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Archive for April, 2010

Ron Paul On Iran Sanctions: Don’t Kid Yourselves Congress, This Is War We’re Debating

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Filed under Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

“Anti-Government” Tea Partiers Support Massive Expansion Of Police Power

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, Individual Liberty, Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

David Weigel notes that the Arizona Tea Party was among the groups protesting in favor of the new Arizona immigration bill:
Arizona’s SB 1070, the legislation that would allow law enforcement to demand proof of citizenship from anyone they find suspicious, is getting some clutch support from the local tea party movement.
From the Arizona [...]

Spock Hangs Up The Ears

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Filed under Star Trek, Television

Leonard Nimoy is saying that he’s finished playing our favorite Vulcan:
Leonard Nimoy, the actor who has famously portrayed “Star Trek’s” original alien Spock for over 40 years, has announced he’s officially hanging up the pointy Vulcan ears for good.
Nimoy, 79, plans to retire shortly from show business and the “Star Trek” convention circuit, according to [...]

A Way Out Of The Immigration Fight

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Filed under Immigration, Politics

Via Twitter, I came up this 2007 Examiner article by Dan Riehl of Riehl World View that offers what seems like the beginning of a way out of what has been little more than three year long shouting match over the subject of immigration, illegal immigrants, and immigration reform:
As with current and past generations, future [...]

Jury Orders Boy Scouts To Pay $ 18.5 Million In Sex Abuse Cover Up

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, April 24th, 2010. Filed under In The News, Legal

The Catholic Church isn’t the only institution with a history of covering up sexual abuse:
PORTLAND, Ore. – A jury on Friday ordered the Boy Scouts of America to pay $18.5 million to a man sexually abused by a former assistant Scoutmaster in what is believed to be the largest such award against the organization.
Lawyers for [...]

Arizona Governor Signs Draconian Immigration Bill Into Law

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Immigration, Individual Liberty, Politics, Privacy

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed into law the most far-reaching immigration law in the country:
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer today signed into law an immigration bill that gives the state toughest law in the nation, making it a state crime to be in the country illegally and requiring local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
The [...]

U.S. Army Court Martials Birther Soldier Lt. Col Terrence Lakin

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

As expected, the United States Army has formally instituted Court Martial proceedings against Lt. Col Terrance Lakin, the Army Doctor who is refusing to obey his deployment Orders until he sees proof of President Obama’s citizenship:
Formal court martial charges have been brought against Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Army doctor who believes President Obama may [...]

Virginia Political Candidate Attempts To Shut Down Blog That Criticized Him

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Blogging, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, U.S. Constitution, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Vivian Paige and Eileen Levandoski were the first Virginia bloggers to report on the rather disturbing actions of Norfolk (Va.) Vice-Mayor Anthony Burfoot against a blog that was critical of his candidacy for City Council:
A judge Wednesday forced the removal of a website attacking Vice Mayor Anthony Burfoot and the city’s treatment of downtown clubs.
Circuit [...]

Discovering What’s In ObamaCare Part XXXVIII: Health Care Costs Will Go Up, Not Down

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

Remember when Nancy Pelosi said this:

Well, it turns out that the Speaker was, perhaps unintentionally, completely right.
In the time since the health care reform bill became law, we’ve discovered that the biggest beneficiaries of the new law will be the health insurance companies that the Democrats had demonized, that the bill won’t reduce the [...]

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Threats Against South Park Are An Assault Against Freedom Of Expression

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, April 23rd, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Islam, Religion

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who became a target of Islamic radicals after she targeted her former faith in a film with the late Theo Van Gogh, was on CNN the other night talking about the threats made against the creators of South Park over their depiction of Mohammed.

Ali makes an excellent point — this entire episode [...]

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