public vendettas
West Virginia's Big 12 break at the root of a 'bitterly tense relationship' in the U.S. Senate
...fell short in a 1988 bid for governor. Not surprisingly, he was not the Republicans' first choice.) "I think they took it more personally than it should have been taken," Manchin told Politico. "This is a bad place to have a personal vendetta, I can tell you that." Oh, we believe you, senator: Your long, hands-on experience with personal vendettas speaks for itself. - - - Hat tip: Deadspin. Ma...
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FREE JULLIAN ASSANGE! OCCUPY THE WORLD!
...likes of Thomas, Scalia et al, the Bill of Rights had GUARANTEED every American DUE PROCESS LAW. The principle, it was hoped, would have been universal among 'western nations'. In fact, no one should be denied the right of Habeas Corpus. Latin for "that you have the body." A writ of habeas corpus is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee (e.g. institutionalized mental patient) before the court...
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Long Read: Creating Social Reconciliation or Social Implosion?
... government policies. The President himself warned in 2010 that students would face the law prevailing in the country. He was not talking about the rule of law, but the prevailing law. Hundreds of students have been suspended or detained, mainly for protesting against government policy. The burden of the current economic crisis will be placed on the shoulders of working people with public service...
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When Bloggers Become Bunny Boilers
...ial justice for black women my blogging experiences would be vastly different. Having personally experienced and witnessed biting opposition, verbal and physical attacks on women bloggers and other concerns, I can only give so much leeway to unreliable folks who will turn on you when they don’t get their way. Especially when others have more resources at their disposal. Especially when I notice ...
Tags: black women, black women bashers, blogging 101, bwe, bwe infiltrators and traitors, conflict
Interview with Robert Bidinotto, author of HUNTER: A THRILLER
... brutalized by all the predators turned loose by so-called “corrections experts.” The horrifying impact of those crimes on their lives moved me profoundly. I was outraged that public officials would let such things happen, then coldly rationalize the carnage with “rehabilitation” psycho-babble and excuse-making. That prompted me to investigate the legal system further. Eventually, I publi...
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Heartland ClimateFakeGate Exposes Rot In Alarmists' Camp
...es that animated so many articles, are readily seen to be unsupported by the unfabricated documents, as well as being untrue. I don’t think Gleick’s mea culpa holds up. His timeline of events points to some anonymous source for the start of this, but the document dates point to the forgery coming after the theft. More importantly though, this incident actually destroys the Alarmists’ claim...
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Christie: "WE BELIEVE IN BAHAMIANS"
...ions in The Bahamas — are the Bahamian people themselves. I wouldn’t go into someone else’s country and tell the people there how to vote and I don’t want anyone from any other country coming here and telling me or my people how to vote either. So let’s be clear about that! I’ll tell you what, though – I know what voters of all stripes are thinking about this year – they’re ask...
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Just the Facts?: 400-Year-Old Witchcraft Trial Resumes -- John Wayne Gacy Had Accomplices -- Vatican Mutiny!
...nd offered Nelson’s two brothers a job with Gacy. Some have speculated the friend, who according to the lawyers is still alive and living in another state, may have been involved in Nelson’s disappearance. “I don’t know that was involved,” Stephenson told the Sun-Times. “But I know that he wasn’t telling the truth here.” “I think it tells us that John Wayne Gacy...
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Defending the Jewish Agency: A Conundrum
... employee provided a journalist with employment contract details that really are proprietary to the employer – and probably thinks nothing of the ethics of what he/she did. The Board itself consists of way too many individuals (including senior professionals and lay leaders of constituent organizations) whose only interest is self-interest. Begs the question, is this any way to run an organizat...
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