Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, hypocrisy, oregon, politics, property, tax, tagged hypocrisy, oregon, sizemore on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m kind of shocked that the R-G folks couldn’t come up with anything more salacious in this article about Bill Sizemore’s tax fraud woes:
A judge agreed Monday to delay conservative activist Bill Sizemore’s arraignment, giving the longtime foe of public employees three more weeks to decide whether to accept taxpayer-funded legal defense against criminal charges [...]
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, free speech, media, oregon, politics, prejudice, private press, public domain, torture on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
from the Register-Guard:
The order issued Monday afternoon came after The Register-Guard and the Eugene Weekly separately asked the District Attorney’s Office to overturn a city decision that asserted state laws pertaining to personnel records required the police reports to remain secret until the city completes a misconduct investigation into officer Judd Warden’s actions. [...]
Two [...]
Posted in constitution, economics, ethics, fair use, free speech, medicine, patents, property, science on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
another link from Wired this morning: pro bono group’s challenge to patent on naturally-occurring genetic material allowed to proceed:
U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of New York, in ruling that the case may proceed to trial, noted that the litigation might open the door to challenges of a host of other patented genes. About [...]
Posted in constitution, criminal law, ethics, hypocrisy, impeachment, torture on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Really it’s the only honorable thing for Jay Bybee to do- he certainly shouldn’t wait for the Congress to remove him via impeachment. But this kind of half-assed “oh my bad, I had no idea they would take my memo that said torture is OK and then actually use it” non-apology press release bullshit [...]
Posted in constitution, dissent, economics, education, ethics, hypocrisy, politics, tagged lincoln, posner, stare decisis on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
although since he doesn’t give a damn about stare decisis, I guess I’m not surprised that he can’t be bothered to actually check the factual truth behind the decisions his clerks write for him.
Posted in constitution, dissent, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, politics, tagged Bill, Gennifer Flowers, Hillary on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Four more years of libel in the national media? Four more years of baseless attacks on your candidate’s credibility and integrity? Four more years of stories about her husband’s infidelity? Four more years of this?
Gennifer Flowers, who accused then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton of having a twelve-year relationship with her in 1992, announced Monday she is [...]
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, tagged guantanamo, torture, treason, war crimes on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Said Haynes, “I thank the President and the Secretary of Defense for their confidence and for the opportunity to serve. I leave the Pentagon humbled and inspired by the selfless sacrifices of the men and women, uniformed and civilian, who defend our country. And, I thank their families.”
And if there is [...]
