Month November 2006

Castro too ill to attend 80th birthday gala

This after the party was postponed for two weeks to give him more time to recover. He’s not been seen in public for four months and details of his illness have not been made public. It’s becoming obvious Castro will…

It was just hoodwinking, I tell you

Former treasurer of the city of South Gate CA Albert Robles was sentenced Tuesday to ten years in federal prison for “plundering more than $20 million from the small, working-class city.” At the sentencing hearing, his lamo defense was, “I…

The dog ate my QuickBooks

The brother of the mayor of Philadelphia has been accused of influence peddling andԚ  indicted for failure to pay taxes on $2 million. Oopsie. He’s using the time-honored if flimsy excuse of poor record keeping which is somewhat akin to…

EU nations ‘knew of CIA prisons’

The countries knew about the prisons operating on European soil, “co-operated actively or passively” with the CIA, then lied about it and tried to cover it up, says the draft of a report to the European Parliament. The countries include…