Since I've lowered my standards for being my friend, I have lots more. I should have thought of this sooner. I seem to have way more death threats too.
If I ever go back to Nevada I'm thinking of boycotting the Bunny Ranch due to its support of Ron Paul. Besides, its policies are in conflict with my right to get a STD.
Not hiring smokers? Why not ban pretty people? I am not as productive at the work place working around really pretty people. My mind tends to wander.
Cities where wages are growing the fastest
With the uptick in jobs, these 10 locales have seen the biggest jumps in pay for full-time workers. High-growth sectors
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This is a bizarre story. We are all familiar with the island of Montecristo from the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. If you go to the uninhabited island, however, you are likely to find not the treasure from the book (or Red Beard’s treasure, as has long been rumored to be buried there). What you will find are rats. Lots of rats. One for every square yard of island. Now, the Italian military is planning to literally bomb the island to kill the black rat (Rattus rattus) population — and save the island.
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This is a bizarre story. We are all familiar with the island of Montecristo from the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo. If you go to the uninhabited island, however, you are likely to find not the treasure from the book (or Red Beard’s treasure, as has long been rumored to be buried there). What you will find are rats. Lots of rats. One for every square yard of island. Now, the Italian military is planning to literally bomb the island to kill the black rat (Rattus rattus) population — and save the island.--------------------------------------------------------------
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 | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION / ABA Thomas Jefferson School of Law Believes Its 2011 Graduates To Be Kind of StupidMuch to the ABA’s embarrassment, Thomas Jefferson School of Law released some papers to reassure students that even with a 33% first time bar passage rate (and an incomprehensible 13% pass rate for returning test takers), TJSL was still well within ABA parameters. So who is to blame for these alleged “outlier results”? According to the law school, Bar/Bri, and the students themselves…. |
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Indefinite Detention of Citizens: A Response To Senator Carl Levin
Published 1, January 16, 2012 Congress , Constitutional Law , Courts , Criminal law , Free Speech , International , Lawyering , Military , Politics , Society 68 Comments
Yesterday, my column “10 Reasons The United States Is No Longer The Land Of The Free” ran in the Sunday Washington Post. I have been heartened by response to the column. However, a few commenters continue to suggest that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) does not allow for the indefinite detention of citizens. This claim is being advanced by Senator Carl Levin (D., Mich.) in emails and fax messages to voters. I wanted to respond to Senator Levin’s points which are detached from language of the law and the clear intent of the majority of Senators. I would also like to address those who have stated that our liberties are not at risk when such powers will not affect most Americans.
Continue reading ‘Indefinite Detention of Citizens: A Response To Senator Carl Levin’
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U.S. to Force Drug Firms to Report Money Paid to Doctors
By ROBERT PEAR
To head off medical conflicts of interest, the companies would be required to disclose what they pay doctors for research, consulting, speaking, travel and entertainment.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Patients want to know they are getting treatment based on medical evidence, not a lunch or a financial relationship."
ALLAN J. COUKELL, a consumer advocate at the Pew Charitable Trusts, on a rule that would require drug companies to disclose payments they make to doctors.
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Hidden camera inside Pct. 1 sheds light on probe | VIDEO
13 Undercover gets a hidden camera inside a Houston constable's office and wait till you hear what they said when they didn't know we were listening.
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- 13 Undercover gets a hidden camera inside a Houston constable's office and wait till you hear what they said when they didn't know we were listening.The FBI has made the arrests, and now 13 Undercover has the video even the feds haven't seen.Long before the FBI moved in, 13 Undercover was already watching Precinct One by surveillance of deputies using our hidden cameras. And we got an earful. We want to warn you, too. Some of the language here may not be right for kids.Let's take a trip downtown, headquarters -- Precinct One Constable Jack Abercia. Wouldn't you have loved to have been a fly on their wall? You can, thanks to our 13 Undercover hidden camera."This man is gonna stand so far back from that s*** like he didn't know what the f*** was going on," Michael Butler says on hidden camera.That's the second in command, Chief Deputy Michael Butler, and this was recorded back in October. We were already knee-deep in our investigation of constables -- Victor Trevino, May Walker. Let's just say at Precinct One, they worried they might be next."You think Jack Abercia is going to go on f****** camera? Are you nuts? Are you f****** nuts?" Butler says on hidden camera.Abercia did say no, but we were there just minutes after he turned in his retirement papers this month."I don't have nothing to say to y'all at all. Y'all trying to burn somebody that don't need to be burned," Abercia told us."I resent the hell out of you," he told us."What did I do?" we asked."You talk too much that's not true," he said.But we had only reported the FBI was investigating Abercia's office for alleged bribery in the hiring of a deputy named Alan James."They can do what they want. I haven't done nothing that I'm afraid of ever coming out," Abercia said.James was hired even after a Precinct One review committee said he should not be given a badge and gun. The constable now blames Chief Butler."That was his problem. I told him I didn't want him," he said.Abercia denies he got a penny for the James hiring, but last week, both the constable and the chief were in handcuffs, charged with accepting bribes in the James case.Long before FBI moved in for the arrest, we'd already been watching Precinct One for months -- the possible misuse of deputies, county equipment. Listen closely as the chief deputy is questioned by a Precinct One deputy about the integrity of the guy in charge."Can Jack Abercia go on TV and say I'm not a crook?" the deputy asks Butler on hidden camera."No, he can't, he can't say that. He can't say that," Butler replies.And wait for it. Here comes the punch line:"Let me ask you this question: Are there nuts in a Snickers?" Butler adds, then laughs.We told the constable how they talk about him behind closed doors."I haven't done anything, Wayne. I ain't done anything. I know they have all things that we can take pictures of everywhere but I just don't stoop like that at all and I'm not a crook," Abercia said.It's a denial chief Butler had predicted Abercia would make long before that FBI trouble began."He was your right hand guy," we told Abercia."Well, I would challenge him to a polygraph. I would, 'cause Wayne, I don't do those things. My mother didn't bring up a fool," he replied.Chief Butler is now gone from Precinct One. He turned in his badge just days after FBI agents showed up at his house asking about possible bribes. And the constable, he got out days later."Is Michael Butler a crook?" we asked Abercia."I'm not going to answer that question. I knew something was wrong," he said.And Michael Butler had predicted what Abercia would do if the trouble ever came."He gonna be up out of here, son. It'd be every man for themselves," Butler says on hidden camera.Tuesday, our hidden cameras follow some of the constable's men. Were they getting paid to be high-priced errand boys?(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- 13 Undercover gets a hidden camera inside a Houston constable's office and wait till you hear what they said when they didn't know we were listening.
The FBI has made the arrests, and now 13 Undercover has the video even the feds haven't seen.
Long before the FBI moved in, 13 Undercover was already watching Precinct One by surveillance of deputies using our hidden cameras. And we got an earful. We want to warn you, too. Some of the language here may not be right for kids.
Let's take a trip downtown, headquarters -- Precinct One Constable Jack Abercia. Wouldn't you have loved to have been a fly on their wall? You can, thanks to our 13 Undercover hidden camera.
"This man is gonna stand so far back from that s*** like he didn't know what the f*** was going on," Michael Butler says on hidden camera.
That's the second in command, Chief Deputy Michael Butler, and this was recorded back in October. We were already knee-deep in our investigation of constables -- Victor Trevino, May Walker. Let's just say at Precinct One, they worried they might be next.
"You think Jack Abercia is going to go on f****** camera? Are you nuts? Are you f****** nuts?" Butler says on hidden camera.
Abercia did say no, but we were there just minutes after he turned in his retirement papers this month.
"I don't have nothing to say to y'all at all. Y'all trying to burn somebody that don't need to be burned," Abercia told us.
"I resent the hell out of you," he told us.
"What did I do?" we asked.
"You talk too much that's not true," he said.
But we had only reported the FBI was investigating Abercia's office for alleged bribery in the hiring of a deputy named Alan James.
"They can do what they want. I haven't done nothing that I'm afraid of ever coming out," Abercia said.
James was hired even after a Precinct One review committee said he should not be given a badge and gun. The constable now blames Chief Butler.
"That was his problem. I told him I didn't want him," he said.
Abercia denies he got a penny for the James hiring, but last week, both the constable and the chief were in handcuffs, charged with accepting bribes in the James case.
Long before FBI moved in for the arrest, we'd already been watching Precinct One for months -- the possible misuse of deputies, county equipment. Listen closely as the chief deputy is questioned by a Precinct One deputy about the integrity of the guy in charge.
"Can Jack Abercia go on TV and say I'm not a crook?" the deputy asks Butler on hidden camera.
"No, he can't, he can't say that. He can't say that," Butler replies.
And wait for it. Here comes the punch line:
"Let me ask you this question: Are there nuts in a Snickers?" Butler adds, then laughs.
We told the constable how they talk about him behind closed doors.
"I haven't done anything, Wayne. I ain't done anything. I know they have all things that we can take pictures of everywhere but I just don't stoop like that at all and I'm not a crook," Abercia said.
It's a denial chief Butler had predicted Abercia would make long before that FBI trouble began.
"He was your right hand guy," we told Abercia.
"Well, I would challenge him to a polygraph. I would, 'cause Wayne, I don't do those things. My mother didn't bring up a fool," he replied.
Chief Butler is now gone from Precinct One. He turned in his badge just days after FBI agents showed up at his house asking about possible bribes. And the constable, he got out days later.
"Is Michael Butler a crook?" we asked Abercia.
"I'm not going to answer that question. I knew something was wrong," he said.
And Michael Butler had predicted what Abercia would do if the trouble ever came.
"He gonna be up out of here, son. It'd be every man for themselves," Butler says on hidden camera.
Tuesday, our hidden cameras follow some of the constable's men. Were they getting paid to be high-priced errand boys?
(Copyright ©2012 KTRK-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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