Rampart scandal victim awarded $6.5 million

A jury today awarded $6.5 million to a man who was shot and framed by corrupt Los Angeles Police Department investigators. Today’s verdict was against Los Angeles County and Deputy Public Defender Tamar Toister, who represented Ovando in the criminal…

Thought for the day

We must believe that it is the darkest before the dawn of a beautiful new world. We will see it when we believe it. Saul Alinsky

If it’s too good to be true, then …

Um, No If the Dem “compromisers” think their new mission in life is to hand Bush a Social Security victory then I don’t think it’s hyperbole to suggest that the national Democratic party will be pretty much signing its obituary…

The sounds of silence

Bush asked to explain UK war memo Eighty-nine Democratic members of the U.S. Congress last week sent President George W. Bush a letter asking for explanation of a secret British memo that said "intelligence and facts were being fixed" to…

Social Democrats axe Greens from coalition in Germany

In Germany, that strange and wondrous country where the Green Party holds serious and actual power as junior partner to the ruling coalition of the Social Democrats, well, that’s all about to change. The Social Democrats just got clobbered in…

"Who will police the police?"

The FBI on Tuesday asked the U.S. Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge. Constitution? We don’t need to…