter, the British probably don't like the Fourth of July much anyways. Wonder why? Oh my, people can be so touchy. Touchy, too sensitive that is. Not too touchy-feely, but that can be extra, too. Words can be so ticklish.

In times of patriotic blah, look at a few erotic images. At least that's what they say on the street. Really, for a definite percentage (27% according to poll done at a bustling Walmart Superstore at an undisclosed location) of citizens getting fired up for the Fourth of July is not easy. Rather, the holiday is blah inspiring. Really.

Red, white and blue! Bosh. For those disaffected, it's more like black and white...

Hot dog, INDEED? Yankee doodle DANDY... Yes, please. Cruzin' naturally... cruzin'.

E cosi va

The Angry Grandpa Goes Pecans

I want my pinwheels

Ha-Ha. The Angry Grandpa has caused a veritable run on these Great Value Pecan Sweet Rolls. The here-in-below video has gone viral...

Ok, Ok, it may sound pecans, but before passing judgement, watch this over-the-top YouTube offering a few times. And then it will happen. As if a marijuana induced munch-a-thon has taken hold, the desire to eat a few of these pecan sweet rolls will set in. Ok, Ok, go to Walmart and it will be too bad and too sad. There are no Great Value Pecan Sweet Rolls to score. SOLD OUT!!! Gramps is a marketing phenomenon.

Yummy for sure, look at what's in these delicacies...

Ingredients:

Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Sugar, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Cinnamon, Pecans, Salt, Monoglycerides, Cornstarch, Soy Lecithin, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Cinnamic Aldehyde, Polysorbate 80, Colored With Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto Seed, Eggs, Cellulose Gum, Leavening (Baking Soda), Annatto (Color), Turmeric (Color), Calcium Propionate And Sodium Propionate (To Retard Spoilage). Allergy Warning: Contains Eggs, Pecans, WheatAnd Soy. May Contain Traces Of Coconut And Walnuts.

Searching the cookie and bakery aisle at a local Walmart yields no luck. Niente. Nothing. Long gone are these delectable pecan "pinwheels". Right now, it's just hard to keep them in stock. Asking a floor worker about them, led to a couple of

•  "I dunnos." and
•  a "Yeah, man, those pinwheels are good."

No wonder... with the sort of marketing and advertising push The Angry Grandpa has created for the pseudo faux food phenomena, most everyone will have to wait a bit until they can procure the sweet rolls and a resultant chemical fill. Whee, pecan pinwheelies...

angry dementia or a petard?

The Angry Grandpa Show http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAngryGrandpaShow is a sensation on MTV. The trailer park based stories are loud, crude and American, in distinction to another of that network's smash hits, Jersey Shore. Snicker-Snicker. The disquieting videos offer a respite from unemployment, high food and energy prices and the general blahs. Too bad the old man makes a person with a shred of introspection feel badly. But introspection could be considered a weakness in 2011. It is best avoided. As far as what might be perceived as elder abuse, look askance, the world can be a cruel place.

What if The Angry Grandpa is just an act? Noooooo....

Oh Yeah... And I still want my pinwheels

E cosi va

Save One Finger, Happy July Fourth

Alright, this blog is serious. No joking. No tasty, sexy stuff. Rats! Today's blog has a sole purpose, to wit... to

Save one finger

Yup just one finger, not blown off, not destroyed, not mutilated, not missing. Why the finger? Well, it could be an arm, but why go that way? Yes, it would be a great save, an arm, but a single in lieu of a homer would be fine. A base hit is a base hit.

So here it is... The Fourth of July is upon America. 2011 version. A great day of celebration, a declaratory day of independent action. Red, white and blue. Uncle Sam (he originated in Troy NY), hot dogs, BBQ's and apple pie? Hmm, not sure about the pie, but who gives a fig about apples.

Concordant with the Fourth celebration ARE fireworks. Boom, Boom, OOOOhh, Wow. Indeed, fireworks are as American on the Fourth of July as the red, white and blue, Uncle Sam, hot dogs and BBQ's. Face it, who among the Yanks doesn't like fireworks. Look at these just to whet, get wet and remember.

Problem is....

• there will be around 10,000 of so emergency room visits related to Fourth injuries*
• most of these will involve fireworks
• blown off fingers, hands (usually dominant) and arms are common
• eye injuries are also prevalent, direct burns from lit tips and from over heated gasses
• the sparkler, the ones kids are holding all the time, heats up to 2,000 degrees

Fireworks are sold here and there, some sales legal, some not. Here in NJ, the sale of fireworks is illegal. The Garden Staters are a smart bunch, right? Folks love to buy them and pop them off, so people from NJ cross over to PA to stock up. For the most part, nearly all of the incendiary experiences are without consequence, but sure as shooting, injuries occur. Sure as shooting, yessiree...

Watch Family Guy, Peter Griffin, blow off his hand...

Face it. A blown off finger, hand or arm is a life altering event. Best avoided. Trying to reattach a digit, hand or arm is no small undertaking. Moreover, the reconstructed anatomy is never as good as the original. With all due respect to modern surgery, it isn't auto body work...

So then, how is the finger saving goal to be achieved. Easy, don't minkey around with fireworks. OK, there it is, plain and simple. And keep kids away from matches, mortars, sparklers, cherry bombs and the rest as well. AND do not drink alcohol and minkey with explosives (and weapons and cars for that matter). Alcohol and fireworks are perfect together, that is, if  a disaster is desired. Lastly, let the professionals handle the pyrotechnics. (Funny thing about those professionals, they are often missing parts of their respective anatomies.)

For those, who might come across this blog, please take heed. It would be great if one person contacted me on the fifth to tell me that their finger is just fine. Thank you much, much. Oh, in the meantime, perhaps a glass of milk and slice of apple pie might be a nice touch, touch.

Gotcha, this is a hockey puck contusion.
 It's red,white and blue, too.

E cosi va

*http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/july-fireworks-emergency-rooms-making-preparations/story?id=11076115

Miru Kim Paints Naked Light

Perhaps art cannot be defined with precision. Maybe like pornography, it is recognized when seen. Not labeled, not designated, art simply moves the viewer. And like pornography, like beauty, and like ugly, the essence is in the eyes of the beholder.

My god, a generic one at that, is a likely response to the work of Miru Kim. Born in 1981 in Stoneham MA, she grew up in Korea. Returning to attend Phillips Andover, Columbia and the Pratt Institute, she holds an MFA in painting. But her photography, her nude photography is overwhelming. With images taken in areas of human decrepitude, her primal vitality set against her surroundings both nauseates and exhilarates. On balance, though, hope prevails.  Her work forces introspection from where man has been to where man is going. Look at these images from Naked City Spleen...

Powerful stuff indeed. Miru Kim is a genius with a vision, painting with light, color and shadow. How did she manage to get herself into these vantage points? Is this photoshopping? But no!  Kim has derring-do. Climbing, crawling and wedging herself in places of some consequence and danger. Not afraid of dirt or risk, it's art for art's sake with a twist.

Is art therapy? Well, of course. Not only for the patron and the casual viewer, but also for the artist does the "benefit" of the work accrue. Transcendent art does that. It's visual pharmacy with variable penetrance. Art is so personal.

Besides Naked Spleen, this artist has an incredible photo-essay on pigs. It is entitled The Pig That Therefor I Am. Yup, pigs, for another time and another blog, but here's what she looked like while at work. Sty you!

 E cosi va

Oh here's more. Miru Kim's photographs are like potato chips... More, more, more. One or two or ... are not enough.

Whew!