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Olbermann versus Dallas Tea Party
February 24, 2010 – MSNBC anchorman Keith Olbermann has come under fire from Dallas Tea Party members for making a passionate general criticism of the Tea Party movement’s lack of diversity.
In an excerpt from one of his recent shows he aired wide expanse video from Tea Party events that revealed a conspicuous absence of people of color.
The Dallas branch responded by offering up their own...
Judge Hands Down Sentence To Jayson Williams
Jayson Williams, a former NJ Nets, was on trail for his role in the shooting of his limo driver, Costas “Gus” Christofi, back in 2002. Williams was sentenced Tuesday (February 23, 2010) mourning to five years and must serve a minimum of eight-teen months before he will be eligible for parole.
Williams agreed to a plea deal last month, that Judge Edward Coleman accepted. Part of the deal...
American Pediatrician Indicted on 471 Sexual Abuse Charges
Pediatrician Dr. Earl Bradley has been indicted on 471 counts of rape, unlawful sexual contact, continuous sexual abuse of a child, assault and reckless endangerment against 103 children. These charges allegedly took place between 1998 and 2009.
Bradley, 53, is presumed innocent until guilty, however the odds are not in his favor. Law enforcement officials have seized videotapes from his home of him...
Shooting at Luke Air Force Base: Update
A pair of confused robbers who were trying to escape through a Luke Air Force Base roadblock were shot late Monday night. News report from Glendale, Arizona reported on Associate Press and on CBS wires services said that Captain Jerry Gonzalez, speaking for the Air Force Base, reported that their security forces opened fire killing one of the robbers and injuring another because the driver failed to...
Semi-Automatic Guns Now Allowed In US National Parks
As of February 22, 2010 it is legal to carry a loaded gun, including a semi-automatic weapon, into all national parks in the United States. The new federal law was an attachment to a credit card reform bill that was passed in 2009. State law will still be followed when it comes to determining what kinds of firearms will be allowed in the parks; and shooting the firearms and hunting will remain illegal...
US Clears Torture Memo Authors
The Justice Department has found that there is no reason to pursue any further actions against John Yoo and Jay Bybee, two former government lawyers who are regarded as the author of the memos which outlined the harsh and torturous treatment of detainees. These memos, which were authored in a panic stricken aftermath of the September 11th attacks, attempted to justify the use of harsh treatments such...
John Mellencamp for United States Senate?
A “Draft John Mellencamp for United States Senate” drive has been buzzing around the Internet today. Once known as bad boy rocker Johnny Cougar, Mellencamp is well-known as a successful and beloved Heartland singer-songwriter with a progressive working class viewpoint.
The talk centers around the Senate seat from Indiana, which will be vacant after Evan Bayh retires next year. The Draft...
14-Year-Old Political Pundit Wows Crowd
Look out Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich, there’s a new Mr. Conservative in town and he’s only 14 years old. Jonathan Krohn who just turned 14 last week wowed the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D. C. this past weekend. This young man from Atlanta, GA doesn’t drive and his parents won’t even let him have his own cell phone yet,...
243 Homeland Security Guns Lost
Around 180 Department of Homeland Security weapons were lost. Many were stolen by criminals after officers left them in several various public facilities.
The Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not protect their guns and lost a significant number of them between 2006 and 2008.
243 firearms in all were lost during this period according to a January report from General...
Sen Kerry Sent Suspicious Package
BOSTON- Authorities are investigating what is said to be a “suspicious package” sent to Sen. John Kerry’s Boston office.
The package was delivered Thursday morning according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Kerry, Brigid O’Rourke. She has also said that the office was not evacuated, and that the Senator was not in at the time that the package arrived. She also states that she did not...
