Bread and Circuses

Last night was opening night of my Constitutional law course…. Nothing like giving a lecture on natural law, the common law and the Declaration of Independence ... be either — response or understanding wise. Anyway… the above book is a great summary of natural law [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:50:34

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Knoblauch accused of beating and choking his wife

From FOX 9 News : HOUSTON – Former Minnesota Twins infielder Chuck Knoblauch has been charged with assault for allegedly choking and hitting his wife. A judge set Knoblauch’s bond at $10,000 after he appeared in court Tuesday. According to the criminal complaint, Knoblauch’s common law wife told police he hit her in the face, then choked her at their Houston home on Friday. Knoblauch, 41, faces two to ten years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, if convicted. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:17:55

Chuck Knoblauch & Stacey Stelmach: Knoblauch & Stelmach divorce

By Clarencia Cynrae on September 29th, 2009 Chuck Knoblauch, a former Major League baseball player, attended court on Tuesday, September 29. Knoblauch was facing a charge on family violence. Knoblauch allegedly hit and choked his common-law wife, Stacey Stelmach, in their home. The family violence offense allegedly took place last week. Stelmach said the fight broke out after she tried to remove car keys from Knoblauch because he appeared intoxicated. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:04:56

Some Accurate Reviews on Legal Matters

by Gift Mabuza Unlike the law of gravity, however, which is difficult to understand and explain; interdependence is relatively easy to explain ... in business or legal matters on his behalf and this is called a letter of attorney, or power of attorney in common law. A durable power of attorney is given by a person to another person to act in their [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 00:09:19

Investment Tips for 2009

Today's Feature Story:ACLU Demands Halt to Intimidation of Lawful Voters Common DreamsBogus Voter Fraud Allegations Are Part of Voter Suppression ... information about all newly registered voters and those who have legally registered and cast an absentee [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 09:29:00

Contract Terms, Part Two: Parties

“The common law doctrine of privity of contract means that a contract cannot (as a general rule), confer rights or impose obligations arising under it on any person except the parties to it.” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:44:35

New Calfornia law requires HMO's to provide translators.

The state's diversity is cited as a reason for its torch-bearing role: 42 ... the number was that high. I can see the utility of this law, having understandable doctor visits is just common sense. But by forcing the health care companies to bear this cost you've just raised every [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:01:00

Report: College Students, Professors Getting Raw Deal

Everyone knows that college is getting more expensive, ... and international students, or from professional schools such as business, law and engineering where full-cost pricing is increasingly common. Institutions are also turning to user fees to fund many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:46:59

Yo Momma So Fat, Her Ass Is Bigger Than a Blueprint for Liberty

Jackass of the day: Frank Melton, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. He was faced with a city council that refused to pass a law banning sagging pants ... that ANY local issue is “much bigger than the Constitution” is ridiculous. Yet it’s an all-too-common ... contempt for the Constitution — and with it, for the rule of law — is uglier than an army of [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:48:21

The flip side of Moore’s Law

From this week’s Economist… Constant improvements mean that more features can be added to these products each year without increasing the price ... there is much more interest in products that apply the flip side of Moore’s law: instead ... this year, according to IDC, a market-research firm. For common tasks, such as checking e-mail [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:51:17

Right Wing Round-Up

Pam's House Blend : Washington Times publishes ugly hit piece on Kevin Jennings. Truth Wins Out : Focus on the Family Seeks to Exempt Alabama Gays from Antibullying Protection. Rob Boston : At the Values Voter Summit, Wing-Nut Christian Right Plots Its Comeback. Texas Freedom Network : David Barton Promotes Oklahoma Extremist Sally Kern. Amanda Hess : Ex-Gay Group Calls Hate Crime Laws “Anti-Ex-Gay.” Wow, Hitler and Obama really do have a lot in common. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:39:52

How to Project a Professional Image

People who get paid to conduct profession are called professionals. They follow a code of ethics set down by business law, morals, public policy, and even rules set ... of the majority and for the common good. Though we have different ways of ruling a team, it must be necessary [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:49:29

Dumb Law Alert: South Carolina

Saw this over at Slashdot: "It looks like in an act that defies common sense, ... ." Here's the actual text of the Act: TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:15:06

Misleading and Mistaken

Voice of America, January 15: Britain's Foreign Secretary is calling for democracies to rethink their strategy against extremists, ... with little in common. The British foreign secretary said democracies must respond to terrorism by championing the rule of law, not subordinating it. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:32:30

Foundations of America

Foundations of AmericaIf the foundations be destroyed, what can a people do? ... and the source of his courageThe common attitude of teachers and students today is that our founding fathers were ... in the teaching of law! Lawyers today do not know these truths of their own profession because humanistic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:27:00

The use of white phosphorous

Accusations that Israel employs sinister and “illegal” weapons are not new ... a common use. The way Hamas used it, packed into a mortar or rocket is illegal under international law. ... to illuminate a target or create smoke is legitimate under international law, and that there was no evidence [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:41:41

"Apple's message is always about pseudo-control," Scott Johnson, New-Media Guru Opines

No matter what our discipline - law, public affairs, media, ... on the stage. "I keep thinking Michael Jackson and Steve Jobs have something in common.  The difference [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 01:32:33

What are good deals at Sam’s Club?

There’s a pretty good promotion going on at Sam’s Club for new members: Pay the $40/year membership fee to join, and they’ll give you a $25 store gift card. (Heard about this from Common Sense with Money ... , though. What are the best deals at Sam’s? The one time I went with my mother-in-law, I wasn’t hugely [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:40:02

All About Government Public Marriage Records

by Charles Burton Public Marriage Records are an essential resource of public information for future reference and studies. The most common examples of their use are in providing information on family history and genealogy studies, as official documents in legal proceedings such as divorce, identity and inheritance and checking up the marital background of prospective spouse or partner. Going painstakingly through piles of hard copy archive, that was how to find marriage records in the past. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:46:36

Flawed justice

Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. — Edmund Burke When William Hawkins was 28, he was convicted of attempted sexual contact with a 12 year old girl. It is the sort of crime most of us find odious, but Hawkins' crime actually occurred much earlier, when he was 16. Young men often do impulsive and stupid things. Hawkins was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison, served a bit more than 5 months and was released with the proviso that he register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:17:49

Go, Maine, Go!

By the time this diary goes live, I will be at  a BIG meeting all evening and unavailable for the evening, listening to what progress has been made and finding out what more still needs to be done. NO REST FOR THE WEARY; SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK-WILLED! ;) Today's poll numbers are the first damned positive sign I've seen in awhile now, but the last thing we need is to think that this is a guarantee. It is NOT. This is going to come down to the last vote. WE'VE GOT TO WORK HARDER. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 22:00:00

What The Hell Is The ‘American Police Force,’ What Does It Do, And Who Funds It?

American Police Force – Cleveland ExaminerThis story about American Police Force is shaping up to be a quite wonderful little scandal. It’s perhaps a little early to offer a definitive statement of the facts so I’ll constrain myself to reasonable interpretations and point out that this is very much personal supposition, opinion, not a definitive statement of facts.But I would start by saying that American Police Force and their contract to run the empty jail in Hardin, Montana, well, it looks like [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:18:37

Creepy O-cult video of the day: “Deliver us, Obama!” Updated

I didn’t think you could top those schoolchildren substituting Obama for Jesus in their public school praise hymn.Now, thanks to Naked Emperor News and Breitbart TV, we have video of community organizers led by the “Gamaliel Foundation” praying to The One as they lobby for “social justice” and health care for all.“HEAR OUR CRY, OBAMA!”“DELIVER US, OBAMA!”And no, this is not an Onion parody:Update: Ed Morrissey asks if it’s just bad acoustics. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:00:08

A Friday Evening Out With School Buddies at a Local College Cabaret Results In Hazardous and Irresponsible Drinking and Alcohol Poisoning Symptoms

When Janice was in high school, she had gained a reputation as a person who studied much of the time and who rarely, if ever, let her hair down by drinking with her peers. She seemed nearly obsessed about excelling academically so that she would be able to go after a career that she not only got pleasure from but one that also gave her some security from a financial standpoint. After much contemplation, ultimately she came to a decision that she wanted to be an attorney. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 21:16:13

On Guerilla Warfare. [Reprint]

Reprint From: http://chairmanmaozedong.org/article/274.html   (1937) 1. What Is Guerrilla Warfare? In a war of revolutionary character, guerrilla operations are a necessary part. This is particularly true in war waged for the emancipation of a people who inhabit a vast nation. China is such a nation, a nation whose techniques are undeveloped and whose communications are poor. She finds herself confronted with a strong and victorious Japanese imperialism. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:39:19

Does Your Employer Carry a “Dead Peasant” Life Insurance Policy on You?

I remember the story about Wal-Mart collecting $72,820.30 in life insurance on an employee, Karen Armatrout, who died of cancer while working at Wal-Mart.  At the time, I didn’t think to look deeper to see if this was a common practice among big corporations. A Texas attorney, Michael D. Myers, sued Wal-Mart over the Karen Armatrout case and it was dismissed because it failed to reach the limit for a civil complaint to go before a federal judge.  However, Michael D. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:40:39

Troopergate Didn’t Go Far Enough

Posted on Tuesday, 29 of September , 2009 at 1:44 pm COMMENTARYBy June Maxam Last week, hundreds of North Country residents paid their respects to a fallen hero. Pfc. Jeremiah Monroe and thousands of other U.S. soldiers have given their lives to support and defend the Constitution, to insure the right of the American people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, to insure the right of a free press, free speech, freedom of religion and the rest as guaranteed by the Bill of [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:44:03

Walk A Mile In The Loan Modification Business

by Adam Whazzer Who is there to Help Those Who are Called to Provide Help? I work at a Foreclosure Defense Law Firm which happens to also engage in the practice of Loan Modifications. I am not an attorney nor am I here to provide or imply legal advice. The Loan Mod & Foreclosure Defense business has gotten a bad rap due to some bad apples in the bunch but there are some of us who actually care about what we do and to protect Homeowners and their Families from impending Foreclosure. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:25:39

core.profile: Haresh Lalvani

We are please at core.form-ula to profile Dr.Haresh Lalvani of Pratt Institute .  Dr.Lalvani has spent the last 30+ years building an incredibly rich body of work that has pushed design to new limits.   Dr.Lalvani has been working on many ideas through out his career, we are only able to feature a small percentage of this work within this profile.  Over the course of the next few weeks, we will introduce some more experimental work coming out his Morph Studio and Milgo-Bufkin on core.from-ula. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:49:12

Dodd’s Dangerous Game

We are quickly learning as a nation that President Obama and the Democrats in Congress are finding how the war on terror is not something that can turn  off and on like a blender.  The inconsistent statements, the reliance on the United Nations, the impulse to blame Israel for the problems in the Middle East, the genuflecting to Russia and there weak response to the nuclear progress made in Iran , point to a very bleak future for this country. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 19:02:47

Behind the Gambit in the A.S.C.-Xerox Deal

DealBook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin makes the case that the uptick in the stock market and the slow return of credit are reviving the mergers and acquisitions market. The question, however, is not whether the M.&A. market will revive, but instead whether everyone will simply go back to the old party and its bad practices. The question arises yet again as a result of Darwin Deason’s latest gambit. Mr. Deason is the chairman of Affiliated Computer Services, and owns a near-controlling stake in the company. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:26:36

Knoblauch accused of beating and choking his wife

From FOX 9 News : HOUSTON - Former Minnesota Twins infielder Chuck Knoblauch has been charged with assault for allegedly choking and hitting his wife. A judge set Knoblauch's bond at $10,000 after he appeared in court Tuesday. According to the criminal complaint, Knoblauch's common law wife told police he hit her in the face, then choked her at their Houston home on Friday. Knoblauch, 41, faces two to ten years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine, if convicted. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:21:38

U.S. Climate Action Partnership Presents Outdated Climate Plan

From the Wonk Room. Today, in the first hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee under the leadership of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) ... the political tide in Washington. They deserve credit for moving past conservative rhetoric that denies ... indicated in a recent report, “A U.S. climate bill should set a target of reducing U.S. greenhouse gas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:59:04

U.S. troops prepared to fight drug lords

More on this troubling post regarding the spiraling chaos occurring in neighboring Mexico. The problem has become so acute that U.S ... of exceeding the ability of state, local and federal law enforcement agencies in both countries ... cartels are fighting back to protect their very lucrative criminal livelihood." USNORTHCOM also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:41:24

Children need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Note: Cross posted from Mothers Justice- Initiative Project.PermalinkChildren need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDSPage 2http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/fathers/" …proof in itself why the rest of us NEED GUNS!"We need them to KILL people who want to MOVE our money into the pockets of the criminals (like her) who want to take our money to foster her immoral ideas of how a society should [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:27:09

Children need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Note: Cross posted from Mothers Justice- Initiative Project.PermalinkChildren need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDSPage 2http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/fathers/" …proof in itself why the rest of us NEED GUNS!"We need them to KILL people who want to MOVE our money into the pockets of the criminals (like her) who want to take our money to foster her immoral ideas of how a society should [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:54:17

Children need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Note: Cross posted from Mothers Justice- Initiative Project.PermalinkChildren need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDSPage 2http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/fathers/" …proof in itself why the rest of us NEED GUNS!"We need them to KILL people who want to MOVE our money into the pockets of the criminals (like her) who want to take our money to foster her immoral ideas of how a society should [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:21:10

Important Things To Know About Bankruptcy

by John Steed Bankruptcy is the condition affirmed by the court of law that somebody or an organization has been unable to clear its debt ... who has been not able to pay the required monetary funds. Several cases have been recorded and mandated ... . There are several filing of illegal act in financial courts to day. The most common filing is Chapter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:59:21

Hoover’s Other Error: Making Sprawl the Law

For Release January 18, 2009 Citiwire.net By Rick Cole Take any great place that people love to visit ... . What do they all have in common? The mix of uses that gives them life are presently outlawed by zoning in virtually every city ... and social devastation caused by sprawl. Yet it remains the law. What’s been lacking is the tool [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:09:46

Grab Life By the Disco Balls and Dance

This is my one and only life, and its a great and terrible and short and endless thing, and none of us come out of it alive. – Holly – P.S. I Love You The above movie is one of the most profound I have ever seen I think. It is one of those movies that teaches and inspires you as much as it entertains you. From the opening seen when Holly and Gerry are fighting I recognized that this Holly chick and I have a lot in common. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 16:52:47

Interview with Dean Kalman Lennert

by Dan Forgione Back in February, Lineboil highlighted this traditionally animated short currently in production by Dean Kalman Lennert. I loved the little bit that I saw online, and because Dean is a fellow NY’er, as well as that fact that I have a soft spot for almost anything traditionally animated, I thought it would be great to interview him about the film and share it with all of you. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:11:59

Children need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDS

Children need. . . THIS? THE FATHERS RIGHTS MOVEMENT: IN THEIR OWN WORDSPage 2http://www.thelizlibrary.org/site-index/site-index-frame.html#soulhttp://www.thelizlibrary.org/fathers/" …proof in itself why the rest of us NEED GUNS!"We need them to KILL people who want to MOVE our money into the pockets of the criminals (like her) who want to take our money to foster her immoral ideas of how a society should be."Let’s make no mistake about why assholes like her want to see our guns taken [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:17:51

Vigilante watch: Wanna-be super-secret a …

Vigilante watch: Wanna-be super-secret agents and self-made international wo/men of mystery in the Intertubes battle against Islamic extremism… Earlier this week I posted about a high energy Montana housewife who claims to have taught herself Arabic and invented over 20 different agent provacateur Muslim extremist ’sockpuppets’ in order to spend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:01:51

LONDON - AN INTERVIEW WITH EUROPE'S MOST FAMOUS PEDOPHILES

Finding the ideal flatmate is as tough as finding the perfect partner. Some people are born messy, others can’t help but be loud. And then there are those who, in spite of their inherently sweet nature and amicability, still wreck your head for no good reason. Ricardo and Martin are perfect flatmates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:54:11

The Qom Facility and International Law

Spencer Ackerman interviews some experts on the subject of whether Iran’s Qom nuclear facility could really have any non-weapons purpose and the basic consensus is that realistically it couldn’t . If the facility is of the scale that we’re being told it is, it’s too small to be something any reasonable person would want for electricity generation purposes. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:14:59

Myths, Half-Truths, and Other Freelance Lies

With the economy on a downward spiral, more people than ever before are examining freelancing as a viable source of income. The Internet is a tremendous resource for people who may be starting their freelancing career. Unfortunately, there is also a tremendous amount of bad information and misperceptions floating around the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:59:21

Whitey Bulger Movie

My Brush with the Mob Whitey Bulger Gonna Get Himself a Movie / Dustin Rowles No lie: This story is 100 percent true. Back in law school, I picked up a part-time job during my second year with an attorney outside of Boston -- he'd been working pro-bono on a case for 20 years, and put me to researching it. I think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:05

Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos

Canine Crime Fighter Crippled by Police DutyBy John McQuiston - ZooToo.comTurk lives every day in pain from injuries acquired on the job as a K-9 officer. Like thousands of K-9 retired police dogs across the country, the retired 5-year-old German Shepherd faces the rest of his life without medical care or benefits for his years of serving with the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:29:00

Survival Basics From Depression-Era Kids

By Julie Rains My parents and my husband’s parents were children during the Great Depression. Mine lived in large cities; my in-laws, small towns. Their families started this era from neither a position of wealth nor desperation; just to add perspective, though, [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 17:08:14

Back to School

I was sitting in my “History of America in the 60’s” class and the professor posed a question that obviously blew a few fuses in the minds of nubile freshmen. The question posed was: “You’re on your back porch, and you have train tracks that run across next to your land, but not on your property. You see a baby caught in the traintracks, and you hear the train coming. The train eventually comes and kills the baby. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 20:30:00

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