YouTube has pulled the account of popular anti-scientology channel “Xenutv1” run by Mark Bunker — just before it aired a long-anticipated three-hour interview with Jason Beghe – a film and television actor who recently came out against his former Scientology church. The church as been aggressively pursuing and threatening such sites under copyright laws to prevent the disclosure of material on the church. In the meantime, hackers have “declared war” on the Church, which they denounce as a dangerous cult. Continue reading “Bunker Mentality: YouTube Bars Account of Leading Scientology Critic”
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Soldier Jeremy Hall is the atheist in the foxhole that everyone says does not exist. Perhaps for that reason, some people seem quite upset to find him there – debunking the idea that belief in God is a prerequisite for being a good soldier. Hale, 23, is now suing Defense Secretary Roberts Gates over what he claims is harassment and discrimination over his non-religious views. Continue reading “Atheist in the Foxhole: Soldier Sues Gates for Discrimination”
Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the replacement of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) with Mecca Mean Time given the more central location of the holy city on Earth. Of course, given yesterday’s report of the Human Rights Watch on Saudi treatment of women, here. MMT could mean making time move backwards. Continue reading “I’m Not Late, I’m On Mecca Time: Muslim Scientists and Clerics Call for Replacement of Greenwich Mean Time with Mecca Mean Time”
New Hampshire Superior Court Judge Patricia Coffey resigned after she was suspended for three years by the state Supreme Court for dealings considered fraudulent and dishonest by her colleagues. Coffey’s demise is tied to a fraudulent property transfer involving her husband, John Coffey was barred as an attorney over the controversy. Continue reading “New Hampshire Judge Resigns Under Allegations of Fraudulent Conduct”
Scientology is again under criticism over the alleged pressure to remove the video below of Jason Beghe explaining why he left the church and how actors like Tom Cruise and John Travolta allegedly believe that they are now a new species. At the same time, the Internet has seen an explosion of videos alleging highly abusive uses of copyright laws by Scientology lawyers to harass and search leading critics. Continue reading “Scientology Accused of Pressuring Removal of YouTube Video and Abusive Searches of the Homes of Critics”
Elena Reichman does not appear to be a threat to the traveling pocket, but according to police she warrants a felony battery charge over a confrontation over a secondary search at the Palm Beach International Airport. The 74-year-old grandmother and Holocaust survivor spent the night in jail over an incident that appears to have been the result of a combination bad judgment and bad manners. Continue reading “Meet the Face of Terror: 74-Year-0ld Criminally Charged After Refusing to Empty Pockets at Airport”
A Pennsylvania mother, Diane Rose Adorante, 40, will spend as much as 23 month in jail for hosting a birthday party where Samantha Scheuring, 16, drank herself to death. On Jan. 15, 2007, Scheuring was found dead at the apartment with a blood-alcohol content more than five times the legal limit. Continue reading “Mother Sentenced to Prison for Party Where Youth Drank Herself to Death”
Despite the recent litigation over the abusive use of police dogs, there appear a few dogs that may be too playful. In this video a police dog is having a great time with multiple people running — too much fun to stop the fleeing suspect.
Yale Art major Aliza Shvarts has become a national sensation with her claim to use blood and pictures from self-induced miscarriages for art works. The only problem is that it appears to be untrue. Continue reading “Yale Denies Performance Artist Story of Use of Miscarriage”
The Ninth Circuit has held down an interesting ruling that upheld an award of $600,000 for Deanna Freitag, a former guard who alleged that she was sexual harassed by male inmates. The allegations stem from the conduct of inmates in the maximum-security prison at Pelican Bay. Continue reading “Federal Court Upholds Sexual Harassment Award for Female Guard Harassed by Inmates”
The presidential campaign may come down to Ahi Tuna and what Cindy McCain knew and when she knew it about her warm spinach salad. John McCain’s wife has been accused of including another woman’s recipes in her collection of “McCain Family Recipes.” She joins the wife of Jerry Seinfeld in the expanding field of recipe misappropriation. Continue reading “Tunagate: Cindy McCain Accused of Stealing Recipes”
Gregory Floyd has a curious way to establishing that he would never have threatened to shoot and kill his neighbor: he starting swinging his cane and swearing at everyone in a New Hampshire courthouse. Floyd recently was cleared of wrongdoing in killing a man who shoot a police officer. Continue reading “Nothing Says You’re Non-Violent like a Good Caning: Video Shows Man in Court Attacking Police and Prosecutors After Conviction for Criminal Threat”
This week a Yemeni court granted a divorce to an eight-year-old girl who was given an arranged marriage with 28-year-old Faez Ali Thameur. Nojud Mohammed Ali just wants to go to school, but the husband admits that he consummated the marriage. In an civilized court of law, he would have walked out with a criminal charge of child rape and abuse. Instead, he left with an uncontested divorce. As shown below, this is not unique in this area of the world. Continue reading “Yemeni Court Grants Divorce of 28-Year-old Husband and 8-Year-Old Wife”
Sidney Blumenthal, a top aide to Hillary Clinton and a past aide to Bill Clinton, has pleaded guilty in New Hampshire to drunk driving. The video below shows a polite and sober Blumenthal at booking. Such tapes are now routinely made available despite private information that is sometimes revealed, as here. Continue reading “After Clinton Aide Blumenthal Pleads Guilty to DUI, Police Release Video of Booking”
A store has demonstrated a concept that I try to teach in class.
Continue reading “Brilliant Demonstration of Deterrence Theory”