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Law & Order Update

Posted by Jayson Javitz · Published: May 9, 2008 · Comments (0)

Click the below link if you'd like to read about some recent crime & punishment news stories: A left-wing enviro-nut getting 20 years in the clink, an Alaska Republican legislator sentenced to prison for corruption, an illegal immigrant 'coyote' receiving life imprisonment for homicide, and that ongoing late-term abortion criminal... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (4 votes cast)

Spitzer's call girl is suing Girls Gone Wild... AND supporting Hillary!

Posted by Cassy Fiano · Published: April 29, 2008 · Comments (9)

Ashley Alexandra Dupre, best know as former New York Governor Spitzer's favorite call girl, is suing Girls Gone Wild. She says she was "too drunk" to give consent... snort. Ashley Alexandra Dupré claims in the lawsuit that she was only 17 years old at the time the GGW crew took... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (8 votes cast)

"Instead of the cross, the Albatross . . ."

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: April 26, 2008 · Comments (7)

After the Ancient Mariner slew the albatross which had brought the ship luck, he was blamed for the following disasters and forced to wear the dead bird around his neck in penance. The punishment proved no talisman for his shipmates, though: The cold sweat melted from their limbs, Nor rot... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (13 votes cast)

Firm which "peeked" at passport files headed by Obama adviser

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: March 23, 2008 · Comments (8)

As the brouhaha over someone "peeking" into the passport files of Presidential candidates Barack Obama, John McCain, and Hillary Clinton degenerates into mindless accusations, one interesting fact has emerged from the smoke thus far, reports Kate Bolduan for CNN: The CEO of a company whose employee is accused of improperly... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (11 votes cast)

All wet

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: March 14, 2008 · Comments (8)

Eliot Spitzer may very well still be in office if he was Finnish. Finland's foreign minister yesterday admitted being involved with a topless dancer and her porn star sister. Ilkka Kanerva, 60, confirmed today that he has sent text messages to Johanna Tukiainen, a member of the erotic dance group... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (7 votes cast)

McCain, Drudge, and the NYT

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 20, 2007 · Comments (6)

The Drudge Report is headlining a leaked New York Times story alleging Senator John McCain gave "special treatment" to a lobbyist for the telecommunications industry at some unspecified point in the past (presumably while he was Chairman of the committee overseeing that legislation). No details are yet available, but part... [Full Story]

Rating: 3/5 (7 votes cast)

A gift? For ME? Thanks, have a job!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 15, 2007 · Comments (3)

When a candidate for President "breaks out" from obscurity to viability, he often finds the accompanying spotlight to be double-edged. While he now enjoys media attention which often amounts to free advertising to stoke his momentum, the light also may shine into areas of his past he might prefer remain... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (14 votes cast)

Australian Senator comes 'clean' on pole incident

Posted by Bill Jempty · Published: December 14, 2007 · Comments (9)

The incident happened in St. Petersburg Russia in 1998. From the Herald Sun- NATIONALS deputy leader Nigel Scullion had some advice to anyone found tied to a pole in their undies in a nightclub in St Petersburg - make sure you wear clean underwear. Senator Scullion has won the backing... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (11 votes cast)

Hillary fires another volunteer over email

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: December 10, 2007 · Comments (2)

The Clinton campaign has fired another Iowa volunteer for forwarding an email alleging Obama is a Muslim, Nedra Pickler reports for the Associated Press: Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign on Sunday requested the resignation of a second Iowa volunteer coordinator who forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.5/5 (4 votes cast)

Ted Kennedy gets fat book advance

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 30, 2007 · Comments (8)

Senator Ted Kennedy is apparently getting a huge advance for his memoirs, reportedly in the range of those given to Hillary Clinton ($8 mil) and Tony Blair ($9 mil). Personally, before I'd advance him a dime, I'd make sure he actually remembered something. Read more at Daily Takes, where they're... [Full Story]

Rating: 5/5 (6 votes cast)

Barry Bonds indicted

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: November 15, 2007 · Comments (6)

For perjury and obstruction of justice, according to NBC11.com: Baseball superstar Barry Bonds was charged Thursday with perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying when he said he did not use performance-enhancing drugs. The indictment, unsealed Thursday by federal prosecutors in San Francisco, is the culmination of a four-year... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (3 votes cast)

Drudge Posts Excerpts From Devastating New Republic Transcripts

Posted by Lorie Byrd · Published: October 24, 2007 · Comments (33)

This is the stuff Bob Owens has been alluding to for a while now -- somebody leaked the transcripts to Drudge and he is linking pdf versions. THE NEW REPUBLIC has been standing behind the stories from their Baghdad Diarist, Scott Thomas Beauchamp, since questions were first raised about their... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.7/5 (33 votes cast)

Hillary shortchanging Hsu-donor refunds?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 17, 2007 · Comments (8)

UPDATE: The Clinton Campaign is NOT returning Senate campaign money from the questionable donors. (They say they can't tell which are Hsu-related because "bundler" records weren't kept). When the Hillary Clinton campaign announced, after their leading fundraiser Norman Hsu was found to be a scam artist, they would return all... [Full Story]

Rating: 2.6/5 (45 votes cast)

Enron "whistle-blower" a phony?

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 12, 2007 · Comments (15)

She's written a book and given nearly 200 speeches around the world for as much as $13,000 each, based on being an "Enron whistle-blower." Turns out she was a low-level paralegal who didn't blow any whistles at Enron, but is rather proficient at tooting her own horn. Greg Farrell reports... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.4/5 (13 votes cast)

Con Men For Hillary

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: October 1, 2007 · Comments (12)

Just when you thought it was safe to start a new pyramid scheme . . . another reputed con artist is raising money for Senator Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign, as Charles Hurt and Jeane MacIntosh report for the New York Post: A purported pyramid-scheme operator who was run out of... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (13 votes cast)

The Strange Case of Hsu, Lillian Vernon, Hillary, and Bill

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 21, 2007 · Comments (20)

The more answers we find about furtive fundraiser/con artist Norman Hsu, the more questions arise. It has now been discovered that Hsu's contributions almost mirror - in many cases in exact amounts and on exact dates - those of the Hochberg family, proprietors of the junk-mail catalog company Lillian Vernon,... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.7/5 (37 votes cast)

Phony interviewer again investigated by ABC News

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 14, 2007 · Comments (9)

ABC News is re-opening its investigation into news reports based on information from Alexis Debat after he was discovered to have a phony resume and published fake interviews, Bill Carter reports for The New York Times: ABC News said yesterday that it would begin a second investigation into more than... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.1/5 (10 votes cast)

Hillary ignored warnings on Hsu

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 13, 2007 · Comments (8)

The Hsu fundraising scandal is sticking to Hillary Clinton's campaign, although the scam artist also gave considerable sums to other Democratic candidates and the DNC as well. [Paul posted a related story earlier]. Hillary's campaign was warned months ago and did . . . nothing, apparently. James Gordon Meek and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.6/5 (13 votes cast)

Hsu's tangled web

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 9, 2007 · Comments (6)

Fugitive fundraiser Norman Hsu apparently ran a shell company which may have existed to illegally reimburse campaign donors, Mike McIntire reports for the New York Times: A review of financial records for one of Mr. Hsu's companies begins to shed light on some of his recent activities, including his dealings... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.8/5 (20 votes cast)

Name that Party!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 8, 2007 · Comments (12)

Where politicians are implicated in scandal or corruption, an interesting phenomenon has been noticed by many observers. It the offender is a Republican, it is mentioned in the lead paragraph. If a Democrat, the party affiliation is mentioned much later, if at all. For example, the New York Times report... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.3/5 (17 votes cast)

Fugitive fundraiser nabbed in Colorado

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 7, 2007 · Comments (5)

Norman Hsu, the Democratic fundraiser who jumped $2 million bail in California, has been arrested in Colorado, report Jaxon Van Derbeken and John Coté for the San Francisco Chronicle: Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing in a... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (18 votes cast)

Senator Larry Craig: The Comeback!

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: September 4, 2007 · Comments (22)

Just in time for your toe-tappin' restroom pleasure, The Unsinkable Larry Craig hints he may reconsider his resignation from the Senate, contest his guilty plea in appellate court, and bring the long shadow of his wide stance back to the Senate cloakroom, sayeth the Associated Press: Sen. Larry Craig is... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.6/5 (8 votes cast)

Top Dem fundraiser turns himself in

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 31, 2007 · Comments (36)

Fugitive Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu has surrendered to authorities, reports Paul Elias for the Associated Press: A top Democratic fundraiser whose criminal past has roiled the campaigns of top presidential candidates turned himself in Friday in California, where he had been a fugitive for more than 15 years. Judge H.... [Full Story]

Rating: 3.9/5 (23 votes cast)

Vick could face state charges

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 22, 2007 · Comments (19)

I have expressed doubts that Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick would face state criminal charges after he makes his plea deal with federal prosecutors. I was wrong, as Larry O'Dell reports for the Associated Press: Among the state laws Vick could be charged with violating are those against dogfighting and... [Full Story]

Rating: 4.4/5 (9 votes cast)

NBA refs gambled, ousted ref claims

Posted by Jim Addison · Published: August 18, 2007 · Comments (4)

A former NBA official who pleaded guilty to gambling charges will implicate other refs, the Seattle Times is reporting: Former official Tim Donaghy reportedly will give information that will implicate referees in some forms of gambling activity, ESPN.com reported Friday. The Web site, citing a report on 1050 ESPN Radio... [Full Story]

Rating: 4/5 (6 votes cast)

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