Court: County must pay for Arpaio foes' legal costs

Seeded on Tue Dec 1, 2009 9:43 PM EST (The Arizona Republic)

Five people arrested and acquitted for allegedly disrupting a Board of Supervisors meeting last year will have their legal fees paid for by Maricopa County taxpayers following a court order issued Monday.

sheriff, arizona, lawsuit, politics, maricopa, arpaio, toughest-sheriff-in-america

Maybe people need to stop jumping to conclusions

Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:46 PM EST

Well, police have done their investigating, found witnesses, performed the forensics, and come to a conclusion. The death that many on the web, and tv talk shows were blaming on angry right wing rhetoric inflaming people to the point of homicide, well, it was a suicide.

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suicide, politics, news, kentucky, murder, census, homicide, reporters, right-wing, rhetoric

"Veteran Reporter Says Gannett Stiffed Her" (files lawsuit)

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:23 PM EST (Courthouse News Service)

A longtime reporter for the Tucson Citizen says Gannett Co.

business, lawsuit, breach-of-contract, pima-county, arizona-daily-star, gannett-and-citizen-publishing

A Skinhead-Collaring Cop, Nazis at the State Capitol, and a Lesbian Nativist Reveals Homicidal Fantasies Toward Mexicans

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:38 AM EST (Phoenix New Times)

This is a very hard to classify article. It is a story about a dinner, a summation of criminal offenses, a piece about Nazis, about lesbian protesters, and an opinion piece, all rolled into one. Overall it seems to have a legal/political bent to it, so I classify it as such.

mexico, arizona, politics, protest, nazi, demonstration, lesbian, assault, hispanic, anarchist

Hoffman 'unconcedes' in N.Y.-23 House race

Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:09 AM EST (TheHill.com)

Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has "unconceded" in New York's special House election after reports that the vote margin between him and Rep.

congress, new-york, election, politics, republican, democrat, ny-23

Rules Be Damned: A Legal Resident Presented Valid Documentation to the MCSO but Was Jailed for 12 Days Anyway

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:23 AM EST (Phoenix New Times)

Unlike his friends, Sergio Martinez-Villaman wasn't afraid during June's immigration sweep in Mesa. The seasonal worker had a visa. Then came the encounter with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

immigration, us-news, maricopa-county, sheriff-joe-arpaio, sheriff-joe, mcso

Couple face court for 'excessively' noisy sex

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 5:38 PM EST (Yahoo! News)

Headline pretty much says it all. They were measuring nearly 50 decibels in the apartment next door. Or the volume of a normal conversational voice from three feet away. Common courtesy anyone?

sex, odd-news, court-system, noise-pollution

'Die quickly' Democrat apologizes for remark

Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 7:46 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

Florida Democrat Alan Grayson said it was inappropriate to call former Clinton administrator adviser, and Enron Lobbyist, Linda Robertson, a "K-street whore" hours after his spokesperson defended his actions.

congress, democrat, grayson, reobertson

Sock Puppets, and how the "MODS" are out gunned.

Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:08 PM EDT

*****Note ( moved to the top of the article in the edit to draw attention to it ): I doubt it was my report that resulted in the actions reported, since I didn't even know of the action until after the fact.

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technology, newsvine, tyler, moderation, moderator, news-vine, sock-puppet, aryshirelass, fiestyfem, professor-dr-s-collymore

Man finds missile launcher in Comal County

Seeded on Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:04 AM EDT (The San Antonio Express-News)

I know I do not want to be the one this is eventually tracked back to.

texas, fbi, army, military, san-antonio, us-news, criminal, missle, cid, fort-sam-houston

Did Columbus Discover America: and whose land is it anyway?

Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:33 PM EDT

It all depends on what you mean by discover and who you're talking about. To those identified by the term Native Americans he did not, how could he discover where they were living?

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migration, property, united-states, new-world, world-news, native-americans, christopher-columbus, columbus-day

Why Obama does not deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:23 PM EDT

President Obama did not deserve or earn this award. As Nobel said: "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations and the abolition or reduction of standing armies and the formation and spreading of peace congresses."

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nobel, president, liberal, obama, nobel-peace-prize, nuclear-weapons, world-news, hate, conservative, humanity

The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:26 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

"Roman Polanski committed a serious crime and then escaped punishment. Everything that has he has done since that day is relevant in enhancing or reducing his punishment, but none of it warrants dismissal.

entertainment, extradition, crime, polanski, rape, roman-polanski, roman, child-rape

'Sound cannons' give 'unmistakable warning'

Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:25 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

Police in Pittsburgh showed off the latest in crowd control Thursday as they reportedly used "sound cannons" to blast the ears of protesters near the Group of 20 meeting of world economic leaders.

technology, police, protest, pittsburgh, weapon, siren, protesters, g20, g-20, communiction

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You're the man Jake! I always enjoy your take on things... Happy to have you as a friend buddy!

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Thanks for the comment. The feeling is mutual. I think life is about learning, not agreeing. Insight cannot come when a mind is closed, and to disagree is an opportunity to find understanding. Your posts are so well formulated and referenced that they provide just those opportunities.

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