Government Corruption

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• Judge urged to drop criminal organization charges against East End Hells Angels

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  Judge urged to drop criminal organization charges against East End Hells AngelsVANCOUVER – Defence lawyers for two Hells Angels urged a judge Thursday to drop charges that allege the East End chapter of the biker gang is a criminal organization.Defence lawyers Bonnie Craig and Richard Cairns argued that the Crown ...
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• Canada: Appeals Court Cancels Non-Bilingual Speed Camera Tickets

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  Canada: Appeals Court Cancels Non-Bilingual Speed Camera TicketsThe Manitoba, Canada Court of Appeal overturns photo radar tickets that were not fully bilingual.  The Manitoba, Canada Court of Appeal on Monday upheld a decision overturning speed camera tickets issued in French-speaking parts of the province on the ...
  6 hours ago

• Government Waste Alert: The Florida Double-Dip

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 479
  The St. Petersburg Times has an op-ed piece on government waste titled Florida Taxpayers Get Played for Turkeys:Gluttony isn’t limited to the Thanksgiving table this holiday season. Seminole Community College president Ann McGee is set to become the latest official in Florida overfeeding at the public trough by ...
  8 hours ago

• Possible Breakthrough On Election Law Deadlock

  
  The Ground Truth in Iraq — Authority: 127
  Transparency International is a German based organization that tracks corruption across the world. They recently released their 2009 Corruption Index that ranked and compared 180 countries. Since the U.S. invasion in 2003 Iraq has consistently been in the bottom 25 most corrupt nations. In fact, by 2006 it had ...
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• Marinette Wisconsin Has Its First Tea Party

  
  The Liberty Tree Lantern — Authority: 430
  Marinette Wisconsin will have its first Tea Party December 5th  1:00 – 3:00 P.M. at UW Marinette by the Theater on The Bay Area of the campus.  It is anticipated that several hundred area residents will attend to demonstrate their resentment of State of Wisconsin’s numerous tax and fee increases, State of ...
  18 hours ago

• Don’t ban bikie gangs, expert says

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  Don’t ban bikie gangs, expert saysAn expert on bikie culture has condemned calls for special laws to control motorcycle gangs.By PETER GREGORYAN EXPERT on bikie culture has condemned calls for special laws to control motorcycle gangs following the leak of a police report that two bike groups were setting up ...
  21 hours ago

• Rights group accuses FHP of racial profiling

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  Rights group accuses FHP of racial profilingFlorida Civil Rights Association pledges to file civil-rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice.An Orlando civil-rights group said Monday it intends to sue the Florida Highway Patrol because FHP engages in racial profiling.The Florida Civil Rights Association ...
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• Sen. Franken grills KBR attorney about rape

  
  The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette — Authority: 139
  Secret arbitrators?  30 GOP Senators vote against protecting victims from rape by hired contractors who worked for the government.  Franken is “all that!” 
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• Democrat House Speaker Pelosi Says Americans Want More Gov. Debt To Get Jobs: Call Her and Tell Her, “Heck No!”

  
  Gospel of Jesus Christ, The Gift of Eternal Life — Authority: 125
  Democrat Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi thinks Americans do not have enough government debt, now projected to be a mind-boggling $24 TRILLION in the next ten years , standing presently at $12 TRILLION = $38,956 per PERSON and rising Fast for EACH AND EVERY ...
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• ACORN Behind Push for Speed Traps

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  ACORN Behind Push for Speed TrapsLeft wing activist group ACORN brings behind efforts calling for speed bumps and speed traps.  The left-wing activist group known as ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, is behind a nationwide effort to hinder motorists with speed bumps, speed traps and ...
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• AU -Bikies threaten to sue pubs over gang colour ‘discrimination’‏

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  AU -Bikies threaten to sue pubs over gang colour ‘discrimination’‏THEY call themselves outlaws but there’s a point at which even the bikies draw a line – and this is it. Don’t outlaw them from the pub.Members of at least 21 of the state’s bikie gangs are preparing to sue the 53 pubs, clubs, hotels and ...
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• Jim Dodge for Comptroller: First Video Commercial

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 559
  “Jim Dodge has the qualifications,” says the commercial. But the funniest part is that it ends saying, “we can vote for a blast from the past or begin a new, winning chapter for Illinois Republicans.” Why is that last bit funny? Because it is a slap at Judy Baar Topinka, the former, former of the Illinois ...
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• MMA Call to Action-Motorcycle Safety Fund

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  MMA Call to Action-Motorcycle Safety FundWednesday, November 25, 2009OK Folks, the time to get OUTRAGED is NOW!The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) has already reported the fact that YOUR Motorcycle Safety Fund, initially underfunded by $174,472 was recently raided of an additional $12,157.The MMA has now ...
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• A State Pensioner That Thinks He’s Blameless For Pension Mess

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 714
  -By Warner Todd Huston The Chicago Tribune printed a letter to the editor that perfectly describes the disconnect that state workers have between their pensions and the political process. These state workers stare wide-eyed in faux innocence pretending that they themselves, as individuals, are wholly innocent of ...
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• Unions, Energy Industry Tops in Political Contributions

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 714
  -By Warner Todd Huston According to FollowTheMoney.org unions were some of the most generous with donations to political candidates and causes during the 2007-2008 donation cycle, the last cycle full reporting is known for. A close second place goes to the energy industry with Indian interests coming in third. ...
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• Stimulus Stimulated Much of Nothing in Illinois

  
  Stop The ACLU — Authority: 714
  -By Warner Todd Huston The Chicago Tribune has an interesting story that shows that Obama’s $787 billion stimulus really didn’t do much by way of creating any new jobs in Illinois. Though Obama is counting “jobs saved” as some sort of success story, the fact is few jobs have been created and nothing will ...
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• Texas: Accidents Increase at Controversial Red Light Camera Intersection

  
  goldiron — Authority: 143
  Texas: Accidents Increase at Controversial Red Light Camera IntersectionOverall accidents rise at Baytown, Texas intersection a 18 months after installation of red light cameras.  Accidents rose after the installation of a red light camera at one major intersection in Baytown, Texas. The private company American ...
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• Wade Rathke and the Myth of ACORN

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 559
  -By Anita MonCrief Wade Rathke, former chief organizer of the Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), spoke at the University of Memphis yesterday and expressed his dismay at the current predicament ACORN finds itself in: “Rathke stepped down from ACORN in 2008. Since his departure, ...
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• Ohio’s Ben Konop Wants Kids to Starve so he can Give Gov’t Payoffs to Unions

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 559
  -By Warner Todd Huston Ruinous PLAs Coming Your Way Lucas County, Ohio! Magie Thurber is reporting that Lucas County, Ohio County Commissioner Ben Konop is trying to force unions on non-union labor in his jurisdiction. What about freedom to chose? Forget it. Konop as big brother knows better. On Tuesday, the ...
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• The End of History or a History of the End?

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 559
  -By Warner Todd Huston A few years ago, Francis Fukuyama was widely criticized for his book claiming that mankind had seen “ The End of History .” Fukuyama contended that liberal democracy had won the debate over which system was best and, therefore, there was necessary no more “moving forward” for man’s ...
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