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‘Annoy’ a Cop in New York State? That Could Soon Earn You 4 Years in Jail

June 9, 2013 at 1:02am

The reporting on this has been badly slanted. The text of the law makes it clear what “annoy” involves — “… he or she strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects to physical contact.” This is not about filming, it’s about hitting the police. Do you think you should go to jail if you kick a policeman on duty?
Mass. Congressman: Russians Believe Boston Bombings Could Have Been Prevented

June 3, 2013 at 7:36pm

The report I heard from the lame media had the self-serving politicians say “Nope, after we met with the Russians we know that there was nothing we could have done….” I just took that as “CYA”. Interesting to hear that Keating has the exact opposite story to tell.
Gosnell Acquitted on 3 Counts of Murder, 5 Counts of Corpse Abuse in Grisly Murder Trial

April 24, 2013 at 1:41am

In reply to VetMike.

“Also Abortion is legal, can’t be found breaking the law performing a legal operation….

In Pennsylvania abortion is legal only up to 24 weeks. He did abortions up to 30 weeks. The babies were frequently born alive, for eight cases there is good evidence of this. He would kill the living, breathing, crying babies by “snipping” their spinal cords. That is not abortion, that is infanticide, the murder of an infant.
So Who Exactly Is the New Pope Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina (Pope Francis)?

March 13, 2013 at 7:30pm

What loads of crap in this article!

“In a historic move, …” No matter who was chosen, it would be historic. You will see his name on lists of popes as long as there is history.
“But, alas, they chose a man who …” I thought this was supposed to be a news article instead of an opinion piece.
The first three sources they cited all tend to be hostile or ignorant of Catholicism: the AP, CNN, and the National Catholic Register. (The bishops of the diocese where NCR is headquartered have repeatedly demanded that they remove “Catholic” from their name, because they consistently oppose and demean the church.)

That’s as far as I could stomach.
With No Pope at the Helm, Who’s Running the Catholic Church for the Next Few Weeks?

March 1, 2013 at 4:11pm

The translation of “sede vacante” is wrong. Wikipedia gets it right: “Sede vacante is an expression, used in the Canon Law of the Catholic Church, that refers to the vacancy of the episcopal see of a particular church. It is Latin for “the seat being vacant” (the ablative absolute to sedes vacans “vacant seat”), the seat in question being the cathedra of the particular church.” Yes, it implies the see is vacant, but it means the seat is vacant.
Tesla Accuses New York Times of ‘Fake’ Review of Its New Car

February 14, 2013 at 1:49pm

In reply to Gonzo.

Hydrogen cells? Where do you get the hydrogen from? You run a coal power plant to make electricity to electrolyze water to get hydrogen. It is just another “elsewhere emission” power system.
Will One of These Men Be the Next Pope?

February 11, 2013 at 5:48pm

A funny thing is how people hope for one candidate or another, hoping that the next pope will change this Catholic doctrine or other. Two things folks — First, the pope can’t change doctrine, not by himself, not with help. (Disciplines of the church can change, not doctrines.) Second, “you mean the pope is Catholic?” — why is the press so surprised to find the the guy selected to be pope agrees with the church?
Obama’s New Contraceptive Plan: Religiously-Affiliated Groups Can Opt-Out of Birth Control Mandate, But…

February 1, 2013 at 2:37pm

“… and would experience lower costs from improvements in women’s health and fewer childbirths.”
A healthy woman is fertile, except in opposite land pregnancy is a disease and people are a plague.

Since when does the government get to decide who is “religious enough” to exercise their religion? They know this is a problem for many religious people, but they get to choose who may no longer exercise?

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ….” Unless we know better than you how you should live, of course. (end sarcasm)
Did Amazon Purposefully Ban a Conservative Fox News Personality’s Book?

January 16, 2013 at 3:30pm

In reply to adimeroll.

Amazon is not subject to the first amendment. They are not (yet) part of the government. If they don’t want to sell something, they shouldn’t have to.

If you therefore choose to avoid buying from them, that is their problem.
‘Laughable’: We Asked Experts (Including a Former CIA Officer) to Weigh in on Rev. Jackson’s Claim That ‘Assault Weapons’ Can ‘Shoot Down Planes’

January 16, 2013 at 3:22pm

Aurora is 11 miles as the crow files away from the Denver airport. Jackson, that is not “close” to the airport. It is south-west of the airport. The runways go North/South and East/West. The closest any flight path could be to Aurora would be about 8 miles away. Jackson doesn’t know guns, and he doesn’t know airplanes, and he doesn’t know geography.