The Ninth Circuit heard oral argument on April 14, 2008 in Theme Promotions v. News America Marketing, 06-16230– a case I discussed in a recent post. An audio file of the oral argument is available here.News America Marketing appealed the lower court's finding of antitrust violations, arguing that the right of first refusal ("ROFR") provisions in its contracts with consumer goods companies were pro-competitive. News America suggested that the ROFR's allowed News to offer volume discounts to consumer goods companies, and pointed out that pricing declined during the relevant time period. The court expressed skepticism, and quoted an internal News America memorandum that suggested that News' enforcement of its ROFR agreements to prevent Theme Promotions from placing its ads with Valassis h
The California Court of Appeal, 1st District, recently rendered a crazy decision in Lambert v. Carneghi that could open the door for lawsuits by a litigant against their expert witness in situations where the expert's testimony harms the client's case....
Eyewitness testimony, which relies on the accuracy of human memory, has an enormous impact on the outcome of a trial. In criminal cases, eyewitnesses frequently play a vital role in uncovering the truth about a crime.
The evidence they provide can be critical in identifying, charging, and ultimately convicting suspected criminals. However, eyewitness testimony is [...]
In what could be considered the first major judicial opinion on workplace bullying, the Indiana Supreme Court, in Raess v. Doescher, permits an expert witness to opine on "workplace bullying."
Joseph Doescher, a hospital operating room perfusionist (the person who operates the heart/lung machine during open heart surgeries), sued Dr. Daniel Raess, a cardiovascular surgeon, for an alleged assault in the operating room. The testimony at trial was that Dr. Raess was angry at Doescher about reports to the hospital administration over the doctor's treatment of other perfusionists. Dr. Raess aggressively and rapidly came at Doescher "with clenched fists, piercing eyes, beet-red face, popping veins, and screaming and swearing at him." Doescher backed up against a wall to defend himself, believi
His name was John Bradley Morrison. I first met him early in 2004 at a morning bible study hosted by Pastor Ken Smith of Heartland Church in Brownwood, Texas. Brad was handsome, charismatic, funny and had an infectious smile, the kind of gentleman you hoped to know better. I sensed that somehow our lives were going to be connected in some way, little did I know just how much.Just days before Brad walked into Heartland Church, he introduced himself to Pastor Dawn and told her of his past. Brad said to her, “I want to know God, am I in the right place?” She said, “You’re in the right place and you’re not the first.” Brad’s past mistakes troubled him and caused him great pain in his life.I wanted to see Brad hook up with us in our bible study and win in Christ and he did just th
What she doesn't mention was how many Christians she served during her whoring days.If you want to learn more about Hookers for Jesus, you can visit their website. I'm sure they'll give you a good rate especially for anything kinky involving rosary beads and crucifixes.
Avraham Lindwasser
Testimony about Treblinka at the Eichmann Trial 1961
(Selected Extracts)
Avraham Lindwasser gives testimony
at the Eichmann trial
Avraham Lindwasser arrived in the Treblinka death camp on the 28 August 1942 from Warsaw. He escaped during the revolt on the 2 August 1943.
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At the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961, Avraham Lindwasser described his arrival:
“There was a notice, it read”
“Jews after you have bathed and changed your clothes, the journey will continue to the east, to work.”
Avraham Lindwasser continued with his arrival at the ramp:
“They opened the freight cars - we heard the order “Get Out.” There were shouts, we began g
Nancy Pelosi issued a warning to General Petraeus that he better not “put a shine on the events in Iraq” when he meets congress next week.
“I hope we don’t hear any glorification of what happened in Basra,” said Pelosi, referring to a recent military offensive against Shiite militants in the city led by the Iraqi [...]
I tried watching this on TV but watching the blowhards in Congress incessantly drone on in sound bites like "rainman" just is too much for a human to be expected to bear. I can't be expected to "take one for the team" every time these guys decide to put on the dog and pony show.
That being said, I decided to read in quiet...
Here is the outlook:
"Overall, the near-term economic outlook has weakened relative to the projections released by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) at the end...
Continued at Todd Sullivan's ValuePlays
About 4 months before the Korean Airlines Boeing 747 flight #KAL007 that Congressman Larry Mcdonald was riding in was shot down by the Soviets supposedly because it "strayed into Soviet air-space", he gave an extremely revealing interview with Pat Buchanan and Tom Braden on their talk show called Crossfire. In this video taped interview Congressman McDonald reveals that there has been a "conspiracy of the elitists" for the last 40 years. Of course we know that its been going on for a lot longer then that.Personally I do not believe the Government's or the Media's report that the plane "strayed into Soviet air-space". I believe that the Illuminati plotted to deliberately shoot this plane down because they knew Congressman McDonald was on-board. Sacrificing all others on-board to get at
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned the insider trading conviction of former Qwest Communications International Inc. CEO Joseph Nacchio. The case will be sent back to be tried again in front of a new judge. In the...
Foreword: I thought I’d give a little background into how this testimony came about, because it simply demonstrates how often God works wonderfully in us and there’s only goodness when we submit to His will.
For some days now, my wife has told me that she hasn’t been able to sleep well because God has prompted [...]
Stern Testifies In Smith Inquest -
By TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR:
Nassau, Bahamas -
A close friend of the former US reality TV star the late Anna Nicole Smith not only recounted the final hours of the celebrity’s 20-year-old son’s life while on the witness stand Tuesday, but also refuted previous testimony that he possibly got rid of evidence.
California attorney Howard K. Stern was the last witness to take the stand in the Coroner’s Inquest that began in November, but was delayed while the court tried to secure testimony from American witnesses – who are not compelled to come to The Bahamas to give evidence in the matter.
On the witness stand Tuesday, Mr. Stern described the young man as a good person, even though his mother sent him to live with caretaker Raymond Martino after
This panel will look at neglect and abuse of veterans and service members with regards to their mental and physical health. Testimonies will include accounts about the impact of an under-funded Veterans Administration.injured soldiers being forced back into combat without fully recovering from their wounds,
Part 1:Part 2:This website Iraq Veterans Against The War is gathering the testimony of soldiers, those who have more right than anyone else to speak out against the war. I will post more testimonies from YouTube throughout the week.
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Some news about the Heidi Diaz / Kimkins class action lawsuit has been posted all over tonight, but many have been having trouble with the size of the file. Try Becky's blog, where she's broken it up in to several segments for easier download:Official Update on Kimkins Case from John TeidtYou can bet I'll have more to say, but first I want to read it ALL!
Barry Bonds' testimony was finally revealed on Friday, after nearly five years since his December 4, 2003 testimony. The player is currently facing perjury charges, and his 5-year-old testimony could become part of the case if Bonds is to go on trial.According to the testimony, Bonds says he had never knowingly taken performance-enhancement drugs, and pleaded not-guilty, but now faces perjury charges. The player, who is now a free agent and is still looking for a team for the 2008 season, said the creams and lotions prosecutors said to be steroids were just something his trainer gave him to relief pain.What the prosecutors are now trying to determine is whether Bonds was indeed not aware of taking performance-enhancing drugs, or was he trying to cover up for his friend and trainer Greg And
Jankiel Wiernik
Testimony about Treblinka at the Eichmann Trial 1961
(Selected Extracts)
Jankiel Wiernik arrived in Treblinka death camp on the 23 August 1942 and he escaped during the revolt on the 2 August 1943.
Wiernik gives testimony at the Eichmann trial
Jankiel Wiernik was a master builder and he along with others built many of the structures in Treblinka, which he described at the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961:
“When I came there, there were only three gas chambers. The large kitchen was not there yet. I constructed various barracks, I built the guardroom. I built the door, the entrance gate.”
He described the arrival process:
“This is where they remained standing. In the courtyard, there were the
Survivor, American Idol and Big Brother have nothing on congressional hearings. Yesterday gave us four and a half of the best hours of reality television, with Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee squaring in a Washington battle royale where two men entered and only one would leave – with his dignity.
And that man was Brian McNamee. Cool, calm and to the point, the former New York City police officer
It was then I came across Provillus Hair Loss Treatment. It was introduced to me by my friend. My friend had used it and had positive result against hair loss. He claimed that the above treatment did not cause any side effects to him.
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The following was forwarded to me from a mom who emailed in her testimony about her family’s experiences with On Becoming Babywise and On Becoming Preteenwise.
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Kayla - I found out I was pregnant on a Tuesday and aborted that Friday. I was afraid, distraught, and quickly stumbled into panic mode. I had made a mistake and thought that an abortion was the means to fix my mistake. I managed to disconnect my head from my heart. I felt nothing. I didn’t think; but rather, walked blindly through the days before my abortion and convinced myself that it was merely a procedure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp5YLWsPcY8
Nicole Kidman’s testimony this past week in an Australian defamation trial has exposed the life of the paparazzo as a financially rewarding occupation where the more unscrupulous you are the more successful you become.
The oscar winning, Australian born actress testified in court this week how she was reduced to tears after being chased through the streets of Sydney by Jamie Fawcett, a local
News Update 11.12.07
North Carolina
Jonathan Gregory Hoffman was convicted and sentenced to death in Union County in 1996, based in part upon the testimony of a root doctor who claimed he sold Hoffman a magical charm that would keep him from getting arrested. (For those not from the Deep South, a root doctor or rootworker is a sort of folk healer/magician.) Hoffman was given a new trial in 2004 because prosecutors Kenneth Honeycutt and Scott Brewer failed to reveal that rewards were given to their star witness in exchange for his testimony. That witness has since recanted his testimony, so in retrying Hoffman, prosecutors want to use the old statements of the now-deceased root doctor. Trouble is, prosecutors didn’t turn over evidence that he, too, was seeking a reward.
Editorials on Glen Edward Chapman’s removal from death row here and here.
Upcoming events:
Parade, a Tony award-winning musical about a man facing the death penalty in the early 1900s, will be performed
I remember a comment recently to this affect mainly I said that science has become a big PR game in that it can be manipulated to fit into any agenda, such as the editing of climate change testimony.Lately science has been barraged by deals such as this and as the tobacco and petroleum conglomerates have also proven time and again that if the science don't match the facts the easiest thing to do is, hire some other scientists to try and cast doubt on the public.some good examples can be found on Common Dreams Dot org,, Gore issued a statement that in effect that money is the universal language when it comes to this,,”There has been an organized campaign, financed to the tune of about $10 million a year from some of the largest carbon polluters, to create the impression that there is disagreement in the scientific community,” Gore said at a forum in Singapore. ”In actuality, there is very little disagreement.”Let's not leave out Exxon Mobil who done it's share of funding thin
This is my 100th post on Testimony of Spade and as it is a special occation this post does not concern archaeology, or at least not prehistoric archaeology. Last weekend I visited a museum that has bit more modern touch: the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping.
Though my interest normally lies elsewhere I have to say it is a nice museum. We began our visit with the Jas 39 Gripen flight simulator which was a lot of fun. During the simulation I low sniffed over the island Visingsö at approximately 100 ft. The maps are made out of satellite pictures which allow a rather good resolution. It was a fun experience and we got a lot of interesting information by the guide.
The museum is constructed on an old Swedish army flight base F3 (1926-1974) with, obviously, a lot of army aeroplanes; this is not my favourite part of the exhibit. Most interesting are the displays that tell stories, for example:
The display of DC 3 that was shot down in 1952 by Soviet fighters over international water
For those who read Last week, you may have noticed that I made a quick reference some Dr. Tea gave to the boys inside the beltway… well, here are a few more details on Dr. Tea as well as her testimony.
So first… Dr. Tea (Professor Mary Teagarden), is a close friend of mine and of many Thunderbirds is one of those old China hands who have spent the better part of the last 30 years working with China. She lived in Beijing when you still had to ride your bike across town to schedule international phone calls, she has advised dozens of companies entering China, she has worked with various government entities, and that is why she was asked to The Hill to give her thoughts on the recent product recalls.
Next.. the hearings Committee Questions Consumer Product Safety Commission, Mattel on Lead-Tainted Products and Toy Recalls
The session was split into two panels, and while toys were the primary focus, more important issues were discussed (support for agencies, legislation n
Day 23 for 5th October, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
Soon after coming to faith in Christ Bokar told his Christian friends that he wanted to do away with a special undershirt, inscribed with Koranic passages and interwoven with dozens of amulets. Several Mauritanians were afraid and said the shirt could not be destroyed, that if burned, it would jump out of the fire. This type of shirt makes the wearer impervious to any weapon. It is one of the most powerful enchantments known to the Hal-Pulaar (Fulani). After much prayer, Bokar burned his iron shirt, and the result was tremendous spiritual growth in his own life. Many who heard of the incident gained a new respect for the power of the Gospel.
Independent from France in 1960, Mauritania has suffered from a succession of military coups and ongoing tribal conflict. A severe drought over the past decades has devastated the country. In 1957, a small fishing town called Nouakchott was chosen to be the capital of the new country. N
Day 19 for 1st October, coinciding with Ramadan 2007 / 1428
An Indonesian couple from a Muslim background invited some Christians to help them with their business. The Christians eventually began to share their beliefs with the Muslim couple. The husband and wife came to faith and even began to have Christian gatherings in their home.
Later there was strong opposition from the village leader who forbid the couple to see the Christians. The couple’s business of marketing rice suffered. Soon no one wanted to buy rice from them and their faith was really put to test. The wife’s faith was strong and she believed that God was going to help them. The next month the wife sold rice as she had never done before; the couple made more profit than in many previous months! They experienced God’s faithfulness!
In the 16th century Islam was spread on the island of Java by travelling religious teachers. A group of nine men called the Wali Songo (The nine ambassadors of Islam) were i
I love reading testimonies from other Christians.
Because nothing is more real and inspirational than reading about how God has worked miracles in someone’s life, turned it around, made it better or how they themselves overcame trials and tribulations in their lives.
Some think that their testimonies are nothing to shout about, but my belief is that no matter how mundane you think it is, your testimony shows just how God can work in anyone’s life.
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The book of Psalms is a great place to find comfort. Each time in my life when I have been especially “deeply” troubled by something, the Holy Ghost takes me to the book of Psalms and there I find words of wisdom, comfort, refuge and peace.
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I came across this video quite by accident, and it is simply amazing because it is just so inspirational.
I would strongly urge you to watch all 20 minutes of it, and see for yourself how a whole tribe believed unto salvation! It truly is awe-inspiring the belief and faith that God had put into the hearts of these people whom we will by our industrialized and “enlightened” societies call primitive and uneducated.
Watching it really reminds me of 1 Corinthians 1:19-25 (KJV).
1 Corinthians 1:19 (KJV) For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1 Corinthians 1:20 (KJV) Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1 Corinthians 1:21 (KJV) For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1 Corinthians 1:22 (KJV) For the Jews requi
Gary Fong update:
I’ve asked Jerome Tan to sign an affidavit as a sworn testimony that he has not participated in the selling of counterfeit goods, and he has refused so far to do so. This is a drag because if he didn’t do anything wrong, he’d have no reason to not to sign one, and I would trust him again. I will keep you all informed of the situation with JT Photoworld.
No official word from JTphotoworld since i tried to contact them.
Euphoria, I claimed in earlier posts
is a state of mind that carries an after-flash of its opposite. Despair’s
bitterness opposes euphoria’s sweetness. Before adulthood, I experienced both feelings
for no reason as fabulous spells of abandon.
Then life got serious. And just
as euphoria with cause is permanent, so is its opposite. In fact, I now know unrelenting
joy and constant sorrow so well that they often hit me simultaneously.
No doubt these unbound experiences
interfere with my usefulness to the real world. Perhaps if I escaped them I’d
seem productive. But I honestly do my best,
no matter what people say. Yet every day my persuasions steal me away.
I fell in love, married, and
have two perfect grown children. Sandwiched inside these immeasurable gifts, my
littlest sister was killed when she was eight.
Again, I’m fully aware of both
sides here. Common sense urges me to get over it.
For better or worse, for me
that’s impossible; even as billions of other people
Before this content becomes too dated, I want to post a transcript of a portion of Chairman Bernanke’s testimony before the House Financial Services Committee (circa 18 July 2007) that includes questions by Ron Paul, an outspoken opponent of the Federal Reserve and it’s tenacious debasement of the currency via manipulation of the money supply. [...]
Look no further for evidence of the human brain’s astounding capacity to recover and adapt to events that would normally be incompatible with normal life.
A 44-year old French civil servant went to the hospital after he suffered mild weakness in his left leg. Once the doctors learned of his past medical history, which included having a shunt inserted into his skull to drain away water on the brain as an infant, they performed a CT scan and an MRI of his brain.
To their amazement, they found that his lateral ventricles were massively enlarged, leaving but a sliver of brain tissue. Normally, these ventricles are tiny chambers that hold the cerebrospinal fluid that cushions the brain.
Intelligence tests showed he had an IQ of 75, which, although below the average score of 100, is not considered disabled or mentally retarded.
Dr. Muenke, a pediatric brain defect specialist, commented, “If something happens very slowly over quite some time, maybe over decades, the different parts
A former Marine from Kilo Company wounded at Haditha, Iraq on the day of the alleged massacre told Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigators he saw Kalashnikov assault rifles propped against a white taxicab next to the bodies of five Iraqi men killed when the fighting started. His report contradicts prosecution contentions that the Iraqis were innocent civilians.Joshua Cash Karlen, 23, from Westminster, Colorado, said Monday that he is positive he saw the weapons while he was being evacuated from the battlefield. The following spring Karlen says he reported his observations to NCIS investigators while being interrogated by two special agents."They grilled me over why I was there, why I was driving through the cordon and what I saw," Karlen said. "I was in there for about four hours."Karlen says he repeatedly told the two agents what he witnessed at the ambush site."The area was cordoned off when we drove by," Karlen said in a telephone interview from his home. "I was hit by a
As I checked my blog statistics for yesterday I came across a new one for me, http://translate.google.com/translate. Using this tool one can translate a webpage into another languish, in this case someone translated it to Spanish, and in Spanish the name of my blog becomes: Testimonio de la espada; El Archaeology es impuestos bien vividos! Though my Spanish is awful at best I could detect that there were some translation errors, for Example regarding the name Ebba During where her last name was translated to Ebba “durante“.Cool tool though, if you are interested in reading my blog in Spanish do it here.
On another note you can look forward to some pictures of Bronze Age rock carvings from an area just south of Enköping, Uppland, and a couple rune stones. While visiting a friend, who has a summer house there, this weekand we did a small photo safari amongst the ancient monument and remains in the area.
Magnus Reuterdahl
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2Timothy 1:7)”Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
(Phillippians 1:6)
My husband just got home from traveling to conferences the last two weeks. We have not really been away from each other for more than about a night or two since before we got married almost five years ago. He was gone for a week, home for a few days, and then gone for another week. Though I was blessed to have in-laws (My sister in-law Corrie, and mother and father in law) that traded off with the girls so I only had one at the time, I was glad to see all my family home last night.
With him being gone for so long I was able to see how much God really has changed in me. In the last year I knew God had been dealing with certain things in my life; Loving not judging, forgiving hurts, letting go of control over ce
One day in the spring of 2002, life was going along pretty much as it had been. I was riding around town with my friend Royce, which was not unusual. However, the reason I was with Royce this day was a little unusual. Several days prior, Royce had an “experience” and had suddenly become very religious and had been acting extremely odd. Royce had plenty of friends in his life, but none of them seemed too willing to spend any time with him at this point. Royce, in my estimation, had always been a pretty good friend to me, and so I decided it would be decent of me to spend some time with him regardless of how odd he was acting.It is probably necessary for me to interject at this point a bit of my past. At 11 years old my life took a grim turn after my parents divorce. I turned inward and pushed everything else out. Drug use came not long after that and became my best friend for years, being the one I could reliably turn to for an escape from this life. After moving around the country
Welcome to this the 16th edition of the Four Stone Hearth. It’s a pleasure to be part of the carnival and it has given me an opportunity to browse blogs earlier unknown to me. Here at testimony of the spade most posts have come to concern Krononberg county in the province of Småland in the south of Sweden as that is were I currently work. As most archaeologists surely know archaeology gives you an opportunity to work all over, this something you can read about in one of my other blogs Yangshao projektet. Normally the posts on this blog is in Swedish but I made an exception for this occasion.
When I started to look for interesting blogs I started out with my predecessors and then I gotten a few tips from here and there, thanks!
Lets start this festival…
…with a picture of cairn (Söraby 57:1).
Martin Rundkvist on Aar has sent us this contribution with the title Your folks my folks in prehistory. The post starts with the question of: Who made the rock carvings (in
No Christian website is complete without a testimony. In particular, when it comes to an apologetics website such as this one, many people probably wonder about the site owner's background. So why did it take me eight years to put one up? No idea. I just happened across an article on the subject on rationalchristianity.net today, which I had actually read before, and decided to get to it.
The full article can be found here.
From cave drawings, to picture books, to a ghost tale spoken in hushed tones around a campfire, human beings are always interested in a good story. We begin to truly communicate when our stories have pictures that our audience can see or imagine. It is how we empathize, which is the highest form of listening.
The reason I’ve been thinking about all of this is because of the recent testimony by Deputy Attorney General James Comey, and the impact it’s had on the Alberto Gonzales attorney scandal. Comey’s testimony took an experience that doesn’t conjure up mental imagery—a constitutional crisis of the highest order—and transformed it into a universal image. After all, who can’t imagine an older man, sick and slightly disoriented in his hospital bed, with two able-bodied (and perhaps ill-intentioned) men bursting through the door? That’s certainly much easier for the average American to envision and develop an emotion around than abstract concep
Unbearable Proposal Congressmen Again Turn to USSA for Expert Testimony Federal lawmakers ask USSA to weigh in on Endangered Species Act May 9, 2007 (National) (Columbus) – The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA), the nation’s premier organization in defense of hunting, fishing, and scientific wildlife management, has again been asked by federal lawmakers to weigh in on problems with the Endangered Species Act. United States Rep. Nick Rahall, D-West Virginia, scheduled a hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee on May 9 to investigate the implementation of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The hearing has been titled, “ESA, Science or Politics?” Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, the ranking minority member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Rep. Henry Brown, R-South Carolina
National Post07 May 2007As a stunned nation tries to absorb the revelations made before the Air India Flight 182 inquiry last week, it is worth remembering that the RCMP and CSIS, which were still mapping out their respective spheres of action and dealing with new Charter limits on their investigative powers in 1985, have gone on to enjoy success by the most important measure that impartial
The Fourth Stone Hearth is a blog carnival that specializes in anthropology. The blog carnival is based on four lines of research; archaeology, socio-cultural anthropology, bio-physical anthropology, linguistic anthropology. Each of these four subfields is a stone in the hearth.
Four Stone Hearth is published bi-weekly, Wednesdays in odd-number weeks. If you would like to submit content to the next issue of the carnival, please send an email to: submit@fourstonehearth.net. Information can also be found at Aardvarchaeology
Coming up:
Anthropology 2.0 May 9th
Greg Landen May 23rd
Testimony of the spade June 6th
For earlier carnival entries see: The Fourth Stone Hearth
Magnus Reuterdahl
Chairman George Miller has requested testimony from Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on the Reading First and federal student loan messes. The letter to Spellings says, "Recent events pertaining to the operation of our Federal student loan programs and the Reading First program have raised serious questions about the oversight and management activities of the Departemnt of Education."This Week in Education reports May 10th as the probable date. Miller says "New York Attorney General Anderew Cuomo and others have uncovered disturbing arrangements between institutions of higher education and student lenders" that have "disadvantaged students through higher loan costs" and less favorable terms and conditions... He cited "inadequate oversight" and the department's failure to provide the committee with requested information on how the department was responding to the "still developing crisis.""Additionally, committee investigators have uncovered serious conflicts of interest and mism
This is from the White House website and ostensibly the opinion of President Bush. We shall see. ~RJH White House website press releasePresident Bush Pleased with Attorney General's Testimony President Bush was pleased with the Attorney General's testimony today. After hours of testimony in which he answered all of the Senators' questions and provided thousands of pages of documents, he again showed that nothing improper occurred. He admitted the matter could have been handled much better, and he apologized for the disruption to the lives of the U.S. Attorneys involved, as well as for the lack of clarity in his initial responses. The Attorney General has the full confidence of the President, and he appreciates the work he is doing at the Department of Justice to help keep our citizens safe from terrorists, our children safe from predators, our government safe from corruption, and our streets free from gang violence.
of all the comments and news and shumertastic coverage of the gonzalez kabobing yesterday in the senate, my favorite was a comment made by cnn's suzanne malveaux:"One prominent Republican describing the testimony this way, as 'clubbing a baby seal.'"
Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) opens the Alberto Gonzales hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on April 19, 2007. Patrick Leahy addresses the crowd about the purpose of the hearings. Leahy stats that the purpose of the meetings is to determine the reasons of the dismissals of the eight U.S. attorneys and to determine if the firings were political or not. "If the White House did nothing wrong than prove it. If nothing to hide then the White House should stop hiding it. Quit claiming the emails cannot be produced. ...Show us the documents," Leahy said. Senator Kohl (D-Wisconsin) questions Gonzales about possible voter fraud in Wisconsin and why that U.S. attorney was not fired for not prosecuting those cases. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) questions Gonzales about recess appointments of U.S. attorneys and Patriot Act revisions.
On account of the VA Tech massacre.I haven't been really paying attention to much else today, except for this horrible situation in Virginia.I hope to get back to the nitty gritty of politics tomorrow or Wednesday.Right now, we're witnessing history, and something that will likely affect the gun control debate in the future.
Hellow Fellow Reader,
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The Democrats have delayed Alberto Gonzales’ testimony in the made up controversy that is the US attorney firings. The white house had wanted to move the hearings up to get them over with. The Democrats denied that request. The white house knows he did nothing wrong, so they want to put it in the past and get on with business. Now they have delayed the original date.
The reason I believe they did this was to drag out the trumped up controversy. They know no wrong act was committed here, they have even admitted it. But they know that Americans who don’t pay close attention to politics will be listening and they hope to make them believe criminal activity took place here. The longer they can drag this out, the more they believe it hurts the president, and that’s the true goal.
The Democrats are in no hurry to show the country nothing wrong happened here, they are just interested in making the administration look bad.
Here is a YouTube Video of Kyle Sampson testifying before Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont). Kyle Sampson is the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. His testimony contradicts what Alberto Gonzales said about being involved in the discussion about the firings of the U.S. Attorneys.This is not the first time that what Gonzales has been contradicted. Kyle Sampson appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee without being subpoenaed. Sampson was in charge of providing information about attorneys that were not falling in line with what the Department of Justice or with the administrations goals. Sampson said the way that the Department handled the firings was badly mishandled in the way that it communicated and executed the firings.Kyle Sampson's Opening Statement:Patrick Leahy's Questioning:
Representative Joe Barton (R-Texas) attacks Al Gore at House Committee testimony on March 21, 2007. Joe Barton represents an area of Texas with strong oil and manufacturing interests. Joe Barton tells Al Gore he is "totally wrong" on certain aspects of global warming. Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) told Al Gore that same day that he believed the debate over global warming had been settled. This was coming from the former leader of the Republican Party in the House. Joe Barton is obviously wrong and science has agreed unanimously that the debate has been settled on global warming. Dennis Hastert even agrees with this. Watch for yourself and see the disrespectful tone and manner that Barton treats the former Vice President.
Senator Patrick Leahy in the Capital. Leahy is chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and is seeking answers from the administration on the the issue of the attorney firings. Photo by REUTERS. President Bush said on Tuesday he would not let his top aides testify under oath over the dismissal of United States attorneys. Bush also placed a call in the morning to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to issue his support to the man who has been under intense fire by members of both parties to resign or be replaced because of his handling of the firings. President Bush said he would only allow his top aides to be interviewed privately by members of congress and not under oath. “We will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition aimed at honorable public servants,” Bush said. Bush’s reason for not wanting to have his aides called before congress was that he did not want the people working for him to have to worry about the kind of advice they give him bcause they might be hau
Testimony before the US House of Representatives Committee on Education and the WorkforceField Hearing on "Academic Achievement for All” And the “Transferability” of Federal FundingA key issue in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)by Richard E. DayPrincipal, Cassidy School,1125 Tates Creek RoadLexington, Kentucky 40502(859) 381-3018Lafayette High School AuditoriumLexington, Kentucky20 April 20009:30 AMGood morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee:Thank you for this opportunity to present my views on federal funding. I am particularly thankful to Congressman Fletcher for his efforts in arranging “field hearings” right here in Kentucky, which I believe it is fair to say, has been a hot bed of educational reform for the past decade.When Congressman Fletcher's office called and invited me to appear this morning I was told the committee was interested in a local school principal's opinion about the transferability of federal funding
Thanks for my mom (Julia) for sending me this testimony from 2004. This should give all of the Global Warming and doomn and glomers a little pause in their hype about the Global Warming theories. Scientists are not always gottten...
More official Army news.
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2007 – President Bush’s pick for command of Multinational Force Iraq today supported the new strategy for Iraq, emphasizing that additional U.S. forces are essential in accomplishing the mission there.
“If we are to carry out the Multinational Force Iraq mission in accordance with the new strategy, the additional forces that have been directed to move to Iraq will be essential, as will greatly increased support by our government’s other agencies, additional resources for reconstruction and economic initiatives, and a number of other actions critical to what must be a broad, comprehensive, multifaceted approach to the challenges in Iraq,” Army Lt. Gen. David Petraeus said at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Washington, D.C. - Following is the statement of Hilary B. Miller, President, Payday Loan Bar Association, regarding predatory lending practices directed at members of the armed forces and their dependents before the Senate Committee on banking, housing and urban affairs.
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.
He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility....
Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"
A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."
Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"
A: "The officer who responded to the scene."
Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"
A: "Yes, sir. With my life."
Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"
A: "Yes sir, we do!"
Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"
A: "Yes sir, I do."
Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"
A: "Yes sir."
Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow office
