James Ray Trial Tweets :: April 6th

• Legal arguments about admissibility of prior sweat lodges :: so surprised. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li argues that the people who built the lodge don’t have the foundation to testify about it because “bar codes”weren’t used on tarps. #

• Ms. Polk lists off all the various lawsuits that she thinks aren’t relevant. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Kelly agrees that Kirby & James’ imaginary love affair isn’t relevant :: but then he rubs it in a little anyway. #JamesRay #

• Maybe James Shore was in love with the idea of Kirby not dying alone on the floor of a ConMan hot-box. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li says Dr. Lyon testified that he was only 50% sure of heat stroke :: not really. #JamesRay #

• Judge :: be careful to ask questions that properly build foundation and don’t elicit hearsay #JamesRay #

• Judge basically saying that past lodges aren’t necessarily “prior bad acts” the way they are being introduced by the State. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li pretends like he could put witnesses up to talk about how peachy past #sweatlodges were :: no. #JamesRay #

• Judge :: Is this “other act” evidence? Or just part of explaining exactly what happened in 2009? #JamesRay #

• Evidence permitted :: but it must be carefully introduced. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li feigns surprise :: how surprising that the State tried to do what the State has tried to do every day of this case. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li filing a bench motion about prosecutorial misconduct. Mr. Li argues that Ms. Polk will be unable to restrain herself. #JamesRay #

Here’s a pdf copy of that half-baked {not in the good way} motion.

• Predict that the defense will move for a least 3 mistrails before the end. That’s what you do when you have no case, or ethics. #JamesRay #

• My dog has peed :: now we may procede. #JamesRay #DogPee #

• When #JamesRay’s attorneys went on CNN they claimed evidence from the prior lodges would be exculpatory :: guess not. #

• I can haz ethiks? http://saltydroid.info/munger-tolles-olsen-unattracting-ethics/ #JamesRay

• Defense moves for a mistrail. #JamesRay #TaDa!! #

• Ms. Polk :: no basis for a mistrial. It’s always been clear that some of the priors would be carefully admissible. #JamesRay #

• If there is a mistrial {which there won’t be today} :: then basically all of #JamesRay’s cash will end up on Luis Li’s wallet. #JamesRay #

assuming that’s not already the sad state of pathetic affairs.

• Stupid motion for mistrial :: denied. Mr. Kelly asks for a delay in the jury trial. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Kelly says the defense was assuming prior lodges would never be mentioned … guess he didn’t hear Ms. Haley’s testimony. #JamesRay #

• Stupid motion for stay :: also denied. Bailiff fetching the jury. #JamesRay #

• The State calls Ted Mercer :: Arizona local. #JamesRay #

• Mercer started volunteering at Angel Valley in 2007 :: and started working and living there in 2008. #JamesRay #

• Q: Did you ever use chemicals in any of the relevant areas? A: No. #JamesRay #

• Tarps were in the pump house. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Mercer had no experience with sweat lodges until he started working at Angel Valley. #JamesRay #

• Mercer always got tarps to build the lodge from the same pump house. #JamesRay He helped build the wood structure {Kiva} with willows #

• Ted makes no pretensions of knowing what he was doing or why during the semi-religious/semi-sacrilegious lodge building ceremony. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li allowed a small voir dire on Ted’s knowledge or tarp storage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voir_dire #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li :: you didn’t sit there and watch the land 24/7 :: correct? #JamesRay #stupid #

• Mr. Li thinks he’s helping his client {I guess} :: but he isn’t. You can’t ask for voir dire and then fail that badly. #JamesRay #

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REh2PejlOPI

• Mr. Mercer saw the rat poison in the pump house :: but didn’t put it there himself. #JamesRay #

• Religious structures built like stage props pretty much sums up New Age spirituality … #JamesRay #

• There’s a focus on blocking out the light from the lodge. Blankets and tarps are added until it’s dark. #JamesRay #

• The tarp and the rubber deal were never hot to the touch during the ceremony. #JamesRay #

• Rocks were often heated with construction wood :: including #JamesRay’s 2009 event. #

• Only people who didn’t live and work at Angel Valley got poisoned :: how magical. Lunch Recess. #JamesRay #

• I move for a mistrial based on the Rule of Lunch Running Long :: and the 1st Amendment of course. #JamesRay #

• Mercer listing off the people who had held previous non #JamesRay lodges. Healing Wolf is a cool name. #JamesRay #

• People must be saged … or else. #JamesRay #

• “The smoke sets their intentions into motion” ~Ted Mercer #JamesRay {… or something} #

• Heat in the lodge is based on the number of rocks :: and the heat of the rocks. Mercer had a hard time keeping the heat uniform. #JamesRay #

• The “water pourer” :: aka #JamesRay :: was responsible for determining the number of rocks and heat of the lodge. #

• Mercer :: a tall lady comes out … her eyes were rolling into the back of the head. Then she face planted unconscious. #JamesRay #

• Ms. Polk being very careful with her questions about 2007 :: building lots of foundation … forcing Mercer to stay on point. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Li wants a sidebar :: the Judge doesn’t. #JamesRay #

• The 2008 #JamesRay lodge had about 60 people :: and 3 or 4 staff. #

• TM :: “One of the reasons we started using these tarps {on the ground} was we had to pull out all these people –” Ms. Polk interrupts. #

• Mercer sees a woman coming out :: all her muscles siezed up into a fetal position. She was like that for 30-45 min. #JamesRay #

• Ted Mercer recalls helping more than 10 individuals in 2008. #JamesRay #

• Mercer was the “fire keeper” in the 2009 #JamesRay lodge :: M. Hamilton asked him to do it 3 weeks prior :: he was paid for it. #

• 2007 was all natural wood :: 2008 and 2009 used construction wood. #JamesRay #

• Mercer told #JamesRay that these were the “hottest rocks ever” :: Ray tells him to tell the participants the same thing. #JamesRay #

• The rocks are brushed off. Mercer can’t remember how many rocks #JamesRay called for in each round :: 8 total rounds. #

• There were 100 rocks available :: TM not sure how many were used. #JamesRay #

• Ted saw Lou go back into the lodge and he was like … “wtf?” :: #JamesRay #

• Ted heard #JamesRay yell to Dennis M. that you’re more than your body and the fact that you think you’re dying. #

• “What’s going on out there?” Says #JamesRay to a team member about Dennis M. :: tells staff member “he’s not going to die, he’ll be okay”. #

• Q: Was there a difference in the way #JamesRay addressed people who left the lodge in previous years? Objection! A: He was “louder” in 2009 #

• Debbie was yelling for help behind the lodge :: Ted runs over and sees two bodies pulled out … one still inside. #JamesRay #

• Three new death lodge pictures admitted into evidence. #JamesRay #

• Kirby no pulse :: not breathing. James Shore no pulse :: not breathing. Ted was an emergency response and CPR instructor. #JamesRay #

• Ted estimates a half an hour between Debbie running off to call 911 and paramedics arriving. #JamesRay #

• Ted kept helping after the medics arrived. #JamesRay #

• Ted saw #JamesRay not doing anything to help. #

• Lots more pictures being admitted into evidence. #JamesRay #

• All the defense’s posturing did was force Ms. Polk to build her prior lodge questions carefully. #JamesRay Recess. #

• Ted observed people vomiting in 2007 :: 2008 :: and 2009. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Mercer doesn’t know if the construction lumber was treated or not. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Mercer never received any safety training from #JamesRay or James Ray International. #

• The inside of the lodge seemed to be all/mostly blankets. #JamesRay #

• Very blurry picture of Debbie hugging someone :: surrounded by carnage … #JamesRay #

• **luckygalnj **@RayShouldPay And josh n megan standing hands in pockets #jamesray #

• The mood was somber in the Mercer home that night. Debbie wasn’t feeling good :: paramedic recommends taking her to hospital #JamesRay #

• @dotfreedom I think the aftermath pics were all taken by the law. #

• Mercer approached Det. Diskin to give his statement because they were planning on leaving the property. #JamesRay #

• Ted never had to help anyone after a non #JamesRay lodge. #

• No one ever vomiting after a non #JamesRay lodge. #

• Ted never observed anyone get sick in any way after a non #JamesRay lodge. #

• Sidebar :: real bar … the choice is yours. #JamesRay #

• In 2007 #JamesRay had a 2hr+ lodge :: the other lodge Mercer did that year was and 1.5hr #

• Other facilitators tended to hold 4 or 5 rounds :: one hour total :: no death. #JamesRay #

• Ted never done a non #JamesRay ceremony that lasted more than four rounds. #JamesRay pwned by dancing butterflies #

• Praying to the corn meal didn’t help when putting up the death lodge :: so they tried it again while taking it down. #JamesRay #CornGodsSuck #

• 100 rocks for 2009 :: 80 rocks ordered for most other #JamesRay lodges. Q: How many at nonRay lodges? Objection! A: 20-25 #

• Jury dismissed :: court ending an hour early. A few more defense tantrums and we’re out. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Kelly :: “Under the myth of causation…” :: #JamesRay #goodtimes #

• State has listed 15 witnesses from prior lodges. The judge worried about the “cumulative” effect of all that. #JamesRay #

• Mr. Hughes doesn’t want the defense 2 be able to argue “they hand picked select witnesses” if they are forced 2 cut down the list. #JamesRay #

• Judge mentions the defense trying to impeach Haley with 2008 pictures :: so it’s not the first time it’s come up. #JamesRay #

• Judge doesn’t want too many prior lodge witnesses {because the defense’s bullshit poisoning causation theory so easy to debunk} :: #JamesRay #

• And how. Recess. #JamesRay #

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