Kind of like wearing the ribbon. Spotted by my wife in Rhode Island. ...
Breaking news tonight from the Washington Post: Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on...
The jurors are now selected in State of Florida v. George Zimmerman and opening statements are scheduled for Monday. Today was a 'wrap up' day, to resolve as any lingering issues that Judge Nelson hadn't yet decided, and do general housekeeping in preparation for the trial. Since...
Since May 31st, protests have raged in Turkey as demonstrations against demolition of an area in Taksim Square’s Gezi Park gave way to a larger anti-government movement. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been cracking down through police force as the weeks have gone on. But...
If the bill is so great, why does a liberal business group need to call itself conservative?...
Via Lebanese website Naharnet: Syrian rebels have recently received new weapons that could "change the course of the battle" against the Syrian regime, a spokesman for the Free Syrian Army told Agence France Presse on Friday. "We've received quantities of new types of weapons, including some that...
Update -- is the fix in for passage?...
Update -- Court rules on whether State can use terms like "profiling" "wannabe cop" "vigilante"...
G-8 Communique: We don't want no John Galts At the recently concluded G-8 summit in Northern Ireland, the leaders of the world's biggest powers couldn't even come up with a statement openly condemning Syria or Hezbollah. “We very much share the view that it is important for...
From Danelle: Last Person Leaving Taxifornia Please Turn Off The Lights It's not a bumper sticker, but my sister in law sent this a few minutes ago. Her family is moving to Texas this week and leaving Taxifornia behind. Yes, they were on the way out of LA...
The final jury was selected the Zimmerman trial today, consisting of 6 women jurors and 4 alternate jurors. For those following along with the juror ID numbers, the jurors selected are: B29, B76, B37, B51, E6, E40. Tomorrow we will have an in-depth analysis for each...
There are several analogies I can think of for this. But, I'll let it speak for itself. https://twitter.com/divadoll123/status/346989969082023939 Vegan Sell-Out List If you’re no longer vegan, you’re going on the list. The spirits of the billions murdered have risen to deliver: The Vegan Sellout List – an online directory of...
In my first installment of the Research 101 series, I covered the topic of Knowing Where to Start, and pointed readers to many of the helpful documents that I’ve already put together in the past on sources that are available to those interested in performing...
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg was sentenced today to two years in prison on charges of hacking and fraud in a district court in Stockholm, Sweden. From USA Today: The Nacka District Court in Stockholm said 28-year-old Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, who is currently serving a one-year...
Jury is all women, 5 Whites, 1 Hispanic...
As we speak, a "breakthrough" agreement will be announced regarding border security. More on that later It's all a dance and ratifies a bad policy of rewarding law-breakers over law-abiders. Via Mark Kirkorian at NRO, ‘The Border Security Ruse’: The latest attempt at providing political cover for pusillanimous Republican...
