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Forum: Trials and Errors 9th September 2019, 02:22 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 827
Posted By desmirelle
Wrong, he threw the urine (which was in a...

Wrong, he threw the urine (which was in a container) onto the prosecutor. While some got into the prosecutor's mouth, there is nothing saying the convict had it in his mouth, which would be the only...
Forum: Education 29th June 2019, 09:13 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 4,431
Posted By desmirelle
I had PTSD before I moved in 10 years ago to care...

I had PTSD before I moved in 10 years ago to care for my father (macular degeneration and dementia). After he died in 2017, I had no appetite for reading (or writing). I took up jigsaw puzzles...
Forum: USA Politics 7th May 2019, 01:50 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 3,691
Posted By desmirelle
Okay, I should have said staggering and being...

Okay, I should have said staggering and being helped into vehicles on more than one occasion, some shown on Network news (from the left and right). Some reported in print. But if she's unable to...
Forum: USA Politics 6th May 2019, 11:05 PM
Replies: 102
Views: 3,691
Posted By desmirelle
A tax return will tell you how good his...

A tax return will tell you how good his accountant is. So, what's that gonna do? I'm gonna hire that candidate's accountant next year so I get a better refund?

I wanna see MEDICAL records - that...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th April 2019, 11:52 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
You were right the first time

Henri is not playing with us. Drivel, repetition of the same inaccurate statements, and insistence on denying the actual evidence are the best he can do. I hate to tell you this, but this is the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th April 2019, 03:31 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
The only thing Helena said with more consistency...

The only thing Helena said with more consistency than "I don't remember what I did that night, I was high" was: "I wasn't wearing my wig that night because my boo didn't like it" and, yeah, I'm...
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th February 2019, 02:07 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Sort of: the purpose of telling a witness to...

Sort of: the purpose of telling a witness to answer only the question that is asked is multi-purpose. It avoids irrelevancies or incidents that have been ruled inadmissbile ("She turned away and I...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th February 2019, 08:39 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
The only thing close to funny is your apparently...

The only thing close to funny is your apparently inability to understand, mentally grasp or comprehend the facts while insisting your man crush is innocent based upon his own say-so.

You have...
Forum: Trials and Errors 24th February 2019, 10:25 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Yes, you are, the vast majority of the time. But...

Yes, you are, the vast majority of the time. But we're used to it from you.:)
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd February 2019, 04:08 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
In order for someone outside the participants in...

In order for someone outside the participants in an argument could determine if it was "violent" was to be watching it. Verbal arguments can be considered violent/abusive, your man crush didn't have...
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd February 2019, 10:35 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Yeah, right.

Hilighted: Yeah, I bet it was Colette's name he screamed out as he climaxed while committing adultery with a woman other than his wife. {That's sarcasm, because if I don't point it out, you'll take...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th February 2019, 08:17 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
The point you don't get is Jeffrey Macdonald...

The point you don't get is Jeffrey Macdonald slaughtered his wife and children on 17 February 1970 and no amount of name-calling and mud-slinging from him, you and any other poor soul taken in by the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 7th February 2019, 04:55 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Inquiring Minds Want To Know!

Come on, Henri, answer the damn questions.
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th January 2019, 04:55 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Henri: I bet you're actually surprised...

Henri:

I bet you're actually surprised you're getting nowhere on this dead horse. For the record, the only true things I have ever heard your favorite American criminal say are: He was an Army...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th January 2019, 12:13 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Then you must be as happy as you can possibly be....

Then you must be as happy as you can possibly be. Your heart must be pumping so hard it might explode! After a bajillion trips to court, your favorite Americans inmate has had more seemed and seen...
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th January 2019, 04:42 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Yawn. That song is so bad and Henri sings it so...

Yawn. That song is so bad and Henri sings it so off-key and so often that it's become BORING.
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th January 2019, 04:54 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
No, you've been on enough boards with me to...

No, you've been on enough boards with me to expect that one.
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th January 2019, 11:21 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Liar. No Sharia law has ever been applied in the...

Liar. No Sharia law has ever been applied in the Jeffrey Macdonald case and you know it. The closest thing to religion in this case happened well before the trial, when Colette and her daughters...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th December 2018, 12:05 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,517
Posted By desmirelle
If (as reported) she threatened to "destroy" the...

If (as reported) she threatened to "destroy" the restaurant on social media and then went on Facebook and made the allegations she did, she told them she was going to libel them and then did so. ...
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th December 2018, 11:52 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Definitely you, try doing what I suggested: read...

Definitely you, try doing what I suggested: read the ENTIRE opinion, ALL the words, IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE WRITTEN.

Jeffrey Macdonald (forget Bost) now admits the hair in Colette's hand IS...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th December 2018, 12:46 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
I musta hit a nerve, Henri(etta) never replied to...

I musta hit a nerve, Henri(etta) never replied to my pointing out that the pajama bottoms as fiber sources was addressed and that Macdonald, realizing he can't change his DNA, changed his story...
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th December 2018, 06:53 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Perhaps a Reading for Comprehension Course?

Obviously, Henri(etta) either did not read the opinion (my guess) or he did not understand what he read.

The final opinion of the court DID mention the pajama bottom fibers. As in, why there...
Forum: Trials and Errors 19th December 2018, 04:50 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,828
Posted By desmirelle
Cruz was reported to the police - but, as any...

Cruz was reported to the police - but, as any woman who's tried to file a restraining order against an ex will tell you, police say until he does something criminal, we can't act.

Why aren't...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th November 2018, 12:53 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Thumbs down I read it so no one has to. It's a...

I read it so no one has to. It's a pro-macdonald/pro-Errol morris piece with the quote taken out of context, like it's amazing that Wade Smith has forgotten a particular witness' precise wording...
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th November 2018, 02:05 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Much like your posts, which - I suspect - is part...

Much like your posts, which - I suspect - is part of it's appeal for you. I noted that the fact that Proctor and Dupree were NOT related at the time Dupree took the case is ignored (the lack of...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th November 2018, 12:59 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
The story as you have always understood it has...

The story as you have always understood it has never had anything to do with the facts of the case, McPhee. That Macdonald's best friend testified that Mac was looking for the ice pick meant the ice...
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th November 2018, 02:06 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Henri(etta): Damn near everyone who owned a...

Henri(etta):

Damn near everyone who owned a freezer owned an icepick in the late sixties/early seventies. No automatic defrosters and the freezer generated ice you had to chip away to get what...
Forum: Trials and Errors 7th November 2018, 08:08 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Challenge: Name one thing related to the...

Challenge: Name one thing related to the highlighted sentence that wasn't generated by Segal and/or his staff (under his direction).

Point of fact: your "scholarly" article" fails to address...
Forum: Trials and Errors 5th November 2018, 08:49 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
So, your link can't be bothered to read up on the...

So, your link can't be bothered to read up on the facts and relies on an error-riddled book written by one of Macdonald's attorneys under an alias?

This "miraculously appeared" phrase in this link...
Forum: Trials and Errors 1st November 2018, 03:21 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Point of observation: Psychiatric testimony is...

Point of observation: Psychiatric testimony is usually reserved for trials in which the defendant is guilty and trying to get out of punishment; or to impeach a witness. Since Macdonald has...
Forum: Trials and Errors 31st October 2018, 10:44 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Make up your mind, Henri(etta): either we can...

Make up your mind, Henri(etta): either we can admit the hearsay and all unsupported theories or we can't.

Besides, Helena testified in open court. So, she was no secret. And she testified...
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th October 2018, 03:19 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
I don't see PsyOps co-opting Doctors as guinea...

I don't see PsyOps co-opting Doctors as guinea pigs, period. Whether or not they had a wife, children or six hamsters and a goldfish. Doctors were, uh, needed elsewhere. There was a war going on.
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th October 2018, 09:37 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Piggybacking the piggyback on Byn (she's so...

Piggybacking the piggyback on Byn (she's so strong!): I've always wondered why anyone with an ounce of common sense would think PsyOps would use doctors as guinea pigs when the post was full of gun...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th October 2018, 09:25 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 2,299
Posted By desmirelle
I think what Goldberg thought was "I can have 15...

I think what Goldberg thought was "I can have 15 minutes of fame/infamy (these days folks apparently go for either) and all I have to do traumatize my child for life."
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th October 2018, 11:47 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 3,904
Posted By desmirelle
Was he a full-time university student, did he...

Was he a full-time university student, did he take off a semester or two, or what? As for the training bit, that to me could be taken as the period where you need assistance from someone with more...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 23rd October 2018, 11:13 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,434
Posted By desmirelle
There is no easy fix, I'm on 18+ months (two...

There is no easy fix, I'm on 18+ months (two surgeries) and now physical therapy. (Part of my problem was bone spurs in both the shoulder and two vertebrae.) Tell her to keep going. Physical...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd October 2018, 07:04 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
LIAR. You have always maintained that the...

LIAR. You have always maintained that the RELATIONSHIP between Dupree and Proctor meant that Dupree could not be impartial. It's the implication you've made almost every time you've mentioned the...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st October 2018, 09:25 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Proctor was a FORMER son-in-law and, as those...

Proctor was a FORMER son-in-law and, as those things go, not the judge's favorite person in the room. Or the universe. It would be more likely that the judge would go FOR someone a former...
Forum: Trials and Errors 19th October 2018, 02:55 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Henrietta's find admits to coaxing a drunk into...

Henrietta's find admits to coaxing a drunk into saying something. Yeah, that's believable. NOT.
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th October 2018, 01:18 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
I can't resist, having a quarter of a century...

I can't resist, having a quarter of a century with military trial results: had Mac been convicted at a general court-martial in 1970, odds are he'd have been out by 1979. Domestic violence didn't...
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th October 2018, 09:46 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Are you dumping your man crush for a sitting...

Are you dumping your man crush for a sitting President's wife? You keep mentioning Melania Trump.
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th October 2018, 08:45 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
The Defenders of Murderer Jeffrey Macdonald (his...

The Defenders of Murderer Jeffrey Macdonald (his lawyers) gave up on DNA, not because it was 'hopelessly contaminated' or anything else: they gave up because all the DNA kept coming back to their...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 2nd October 2018, 11:14 PM
Replies: 309
Views: 15,915
Posted By desmirelle
re: Anne Rice, listening to her drivel might be...

re: Anne Rice, listening to her drivel might be interesting (damn near anything beats reading it), but if you want REAL vampire stories: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Stain Germain is what you want. It...
Forum: Trials and Errors 1st October 2018, 09:06 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
I'd be happy if he could do the highlighted.

I'd be happy if he could do the highlighted.
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th September 2018, 09:08 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
JTF: I was there for Arthur and Albert, back on...

JTF: I was there for Arthur and Albert, back on the A&E board. He makes no more sense now than he did then. He couldn't answer a straight question then, either. I don't believe he thinks Mac is...
Forum: Trials and Errors 30th September 2018, 10:14 AM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Actually, the explanation about the saran fibers...

Actually, the explanation about the saran fibers in the hairbrush is rational, logical, and likely Which explains why Henri doesn't understand it.
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th September 2018, 12:20 PM
Replies: 514
Views: 162,184
Posted By desmirelle
Unsafe verdict? Well, it is for Darlie - she's...

Unsafe verdict? Well, it is for Darlie - she's on death row. Correct verdict based upon the evidence - yes. Logic is a bitch.
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th September 2018, 12:16 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
Since Greg Mitchell (apart from Helena's false...

Since Greg Mitchell (apart from Helena's false confessions) had nada to do with the case, whether he was left or right handed or used his feet instead is irrelevant. (Irrelevant means it has nothing...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 28th September 2018, 12:12 PM
Replies: 309
Views: 15,915
Posted By desmirelle
Twilight series Fifty Shades series ...

Twilight series

Fifty Shades series

Anything by Anne Rice
Forum: Trials and Errors 27th September 2018, 12:07 PM
Replies: 2,685
Views: 250,927
Posted By desmirelle
So, where you live they don't investigate? ...

So, where you live they don't investigate? Because that bit of "hearsay" I posited (Henri McPhee confessed.....) would have been investigated like, say, Helena's inconsistent stories, confessions...
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