Category Archives: The Rule of Law

Gun Rights: Veering Into Terrorist Territory

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Why stop at threatening non-violent citizens groups like Moms Demand Action, when you can go after the real threat? The professoriate: This past week, Kutztown students, faculty and staff were first learning of the university’s new weapons policy which opens … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism, The Rule of Law, The War of Southern Aggression | 2 Comments

Playing At Delegitimization and Insurrection: How the GOP Is Turning Into a Political Wing of a Paramilitary

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

So it appears that the new president of the National Rifle Association is actually more radical than Wayne LaPierre (boldface mine): Porter has called President Barack Obama a “fake president,” Attorney General Eric Holder “rabidly un-American” and the U.S. Civil … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Terrorism, The Rule of Law | 10 Comments

White Supremacists Assault the U.S. Judicial System…

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

…and no one seems to give a damn: A mere two months after another TX prosecutor from the same jurisdiction had been shot dead, a district attorney for Kaufman County, TX (and area outside of Dallas) and his wife were … Continue reading →

Posted in Racism, Terrorism, The Rule of Law

So Remind Me Again Why We Spend All That Money on ‘Homeland’ Security

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

Oh yeah, getting rid of civil liberties too. After eleven years, you would think the Orwellian-named Department of Homeland Security would be able to keep people banned from entering the country from entering the country. You would be wrong (boldface … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Terrorism, The Rule of Law | 1 Comment

Calling Hate Crimes What They Really Are

Posted on September 15, 2012 by

This happened in Oklahoma City: Jon Ferguson is lucky to be alive. Early Saturday morning, the Edmond, Oklahoma (in the Oklahoma City metro area), man man woke up to his car alarm going off. He rushed outside to find a … Continue reading →

Posted in The Rule of Law | 2 Comments

Didn’t Know “Shod Foot” Was a Dangerous Weapon

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Somebody better tell Dr. Isis. From the urban hellhole (boldface mine): 04/11/12 – At about 1:39 p.m., officers made an on-site arrest of an individual for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon to wit shod foot at … Continue reading →

Posted in Boston, The Rule of Law, WhatEVAH! | 4 Comments

Here’s a Real Case of Voter Fraud

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

One of the causes célèbres of the right is the ersatz issue of voter fraud. Supposedly, hundreds of thousands of illegally cast votes–on behalf of the Democrats, by those people–are fixing elections for Democrats. Nationally, there are a handful of … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, The Rule of Law, Voting | 1 Comment

Republicans Find a Legitimate Case of Voter Fraud

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Republicans have been beating the ‘voter fraud’ drum for a long time, in an effort to justify voter suppression efforts against likely Democratic voters, including African-Americans and students (here‘s just one instance). However, they really haven’t been able to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, The Rule of Law, Voting | 2 Comments

Meet the New Boss: The Sociopath As Banker

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

Brian Basham writes: In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies these people as psychopaths. “They are,” he says, “simply the 1 per … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Big Shitpile, The Rule of Law | 2 Comments

So Who Are These 27 Percent? And Do They Walk Among Us?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

Robert Shiller, writing about the long term effects of unemployment, observes (boldface mine): Bad as it is for those without jobs and their immediate families, unemployment tears the fabric of our society. Duha T. Altindag of Auburn University and Naci … Continue reading →

Posted in The Rule of Law, We're Really Fucked | 2 Comments