From the NY Post.com:
Federal agents trying to build an extortion case against Joran van der Sloot secretly gave him the cash that wound up funding his trip to Peru, where he killed a young woman exactly five years after the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, The Post has learned.
Van der Sloot tried to shake down Holloway's mother by offering information about her daughter's 2005 disappearance, and agents decided to set him up with a $25,000 payoff, a source told The Post yesterday.
An intermediary acting under the direction of the FBI gave van der Sloot the dough in Aruba on May 10 -- and four days later, he flew to Peru, where he allegedly murdered 21-year-old Stephany Flores in his Lima hotel room.
Van der Sloot was free to travel because after the money was given to the 22-year-old Dutch national, the feds didn't promptly file charges against him. US authorities also did not ask that he be detained in Aruba, even after officials there warned that he was about to leave the island, the source said.
The failure to stop van der Sloot shocked and infuriated Holloway's mom, Beth Twitty. She had been "told that an arrest was going to happen before he left" Aruba, where he was the last person believed to have seen Holloway alive when she vanished, the source said.
Van der Sloot took his payola from the feds -- a $15,000 wire transfer and $10,000 in cash -- and went to Peru to play poker, the source said.
He also told authorities in Peru he was high on weed when he killed her. I'd blame the pot. I know when I'm high I want to kill everyone I see. Animals too.
Not much EV, what are you up to?
ReplyDeleteJust moving stuff around my room. Been doing that the past few hours. Also started doing my jog in the morning today. I'm ready to chill out with a bowl. I think I'll feel a little more energetic once I eat, though.
ReplyDeleteI guess I better take it easy before I end up heading to Peru and killing a chick.
ReplyDeleteYou should relax before you hit the bowl EV. You don't want to get the reefer madness and go outside your house and blast up the neigbhorhood.
ReplyDeleteI still haven't seen that. I see that it's occasionally on before the HBO channels, but don't know why.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah there is. When I look at sites that are mentioning CA marijuana dispenseries and there are comments, it's amazing some of the shit people who are against legalization come up with.
ReplyDeleteNot to pick on Texas again, but I'd guess that 98% if not more of the die hard anti-marijuana people on the ultra conservative board I go on are Texans. And yeah, their opinions on the matter are pretty far out there. Even worse than what Hollywood could come up with.
ReplyDeleteI liked Fear in Loathing in Las Vegas.. had a lot of that Reefer Madness stuff in it.. But I did see some of RM and it wasn't very good.
ReplyDeleteI have never read comments by people like that, but that sounds funny. I am not surprised either.. I talked to some ultra conservative Christians who are beyond stupid.
ReplyDeleteYeah EV, sadly I don't ever see legalization passing at a state level here. I still have hope it will be passed on a national level.
ReplyDeleteI can see it being legalized in some states like Oregon or Mass. and some of the other New England states... There is a good chance CA will pass it into law...
ReplyDeleteYeah, I went back and fourth with one of those guys once. Dude has a massive flagpole in front of his Katy house with a large Texas flag and another below it that says "Come and Take it" underneath a cannon. I got a crack out of that myself.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, Fear and Loathing is one of my favorite movies. I liked that part when he's like "potsheads call this a roach, because it resembles a roach's back" and how they reacted. Great movie.
I know somebody who lives in Oregon and she smokes the medical MJ.. I think they also have assisted suicide, so Portland and ultra liberal..
ReplyDeleteI think the liberals will legalize it before the conservatives will, even though conservs like to talk about less government. Ron Paul is one who actually does believe in less government..
I'm kind of curious to see how it pans out here. I heard they're going to be putting up a bill we can vote on for legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes. Naturally, they won't just put legalization up on the table.
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously contemplating moving to one of the states that are very laxed on the whole thing. I already want to get the fuck out of here as it is. I heard that some places have it on a citation basis now, not even a misdemeanor.
The government does a fantastic job of running things Astrid: Katrina, BP, Social Security, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, drug wars, the post office, justice sytems, and they'll really fuck the healhcare up when they get their hands on that.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the libs will do it. At least, not until enough left-leaning states start favoring it.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think spurs.. Do you think liberals will legalized it before conservatives?
ReplyDeleteYea.. if there were more Ron Pauls in the party, this wouldn't be an issue.. He was the only I liked in the primary, but he isn't perfect. At least he didn't go neocon when the rest of the party did...
ReplyDeleteNo Astid. The real liberals don't have any power. There's been a Democratic majority congress for what, 4 years? Those people (Republicans, Democrats) don't give a shit about what people want, so it won't happen. Same reason we are still in Iraq and Afghanistan.
ReplyDeleteI saw where the Progressives (that's a minority) are now bitching about Obama. Those fucks have no power either. Corporations have the power.
ReplyDeleteIt's all corporate interests. Marijuana already has a massive underground while still being prohibited in the United State. There's no easy way for them to monopolize it, so it will stay illegal.
ReplyDeleteState level is all you need, though. The feds aren't roaming the streets for potheads.
I don't think congress has the power to legalize mj on a national level.. If they tried to, the conservatives would start the state rights debate..
ReplyDeleteAnd there isn't enough of them actually supporting it... Obama won't even talk about it, so I think it will start on the state level..
I think you have a good point EV, but wouldn't the solution be.. you can smoke it, you can't deal it? 2 plants to one person?
ReplyDeleteI think some country has the 2 plants rule..
part of the problem in our country is the criminalization of it also... it's not legal to smoke it in Germany, but it's not a crime either.. They really just don't like people selling drugs..
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to find a way for them to get the product for little to nothing. Right now, it's a middle-man venture. They'd be entering a competitive market, which is where they lose interests.
ReplyDeleteWhy did our government let van der sloot go with 25k and gave him the chance to kill somebody else?
ReplyDeleteThis is messed up...
spurs.. do you get pissed off when you talk about politics? I can't tell... but it doesn't bother me..
ReplyDeleteI like Whale Wars now...
The government could cut out the middle man if they wanted to. If joints and bags were sold at stores, I'd go there before calling up the weed man.
ReplyDeleteJust more convenient.
ReplyDeleteand who the hell came up with it's the gateway drug argument... that was so funny..
ReplyDeleteYou can tell they are desperate to find some reason to be against legalization....
That is messed up Astrid. I do give them credit for at least trying to bring some type of justice on him. Of course, the trip to Peru fucked it all up.
ReplyDeleteim christian
ReplyDeleteif we came from apes
how come were not hairy and have a big mouth
and did we end up looking like we do know
and besides
there isnt any serious proof of apes
they showd a video saying an ape was wondering around in the forest
that thing looked exactly like a costume that i had saw at a store
know one ever cought an ape
No, I don't get pissed off Astrid. And I was thinking of catching another episode of Whale Wars.
ReplyDeleteLOL... I am reading crazy fundamental Christian responses
ReplyDelete[Question about the logic in light being created on the first day, but the sun being created on the fourth.]
The sun isn't the only source of light you know? Think of a cloudly day, there's light coming from somewhere.
There is much more proof than the Christians give credit for. Anytime a Christian argues evolution using current day images, they're way in over their head.
ReplyDeleteThere's certainly leaps and bounds more proof than there is a shred for religion, but that's a different topic.
I wasn't referring to the drug dealers, Spurs. The difference between alcohol prohibition and weed is alcohol was centralized. There was a huge market boom for the mob when they prohibited alcohol. There really isn't a major centralized weed trade for them to regulate the same way, they'd be playing the middle man game with outside sources.
Well, if it was grown and distributed like the tobacco and alcohol companies have (and they've done a damn good job), I'd say that would be a great thing. And they'd own the market really fast.
ReplyDeleteI think the problem comes with companies outsourcing for a cheaper product, and it will probably always be cheaper coming out of another country. Otherwise, the government would have to establish the market themselves.
ReplyDeleteYou're right.
ReplyDeleteSo you plan on doing anyting exciting during your break Astrid?
ReplyDeletelegalize weed and regulate it. its less harmful than booze. and that reefer madness was a successful propaganda movie made by the feds. the government uses stupid scare tactics to keep us under control.....much like religion does the same thing.
ReplyDeleteWhat's up Anonymous?
ReplyDeletenot much man. just laughing at that van der sloths stupid bullshit.
ReplyDeleteIt is stupid.
ReplyDeletenow all the scared anti-drug people are gonna use this as a leg to stand on against legalizing weed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'd say that was lame he said that and lame they released that statement, but I understand why.
ReplyDeletemaybe hes just trying to find an excuse to say he wasnt in his right mind and try to get a lesser sentence. but dont blame your actions on something as harmless as lemonade.
ReplyDeleteI agre. I thought that was probably his thinking even saying that.
ReplyDeletejust like when i went to court over a ticket and some chick was there for shoplifting and she told the judge that she was drunk and wasnt thinking straight. she said that she wouldnt have done that if she was sober. then the judge says do you always steal when youre drunk? if so you have a bigger problem than stealing. so he fined her and sentenced her to alcohol treatment classes.
ReplyDeletei guess she thought she would be able to slide her way out of it by blaming it on booze.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was just about to write that when she got the the alcohol classes she probably began to think she didn't have a problem.
ReplyDeletegot *to*
ReplyDeletethose classes slowly drain your money. one drop at a time. my older brother had to go to court ordered anger management classes twice a week for 4 months. each time he went he had to pay $30 bucks. one of my friends had to do a court ordered drug treatment program too. he had to pay $50 each class.
ReplyDeleteYep, it's a money maker.
ReplyDeletespeaking of money makers, our speed cameras are coming down. finally.
ReplyDeleteThat's good. Guess that experiment didn't pay off.
ReplyDeletethe governor at the time specifically said that it was the generate revenue for the state. fucking scam.
ReplyDeleteThat's one issue I didn't care about. I have no sympathy for people who feel the need to go 15 over at all times. Especially when the cameras are out in the open and have signs warning you of zones a quarter mile away.
ReplyDeleteduring the commute times you cant even go the speed limit. depending on the direction of travel sometimes its almost a parking lot.
ReplyDeleteHow long have they been up? Like two years?
ReplyDeleteI don't know, but the issue around them just pisses me off. Of all the fucking things Arizonans could be passionate about, it's getting these goddamned cameras off the freeways.
ReplyDeleteYou'd have to really be drifting in your own world to miss the things.
i would rather have a cop on the road than a camera. cameras cant pull over dui drivers.
ReplyDeleteThe cops are on the road, but are generally useless when it comes to regulating the speed.
ReplyDeletehow so?
ReplyDeletehaha.. Chris Brown is kicked out of the UK for being a woman beater..
ReplyDeleteYeah, that guy's career is over.
ReplyDeleteI liked him before, but I don't anymore.. I like how Hollywood isn't just forgiving for it..
ReplyDeleteThe judge didn't cater to him because he is a celebrity either..
ReplyDeleteHe certainly has paid for his crime.
ReplyDeleteA cop isn't going to dispense tickets at the rate a single camera could. The cameras are just stationary help. Technically, the free up the burden of issuing individual speeding tickets and allow them to focus on other shit. It's not like they laid off any officers when the cameras were put up.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe Carly Fiorina won the primary... wtf were people thinking? She got a 20 million parachute for leaving HP, well she was actually forced to leave by the board because she was a shitty CEO..
ReplyDeleteMeg Whitman I can understand more.. but Fiorina come on, wtf
Yeah, these November elections are going to be interesting.
ReplyDeleteI see you slowed down posting new stuff spurs
ReplyDeleteWell, I've been looking for something to post. Plus I actually had some work to do today.
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