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Category Archives: Law Enforcement
A Sunday Morning Video: Mark Fiore’s “Rick Perry’s Operation Strong Candidate”
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Mexico, Politics, Society, United States
Tagged Immigrants, Mark Fiore, National Guard, Rick Perry, Texas
8 Comments
Cliven Bundy, Patrolling Militia Groups in Nevada, and Sovereign Citizens
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article titled Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, and That Racist, Gun Totin’ Welfare Queen Cliven Bundy. I thought I’d write a follow-up post after reading about what has been going … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Government, Law Enforcement, Politics, States
Tagged Bureau of Land Management, Cliven Bundy, Militia Groups, Sovereign Citizens
18 Comments
Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, and That Racist, Gun Totin’ Welfare Queen Cliven Bundy (Videos)
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO I’m sure most of you have heard all about Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and his standoff with the Bureau of Land Management. As I’m pressed for time today, I won’t rehash the whole story. I think … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Media
Tagged Bureau of Land Management, Cliven Bundy, Fox News, Scofflaw, Sean Hannity
100 Comments
THE DIVIDE: Matt Taibbi Talks about Unequal Justice in the Age of Inequality
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Back in February 2011, Matt Taibbi wrote an article for Rolling Stone titled Why Isn’t Wall Street in Jail? In his article, he said that “financial crooks” brought down the world’s economy—yet the feds were doing more … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, DOJ, Financial, Fraud, Law Enforcement, Prison, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Financial Meltdown 2008, Matt Taibbi, SEC
5 Comments
It Couldn’t Happen to a Nicer Guy: Glenn Beck Sued for Defamation
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Last April, during the running of the Boston Marathon, a tragic event occurred when two bombs exploded killing three people and injuring more than 260 others. Two brothers—Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev—quickly became the FBI’s primary suspects for … Continue reading
Posted in Conspiracy, FBI, Law Enforcement, Media, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, United States
Tagged Glenn Beck, Terrorism
47 Comments
Prison Populations and Social Priorities
by GENE HOWINGTON A recent story by Kathleen Miles at Huffington Post about Federal prison populations is another in a long line of stark illustrations of what is wrong with not just our criminal justice system in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Fraud, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime, Prison, United States, War on Drugs
4 Comments
On The Case With Paula Zahn: Disappointed but not shocked
I was interviewed for tonight’s new episode of On The Case. The episode is called Evidence of Deception. I must say, I am disappointed by the dishonesty and disingenuousness shown, but not surprised. There were several factual errors that were … Continue reading
Posted in Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement, Media, Psychology
23 Comments
84-Year-Old Nun Sentenced toThree Years in Federal Prison for Protest at Oak Ridge
by Charlton “Chuck” Stanley U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar of the Eastern District of Kentucky is a George W. Bush appointee to the Federal Bench. This week, Tharper has sentenced an 84 year old nun, Sister Megan Rice, to almost … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Crime, Free Speech, Government, Hypocrisy, Law Enforcement, Politics, Society
Tagged Oak Ridge
52 Comments
Smile, You are on Candid Camera!
by Charlton “Chuck” Stanley We have all heard about the so-called “drones” and what they can see. What the general public has not seen is their true capability. Of course, we have all seen the black and white YouTube and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Hypocrisy, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, United States
Tagged DARPA, Predator, privacy, surveillance
12 Comments
The Reality of Violence
By GENE HOWINGTON There are patterns in the world and this is illustrative of one of them. There is a tragedy, some horrid even where a lot of people have died senseless deaths and often for doing nothing more egregious … Continue reading
Posted in Heroism, Law Enforcement, Media, Mental Health, Society, United States
14 Comments