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  • Pastor faces up to 310 years in prison

    06/27/2008 9:20:59 PM PDT · by Coleus · 11 replies · 358+ views
    the free lance star ^ | 06.24.08 | DONNIE JOHNSTON
    A Culpeper pastor faces a possible 310-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to felony fraud charges. The Rev. Charles Shifflett, pastor of First Baptist Church in Culpeper and former pastor of Calvary Baptist Church there, pleaded guilty to a total of 20 felonies and one misdemeanor, prosecutors announced today. Nine of the charges involving obtaining money by false pretenses from Calvary Baptist Church from 2002-05, while Shifflett was the pastor. He also pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud involving a workers compensation award, and five counts of obtaining money under false pretenses from two separate insurance companies, and three...
  • Don Young Embodies What's Wrong With the GOP(with link to contribute to Parnell)

    06/07/2008 6:28:40 AM PDT · by bilhosty · 301+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 6/6/08 | Pat Toomey
    Today, the Club for Growth Political Action Committee endorses Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in his bid to unseat Republican Rep. Don Young in the state's August primary. The reason for the endorsement is simple. Mr. Parnell is a solid conservative who led the fight for lower taxes and spending in the state legislature, and joined Gov. Sarah Palin in pushing for reform in the state. The man he is hoping to replace isn't economically conservative in the least. Mr. Young is actually a poster child for what has gone wrong with the Republican Party in Washington.
  • $4 Million on Hand, Ron Paul Looks for Ways to Spend It

    04/27/2008 10:36:05 PM PDT · by NoLibZone · 14 replies · 565+ views
    HOUSTON — U.S. Rep. Ron Paul is considering using $4 million left over from his failed presidential campaign to start a for-profit publishing company that would reflect his Libertarian-leaning views.
  • Obama’s Former Pastor Getting $1.6M Home in Retirement

    03/27/2008 8:59:23 PM PDT · by pissant · 50 replies · 1,257+ views
    Fox ^ | 3/27/08 | staff
    This was supposed to be the week that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. returned to the pulpit to preach for the first time since his anti-American sermons generated nationwide outrage and drew condemnation from his longtime parishioner, Barack Obama. But, citing security concerns, Wright canceled his speaking engagements in Florida and Texas. A spokeswoman at his former church in Chicago said his schedule is pending. A two-week FOX News investigation, however, has uncovered where Wright will be spending a good deal of his time in retirement, and it is a far cry from the impoverished Chicago streets where the preacher...
  • Witnesses say Pellicano threatened them (Hillary's Hitman Pelican Needs a Pardon)

    03/20/2008 2:51:25 PM PDT · by red flanker · 7 replies · 532+ views
    LA Times ^ | March 20, 2008 | Greg Krikorian
    Two women who were alleged targets of the private eye's investigations say they received calls warning them to remain silent. In another day of dramatic courtroom confrontations, an actress told a federal jury Wednesday that she received a terrifying telephone call threatening her son shortly after she spoke with the FBI about its wiretapping investigation of private eye Anthony Pellicano. Testifying as a government witness, Linda Doucett said an anonymous male caller in November 2003 warned her to remain silent after she had been interviewed by authorities about their probe of Pellicano for alleged wiretapping and other crimes on behalf...
  • Barack Obama: Crook

    03/13/2008 4:46:18 PM PDT · by jdm · 40 replies · 1,387+ views
    Red State ^ | March 13, 2008 | by Leon H. Wolf
    It appears that Barack Obama, allegedly decent guy and agent of "change" in Washington, requested an earmark in 2006 for $1 million taxpayer dollars for the hospital where his wife works. Said hospital, by the way, gave Michelle Obama a huge raise (nearly $200,000, more than doubling her salary) in 2005 after Barack got elected to the United States Senate. Now, I know that there are lots of ways to talk about transactions like this involving public officials - quid pro quo, etc., but I prefer to call a crook a crook and just say that we're dealing with good,...
  • Prostitution & Federal Criminal Law (Governor Spitzer )

    03/11/2008 11:45:02 AM PDT · by ventanax5 · 45 replies · 1,367+ views
    I have been bugged out with the flu, and as a result I've seen a lot of the commentary — including, of course, "expert" commentary, which has been something less than expert. The general approach of the federal law to prostitution mimics its approach to gambling. They are activities that tend to generate big profits for organized crime syndicates, which profits not only enrich the racketeers but underwrite their various other rackets, including loan-sharking, narcotics trafficking, murder-for-hire, etc. In Governor Spitzer's case, moreover, it's worth remembering the Nevada senator character in Godfather II who is blackmailed into doing the Corleones'...
  • French physicist calls Al Gore a 'crook' over global warming issues

    12/28/2007 1:53:45 PM PST · by melt · 98 replies · 128+ views
    m&c ^ | 12/28/07 | M&C US News
    Al Gore is taking a beating in France, where people long resisted the green message and the nuclear industry thrives for home energy. Bloomberg's Jorg von Uthmann reports that the Paris bookstores are filled with tomes debunking the Gore message despite him winning the Nobel Peace Prize. France's number one Gore debunker is physicist Claude Allegre, a former education minister and a physicist by profession. Uthmann reports that his new book, ``Ma Verite Sur la Planete'' - My Truth About the Planet'' - lays it out. Gore is called a "crook" presiding over an eco-business that pumps out cash.
  • Judge orders O.J. Simpson to stand trial

    11/14/2007 4:42:03 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 63 replies · 47+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/15/07 | Linda Deutsch - ap
    LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from an alleged sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. Justice of the Peace Joe M. Bonaventure ruled after a preliminary hearing of the charges and arguments against the case by attorneys for Simpson and co-defendants Clarence "C.J." Stewart and Charles "Charlie" Ehrlich. "This is what we expected," Simpson told The Associated Press before he left the courtroom. "If I have any disappointment it's that I wish a jury was here. As always, I rely on the jury system." No charges...
  • Top Police Investigator Recommends Indicting Ohlmert

    11/05/2007 5:49:02 AM PST · by Stepan12 · 4 replies · 55+ views
    Arutz Sheva ^ | November 5, 2007 | Hillel Fendel
    (IsraelNN.com) The head of the police investigation regarding Olmert's alleged intervention in the Bank Leumi privatization recommends charges against the Prime Minister. The investigative team as a whole leans towards an indictment of the Prime Minister, in opposition to the stance taken by the head of the Police Department's Investigations Wing, Yochanan Danino. The Bank Leumi case is one of four cases against the Prime Minister currently being investigated by the police. It involves suspicions that Olmert, as Acting Minister of Finance in late 2005, attempted to change the terms of the sale of the bank to fit the terms...
  • Bill Clinton Ponders a Role as First Gentleman

    05/10/2007 6:01:47 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 45 replies · 1,026+ views
    The New York Times ^ | May 10, 2007 | PATRICK HEALY
    Bill Clinton plans to be a first gentleman for the 21st century: a post-modern, post-ego presidential spouse who does not earn an income of his own, but rather pays the bills from family savings and does what he can to help the missus down in the Oval Office. “I’ve tried to get in a position where, you know, I — I won’t — I’ll be able to do what she did when I was president — that is, I don’t want to spend any time making a living,” Mr. Clinton said in an interview on CNN late Tuesday, when asked...
  • House GOP to object to Jefferson's Homeland Security seat

    02/28/2007 10:10:16 AM PST · by khnyny · 26 replies · 883+ views
    CNN ^ | 2/28/07 | CNN
    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Republican Whip Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, announced Wednesday that Republicans will object on the House floor to Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, getting a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee. Jefferson is entangled in a federal bribery investigation related to his dealings with a telecommunications company. Federal investigators found $90,000 in cash in his freezer in 2005 after Jefferson allegedly accepted a $100,000 bribe from an FBI informant. Despite the investigation, Jefferson was re-elected to a ninth term to his New Orleans' seat in a run-off election in December. Blunt called the move by the Speaker Pelosi,...
  • Bill Clinton authorized Sandy Berger's access

    01/03/2007 11:48:07 PM PST · by Jim Robinson · 369 replies · 13,987+ views
    WorldNetDaily ^ | January 4, 2007 | By Chelsea Schilling
    Investigation into pilfered documents reveals former president signed letter President Bill Clinton signed a letter authorizing former National Security Adviser Sandy Berger's access to classified documents that later came up missing, according to a newly released investigation report by the National Archives and Records Administration. The sensitive drafts of the National Security Council's "Millennium After Action Review" on the Clinton administration's handling of the al-Qaida terror threats in December 1999 suspiciously disappeared after Berger said he intended to "determine if Executive Privilege needed to be exerted prior to documents being provided to the 9/11 Commission." Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft testified...
  • Bill Clinton a looming force in Hillary's race

    12/21/2006 11:47:42 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 41 replies · 896+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 12/21/06 | John Whitesides
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - If Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton runs for the White House in 2008 as expected, her biggest strategic decision will be how to use one of her most powerful campaign resources -- her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Hardly the typical political spouse, the former president is a magnetic presence on the stump, with well-honed instincts and fund-raising abilities. He knows the pitfalls of a campaign and can easily rouse the Democratic faithful to action. But his involvement also raises plenty of questions. Would his high-voltage style overshadow his wife, a less electric presence on the campaign trail?...
  • Jefferson Re-elected (Democrats re-elect crook)

    12/09/2006 8:16:52 PM PST · by LdSentinal · 217 replies · 6,818+ views
    WWLTV.com ^ | 12/9/06
    Congressman William Jefferson has been re-elected to Congress, according to WWL-TV election analyst Greg Rigamer. With two-thirds of the vote counted, Jefferson had a 6,000-vote lead over challenger Karen Carter. "I'm a little worried about what this is going to say to the nation," said City Councilwoman Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, a Carter supporter. Jefferson was forced into the runoff against a fellow Democrat when he failed to win 50 percent of the vote in a crowded open multiparty primary. His opponent, state Rep. Karen Carter, is seeking to become the first black woman from Louisiana elected to Congress. Jefferson, 59, has...
  • New Jersey Senate: Kean (R) and Menendez (D) Tied

    10/28/2006 4:14:06 PM PDT · by Clintonfatigued · 23 replies · 814+ views
    Rasmussen Reports ^ | October 28, 2006
    Here's another race to keep people up late on election night. All year long, the two candidates have been trading the lead position. Now, with less than two weeks to go, it’s a toss-up once again. The latest Rasmussen Reports poll shows Republican Tom Kean Jr. with 43% of the vote and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez with 41%. However, when we add in the leaners, it’s all tied at 45% (see crosstabs). What’s truly amazing about these numbers is the fact that Menendez can’t pull away despite the deep Blue nature of the state. By a margin of 54% to...
  • Harold Ford Jr. on cover of Newsweek

    10/23/2006 3:23:53 PM PDT · by SmithL · 93 replies · 2,837+ views
    WASHINGTON — Hands in his pockets and a far-away look in his eyes, Harold Ford Jr. stares out from the cover of next week's Newsweek magazine, which calls him the Democrats' best hope for taking the U.S. Senate. The October 30 cover story, "The Path to Power," follows the Memphis Congressman through a day of campaigning that begins at a church service in Chattanooga, and describes the centrist Democrats' effect on various audiences. "Two weeks before the midterm elections," the story says, "the Democrats' fate lies not in the hands of the party's much-dissected antiwar left but with a handful...
  • Three <strike>Strikes</strike> Clerical Errors And You're Out!

    10/18/2006 7:04:21 PM PDT · by grandpa jones · 5 replies · 181+ views
    Nuke's News and Views ^ | 10-18-06 | nuke gingrich
    1) On the Ritz-Carlton holiday donations, Reid gave $600 in 2002, then $1,200 in 2004 and $1,500 in 2005 from his re-election campaign to an entity listed as the REC Employee Holiday Fund. His campaign listed the expenses as campaign “salary” for two of the years and as a “contribution” one year. Reid’s office said the listing as salary was a “clerical error” 2) On the land dealings, Reid announced Monday he had failed to disclose two other transactions on his prior ethics reports …the first, involved the 2004 sale of land he owned in Searchlight, Nev. Reid said the...
  • AP Exclusive: Reid got $1M in land sale

    10/11/2006 11:21:50 AM PDT · by Prost1 · 600 replies · 15,964+ views
    AP ^ | Oct 11, 2006 | By JOHN SOLOMON and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writers
    WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show. ADVERTISEMENT In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress an earlier sale in which he transferred his land to a company created by a friend and took a financial stake in that company, according to records and interviews. The Nevada Democrat's deal was engineered by Jay Brown, a longtime friend and former casino lawyer whose name surfaced in a major political bribery trial this summer and in...
  • Who Protected The Pervert Congressman?

    10/02/2006 8:59:52 AM PDT · by yoe · 39 replies · 1,658+ views
    GOPUSA ^ | October 2, 2006 | Cliff Kincaid
    It's one of the worst congressional scandals ever. A top House Republican who denounced sex predators as "animals" stands accused of acting like one. Mark Foley had served as a Deputy Majority Whip in the House and co-chair of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children. His forced resignation, after being exposed as a homosexual pervert who talked dirty to young boys, has done more damage to the GOP than George Soros could ever think of doing. But it remains to be seen whether the liberal media and the Democrats can successfully exploit this scandal. Brian Ross of ABC...
  • 'Cold cash' congressman facing challenge for seat (William Jefferson D-La.)

    09/23/2006 5:05:45 AM PDT · by Libloather · 7 replies · 509+ views
    'Cold cash' congressman facing challenge for seat8 other Dems on ballot seeking seat held by Louisiana Rep. William Jefferson Posted: September 23, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.M The fallout from an FBI investigation into allegations of bribery – and the $90,000 in cash allegedly recovered from his freezer – apparently has U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, battling for his political future. Not only are there about a dozen challengers vying for his seat, which he's held since the early 1990s, but three of the state's former top Democrats have endorsed his chief opponent,...
  • Nigeria: The Story of Congressman William Jefferson D-La

    09/21/2006 4:47:43 PM PDT · by Libloather · 8 replies · 646+ views
    AllAfrica ^ | 9/21/06 | Christopher Drew
    Nigeria: The Story of Congressman Jefferson Vanguard (Lagos) COLUMN September 21, 2006 Posted to the web September 21, 2006 Christopher Drew "A case against politicians, a tale of friendship, ambition and betrayal". In July 2005, Vernon L. Jackson returned home to Louisville from Washington, where he had just met with Representative William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat who had been helping to promote his fledgling digital-technology company. David Harper, a lawyer for the company, said he had never seen Mr. Jackson so demoralised. For nearly five years, the inventor and the congressman had carried the message that Mr. Jackson's company,...
  • Nigeria: The Tell-It-All Letters And Memos (More William Jefferson D-La. bribery fallout)

    09/19/2006 2:25:14 PM PDT · by Libloather · 11 replies · 663+ views
    AllAfrica ^ | 9/18/06
    Nigeria: The Tell-It-All Letters And Memos Vanguard (Lagos) DOCUMENT September 16, 2006 Posted to the web September 18, 2006 Office of the Vice President GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ASO ROCK/'ILLA. AHUJA MR. PRESIDENT MEMORANDUM From:VICE-PRESIDENT Reference: Subject:RE: REQUEST .. FOR.ASSISTANCE .. IN THE..INVESTIGATION OF US CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM JEFFERSON: REQUEST FOR EFCC REPORT On Tuesday, September 5, 2006, I was questioned by a five-man Committee led by the Attorney-General of the Federation on matters relating to the Investigation of US congressman William Jefferson. This was the culmination of a series of inquiries in writing by the Chairman of...
  • Small Houston oil company at the center of global drama (FBI bribery probe - William Jefferson D-La)

    09/18/2006 5:04:53 PM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies · 1,512+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | 9/18/06 | DAVID IVANOVICH
    Small Houston oil company at the center of global dramaERHC's story becomes oddly intertwined with FBI bribery probe By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Sept. 18, 2006, 1:28PM WASHINGTON - Initially, theirs was a tale to rival that of any legendary Texas wildcatter. A little-known Houston oil company lands a potential blockbuster deal in the crude-rich waters off West Africa and appears poised for a big payoff. Negotiating the rocky shoals of West African politics and threats of arrest for sedition, ERHC Energy, a tiny company with no experience in offshore drilling, secures the rights from the...
  • Nigeria: Presidency - Obasanjo Did Not Authorise Diversion of Funds (William Jefferson D-La.)

    09/17/2006 6:05:10 AM PDT · by Libloather · 2 replies · 369+ views
    AllAfrica ^ | 9/15/06 | Kola Ologbondiyan
    Nigeria: Presidency - Obasanjo Did Not Authorise Diversion of FundsThis Day (Lagos) Posted to the web September 15, 2006 Kola Ologbondiyan Lagos The Presidency yesterday reacted to Vice President Atiku Abubakar's claim that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as well as organisations where President Olusegun Obasanjo has interests benefited from the controversial MOFAS Account at the Abuja branch of defunct Trans International Bank (TIB). Besides, it said, the President did not authorise diversion of public funds to any individual or organisation. "Obasanjo has never directed or forced any individual or organization to make donations to any of the many associations...
  • Nigeria: Vice President Atiku Abubakar Abused His Office (William Jefferson D-La. connections)

    09/13/2006 4:01:11 PM PDT · by Libloather · 5 replies · 627+ views
    AllAfrica ^ | 9/13/06 | David Idonor
    Nigeria: He Abused His Office - ObjDaily Champion (Lagos) September 13, 2006 Posted to the web September 13, 2006 David Idonor Abuja PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday rose in stout defence of his decision to send the report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which investigated Vice President Atiku Abubakar to the National Assembly, insisting that the V-P abused his office. In a press statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Mrs. Oluremi Oyo, Obasanjo advised Atiku to "address pertinent issues at hand, rather than alleging it was a case of political persecution". The...
  • Nigeria: How William Jefferson (D-La.) Reported PTDF Deal to Obasanjo

    09/11/2006 4:08:34 PM PDT · by Libloather · 6 replies · 670+ views
    AllAfrica ^ | 9/11/06
    Nigeria: How Jefferson Reported PTDF Deal to ObasanjoSeptember 10, 2006 Posted to the web September 11, 2006 Lagos United States Congressman, William Jefferson, who is now at the centre of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for alleged corrupt practices, was the one who gave the first hint to President Olusegun Obasanjo on the alleged illegal use of Petroleum Trust Development Fund (PTDF) by some Nigerian businessmen. The businessmen were believed to be associates of Vice President Atiku Abubakar. In a letter on his congressional office letterhead dated May 28, 22004 and addressed to Obasanjo, Jefferson who...
  • Kentucky businessman Vernon Jackson gets 7 years for bribe to William Jefferson (D-La.)

    09/08/2006 4:21:52 PM PDT · by Libloather · 42 replies · 1,712+ views
    Daily Comet ^ | 9/08/06 | MATTHEW BARAKAT
    Ky. businessman gets 7 years for bribe to JeffersonBy MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Writer A Kentucky telecommunications executive who admitted paying more than $400,000 in bribes to Rep. William Jefferson was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison. Vernon Jackson, 54, of Louisville, is a key figure in the federal investigation of Jefferson, D-La., who has not been charged. But in court papers, prosecutors have alleged that they caught Jefferson on videotape taking a $100,000 cash bribe. Most of that money later turned up in a freezer in Jefferson's home. Jefferson was never mentioned by name in Friday's...
  • Jesse Jackson Jr. may run for mayor

    09/06/2006 10:39:41 PM PDT · by indcons · 21 replies · 451+ views
    Yahoo/AP ^ | Sept. 6, 2006 | DEANNA BELLANDI
    Jesse Jackson Jr. announced Wednesday that he is exploring a run for mayor of Chicago and said it is "more likely than not" that he will enter the February contest. While he complimented Mayor Richard Daley, a fellow Democrat, for doing an "extraordinary" job in some ways, Jackson said: "What I'm hearing from the people is that it's time for a change." The 41-year-old son of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he would make up his mind after the November congressional election. He is up for re-election to the seat he has held for 11 years. Daley...
  • Waiting on warrant protocol (and other poop on William Jefferson D-La.)

    09/05/2006 3:49:15 PM PDT · by Libloather · 1 replies · 413+ views
    NOLA ^ | 9/03/06 | Bruce Alpert, Bill Walsh
    ON THE HILLNews from the Louisiana delegation in the nation's capital Sunday, September 03, 2006 By Bruce Alpert and Bill Walsh Waiting on warrant protocol The Justice Department doesn't plan to issue guidelines for executing criminal search warrants on congressional offices until after the legal wrangling with Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, is over, a top official said last week. "What is decided there (in the case) might be informative for us," Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said in a brief interview. **SNIP** Jefferson leads pack in postal privileges Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, leads the Louisiana delegation in sending...
  • Slade returns to TSU as teacher

    08/30/2006 3:07:28 AM PDT · by Ninian Dryhope · 9 replies · 354+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | Aug. 30, 2006 | MATTHEW TRESAUGUE
    Weeks after she was indicted, the ex-president will instruct courses on accounting Priscilla Slade, the former Texas Southern University president fired for spending school money on personal expenses, is teaching accounting courses on campus this semester. Her return to the classroom comes four weeks after a Harris Country grand jury indicted Slade and three aides for allegedly paying for household furnishings and landscaping, among other things, for her benefit. Priscilla Slade, the former Texas Southern University president fired for spending school money on personal expenses, is teaching accounting courses on campus this semester. Her return to the classroom comes four...
  • William Jefferson (D-La.) case informant files complaint with police

    08/29/2006 4:40:22 PM PDT · by Libloather · 9 replies · 914+ views
    NOLA ^ | 8/20/06 | Bruce Alpert
    Jefferson case informant files complaint with policeShe says odd 'things' occurred after FBI tip Tuesday, August 29, 2006 By Bruce Alpert WASHINGTON -- A Virginia woman told police that "things have been happening" since she went to the FBI 17 months ago with a complaint that led to the continuing corruption probe against Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans. Lori Mody, who wore a hidden microphone to tape conversations with Jefferson, said in her July 24 complaint to the Fairfax County (Va.) Police Department that the toilet in a McLean, Va., home she is getting ready to sell broke between July...
  • Castro's condition 'stable'

    08/01/2006 5:03:47 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 28 replies · 832+ views
    Herald Sun ^ | 2 August 2006 | Isabel Sanchez
    CUBAN leader Fidel Castro is in "stable" condition and in "good spirits" following surgery that forced him to temporarily relinquish power to his brother Raul for the first time, according to a statement read on Cuban television today The statement, attributed to Castro, broke silence one day after the announcement that Castro was sidelined for the first time since he took power in 1959, plunging Cuba into uncertainty. But Cubans had yet to see the long-time leader, who turns 80 on August 13, since he handed the reins to his brother and defence chief Raul. "I can say the situation...
  • Judge allows Jefferson probe to continue

    07/19/2006 10:44:08 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 39 replies · 2,046+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/19/06 | AP
    WASHINGTON - A federal judge said Wednesday that investigators could examine documents seized in a search of Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record)'s office, denying a request to delay the bribery probe while the Louisiana Democrat appeals the judge's earlier ruling that the search was legal. Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said granting the delay "would harm the public's interest in a prompt and final outcome of the government's investigation of serious crimes involving a sitting United States congressman running for re-election in November." Last week, Hogan rejected arguments by Jefferson and House leaders in both parties...
  • Justice seeks end to delays in review of documents seized in William Jefferson (D-La.) raid

    07/13/2006 5:48:49 PM PDT · by Libloather · 1 replies · 317+ views
    KPLCTV ^ | 7/13/06
    Justice seeks end to delays in review of documents seized in raid WASHINGTON The Justice Department today opposed further delays in the bribery investigation of Representative William Jefferson, saying the agency should be allowed to review documents seized in a search of the congressman's office. On Monday, Chief U-S District Judge Thomas F. Hogan rejected requests from Jefferson and fellow lawmakers seeking the return of the material from the May raid on Capitol Hill. Jefferson is now seeking to delay the judge's ruling while he appeals. Hogan dismissed arguments by Jefferson and a bipartisan group of House leaders that the...
  • Ken Lay has died (heart attack)

    07/05/2006 7:03:35 AM PDT · by ElRushbo · 514 replies · 21,290+ views
    Reuters | 7/5/06
    cause of death unknown
  • Supreme Court Justice's Son Jailed for Embezzlement [Virginia - 12 hour sentence]

    07/01/2006 2:46:37 PM PDT · by ncountylee · 5 replies · 254+ views
    AP/ABC 7 ^ | July 01, 2006
    Richmond, VA (AP) - The son of Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Leroy Hassell Sr. was jailed for more than 12 hours for stealing from his employer. Henrico County Circuit Court Judge L.A. Harris Jr. on Friday gave Leroy Hassell Jr. suspended sentences of 12 months in jail, $100 fines and 100 hours of community service on each of two misdemeanor charges of petit larceny and unlawful entry. Harris also ordered a suspended term of two years in prison and ordered Hassell Jr. placed on supervised probation for a felony embezzlement charge. Harris then remanded the 19-year-old to the custody...
  • Davis looks to unseat McKinney

    06/26/2006 10:51:46 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 46 replies · 1,520+ views
    Townhall.com ^ | 27 June 2006 | Jeff Emanuel
    The name Cynthia McKinney is almost guaranteed to elicit a reaction of some sort from Americans across the political spectrum. Last seen attempting to justify her striking of a Capitol Hill police officer by decrying his “racism” and “inappropriate touching,” the maverick representative from Georgia’s predominantly Democratic 4th congressional district has rarely been out of the news during her term in office—though she has rarely been in it for good reasons. Change for the better could be on the horizon, though, as—for the first time in a decade—McKinney appears to have a serious challenger from across the aisle. Catherine Davis,...
  • Insider trading conviction of Soros is upheld

    06/14/2006 3:36:06 PM PDT · by 4kevin · 30 replies · 1,326+ views
    AP ^ | 6.14.06
    The highest court in France on Wednesday rejected a bid by George Soros, the billionaire investor, to overturn a conviction for insider trading in a case dating back nearly 20 years, leaving the first blemish on his five-decade investing career. The panel, the Cour de Cassation, upheld the conviction of Soros, 75, an American citizen, for buying and selling Société Générale shares in 1988 after receiving information about a planned corporate raid on the bank. Ron Soffer, his lawyer, said Soros planned to take the case to the European Court of Human Rights, saying that the length of the proceedings...
  • I CAN'T STAND IT!!!

    06/10/2006 11:58:00 AM PDT · by Maceman · 22 replies · 551+ views
    So I'm in my home office while my 7-year old and a friend are watching cartoons on Nickelodeon on TV in another room. I can hear the TV. All of a sudden, I hear Bill Clinton's voice (I'm paraphrasing): "Before I became President of the United States, I was a kid once. That's why I'm here to tell you that my foundation is partnering with the American Heart Association and Nickelodeon to tell you the importance of a healthy diet." He then goes on about healthy eating. Being in another room, I couldn't immediately get to the remote to hit...
  • Current Servicemembers Possibly Affected by VA Data Loss

    06/06/2006 6:06:16 PM PDT · by SandRat · 30 replies · 493+ views
    WASHINGTON, June 6, 2006 – Active-duty servicemembers and members of the National Guard and Reserves may be affected by the recent personal data loss by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA announced today. The VA announced over the weekend that the records stolen from the home of a VA representative in May might include personal information of people currently in the military, according to a VA news release. Initial findings from VA indicated the personal information on about 50,000 active duty, National Guard and Reserve personnel may have been involved. As the two agencies compared electronic files, VA...
  • William Jefferson (D-La.) case chills Democrats (Let's go to the videotape...)

    06/01/2006 4:00:31 PM PDT · by Libloather · 40 replies · 1,504+ views
    North Jersey. com ^ | 6/01/06 | MARIE COCCO
    Jefferson case chills DemocratsWednesday, May 31, 2006 By MARIE COCCO Democrats, repeat after me. In his freezer. This is the retort that chills the Democrats' contention that Republicans in the House have nurtured a "culture of corruption" which can only be undone by electing Democrats and booting the GOP from control over Capitol Hill. And just think. Freezer jokes will keep their freshness only until we see the videotapes. That is, the videotapes of Rep. William Jefferson, D-La., allegedly taking a briefcase full of bills -- about $100,000 in all -- in what the FBI believes was a plot to...
  • Aide says U.S. Rep. William Jefferson (Democrat-La.) cooked up scheme

    05/27/2006 6:49:00 AM PDT · by Libloather · 34 replies · 1,618+ views
    NOLA ^ | 5/27/06 | Bill Walsh
    Aide says Jefferson cooked up schemeAssistant sentenced to 8 years in prison Saturday, May 27, 2006 By Bill Walsh Washington bureau ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- A former aide to U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans, said Friday that it was the congressman's idea to solicit bribes to promote a telecommunications deal in West Africa that began as a legitimate business venture. "I've gone over it 10 million times in my head," Brett Pfeffer, 37, said at his sentencing in U.S. District Court. "I don't know why I didn't look him in the eye and say 'No.' " **SNIP** According to court...
  • Congressman William Jefferson's staff has no solution for the problem of freezer burn and money

    05/24/2006 12:51:00 PM PDT · by doug from upland · 25 replies · 1,063+ views
    phone call with Jefferson's office ^ | 5-24-06 | Doug from Upland
    website of Congressman William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana Honorable William J. Jefferson 2113 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6636 FAX: (202) 225-1988 DATELINE: Washington, D.C. May 24, 2006 Doug from Upland Reporting exclusively for FreeRepublic.com, the premier conservative activist website, it has been learned that the office of Congressman William Jefferson(D), Louisiana has no solution for the problem of freezer burn for our currency. A short time ago, I phoned the congressman's office: Staffer: Hello, Congressman Jefferson's office. DFU: Hello, my name is Doug. I was hoping that the congressman might have a solution for me...
  • Feds Are Intruding, Says Angry Democratic Louisiana Lawmaker Tied to Bribes

    05/23/2006 3:07:34 PM PDT · by Libloather · 62 replies · 1,280+ views
    BET.com ^ | 5/23/06 | Renee D. Turner
    Feds Are Intruding, Says Angry La. Lawmaker Tied to BribesBy Renee D. Turner, BET.com Staff Writer Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) Posted May 23, 2006 – Democratic Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson, rebutting claims by the FBI that he is on tape accepting a bribe, said Tuesday that he would not step down. "I expect to continue to represent the people who have sent me here," Jefferson told reporters, emphasizing that he will seek re-election in November. The Saturday- through-Sunday search into Jefferson’s D.C. congressional offices was an “outrageous intrusion,” the New Orleans representative said at a news conference. “…There are two...
  • US politician 'taped accepting cash'

    05/21/2006 6:41:06 PM PDT · by Aussie Dasher · 32 replies · 813+ views
    news.com.au ^ | 22 May 2006 | Doug Palmer
    FBI agents videotaped a politician accepting $US100,000 ($132,700) in cash they said was intended as a bribe for a Nigerian official, according to a court document. They later found $US90,000 of the money hidden in the freezer of Representative William Jefferson, a Louisiana Democrat, the document says. It says the eight-term congressman received the cash from an FBI informant, who approached the bureau in March 2005 with her suspicion that Mr Jefferson and two business associates conspired to defraud her out of $US3.5 million. Mr Jefferson, a senior member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, has been under...
  • Frederick William Benteen Brigadier General, United States Army

    05/12/2006 2:56:08 PM PDT · by robowombat · 1 replies · 638+ views
    Arlington Cemetary.net ^ | 22 April 2004
    Frederick William Benteen Brigadier General, United States Army Born at Petersburg, Virginia, on August 24, 1834, he was a career Army officer who distinguished himself in the Civil War. He was with the Seventh United States Cavalry, under the command of Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer, at the Battle of the Big Horn in June 1876. His was one of the columns that Custer split, his being sent on another route to the Indian encampment, thus sparing he and his command. After hard fighting with the Indians who had destroyed Custer, and after suffering many casualties, the Indians retreated...
  • The Case Against Qwest's Nacchio

    05/12/2006 12:06:13 PM PDT · by Pukin Dog · 12 replies · 394+ views
    The telecom's former CEO has finally been indicted -- for fraud and insider trading. Getting a conviction will be no slam dunk He was the last major CEO connected with the telecom bust still under investigation. On Dec. 20, the feds came down on Joseph P. Nacchio. The 56-year-old former CEO of Qwest Communications (Q) was charged with 42 counts of securities fraud and insider trading. According to the eight-page indictment filed in federal court in Denver, Nacchio knew by August, 2000, that Qwest's publicly stated financial targets were extremely aggressive and meeting them would be a "huge stretch."
  • Rep. John Conyers Spends Thousands on Education for His Own Kids

    05/09/2006 7:34:54 AM PDT · by FerdieMurphy · 39 replies · 11,953+ views
    Sierra Times ^ | 5/9/2006 | Jim Kouri, CPP
    While Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) continues his strong opposition to school vouchers that would allow poorer Americans access to private schools for their children, Conyers enrolls his own children in one of the nation's priciest private schools. Rep. Conyers spends upwards of $17,000.00 per year for his child to attend The Cranbrook School. It's estimated that once the child reaches the ninth grade, the tuition will rise to over $21,000.00 per year. While school-voucher supporters have noted what they see as his blatant hypocrisy, the mainstream news media ignores the fact that Rep. Conyer's children attend an elite academy while...
  • HILLARY REMEMBERS: the clintons commit perjury with impunity

    04/25/2006 3:10:04 AM PDT · by Mia T · 24 replies · 1,610+ views
    HILLARY REMEMBERS: the clintons commit perjury with impunity by Mia T, 4.25.06   HILLARY DOES NOT RECALL, DOES NOT REMEMBER, HAS NO MEMORY, HAS NO RECOLLECTION, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE SHE SAID IT BECAUSE SHE WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED IF SHE DID.   by Mia T, 4.24.06   "I DON'T RECALL"(THE CLINTONS COMMIT PERJURY WITH IMPUNITY) by Mia T, February 24, 2006 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) audio montage, Lincoln-pose scoop: rushlimbaugh.com   'REFUSAL TO LEVEL WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'... IS HILLARY 'KNOWNOTHING VICTIM' CLINTON'S MIDDLE NAME by Mia T, February 16, 2006  (viewing movie requires Flash Player...