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Powerpoints #21: On Contradictions, Here Preston Contradicts Preston   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context The image above shows James Frey, Stephen Glass and Clifford Irving; all three are writers caught playing fast-and-loose with the truth. This is the second… Kermit 10/25/21 12 10/31/12
Amanda Knox Lies Again To Get Herself Into Another European Court “But Really, Judge, Its Only PR”   [Amanda Knox’s lawyer Luciano Ghirga (right): “Amanda wasn’t hit, we made no complaint”]  Introduction This is the first of two posts on Knox’s claim to have sent an appeal to the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Last Monday the main event that followers of the Meredith Kercher… Kermit 11/27/13 44 12/11/13
The Very Appropriate Casting Of Doug Preston As The Fredo Corleone Wannabe   Preston as Fredo In the image above, from the first Godfather movie, Michael’s brother Fredo watches his father Don Corleone get into a Mafioso tussle. Fredo, after fumbling, juggling, and dropping his revolver without firing a single shot, proves himself useless and incapable of achieving the basic objective of… Kermit 05/23/13 40 05/28/13
Powerpoints #20: Diane Sawyer’s Very Tough Interview With Amanda Knox: ABC’s Sneak Preview!   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context Skilled reporter Diane Sawyer does a great job here in negotiating the Knox PR minefield and eliciting a telling response. No wonder Amanda Knox seems… Kermit 04/16/13 43 04/20/13
We Mean You No Harm. Please Take Us To Your Leaders…  Oh Yes, But Of Course…   Yes but of course. The self-appointed FOA leaders are now all physically or mentally AWOL. No sane credible adult is at the helm. Scammer Number One is physically absent without officlal leave. He may be hiding out in or near Perugia, probably broke and without a good lawyer as… Kermit 01/05/13 24 01/11/13
Might Frank Sforza Already De Facto Be Banned From Ever Reentering The United States?   If the disastrous last few hours of 2012 are any indication, 2013 will be a nightmare year for the Amanda Knox PR campaign and their associated income streams. As regards the latter, with Knox’s memoirs book set for going on sale next April, there will have to be some… Kermit 01/01/13 33 01/09/13
Frank Sforza Serial Defamer of Italian Justice Must Face Hard Truths Of American Justice   This has not been a good year at all for the increasingly beleaguered Knox and Sollecito campaigns. As interest in Amanda Knox and her case dwindles precipitately in the United States, her image handlers seem to realize that a major final push effort must be made for their final… Kermit 12/29/12 34 01/01/13
Powerpoints #19: Placing The Noisy Claimant Doug Preston In The Hot Seat   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context This curious incident instigated my own series: A week or two ago I received an unexpected email from Douglas Preston, co-author with Mario Spezi of… Kermit 10/21/12 15 10/24/12
Powerpoints #18: Katie Couric Interviews Raffaele Sollecito! We Already Have A Sneak Preview!!   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context We are not really too surprised that Sollecito caves, as we observe the Sollecito camp increasingly panicked now by the appeal of Dr Galati, Still,… Kermit 09/16/12 15 09/18/12
Repeat Of The Powerpoint Guides To The Relevant Locations And Events On Meredith’s Fatal Night Click on the two images below for the two Powerpoints which will take a few seconds to load. First posted late in 2008. We re-post them now in response to questions we’ve received from the many new arrivals to Meredith’s cause. Kermit 07/17/11 2 07/19/11
Our Call To Editors Of London Magazine To Check Facts Before Propagating Crazy Nigel Scott Theories   [Above: Lib-Dem Haringey Town Councillor Nigel Scott, the writer of Liberator’s conspiracy theory piece] Liberator Magazine 24 Alexandra Grove London N4 2LF Attn: the Editors Dear Sirs, Before you accept an article concerning a far away murder investigation and trial (well, Italy is farther away than the Channel Islands),… Kermit 06/22/11 14 06/24/11
CPJ Accusation #4 Against Italian Justice Officials: Mr Mignini Sues For Defamation Without Cause?   Overview. In our Second Open Letter to Joel Simon and world leaders we noted that NOT ONE of the accusations against Italian officials on close examination stands up. This is Attachment Four to that letter. More investigative posts are to come. CPJ Accusation 4: “[CPJ] an independent, nonpartisan organization… Kermit 05/13/11 9 05/16/11
CPJ Accusation #3 Against Italian Justice Officials : Was Anon Blogger Arrested On MIGNINI’S Orders?   Overview. In our Second Open Letter to Joel Simon and world leaders we noted that NOT ONE of the accusations against Italian officials on close examination stands up. This is Attachment Three to that letter. More investigative posts are to come. Accusation 3: This anti-Mignini accusation is even more… Kermit 05/13/11 0
CPJ Accusation #2 Against Italian Justice Officials : Did Court Officials Hassle The Anon Blogger?   Overview. In our Second Open Letter to Joel Simon and world leaders we noted that NOT ONE of the accusations against Italian officials on close examination stands up. This is Attachment Two to that letter. More investigative posts are to come. CPJ Accusation #2: The CPJ letter makes a… Kermit 05/13/11 0
CPJ Accusation #1 Against Italian Justice Officials : Was The Anon Blogger Pushed And Threatened?   Overview. In our Second Open Letter to Joel Simon and world leaders we noted that NOT ONE of the accusations against Italian officials on close examination stands up. This is Attachment One to that letter. Click on the image above to see all the tests we carried out. More… Kermit 05/13/11 4 05/15/11
Is Joel Simon Of CPJ Now In Hiding - And Pushing The Naive Nina Ognianova Out To Take The Hits?   [Above: Nina Ognianova adds to CPJ’s abusive and unsubstantiated witchhunt of Giuliano Mignini]  “Frank Sfarzo” was running a low-traffic, low-impact blog which has long consisted of vague unsourced innuendo plus extensive defamation in the comments area Every REAL reporter we have ever asked has said that in their eyes… Kermit 05/12/11 9 05/13/11
Open Letter To Joel Simon Of CPJ: Not Even One Anti-Mignini Accusation Withstands Careful Testing   Mr. Joel Simon Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Dear Mr. Simon, More on your potentially libelous open letter, sent unchecked to 21 world leaders, and your first attempt at a response. As previously with Open Letter #1 of April… Kermit 05/10/11 14 05/12/11
Open Letter To CPJ’s Joel Simon In New York: This Is The Fact Finding YOU Really Should Have Done #2 Concerning CPJ’s letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on press freedom (#2)  [Above: Knox lawyer Luciano Ghirga stated on 21 October 2008: “Amanda wasn’t hit. There were pressures from the police, sure, but we never said she was hit.” Well into Amanda’s trial, and shortly after her stepfather’s arrival in… Kermit 04/26/11 29 04/28/11
Open Letter To CPJ’s Joel Simon In New York: This Is The Fact Finding YOU Really Should Have Done   Joel Simon is at left here. Attn. Mr. Joel Simon Executive Director, Committee to Protect Journalists 330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Dear Mr. Simon, Concerning CPJ’s letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on press freedom One week ago the Committee to Protect Journalists emailed an… Kermit 04/26/11 0
Will Sollecito And Knox Finally Want To Take The Stand? Why Our Betting Is Against   The Massei Report makes nothing of the fact that Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito did not rise under oath in their defense. But if that made zero impact on the perceptions of the judges and lay judges, we would be very surprised. There are VERY few cases in the… Kermit 12/06/10 17 12/12/10
Powerpoints #16: We Now Examine The Compelling Evidence For The REAL Railroading From Hell   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  1. The Unforthcoming Trio As we approach the closing arguments and the verdict late in 2009, what strikes me is the lack of information which any… Kermit 11/26/09 28 12/03/09
Reporters: Seven Areas To Pinpoint With Curt Knox, Edda Mellas And Chris Mellas   Tough questions for reporters to get beyond the incessant spin Area To Pinpoint #1 Don’t you think that Amanda’s latest of several defence positions is weakened by the fact that her new alibi - that she was with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito all night - does not coincide with… Kermit 10/16/09 37 02/25/14
Trial: Not Even These Days Will Be Easy For The Defense Teams   [Sollecito’s lawyers Buongiorno and Mauri last October] I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the upcoming defence “experts”, unless there’s some statement like “and then the investigator picked up the bra clasp after picking his nose”. If I were on the jury, the first thing I would ask myself is… Kermit 07/03/09 0
Powerpoints #14: The Telling Case Of The Doctored Footprint   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context At a guess maybe half of the defense-campaign resources have gone into public relations. Money well spent? We rather doubt it. P-R and legal watchers… Kermit 06/24/09 10 06/26/09
Powerpoints #13: 150 Questions For The Defendants They Have Incessantly Avoided   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context This community populating TJMK and the Wiki in memory of Meredith wish above all for the truth and the whole truth to come out. The… Kermit 06/12/09 0
Powerpoints #12: Telling Evidence Against Sollecito The Experts Seem To Have Got Absolutely Right   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context Previously in the Powerpoint series we presented visually some of the evidence that helped Judge Micheli to conclude that there was more than one perpetrator.… Kermit 06/08/09 4 06/10/09
Powerpoints #11: Countering The Spin By The Defenses On The Recent Cottage Break-in   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context Just over two weeks ago, on 18 February, the Italian police discovered that in recent days intruders had broken their way into the girls’ apartment… Kermit 03/04/09 3 03/07/09
Another Dog-And-Pony Show Friday: A Second Defense Attempt At Filomena’s Window   Kermit has already analysed the first, failed attempt for us. It’s just been reported in the Italian media that a second defense test has been scheduled for 12:30 this Friday. If they fail that test for a second time, it will be pretty obvious to the known universe that:… Kermit 01/05/09 3 06/02/13
Powerpoints #9: Defense Claim AK And RS Couldn’t Dispose Of Meredith’s Phones Is Wrong   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context This view above is from Meredith’s house up to the distant house where her phones were found. We don’t yet know all of this evidence.… Kermit 11/18/08 2 11/19/08
Powerpoints #8: Why Forced Entry Via Filomena’s Window Was Totally IMPOSSIBLE   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context One of the more bizarre dog-and-pony shows in recent months was a failed defense attempt by a climber to show that a killer could have… Kermit 11/14/08 2 12/16/12
Powerpoints #6: Trace Evidence Seems To Confirm More Than One Perpetrator At Scene   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context This is Judge Paolo Micheli explaining his sentencing of Rudy Guede on 28 October: [Judge] Micheli agreed with prosecutors that more than one person took… Kermit 11/12/08 8 11/13/08
Powerpoints #5: A Graphical Tour Of The Crime Scene Itself   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice. Context Now this is a walk-through of the inside of the fateful house. This tour of the scene of the crime includes shots of each room… Kermit 11/10/08 1 11/12/08
Powerpoints #4: A Very Odd House, In A Very Odd Location   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice. Context This is a presentation on the house and its neighborhood, and why they evolved in the strange way they did. As a point of departure,… Kermit 11/09/08 1 11/12/08
Powerpoints #3: A Minute By Minute Visual Guide To The Events On The Night   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice. Context This is a visual hypothesis of the events in Perugia that culminated in Meredith’s violent death. Every media outfit covering the case might benefit enormously… Kermit 11/07/08 3 11/09/08
Powerpoints #2: A Comprehensive Guide To The Relevant Locations   Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice. Context Perhaps nothing will ever beat walking Perugia to understand where and how this utterly incongruous crime took place. But here is a great second best. Kermit 11/06/08 3 11/08/08
Powerpoints #1: CBS Attempts To Trash Another Witness, Lies To Its Audience Click here if you have (1) Windows MS Office or Powerpoint Viewer (downloadable here), or (2) Apple Mac iWorks Keynote or Apache OpenOffice.  Context The CBS Network is right now at Number One in the American TV network audience wars. CBS is one of the very best parts of the… Kermit 10/24/08 4 12/07/09
Test Your Grasp Of The Evidence: Locate The Witness’s Apartment   1. Key Location: Signora Nara’s Apartment The Meredith case is a puzzling and very complicated one, with a talented, hard-working and very appealing girl student, Meredith Kercher, as its sad victim. Set in an exotic old Italian university town (which normally sees no murders) in another country and under… Kermit 09/28/08 5 10/05/08