2008-10-07

Alberto Ruiz-Arroyave, aka El Primo, 46, a Colombian national extradited to the United States for his role in a $25 million arms for cocaine deal, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to provide material support and resources to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC, United States Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced yesterday in [...]

2008-10-06

The new consolidated guidelines to govern the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s domestic operations will address in a comprehensive way the FBI’s investigation of crimes and threats to the national security and its collection of foreign intelligence; the FBI’s provision of assistance and information to other agencies; and the FBI’s intelligence analysis and planning functions.
According to [...]

2008-10-05

My previous article, “2008 Elections: Marriage-Absence, America’s Most Urgent Problem, Goes Ignored”, points out what is wrong with Sarah Palin: she is a card-carrying big-government socialist feminist. McCain is no better for a variety of reasons discussed in previous articles [1], [2]. For the record, the Obama/Biden ticket reeks as well, for all the same [...]

While Barack Obama’s friends and supporters in the news media downplay his friendship and business relationship with former terrorist and Marxist university professor Willam Ayers, one aspect of the Ayers terrorism saga that’s totally ignored is his reputation as a cop-killer.
For instance, in Nyack, New York, Ayers’ terrorist group the Weather Underground launched an armored-car [...]

It’s not the economy. Sure – if the economy was better, it would be good for Republicans. Everybody knows that, which is why the McCain campaign could never bet too many chips on the economy as part of a winning formula. Sure, the Democrats – including Barack Obama and Joe Biden – did cause the [...]

2008-10-04

After a deliberation of around thirteen hours late last night, a Clark County, Nevada jury convicted University of Southern California alumnus, O. J. Simpson and an accomplice of twelve criminal charges. This comes thirteen years to the day after the widely publicized “trial of the century” acquitted him of the murder of Nicole Brown and [...]

Cardinal Health Inc., one of the nation’s largest distributors of pharmaceutical drugs, has agreed to settle allegations that it violated federal reporting provisions relating to its handling of certain controlled substances regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
Under the agreement [...]

2008-10-03

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 300 gang members and gang associates here in the Los Angeles area over the last four months as part of a far-reaching law enforcement operation by ICE that generated more than 1,700 arrests nationwide, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police.
The [...]

2008-10-02

(The following is based on a report submitted to the National Association of Chiefs of Police by the US Department of Justice.)
Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today announced nearly $240 million in grant awards that support communities and law enforcement in preventing crime. These grants are administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and [...]

“The family court system needs to be investigated,” says Paul Fisher, the Fathers 4 Justice Daddy Activist who recently spent three days 125 feet above ground on a crane in Ohio. Fisher was drawing attention to what he claims is family court corruption. “The mainstream media is ignoring this serious issue affecting [...]

2008-09-30

A recent study released by the conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation provides proof that illegal aliens and immigrants with green cards are committing rampant voter fraud in the United States.
Reports of ineligible persons registering to vote have raised concerns about state processes for verifying voter registration lists. States usually base voter eligibility on the voter’s [...]

2008-09-29

The Alliance Defense Fund has called on 35 pastors across the country to break IRS tax laws and endorse presidential candidates during sermons. The pastors will draw on Bible passages tomorrow in a protest organized by the group of conservative Christian lawyers.
The ADF launched the effort to protest a 50-year-old law which bans churches, religious [...]

2008-09-28

The Values plank of the Republican Platform 2008 contains a section on Preservation of Traditional Marriage. The gist is not new. The federal government has mangled marriage and family to the point of legally destroying the institutions and now they’re leaving their mess in the states. There is an additional sentence tacked on at the [...]

Profit via Failure

Men finally have figured out how to enjoy life like Heather Mills, the unjustly and grossly overcompensated ex-wife of Paul McCartney. They grew tired of watching women get bailed out of failed marriages, collecting obscene payouts and lifetime salaries called alimony. So, they developed a brilliant plan: become CEO of a teetering company, [...]

The Somali pirates who hijacked a Ukrainian freighter carrying military weapons defiantly demanded $20 million in ransom despite being surrounded by three foreign warships on Sunday.
The spokesmen for the pirates, believed to be members and associates of Al-Qaeda, were contacted via satellite communications. They confirmed that they were surrounded by three foreign warships [...]

2008-09-27

Cyber analysis and warning capabilities are critical to thwarting computer-based threats and attacks. The Department of Homeland Security established the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to, among other things, coordinate the nation’s efforts to prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyber threats to systems and communications networks.
The US Congress requested the Government [...]

2008-09-26

Florida attorney Jack Thompson was disbarred by a ruling of the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday for a variety of offenses, and has been banned from practicing law in Florida. The proceedings listed ten distinct problems by Thompson that led to his disbarment, including making false statements to a court, and violating a court order. [...]

2008-09-25

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, combating terrorism has been one of the nation’s highest priorities. As part of that effort, preventing nuclear and radioactive material from being smuggled into the United States — perhaps to be used by terrorists in a nuclear weapon or in a radiological dispersal device (a “dirty bomb”) — [...]

2008-09-24

The 2008 Republican Platform, Values section, topic Preserving Traditional Marriage, reads as follows:
Preserving Traditional Marriage
Because our children’s future is best preserved within the traditional understanding of marriage, we call for a constitutional amendment that fully protects marriage as a union of a man and a woman, so that judges cannot make other arrangements equivalent to [...]

2008-09-23

Dick Morris has offered his advice on the presidential campaign once again with a dramatic red-blue map showing Obama beating McCain by almost 100 electoral votes. His advice to the McCain campaign seems entirely myopic and hyperbolic at the same time, which is often true when someone tries to create wisdom from simple-minded statistical [...]