The O'Brien Gang is being charged with racketeering/conspiracy and mail fraud. Nothing else. Not theft of honest services, not bribery, not accepting kickbacks. Nothing else. Racketeering and conspiracy requires more than one … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2012
When is a hoodie a hat?
Instead of taking up everyone's time with their theatrical performance this week, the Supreme Court justices could do something useful and get their fine clerks to start a thread on the SCOTUS blog or Volokh to consider when a hoodie might … [Read more...]
WOW – Together Occupy Atlanta, Georgia Tea Party & Unions DEFEAT SB469!
The police were waiting - with hand cuffs and zip ties. So many protesters were ready and willing to be arrested to perform civil disobedience to defeat SB 469 that 30 volunteers were chosen. Of course, there were plenty of Georgians … [Read more...]
Shocker: Bielat’s CD taking Ad Money from Elizabeth Warren
Wonder how Ms. Warren feels about having her ads running on "Sunshine State Sarah's" blog...Sunny Sarah is Sean Bielat's new Communication Director...the toast of Florida's blogging community who's just moved up to Boston for the Bielat … [Read more...]
Weekly Joke Revue: “Lawyers Cite Kids- With- Pre- Existing- Conditions- Can- Go- Fuck- Themselves” Clause
Onion: Lawyers Opposing Health Care Law Cite Kids-With-Pre-Existing-Conditions-Can-Go-Fuck-Themselves Clause WASHINGTON—As the Supreme Court hears oral arguments today on President Obama's health care reform law, plaintiffs aiming to … [Read more...]
Did Justice Department Say “No” to Carmen Ortiz’s Attempts to Indict Mass Politicians? Howie Carr May Be On to Something
Yes siree. Howie Carr raised the speculation of this lovely piece of probation indictment info last week: Apparently, whenever a U.S. attorney wants to indict an elected official, it has to be cleared with Washington. And the rumor is that … [Read more...]
It is worth taking a look at the larger world once in a while.
If you have 20 minutes, this clip from NBC featuring the narration of Dan Rather shows what is happening in Belorus today. I am posting it here for the selfish reason that I worry for the safety of my good friend and her family who live … [Read more...]
Next big cost driver: Climate
Yesterday, the Globe reported on a new special report from the IPCC predicting "an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters": "We mostly experience weather and climate through the extreme," said Stanford University … [Read more...]
Racism, incompetent editing, or nothing?
I, along with the rest of the city of Boston, awoke this morning to a Boston Globe front-page with two above-the-fold side-by-side images of black men — one, a large image of a black teen in a hoodie, the other a small image of an … [Read more...]
Attention Lawyers, Journalists, and BMGers, (But Mostly Lawyers) I Need Help – Ask Carmen Ortiz About the Stryker Case –
How safe is it being a ham sandwich these days? I have read the federal indictment charging former probation commissioner John O'Brien and two underlings with racketeering and conspiracy and I freely admit I must be missing … [Read more...]
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