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Psychological Implications of the James Holmes Case

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I'm not a former famous baseball player, and I'm not anyone that has anything to gain by taking a stand one way or another in cases such as the James Holmes case.  But I do work in the mental health field.  I'm a professional with a masters degree, and for the most part I live a normal life, with normal interests and a busted up knee.  I'm not particularly mad at our government, and while I hate a being around a heavy police presence, I benefit from the services of our police.  I pay my taxes, I'm paying back my student loan granted to me by my government.  I hate the nightly news because to me it's a well-designed infomercial.  In fact, I have no business writing about the case outside of how it affects my life. The James Holmes shooting up of a movie theater in Aurora is one crazy story that does impact mental health and thus impacts the way I will be doing business at some point.  But what if this story was assembled by our government as so many...

FOUR (4) Gas Masks Found @ Aurora Crime Scene!

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Shocking information today at the Colorado trial for James Holmes. Prosecution displayed pictures (I think from his iphone) of the alleged shooter with a smile, gun barrels and the "Just Me" pic of his arsenal all neatly aligned on his bed. James Holmes, this is going to be difficult to explain, of course, but with the way the facts have been altered in this case up to this point, nothing surprises me. The toothy smile with the black contacts probably looks really menacing, but then again, is the fact his pupils (haven't seen these, but just surmising...) are hidden... well that still is within the game plan if you are trying to piece together a possible drugging/patsy type tactical order of deliverance. Oh, I guess that may just be bloviation if any of the other 7 pictures revealed today show his eyes without the contacts.  The evidence is incredible, and that is exactly was the prosecutors need for this incredible incident. The images are no-bueno for James. As...