Let’s continue the Politics of Trek series with Episode 13: “The Conscience of the King.” This is a fascinating episode about a man who executed thousands of people to save thousands more. What conservative message could this send? The ends
Police in Seneca, South Carolina have arrested six men for beating another man at an Applebee’s on March 17. According to the police, the alleged perpetrators may have attacked the victim based on racial motivations. The FBI has been notified
An analysis of media reports on the Trayvon Martin shooting reveals how a local crime story became a national racial outrage. The incident happened on Feb. 26, 2012, and was primarily reported in local outlets. The first major national news
Earlier today Brian Terry’s family released a statement concerning the newest developments in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation. Not surprisingly they are not happy. Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News tweeted the statement. “The Terry family, like most of America,
Appearing on Soledad O’Brien’s CNN show this morning, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) stated: I think his mother described it perfectly. It’s a character assassination. We’re seeing a lot of facts unveiled each day …. There are too many unanswered questions.
Congresswoman Maxine Waters told CNN that she has heard enough of the facts to know that Mr. Zimmerman is guilty of a hate crime.
(AFP) Hundreds of Afghan women are languishing in prison having been accused or convicted of so-called “moral crimes”, including “running away” and having sex outside marriage, campaign group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The report released in Kabul, I Had
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart —– On his low-rated cable show, besides mocking as “evil” the heart of a former vice president currently recovering from a heart transplant, “America’s satirist,” Jon Stewart, apparently has some special insight into the Trayvon
While a huge swath of the media and the political elite calls for the arrest of George Zimmerman without waiting for all the facts to come out, there is other possible criminal activity taking place in Sanford, FL, that deserves
The amount of media malpractice in the Trayvon Martin case is astounding and will make it nearly impossible to obtain justice. Reuters doesn’t help with their latest on the story, wherein they cannot decide how to racially compartmentalize George Zimmerman:
The New Black Panther Party is offering a reward for the capture of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case.
The A&E original series “Breakout Kings” is three episodes into its second season, and fans are being treated to more of the same action and suspense from season one – following a surprise ending in the season premiere. “Breakout Kings,”
Leave it to the Illinois General Assembly to do the wrong thing again. This week they voted down House Bill 3944, a bill to amend the state’s brutally antiquated Eavesdropping Act. The Illinois Eavesdropping Act makes it a Class 1
(AP) Army sergeant charged in Afghan massacreBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and DEB RIECHMANNAssociated PressWASHINGTONCharges filed Friday against Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales reflect the horror of the crime: 17 counts of premeditated murder, more than half of them children, during
Consider this the requisite “Geraldo blames hoodies” post. When I first heard of this remark yesterday, it sounded so ludicrous I thought Geraldo must be joking. No, Mr. Al Capone’s Vault was serious in his speculation. I have a different
Who didn’t see this coming? From The L.A. Times: When the Motion Picture Assn. of America voted to uphold the R rating for the documentary “Bully” several weeks ago, the film’s distributor, Harvey Weinstein, kicked up a dust storm of
Simone Farrow, 37, was arrested this week in Sydney, Australia, suspected of running a global drug syndicate. According to the UK Daily Mail, Farrow “is accused of trafficking the drug meths in bags of bath salts from a posh apartment
(AP) NJ spycam case stirs debate over hate crime lawsBy DAVID CRARYAP National WriterNEW YORKThere was a verdict in the wrenching Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent are
(AP) WikiLeaks’ Assange plans bid for Australian SenateBy ROD McGUIRKAssociated PressCANBERRA, AustraliaWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate in elections due next year despite being under virtual house arrest in England and facing
When Dennis Miller listed 10 things that women can do to make men happy, number four was: “Would it kill you to watch ‘The Godfather’ with me for the 57th time?” How true is that? For going on two generations
State Controller John Chaing continues to uphold the California Great Seal Motto of “Eureka”, i.e., ‘I have found it’. But what Chaing is finding as Controller is that California’s economy as measured by tax revenues is still tanking. Compared to
(AFP) The United Nations called on Iran to ban the death penalty in cases that do not meet standards of “serious crime” as defined by international law, according to a report to be published Monday. In the report, special UN
(Reuters) – Six suspected leaders of the international hacking organization known as Anonymous were charged by U.S. authorities of computer crimes, dealing a major blow to the loose-knit group that has wreaked havoc on the websites of government agencies and
(Reuters) – Three Occupy Oakland protesters accused of surrounding and taunting a woman before stealing her wallet were charged on Friday with robbery and hate crimes, authorities said. Michael Davis, 32, Nneka Crawford, 23, and Randolph Wilkins, 24, confronted the
