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Duncan Hunter: Deport the Children of Illegal Aliens

Posted on April 29, 2010
Rep. Duncan Hunter has called for the deportation of the children of illegal aliens born in this country. I discussed this issue last night on Countdown. Jus soli (“law of ground”) or “birthright citizenship” is recognized by nations like France and the United States while rejected by others...

Supreme Court Reverses Lower Courts on Mojave War Memorial Cross

Posted on April 29, 2010
The Supreme Court’s voted in a 5-4 decision to reverse lower courts in California in the case involving the cross in the Mojave National Preserve. The decision is significant in showing a more permissive approach to such religious symbols. The U...

Ukraine Legislators Vote on Russia Lease Amid a Torrent of Eggs, Smoke Bombs, and Catcalls

Posted on April 28, 2010
This video shows Ukraine legislators debating the extension of a Russian lease for a military base with eggs and smoke bombs. It appears that Roberts’ Rules of Order is not widely read in the Ukraine. Speakers at the legislators apparently need gavels, umbrellas, and oxygen tanks...

Hell: Exothermic of Endothermic?

Posted on April 28, 2010
This answer to a college chemistry exam was sent to me recently and restores my faith in the new generation of college students. The answer was purportedly in response to the bonus question on a University of Arizona chemistry midterm: “Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?” Here is the student’s answer: [...

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Shades of Satan: Iran Cracks Down on Suntanned Women

Posted on April 28, 2010
Iranian police have found another pocket of immorality amidst their population. Of course, it is again women — specifically sun-tanned women. Brig Hossien Sajedinia, Tehran’s police chief, announced that his officers would be looking for suntanned women as a mark of immorality...

Charges Against Chicago Police Officer for DUI and Killing Two People Are Dropped ? Police Then Arrest Upset Members of Victim?s Family

Posted on April 28, 2010
When off-duty Chicago Police Officer John Ardelean, 36, was involved in a suspected DUI accident on Thanksgiving that killed two people — Miguel Flores, 22, and Erick Lagunas, 21 — he was not arrested immediately after the crash or at the hospital...

The Few, The Politicians: Candidate Told By Marines To Withdraw Campaign Ad

Posted on April 28, 2010
GOP candidate Vaughn Ward has run into problems over his campaign ads, but not with the FCC. The Marine Corps has ordered him to change his campaign ad in which he appears in uniform and promises to help repeal Obamacare. The body armor shown in the picture may now become useful...

Riddle Me This: Texas Rep Calls for Adoption of Arizona Immigration Law

Posted on April 28, 2010
Rep. Debbie Riddle of Tomball, Texas has announced that she will seek to introduce the Arizona immigration law in Texas. While criticized as unconstitutional by both conservatives and liberals alike, Riddle wants to see the law adopted in the Lone Star state...

Finally, Some Clarity in the War on Terror . . .

Posted on April 28, 2010
I can’t understand why this wasn’t clear before . . . The article below details the growing opposition to the role of PowerPoint presentations in the military. For the full story, click here.

Palestinian Cleric on Icelandic Volcano: Allah Did It

Posted on April 28, 2010
This Hamas sermon is the latest example of a religious leader taking credit or assigning divine blame for a natural disaster. In this case, it turns out that the Iceland volcano was retribution by Allah. We, of course, have our own religious fanatics who are quick to assign religious retributive motives for natural disasters...

Report: Justice Department Moving to Challenge Arizona Law

Posted on April 28, 2010
The Justice Department is reportedly moving toward challenging the Arizona law. If true, it would be a rare case where the United States directly challenges a state law as opposed to waiting to intervene as an amicus. Given the increasing number of cities and citizens planning to challenge the law, there is no paucity of [...

New Hampshire Approves New Two-Year College For Potential Law Students

Posted on April 27, 2010
New Hampshire legislators have approved a new two-year college for students who want an accelerated path to law school. I am steadfastly opposed to such abbreviated undergraduate programs and believe that law schools should oppose such efforts — as they should oppose proposals for two-year law schools...

Rotten Apple II: Police Raid Gizmodo?s Office and Seize Computers and Severs

Posted on April 27, 2010
We have been following the story of the stolen IPhone and the implausible arguments of Gizmodo that it was merely playing a “source” when it bought the phone and took it apart. Now, police have raided Gizmodo’s offices, whose editors may want to look for a handy App for lawyers in the area...

When Funches Throws Punches: Women Attack Man for Failing to Hold Elevator Door

Posted on April 27, 2010
Waltia Funches, 28, and Kenyana McQuay, 27, have a curious way to showing a man how to treat a lady. After a man failed to hold an elevator door for them, the two women proceeded to dump pasta on him, kick him, and beat him with their handbags. Mohammed Warsame said that he threw water [...

Video: Meet Buddy The Real Lassie

Posted on April 27, 2010
Buddy, a German Shepherd, is being credited with leading the Alaskan State Police to a fire at his owner Ben Heinrichs’s house. He received an accommodation from the police and a rawhide bone from Heinrich, who suffered minor burns in the fire. What does it take to get a steak ...

Citizens in Lebanon Rally Against Religion in Government

Posted on April 27, 2010
There is a glimmer of hope in the Middle East. In a recent large-scale protest, citizens rose up in a rare public demonstration to get religion out of politics. Sunday’s Secular Pride March shows that there are many people in countries like Lebanon who are want a separation of church and state — and are [...

Scientist in Global Warming Scandal Threatens To Sue Over Spoof Video

Posted on April 27, 2010
Professor Michael Mann, the scientist at the heart of the climate-data scandal, has sent a letter through his lawyers threatening a lawsuit over the video below — a popular spoof on YouTube. Mann was a target of criticism over his “hockey stick graph” showing global warming...

Flashpoint? Evidence Points to a North Korean Torpedo as Cause of Warship Sinking

Posted on April 26, 2010
North Korea has long succeeded in committing crimes ranging from kidnapping to murder with little consequence as the West tries to avoid a full-out war in Asia. That may get increasingly difficult after both South Korean and U.S. officials confirmed that North Korea likely sank the warship Cheonan (Pohang-class corvette) with a torpedo...

Former Death Row Inmate is Arrested for Seventh Time

Posted on April 26, 2010
Literature and life has countless examples of criminals who are spared long incarceration or death and become model citizens who use their “second chance” to live a worthy life. Thomas Anderson, 57, is just not one of them. After since he was spared death in 1988, Anderson has racked up seven felony cases — and [...

Danish Newspaper Allegedly Forces Controversial Cartoonist Into Retirement in Wake of Threats From Muslim Extremists

Posted on April 26, 2010
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard recently survived worldwide calls by Muslims for his murder and a recent attack at his home by a Muslim with an axe. His newspaper the Jyllands-Posten daily newspaper has responded by effectively firing him — allegedly to avoid further death threats from extremists...

Mother Starves 16-Month Baby To Death ? Receives No Jail Time

Posted on April 26, 2010
We have another case of religious homicide and a comparatively light sentence (For a prior column, click here). In the case of Javon Thompson, she was starved to death because he would not say “Amen” after meals. The mother received no jail time and five years probation...

Criminal Adultery: States Ponder The Continuation of Puritanical Laws

Posted on April 26, 2010
Today’s column is on the continued criminalization of adultery in states across the country. It is a critical battle over morality legislation in the United States. Across the country, some social conservatives are fighting for what they view as a critical article of faith: criminal adultery laws...

Video: Graduation Prayer Meltdown

Posted on April 26, 2010
What I particularly love about this meltdown graduation speech is the apology for the sin of “worshipping the intellectual mind.” I am not sure what school this is? Does anyone have information on the graduating institution that is praying not to be captured by intellectualism? I particularly love the nonchalant approach of the school official [...

Yield to Santas?

Posted on April 25, 2010
This shows that there is a highway sign for every danger . . . I presume that there an insurance policy covering the hitting a Santa to remove powdered sugar and peppermint stuck on the hood. You still, however, have to deal with and irate Dasher who comes by your house for some “North Pole [...

Prosecutors Charge Former Nurse With Encouraging Suicide

Posted on April 25, 2010
There is a fascinating case in Minneapolis that raises some important free speech issues in an assisted suicide case. William Melchert-Dinkel, 47, was charged with two felony counts of aiding suicide under a Minnesota law that criminalizes even verbal encouragement of suicide...

Seattle Cartoonist Declares May 20th as ?Everybody Draw Mohammed Day?

Posted on April 25, 2010
While a Saudi lawyer is suing in England over the Danish cartoon controversy (here), Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris has declared May 20th “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.” Norris took the action after the shameful decision of Comedy Central to censor an episode of South Park after Muslims threatened to kill the creators of South Park for [...

Saudi Lawyer To Sue In England Over Danish Cartoons on Behalf of the Descendants of Mohammed

Posted on April 25, 2010
Muslim lawyers are continuing their campaign against Danish newspapers over those Mohammed cartoons, even after one newspaper, Politiken, apologized to Muslims. Now, in England, they have filed a lawsuit on behalf of 95,000 direct descendants of Mohammad over the cartoons filed in Denmark...

Shock Video: Homeless Man Reportedly Left To Die on Sidewalk After Rescuing Woman

Posted on April 25, 2010
This is a disturbing video that purportedly shows a homeless man who was stabbed when he intervened to help a woman in New York City. In the video, various people just walk by as he laid dying on the sidewalk.

Welcome Number One, I Have Been Expecting You . . .

Posted on April 25, 2010
If this is not an evil genius dog, she has missed her calling. I expect we will discover in a few years that the global economic meltdown and climate changes were all engineered by this dog.

Belgium Bishop Admits To Prior Child Abuse and Resigns

Posted on April 24, 2010
Another high-ranking Catholic priest has resigned in the wake of the child abuse scandal. In Belgium, the highest-ranking bishop Roger Vangheluwe, 73, the Bishop of Bruges, has resigned after admitting that he also engaged in child abuse. Vangheluwe issued a statement that admitted that “When I was still just a priest, and for a certain [...

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