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U.S. Interrogators Told to Destroy Notes to ?Minimize Certain Legal Issues?

Posted on June 09, 2008
Just a few months ago, the Administration admitted to lying to federal courts about the existence of classified material and also destroying material evidence in federal cases. Now, Lt. Commander William Kueber has disclosed that interrogators were told to destroy their notes from interrogations for legal reasons...

Shock Video: Guy Destroys Office in Work Rage Case

Posted on June 09, 2008
Courts have been seeing an increase in work rage and work violence cases. However, on May 23rd, one incident of a man snapping was caught on a security camera. The video below shows how intense such rage and how it can be triggered by as little as knocking over a few papers from a [...

End of the Gravy Train for Japan?s Cannibal Celebrity

Posted on June 09, 2008
It appears that after Issei Sagawa murdered and ate a Dutch woman in Paris in 1981, the Japanese public had a curious reaction: they made him a celebrity. He wrote for a Japanese gourmet magazine, wrote a weekly column for a newspaper on fine dining, and wrote four novels...

Oh Canada! Alberta Human Rights Commission Punishes and Censures Anti-Gay Speech

Posted on June 09, 2008
A very disturbing free speech case has emerged out of Canada: another example of how the West is abandoning principles of free speech in its widening definitions of hate speech. The Alberta Human Rights Commission has punished Rev. Stephen Boission and the Concerned Christian Coalition for anti-gay speech, not only awarding damages but censuring [...

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Godzilla v. the Japanese Monster Parent? Japanese Experts Report a New Giant Mutation

Posted on June 08, 2008
Okay, there’s no Godzilla in this story. But there are Monster Japanese Parents. Japanese educators are reporting the rise of what they call “monster parents” who relentlessly demand recognitions and opportunities of their child. This led recently to a school play with 25 Snow Whites and no other roles after school officials [...

Reefer Madness: Administration Releases New Study Showing Harm from Pot Smoking

Posted on June 08, 2008
The Administration has invested heavily in studies to show various health risks of marijuana use. the most recent suggests that heavy marijuana use can increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke. However, the sample group were smokers of between 75 and 350 marijuana cigarettes per week...

Texas Justice: 17-Year-Old Boy Gets Eight Years in Prison for Phone Threat

Posted on June 08, 2008
Terrance Taylor of Tyler, Texas is a seventeen-year-old boy who did a stupid thing. In a prank, he called his rival high school and said that he was going to come over an open fire on the students. The adults then did an equally stupid thing: the sentenced him to eight years in [...

Indian Business School Picks Monkey God for Chairman

Posted on June 08, 2008
Better Lucknow than Lucklater, it seems. In Lucknow, India, the new Sardar Bhagat Singh College of Technology and Management has finally completed its national search for a chairman. It is Hanumen: the Hindu monkey god. To properly appoint the god-chairman, the school has set aside the large Chairman’s incensed office with computer [...

Your Papers Please: Police Seal Off Neighborhoods; Checking Identifications and Arresting the Disobedient

Posted on June 07, 2008
In the nation’s capitol, the Washington, D.C. police are closing off whole neighborhoods this weekend in a crack down on crimes — and civil liberties. No one will be allowed into areas of the Capitol unless they live their or can show that they are going things like going to church...

Home With the Hitlers: Hitlers Last Relatives Living in United States

Posted on June 07, 2008
In an amazing report, it turns out that the last survivors of Adolf Hitler’s family are living in Long Island, New York. What is even more interesting is the steps that took not only to get on with their lives but to defend the United States and to guarantee that there would be no [...

Virginia Upholds Parental Rights of Non-Biological Lesbian Mother

Posted on June 07, 2008
In a case closely watched by religious and gay rights groups, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that the state must enforce parental visitation rights of a mother’s former lesbian partner under a Vermont court order. The victory for Janet Jenkins over Lisa Miller is what many religious groups had feared that the full [...

He?s No Muslim; He?s a Marxist: Tom DeLay Dares Obama to Prove That He is Not a Marxist

Posted on June 06, 2008
Talk about proving a negative. Former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay has said that “Absolutely, no doubt about it” .. . Sen. Barack Obama is a Marxist. In a sign of fairness, DeLay stressed: “hey, I have said publicly, and I will again, that unless he proves me wrong, he is a Marxist...

Turkish Constitutional Court Upholds Ban on Students Wearing Scarves

Posted on June 06, 2008
The Turkish Constitutional Court delivered a great victory for those fighting to preserve the country’s secular traditions. It upheld the ban on female university students wearing headscarves — despite the efforts of Turkey’s new pro-Islamic president...

Removal of New York Judge Upheld for Jailing 46 People over Cell Phone

Posted on June 06, 2008
Niagara Falls city court judge Judge Robert Restaino lost before the New York State Appellate Court, which upheld his removal for the jailing 46 people over a cell phone in his courtroom. It was not a close question with a 9-1 vote to send Restaino packing...

Daschle: Obama May Help Pay for Millions Spent Attacking Him

Posted on June 06, 2008
For many, it would seen like the political equivalent to a democratic dominatrix contract for a candidate to help pay off the debt of another candidate — money used in relentless campaign attacks largely targeting him for over seventeen months. Yet, for months, aides to Hillary Clinton have been insisting that Obama help pay [...

U.S. Military Awards $80 Million Contract to Indicted Saudi Financier

Posted on June 05, 2008
What does it take to get a defense contract in the Bush Administration? After awarding a $300 million contract to a 22-year-old man, Efriam E. Diveroli, who sold defective arms to our Afghan allies, it has now been reported that the Defense Department has awarded an $80 million contract to indicted Saudi financier Gaith [...

Israeli Military Court Blocks Demotion of Soldiers Who Abused Two Palestinian Youths

Posted on June 05, 2008
In a shocking development, a Jaffa military court has reportedly blocked the demotion of three Israeli soldiers for abusing two Palestinian detainees this year. While the prosecutors and defense had agred to a demotion to privates for the staff sergeants, the court found that such punishment was unwarranted and ordered that they only be [...

Shock Video: 78-Year-Old Man Hit in Street and Left as Dozens of People Drive or Walk By

Posted on June 05, 2008
There are times when one has to wonder about the future of our species. In the video linked below, Angel Torres, 78, is struck by two cars in the streets of Hartford, Connecticut and left in the street. The video shows a dozen cars passed by without stopping and pedestrians doing nothing to [...

Gone Prayin?: Muslim Cleric Tries to Get Egyptians to Pray Less and Work More

Posted on June 05, 2008
There is an interesting debate going on it Egypt. Muslim ccleric and television host, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has taken on the low productivity of Egyptian workers can suggesting less time praying and more time working. What is particularly interesting are studies that show that the average Egyptian government worker only spends 27 [...

Iran Threatens to Sue the West for Defamation

Posted on June 05, 2008
Ali Ashgar Soltanieh, Iran’s chief delegate to the International Atomic Energy Agency has threatened that Iran may sue Western countries for libel. After some consideration, my view is that this is a contingency case that most lawyers would pass on...

Father Michael Pfleger Removed as Pastor Following Racially Insensitive Speech

Posted on June 04, 2008
Chicago Francis Cardinal George has temporarily removed Father Michael Pfleger from his position as pastor of St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church on Chicago’s South Side. The decision follows his racially insensitive remarks at Sen. Barack Obama’s former church...

Judge Criticizes Teacher?s 90-Day Suspension After Attempt to Seduce 15-Year-Old Student

Posted on June 04, 2008
In New York, State Supreme Court Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam called a recommended 90-day suspension of a teacher who attempted to seduce a student “irrational” and too lenient. A teacher at Staten Island’s New Dorp High School, Colleen McGraham, 39, repeatedly contacted the 15-year-old students who spurned her advances...

Keep the Towel: Surgeons Discover that Tumor in Patient is Actually 25-Year-Old Towel

Posted on June 04, 2008
Now, here’s a malpractice case for you. Doctors operated on a patient in Japan’s Asahi General Hospital to remove a large tumor in his stomach that was causing abdominal pain. Once inside, they discovered a greenish towel that was left in his stomach since 1983...

Brigitte Bardot Convicted of Hate Speech and Discrimination

Posted on June 04, 2008
It could be a sequel to her role in Jean-Luc Godard’s film Contempt. Actress Brigitte Bardot has contempt for Muslims, homosexuals, immigrants and many others. It is quite a list and few people would frankly care much about what the aging starlet thinks about such subjects...

Family Seeks $206,000 Against Shelter for Mistakingly Euthanizing Dog

Posted on June 03, 2008
A Texas couple is suing the city of Denton, Texas for $206,000 for negligently euthanizing their dog. Shawn Snider and Beth Bayless-Snider are seeking recovery for loss of future breeding opportunities and emotional pain and suffering for the loss of their 3-year-old black Labrador, Amicus...

California Blogger Arresed for Saying that Singapore Judge is ?Prostituting Herself?

Posted on June 03, 2008
In a serious attack on both free speech and free press, the Singapore government has arrested a California blogger (and U.S. citizen) after Gopalan Nair, 58, criticized Justice Belinda Ang Saw Ean. Nair is a former Singapore lawyer who is now charged with insulting a public servant and has already spent a year in [...

Geogrey Fieger Found Not Guilty in Michigan

Posted on June 03, 2008
It may be one of the most unexpected verdicts of the year. Geoffrey Fieger and law partner Ven Johnson were acquitted on all charges after an 18 day trial on illegal campaign contributions. The jury deliberated for four days to reach the verdict. It is a major loss for the Justice Department [...

Not So Nuts: Mother Sues American Airlines Over Serving Peanuts

Posted on June 03, 2008
A New York mother, Tehmina Haque, has sued American Airlines for injuries suffered by her son when he came into contact with peanut oil on a flight due to the in-flight peanuts. Even though her son did not go into anaphylactic shock due to his severe allergy, she sued the airline for negligence...

Historical Revisionism With a Bite: From the Dallas Cowboys to Hillary Clinton, Hitler Film Becomes Favorite Parody

Posted on June 03, 2008
A friend recently sent me the new parody targeting Hillary Clinton using a scene from a film of Hitler in the bunker with his generals. It was very familiar. It is a scene from Der Untergang (The Downfall). Previously, a friend sent me the same clip dubbed to attack the Dallas Cowboys...

Mother of Iraqi Honor Killing Victim is Herself Killed After Divorcing the Murderer

Posted on June 02, 2008
It was hard to imagine anything more disturbing than the story that was posted a couple weeks ago about Rand, a 17-year-old girl, was killed by her father (and her brothers) for simply falling in love with a young British soldier. While still a virgin, her father Abdel-Qader Ali, 46, still strangled her after [...

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