Michael Douglas' son gets 4 1/2 years added to earlier 5 years sentence for drug offences in NYC
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U.S. District Judge Richard Berman in Manhattan cited Cameron Douglas' "history of reckless behaviour" as he imposed a new punishment that was more than double what prosecutors were seeking for Douglas' guilty plea to drug charges that arose from his successful efforts to smuggle drugs into prison. ... The judge also criticized the government for being too lenient on Douglas after he repeatedly violated prison rules by arranging to get drugs. The judge said the violations included four instances in which a lawyer smuggled anti-anxiety prescription drugs into prison for Douglas in her bra. The lawyer entered into a deferred...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:36:20 AM
Will Newt Gingrich Win the Republican Nomination?
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If slow and steady really does win the race, Newt Gingrich could well end up being the Republican nominee for president. Thus far, this campaign season has been defined by flash-in-the-pan fortunes. Michele Bachmann was first out of the blocks and won the Iowa straw poll, but this seemed much like a house of straw when Texas governor Rick Perry entered the fray and became her Big Bad Wolf. But then he blew his own house down with a series of disastrous debate performances, allowing the Cain Train to pull into the station. This brings us to where we are...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:36:20 AM
Republicans, Let us Honor Abraham Lincoln Today
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Third Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Jonesboro, Illinois September 15, 1858 MR. DOUGLAS' SPEECH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I appear before you today in pursuance of a previous notice, and have made arrangements with Mr. Lincoln to divide time, and discuss with him the leading political topics that now agitate the country. Prior to 1854 this country was divided into two great political parties known as Whig and Democratic. These parties differed from each other on certain questions which were then deemed to be important to the best interests of the Republic. Whig and Democrats differed about a bank, the...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:36:20 AM
Why 2012 election looks a lot like 1860
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As the season of presidential politics 2012 unfolds, I’m struck by similarities between today and the tumultuous period in our history that led up to the election of Abraham Lincoln and then on to the Civil War. So much so that I’m finding it a little eerie that this year we are observing the 150th anniversary of the outbreak of the Civil War. No, I am certainly not predicting, God forbid, that today’s divisions and tensions will lead to brother taking up arms against brother. But profound differences divide us today, as was the case in the 1850′s. The difference...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:36:20 AM
Will defamed Tea Party protesters sue McClatchy Co.? - ALAN KEYES
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On March 20 William Douglas, a black reporter for the McClatchy news service, claimed that Tea Party protesters, demonstrating against the health takeover legislation, screamed the ‘N’ word at members of the Black Caucus as they passed through the protest sight. Jack Cashill argues convincingly that the claim was a malicious calumny, later embellished with fabricated details. The report was clearly developed as a weapon for use in a shrewdly calculated and still ongoing campaign to thwart the political effect of the disgusted revulsion rising in response to the Obama faction and the elitist subverters of liberty they serve and...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 07:36:20 AM
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