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Can’t Have Controversial Topics Discussed at College

August 18, 2006 John 9-11, Educate, University

It appears that a lecturer at the University of Wisconsin in under fire for his beliefs that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by the U.S. Government.

Congress Crime Politics Presidency Society The Courts War

Administration Seeks to Narrow War Crimes Act

August 10, 2006March 25, 2008 John Congress, Geneva conventions, Red Cross, War crimes

The Bush administration has drafted amendments to a U.S. war crimes law “passed in the mid-1990s that criminalized violations of the Geneva Conventions.” The changes would mean interrogators would no longer face possible prosecution for committing “outrages upon [the] personal dignity” of prisoners.

Crime Places Society Tampa

Vigilante Justice or Murder?

August 3, 2006 John Lawrence Storer, Manslaughter, Robbery, Shantavious Wilson, St Petersburg Times

A jury on found restaurant owner Lawrence Storer not guilty of manslaughter for chasing down and killing a man who tried to rob him in 2003. Storer?s attorney John Fitzgibbons argued that he had committed an excusable homicide. Storer, testifying in his defense, told jurors that when Wilson pointed a gun at him, he was terrified of dying, and was acting in shock and instinct when he chased after him in his car. He hit Wilson, killing him on a downtown street.

Congress Constitution Election Gay Issues Presidency Religion Right Wingnuts Society

Something A Little Queer in Congress?

June 25, 2006June 25, 2006 John Constitutional Amendment, discrimination, Marriage, Prohibition, senate, Spong

I’ve let the dust settle some from the recent insistence of Congressional Republicans to throw their “base” a bone. I am referring to, of course, the recent attempt to ingrain discrimination against gay people into the Constitution.

Culture Fun Stuff Science Society

Mom’s Age Key to Long Life

June 25, 2006June 25, 2006 John Age, Farms, First Born

Here’s an MSNBC article about one of the factors that contributes to living a long life. Apparently, if you Mom is younger than 25 when you are born, it nearly doubles your chances of living past 100.