Seems like the pace of these incidents is starting to pick up a little bit. No real facts in the news report beyond the facts that the would-be burgler died from his wounds and the shooter not only seems to have had some kind of cardiac episode during the event, but he also called [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Castle Doctrine Invoked in Texas Killing
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, education, ethics, politics, privilege, property, tagged castle doctrine, texas on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Memo To Ohio: You’re Doing It Wrong
Posted in black box voting, constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free (or not) software, politics, technology, tagged Diebold, Election Fraud, Ohio, Voting on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The voter-verified paper trail does you absolutely no good if you don’t actually use it.
The point of the ballot print-outs that Ohio law mandates is that they’re from a voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT); the voter casts a vote using the touchscreen, and then he or she confirms that the ballot has been correctly recorded [...]
Bye Rudy
Posted in criminal law, dissent, ethics, hypocrisy, politics, prejudice, tagged Adultery, rudy on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Stick a fork in him, because he’s done:
As New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani billed obscure city agencies for tens of thousands of dollars in security expenses amassed during the time when he was beginning an extramarital relationship. . .
This is evidence that Rudy directly participated in the commission of a crime- I’d start with something [...]
Castle Doctrine Invoked in Florida Killing
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, education, ethics, property, tagged castle doctrine, Florida, Murder on November 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This sounds pretty bad to me:
Wilkerson was flirting with Payne’s girlfriend, and Payne asked him to leave.
Partygoers told police that Wilkerson was drunk and threatening to kill the unarmed Payne. Wilkerson got into his truck, and Payne followed, hitting the driver’s side window with his hand. Payne hit the window a second time, breaking it.
Wilkerson [...]
Glenn Greenwald Tells TIME To Retract Lies
Posted in dissent, economics, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, media, politics, private press on November 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Somehow I missed this from last week. Maybe it was all that turkey, or maybe I just didn’t read the details. But I guess Halperin isn’t the only lazy hack on the TIME payroll. Glenn wrote:
As my post earlier today here demonstrates, that is hardly unusual behavior for Time. But that doesn’t make it [...]
Oprah Will Campaign For Barack Obama
Posted in dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, media, politics, tv, tagged CNN, Obama, Oprah on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(ack, so embarrassing- it’s Barack, not Barak. Fixed.)
Hillary should just pack up and go home:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Oprah Winfrey will join Democrat Barack Obama again on the campaign trail, this time visiting the early contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, the candidate’s campaign said Monday.
Of course, GOP hackMark Halperin [...]
