It took only a week. Police have arrested a couple who allegedly posted the Craigslist ad offering the contents of Robert Salisbury’s home. They are Brandon and Amber Herbert and ideally they will not be the last people to be charged. Continue reading “Police Arrest Couple Behind Craigslist Ransacking Hoax”
Day: April 2, 2008
Yet, another prostitution scandal was triggered today with the disclosure that the husband of U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Thomas Athans, allegedly admitted to police that he used the Internet to arrange for a prostitute to come to his hotel and paid for services. Continue reading “Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s Husband Implicated in Prostitution Arrest”
A couple was the latest to be put to face Rajam (stoning to death) for the crime of adultery after a sentencing by Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal agency. The couple was found guilty by a “qazi court” in Fata in a case reportedly over-seen by the Taliban. Continue reading “Islamic “Court” Stones Couple to Death for Adultery”
The Los Angeles City Council appears to be dropping the proposed 40-hour moratorium on killings that was supposed to start on Friday. The tabling of this proposal by advocates like Councilman Tony Cardenas should clear the way for other possible alternatives like requiring Los Angeles residents with even numbered license plates to kill only on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays while people with odd numbered license plates could do their killing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. All would be expected to rest on Sunday. Continue reading “Los Angeles Debates a 40-Hour Moratorium on Killings”
The White House finally released some of the torture memos to Congress — justifications of coercive methods by Professor John Yoo. What is most striking about the memo below is its rather low-grade effort to justify torture — citing a type of self-defense theory for why an isolated detainee might have died or been injured during rough interrogation. Continue reading “Torture Memo Released: Yoo Argues Self-Defense in Cases of Interrogation Deaths or Injuries”
It appears that the national outcry over Wal-Mart’s litigation against Deborah Shank — a brain-damaged former employee — has forced the giant corporation to back off. It will no longer try to collect $400,000 from Shank and her cancer-victim husband. Continue reading “Wal-Mart Backs Down in its Litigation Against Brain Damaged Former Employee”
In a startling disclosure from an exchange at an East London mosque, Imam Abdul Makin and a leading Muslim lawyer have supported the killing and raping of non-Muslim, declaring all non-Muslims as guilty and subject to lethal abuse. As the videos show below, moderate Muslims have a considerable fight on their hands to rid their faith of these unhinged characters. Continue reading “Leading English Muslim Endorses the Killing and Raping of Non-Muslims”
An 18-year Nebraska state trooper is appealing his termination due to his political association with a group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. Robert E. Henderson was fired after he disclosed his association with the Knights Party, a group led by racist David Hale. The case before the Nebraska Supreme Court is only the latest in a long line of terminations of police officers for private or politicalassociations during their off-duty hours. Continue reading “Trooper Appeals Termination for Off Duty Political Activities”