I've been recording Generation Kill every week since it started on Channel 4 HD, waiting for the ideal time to delve into its seven episodes. But, to be honest, too many shows have my attention already, so finding the time to set aside was proving... well, impossible. Added to that, those unwatched HD recordings were devouring my digibox's storage space, so I was seriously contemplating just erasing...
Ray submits: First, let us clear something up; healthcare reform is totally different from the monstrosity that is currently in front of the Senate at this moment. Healthcare reform would mean that the government would be telling insurers that they could no longer decide not to insure people with preexisting conditions, annual and lifetime caps would be removed and insurers would lose their federal...
You are Harry Reid. I know that's a terrible thought, but bear with me please. You know you have to get this pesky health thing done. If you don't, Nevada voters will tell you it's time for you to pack your own lunch and reject you. For a narcissist, that's worse than a death sentence. What do you do? The Senate is loaded with Democratic kids who are also afraid of losing their cool jobs. How can you...
The majority of New Yorkers want to see Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists put to death, according to a study by Marist and the Daily News . If found guilty, 73 percent of locals want Mohammed to be executed, while 67 percent of New Yorkers support the death penalty for the other suspects, the poll reveals. In a study that comes just days after a Gothamist poll revealed that...
Staff Reporter Chief state counsel Anisul Huq yesterday asked the Amnesty International to refrain from making request for commuting the death sentence on the former army officers convicted of the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Following the November 19 verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on the Bangabandhu murder case, the UK-based human rights watchdog in a statement...
HERE IS WHAT OBAMA SAID ABOUT MILITARY TRIALS WHEN A SENATOR HERE IS WHAT OBAMA SAYS AS PRESIDENT Obama has hoisted his own petard and it seems to have been made in Germany. Remember, several members of the al Qaeda cell that planned and executed the attacks of September 11 were previously based in the northern German city of Hamburg. The Germans provided intelligence and evidence to the United States....
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* Trust the various human rights groups and intellectuals to support criminals all over. For eons, they have been supporting the causes of criminals who were convicted for death sentence. (I remember a protest march outside my house, for support of a man, who got death sentence for murdering a 14-year-old girl and then raping [...]
Rather than simply quoting from a single First-Person Nugget of Wisdom, I thought I would add a few brief observations: On Twitter, not a day goes by when Bradley Wiggins doesn't transfer to Sky. But like a good wacky sitcom, the plot goes awry and the characters inevitably wind up back where they started... setting the stage for another day of madness. A new item for the PdC Lexicon, from our good...
We’ve reached the end of the Church’s year and we honour the Kingship of Jesus Christ. In today’s Gospel we’re presented with a frustrated and perplexed Pilate. Are you the King of the Jews? There is an impatience and frustration in his voice! Pilate is caught up in an argument in which he would rather not be involved. His peace has been shattered by a petty domestic problem....
Death Sentence Upheld Despite Overwhelming Evidence Pointing To Innocence AUSTIN, Texas – November 18 – The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today rejected the appeal of an innocent man represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Texas Innocence Network (TIN) who has been incarcerated on Texas’s death row for more than 28 years. Max Soffar, [...]
A Vatican researcher claims she found nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin that includes the words Jesus Nazarene and mention of a death sentence
MS: Retrial ordered in Corey Maye case -- at last The state Court of Appeals ordered a new trial Tuesday for Cory Maye, convicted of shooting to death a Prentiss police officer who raided his home. "Thank you, Lord. I've prayed and prayed over this every night since this took place, " Maye's mother, Dorothy, said after learning of the decision. Maye testified he was sleeping Dec. 26, 2001,...
A Vatican researcher claims she found nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin that includes the words “Jesus Nazarene” and mention of a death sentence.
It took two days to pick the jury that would hear the capital murder case against the Opelika man accused of killing his infant son nearly two years ago.
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