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Did Pawlenty Promote Sharia Compliance?

Posted on March 27, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger in 2004, in an effort to increase minority home ownership, then-Gov. Pawlenty urged the Minnesota Housing Financing Agency (MHFA) to partner with local groups and businesses. The MHFA partnered with the African Development Center (ADC), developing culturally sensitive financial products that would allow Muslims to own homes...

Look Through Any Window

Posted on March 27, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger This morning we present The Hollies in glorious STEREO!

Who?s Minding the Kids?: Have Profits Distorted the Mission of Rehabilitating Inmates at Mississippi?s Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility?

Posted on March 27, 2011
 Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger A few days ago, I was listening to All Things Considered on NPR while I was driving in my car. Host John Burnett was talking about an investigation into Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Mississippi...

Bryan Fischer ? Republican Presidential Hopefuls Go-To Guy

Posted on March 26, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Bryan Fischer is the director of analysis for government and policy for the American Family Association (designated a hate group by the SPLC), which claims 2 million online supporters and 180,000 subscribers to its AFA Journal...

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Instrument of Domestic Terrorism?

Posted on March 26, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Bernard von NotHaus, 67, was convicted making coins resembling and similar to United States coins; of issuing, passing, selling and possessing Liberty Dollar coins; of issuing and passing Liberty Dollar coins intended for use as current money; and of conspiracy against the United States...

19th Nervous Breakdown

Posted on March 26, 2011
-Submitted by David Drumm (Nal), Guest Blogger Presented for your listening enjoyment, The Rolling Stones, in glorious STEREO!

The United Chamber of Hacking?

Posted on March 26, 2011
  Submitted By Lawrence Rafferty, (rafflaw), Guest Blogger     When someone mentions the United States Chamber of Commerce to me, I automatically think of the recent claims that were made that the Chamber solicited campaign donations from foreign corporations during the last election cycle...

Jesuit Group Agrees to Pay Huge Settlement to Native American and Alaskan Native Victims of Abuse

Posted on March 26, 2011
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro, Guest Blogger The Society of Jesus, Oregon Province?a group of Jesuits who serve the Northwest?has agreed to pay a settlement of $166 million to childhood victims of sexual and physical abuse. The abuse of approximately 500 Native Americans and Alaskan Natives is reported to have taken place at mission and boarding [...

Roughly Four Out of Ten Americans Believe Disasters Like Japanese Earthquake Directed By God

Posted on March 25, 2011
Roughly four out of ten Americans still like that old testament version of God — full of wrath and fury. A poll by Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Surveshows that forty percent of our citizens still believe that God directs such disasters like the Japanese earthquake for a purpose...

Under Siege: Steven Seagal Attacks Home in Arizona with Armored Cars and SWAT Members to Arrest Man Accused of Cockfighting

Posted on March 25, 2011
We have previously followed the feudal system created by Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona. Arpaio’s insatiable desire for media attention has led him to turn over areas of his office to Hollywood producers. Last week, Arpaio’s unhinged administration gave the public another bizarre scene as Steven Seagal was seen attacking a home with [...

On the Lam: Indiana Prosecutor Resigns After Suggesting That Wisconsin Governor Fake Attack To Frame Unions

Posted on March 25, 2011
Indiana prosecutor Carlos Lam has resigned in a bizarre scandal where he admitted to sending an email to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker suggesting that he get a supporter to attack him to frame the unions and discredit their cause. While first denying that he sent the email, Lam eventually fessed up and resigned...

Onward To Syria? Government Reportedly Massacres Citizens

Posted on March 25, 2011
The Syrian government has reportedly opened fired on protesters soon after President Bashar al-Assad promised to put an end to protests. The reported massacre occurred in the city of Sanamin near Daraa. Given President Barack Obama’s rationale for going to war in Libya, doesn’t that mean we will soon be bombing Damascus as we have [...

Shock Video: Brazilian Police Shown Shooting Unarmed Child In Chest

Posted on March 25, 2011
This highly disturbing video (below) has just come to light showing five Brazilian police officers pushing around a young unarmed boy. He is then shot five times, including in the cheRst. The video was shot in Manaus, capital of the northern state of Amazonas, on Aug...

Wisconsin Conservative Justices Accused Of Adopting Ethics Rules Written By Corporate Lobbyists

Posted on March 24, 2011
Recently, we saw how Wisconsin Justice David Prosser is running for reelection after calling Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a ?total bitch.? Throwing aside notions of judicial decorum, Prosser has insisted that he meant every word, including his promise to “destroy” her...

Billing for Briefs: Nacchio Sues Law Firm Over ?Excessive? Fees and ?Negligent? Defense

Posted on March 24, 2011
Former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio is suing Herbert Stern and his law New Jersey firm, Stern & Kilcullen LLC for overbilling and a “negligent” defense. Stern?s partner, Kevin Kilcullen, also was named as a defendant. Nacchio includes the allegations that the lawyers charged him for underwear...

Nancy Grace Attacks The Weather

Posted on March 24, 2011
CNN’s Nancy Grace has long been an embarrassment for many lawyers as a type of legal Glenn Beck. As noted in this column and prior blogs, Grace (who often refers to her work as a prosecutor) was repeatedly sanctioned for abuses and was viewed as something of a scandal in Alabama...

War ?Time-Limited, Scope-Limited Military Action? Is Hell

Posted on March 24, 2011
Many citizens are breathing a sense of relief today. When we saw the Obama Administration bomb the Capitol of a sovereign nation and openly support rebel forces in the field, many jumped to conclusions and asked how Obama could start a war without congressional approval under Article I...

Obama Orders Limits on Miranda Rights For Domestic Suspects

Posted on March 24, 2011
President Obama has continued his attack on basic constitutional and legal principles with an astonishing new order that allows investigators to not only hold domestic terror suspects for longer periods but to deny them Miranda rights under a strained interpretation of the public safety exception...

Obama Administration Supports Illinois Teacher?s Discrimination Claim After Being Denied Leave For Trip To Mecca

Posted on March 24, 2011
There is an interesting case out of Berkeley, Illinois involving alleged religious discrimination. The Obama Administration is supporting former teacher Safoorah Khan who alleged discrimination at her middle school after she was refused leave of three weeks to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca...

Burn Baby Burn: Obama Massively Expands Coal Exploration As Well As Approving New Offshore Drilling

Posted on March 24, 2011
Environmentalists are again calling foul after the announcement of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that the Obama Administration has approved the expansion in coal mining and four new permits for deepwater offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The increased coal production could cause U...

Chinese Businessman Destroys $750,000 Lamborghini In Fit Over Mechanical Problems

Posted on March 23, 2011
We just saw how one Chinese mogul decided to display his wealth by paying $1.5 million for the world’s most expensive dog. Now we have a Chinese businessman, Han Nan, who wanted to show his frustration over the failure of Lamborghini to fix a problem with his Gallardo...

Report: Libyans Rush To Help Pilots At Crash Site . . . U.S. Helicopters Shoot Libyans

Posted on March 23, 2011
I was a bit astonished this morning in watching CNN to see a story on the rescue of U.S. pilots after their F-15E Eagle crashed in Libyans. The story did not mention what would appear the most newsworthy aspect of the story: the allegation that our helicopter mowed down Libyans who ran out to help [...

Amazing Video of Avalanche Taking Out Artillery Fire Base

Posted on March 23, 2011
This is a fascinating video that I saw on Reddit. Russian troops are trying to trigger a controlled avalanche but it turns out a bit bigger than anticipated in North Ossetia, Russia. The reaction of the soldiers is notable as they realize that this thing was coming toward them...

Hugo Chavez Takes On Martian Capitalists

Posted on March 23, 2011
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez appears to have run out of Earth-based disasters to blame on capitalism. Chavez’s latest unhinged rant concerns Mars, which he has suggested had a thriving civilization that was wiped out by Martian capitalists...

Tchau: Germany Pulls Out of Libyan Campaign as Brits Call To Assassinate Libyan Leader

Posted on March 23, 2011
As the costs of the latest military campaign in Libya reaches hundreds of millions of dollars for the United States, Germany is pulling out of the operation out of concern over being pulled deeper in the conflict. In the meantime, Britain is expanding the mission to call for the assassination of Gaddafi — the leader [...

Ninth Circuit (En Banc) Affirms Earlier Ruling Striking Down Stolen Valor Act

Posted on March 23, 2011
The Ninth Circuit has handed down a decision affirming the earlier decision striking down the Stolen Valor Act. Passed in 2005, the Act has been criticized by civil libertarians as an attack on free speech. Here is a prior column on the Act. Now, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski has added his own voice to this [...

Bus Driver Charged With Sending 1,068 Text Messages While Driving

Posted on March 22, 2011
- Evelyn Guzman, 47, a school bus driver in Connecticut, may have set something of a record. She has been criminally charged after a video showed her sending over 1,000 text messages while driving. Her daughter has also been charged in the abuse of a little girl According to the article below, the video was [...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Erupts Into Name Calling and Finger Pointing

Posted on March 22, 2011
Wisconsin voters are experiencing a different judicial campaign in the bid of Justice David Prosser to remain on the state Supreme Court. The issue? Prosser calling Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a “total bitch.” Prosser has gone public to say that he did in fact call Abrahamson the name, but he stressed that he meant it...

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav Sentenced To Seven Years for Rape

Posted on March 22, 2011
Israel’s former President Moshe Katsav has been sentenced to seven years in prison for rape and sexual misconduct. Notably, Katsav, 65, had earlier agreed to a plea bargain for sexual misconduct in exchange for a light sentence. When he backed out of the plea, the prosecutors threw the book at him — resulting in this [...

American Taliban: Florida Pastor Burns Qur?an After ?Trial? By His Church

Posted on March 22, 2011
Florida pastor Terry Jones is back. If you recall, he caused an international sensation in pledging to burn a copy of the Qur?an (Koran) and then backed down in exchange for a new car. Well, Jones has now proceeded in holding a trial of the holy book and proceeded to burn it after his flock [...

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