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Congressman Frank Wolf has AG Holder on the run

12 June, 2010 (09:43) | Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

On election day in 2008 members of the Black Panthers, dressed in what appeared to be nearly tactical garb and waving clubs in their hands, confronted voters heading to a particular polling location in Philadelphia. They made comments to those people heading into the polls that several voters called threatening and generally made a show [...]

New Challenge to AZ enforcement law: it’s a usurpation of federal role

6 June, 2010 (09:32) | Crime & Punishment, Immigration, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Another challenge to Arizona’s enforcement law has been laid down, this time directly addressing the notion that immigrations law and enforcement are duties that fall to the federal government and not the states. In their 44 page filing, the plaintiffs call the law an “unprecedented attempt by a single state to regulate immigration” and “a [...]

McCain is now a supporter of border security and… the fence???

12 May, 2010 (00:30) | Crime & Punishment, Immigration, Politics | By: ricjames

Via HotAir we have a vid of a John McCain ad touting his support of border security and – seriously – the border fence: So Senator “Jam-Amnesty-Down-America’s-Throat”, Senator “I’ll build the g-ddamned fence if they want it” is the go-to guy on matters of border security and he’s perturbed that the border fence hasn’t been [...]

Palin e-mail hacker convicted, may get 8 years prison time

1 May, 2010 (14:46) | 2008 Presidential Race, Crime & Punishment, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

The guy who hacked then-VP candidate Sarah Palin’s personal e-mail account was convicted Friday of 2 of the 4 charges filed against him, computer fraud and obstruction of justice. To which I say: excellent. Now, sentence him quickly, toss him in jail and let him fade into obscurity. During the 2008 election cycle David Kendall [...]

Prius / Toyota runaway stories aren’t passing the smell test

14 March, 2010 (12:37) | Crime & Punishment, Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Technology, The Media | By: ricjames

I have driven cars since I turned 16, roughly (*cough* *cough*) years ago and I’ve driven everything from subcompacts to 2-ton delivery vans. (Interesting note – as a temp worker with the US Postal Service years ago, I’ve even driven cars from the “wrong” side of the car!) I’ve had brake failures, blown tires, transmission [...]

DC murder rate for 2009 lowest since 1966

1 January, 2010 (23:45) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Good news: Homicides in Washington hit a 43-year low in 2009. Police say the nation’s capital recorded 143 slayings in 2009, the fewest since 1966. Police had hoped to achieve the lowest total since 1964, when there were 132, but there were three slayings on New Year’s Eve. The homicide total represents a 23 percent [...]

“More guns = more crime” officially debunked

31 December, 2009 (16:44) | 2nd Amendment, Crime & Punishment, Politics | By: ricjames

Advocates of gun control talk of the concept of crime increasing as more people have guns as if it’s a graven-in-stone axiom. Evidence has been presented in many localities that suggest otherwise and now the FBI’s nationwide crime report for the 1st half of 2009 shows definitively that this concept is untrue. From the NRA-ILA: [...]

Switzerland’s tradition of public defense readiness on display

10 December, 2009 (15:52) | 2nd Amendment, Crime & Punishment, Military, Politics | By: ricjames

(Hat tip: Glen Caroline)

ACORN document dump – breaking report at BigGovernment.com

23 November, 2009 (17:17) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

What many of us already knew about ACORN is coming to brighter light and wider knowledge thanks to the efforts of people like Andrew Breitbart, filmmakers Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe, and, now, Derrick Roach. The latest report breaking at Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com is regarding a massive document dump committed by ACORN San Diego where they [...]

Guilty of failure to buy

13 November, 2009 (12:34) | Crime & Punishment, GWOT, Law, Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

With the passage of the Pelosi version of “healthcare reform” details are starting to come out about what Congress has in mind for you. For starters, if you refuse to buy health insurance of a type and quantity Pelosi and crew think you should, you can get jailed – for up to 5 years. That’s [...]