http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/sting/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:50:12 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410539/posts Federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed narcotics and terrorism charges on Friday against three West Africans they identified as associates of Al Qaeda and a related terrorist group. While the United States Drug Enforcement Administration has long maintained that Al Qaeda has been involved in drug trafficking, officials at the agency said the case represented the first time such charges had been brought against people linked with the group. The three men — identified as Oumar Issa, Harouna Touré and Idriss Abelrahman — were arrested on Wednesday in Ghana and flown to the United States on Thursday night, law enforcement officials... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410539/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406889/posts Patriots mascot among 14 arrested in RI sex stingDecember 12, 2009 2:00 AM PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A man who acts as a mascot for the New England Patriots is among 14 people who have been arrested for prostitution-related crimes in Rhode Island since a new law went into effect that banned indoor prostitution. The bill signed into law in November made prostitution a misdemeanor crime regardless of where it occurs. Previously, indoor prostitution was allowed because of a legal loophole. State Police say Robert Sormanti of Warwick was among those arrested in an undercover sting at a hotel. The... Sea Coast Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406889/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:38:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393534/posts An alleged plot to send anti-aircraft missiles and guns to Syria or Iran was thwarted after a key figure was arrested in Philadelphia, the FBI said in documents released Monday. -snip- He was after missiles that could "take down an F-16," the affidavit says. Little did Tarraf know, he was requesting the weapons from an undercover agent, according to documents. The affidavit alleges that Tarraf paid a $20,000 cash deposit to the agent in July for machine guns and shoulder-fired Stinger missiles, MyFoxPhilly.com reported. The documents say Tarraf's dealings with the undercover officer date back to June 2007. -snip- Fox http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393534/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393996/posts "DOORKNOCKING BASICS Some of the roles of an organizer are: • To help people steer their anger toward the system into collective action • To recruit new members for the organization’s greater political power • To give people a sense of their own power • To listen to their stories • To raise the expectations of what people should feel they should get • To paint a clear picture of who the enemy is • To organize to hold corporations and the government accountable to low & moderate income people • To bring in extra revenue to the organization •... biggovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393996/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:03:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389991/posts Sting Claims He Once Confronted A Ghost Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room at the dead of night. 19 Nov 2009 Sting said he also experienced flying objects and mysterious voices Photo: JANE MINGAY The singer, who famously sang Spirits In The Material World in the 1980s, said wife Trudie Styler also witnessed the figure, standing with a child in the corner of their bedroom. Sting said he also experienced flying objects and mysterious voices in one of his homes in an interview to be played on Radio 2. He said: ''I would... Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2389991/posts#comment Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:22:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376761/posts HOUSTON -- The Houston Police Department launched a new creative campaign to crack down on dangerous and aggressive drivers, KPRC Local 2 reported Wednesday. The plan calls for putting plainclothes officers in different locations around the city to spot drivers who are speeding, not wearing seat belts, or changing lanes erratically. In one tactic, senior Houston Police Officer William Dodson will dress in street clothes and stand at a street corner with a sign in his hand. Some people could mistake him for a vagrant, but on closer inspection, they will see that the sign is reminding people to wear... Click2Houston http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376761/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:36:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374792/posts I just deleted my Police CD's from my hard drive http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BKU4HG0&show_article=1 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374792/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:10:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374736/posts Sting: Obama Was 'Sent From God', Critics 'Violent and Full of Fear' By Lachlan Markay Created 2009-10-30 13:58 Many Hollywood leftists consider President Obama a figurative godsend. Some, including Sting, think he was literally sent from God. The former Police front-man told the Associated Press that he believes that Obama is a gift from Heaven, delivered to shepherd the befuddled masses to providence (h/t Ace [1]). "In many ways, he's sent from God," Sting said in an interview with the AP [2]. He heaped praise upon the President for his ability to lead the country though the "mess" in which... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374736/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:05:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374344/posts NEW YORK (AP) - Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems. In an interview, he jokes that Obama was "sent from God," but in a serious tone, he also said that Obama was the best person to handle the world's "mess." Starpulse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374344/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:29:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373895/posts NEW YORK (AP) - Sting isn't a religious man, but he says President Barack Obama might be a divine answer to the world's problems. In an interview, he jokes that Obama was "sent from God," but in a serious tone, he also said that Obama was the best person to handle the world's "mess." The English-born Sting says he's fascinated by American politics and those opposed to Obama. He says Obama's opponents are "aggressive and violent and full of fear." Brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2373895/posts#comment Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:15:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363728/posts FLINT, Mich. - Authorities say ads on Craigslist from women looking for "fun" have led to prostitution charges against seven mid-Michigan residents. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton announced charges Thursday against the six women and one man arrested over the summer. He says they face a variety of felonies and misdemeanors, but all are charged with prostitution -- punishable by up to five years in prison and a $500 fine. Leyton and Sheriff Robert Pickell say that in most cases, the women quoted fees for sex as soon as police posing as customers called phone numbers on Craigslist. A 33-year-old... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2363728/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:11:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352206/posts East Bay ACORN chapters have shut down many of their local services as a result of the national scandal surrounding voter registration fraud and videotapes shot by undercover conservative activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp, in which the organization's workers offer advice about cheating on taxes and operating a brothel with underage immigrant girls. "We do a lot of good work in the community for low- and moderate-income families and minorities," said Contra Costa ACORN Director John Adams. "But whatever perception is out there about ACORN nationally hurts us locally." ACORN has offices in Oakland and Richmond; each... The Oakland Tribune / insidebayarea.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352206/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 03:38:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345221/posts While President Obama delivers speeches praising the alleged success of Cash for Clunkers, a former rebate processor for the federal program is calling it "complete chaos." After the federal "Cash for Clunkers" program ended Aug. 24, the Department of Transportation reported that nearly 700,000 clunkers were taken off the roads and replaced by more fuel-efficient vehicles. Rebate applications worth $2.877 billion were submitted by the 8 p.m. deadline. The Transportation Department hired federal employees and private contract workers to process the rebates vouchers so car dealers would be compensated. Former White House aide Kathleen Willey was hired as an employee... WorldnetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2345221/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343260/posts The money quote: “I think that says a little bit about what Mr. O’Keefe thinks that a black and brown organization would go for.” Well, no. It says a lot about what O’Keefe and Giles think the public would go for, and they’ve been proved correct. A sting involving basic tax/mortgage fraud simply wouldn’t have colored the national imagination as vividly as a dorky kid dressed up like Huggy Bear escorting a three-quarters-naked 20-year-old into ACORN offices. Frankly, if not for the horrendous detail about child-sex-slave trafficking, the premise would have made for a killer Anthony Michael Hall vehicle circa... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343260/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343076/posts I’ve always admired the work of ACORN and thought right-wing attacks on the group bordered on the hysterical, but that was a terrific undercover sting mounted by the two young conservatives. Sorry, but it’s a serious matter when at least three different ACORN offices, in Washington, Baltimore, and New York, offer to help a 25-year-old “pimp” wearing a derby hat and chinchilla shoulder throw and his “prostitute” lie about their business in order to buy a home. And even more so when the preposterously dressed duo suggested that they’d be bringing in underage girls from Central America to work at... Harper's Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343076/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342768/posts Original Title in Polish: "W ACORN Radzili, Jak ZaÅ‚ożyć Dom Publiczny "(TRANSLATION FROM POLISH TO ENGLISH): TEXT: "A young American amateur filmmaker and activist conservative revealed the illegal practices of ACORN, the well-known organizations help the poor and racial minorities. The film shows how an employee advises ACORN hand, how to set up a public brothel. .. . Hidden camera filmed the visit. O'Keefe asked the secrets from the pfficials ... Afera w ACORN: (17-09-09, 11:40) The ACORN affair: White House indignant, joins the criticism (17-09-09, 11:40) Filmmaker James O'Keefe hidden camera filmed their visit to the local branch... Wiadomosci Gazeta (original in Polish) news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342768/posts#comment Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342052/posts Hooker actually a 20-year-old FIU journalism studentShe was a down on her luck prostitute with a pimp, at least she pretended to be while working to uncover alleged wrongdoing within advocacy group ACORN, but it turns out the 20-year-old hooker is actually a South Florida pastor's daughter and an FIU undergrad. Hannah Giles quickly became the most famous journalism student at Florida International University after she stirred up quite a storm and become a conservative hero while spending her summer posing as a call girl to infiltrate the offices of ACORN. Giles became an internet sensation after hidden camera videos,... NBC Miami http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2342052/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:19:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341882/posts Liberal Benefactors in Baltimore gave recommendations to establish a brothel Ð’ США опубликован видеоролик с участием сотрудников либеральной некоммерческой организации, которые с энтузиазмом дают советы по организации противозаконного бизнеса - детской проституции. In the United States published a video with the participation of staff of the liberal non-profit organization, who enthusiastically give advice on the organization of an illegal business - child prostitution. Как передает CNN, запись сделана двумя консервативными активистами, один из которых изображал сутенера, а другая - проститутку. According to CNN, entry was made by two conservative activist, one of which depicted the pimp and the other... Lenta News, Russia (in Russian) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2341882/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:39:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341645/posts ACORN, calling the actions of some of its employees “indefensible,” has suspended advising new clients as part of its service programs and is setting up an independent review to see what happened. ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement that she was “ordering a halt to any new intakes into ACORN’s service programs until completion of an independent review.” ACORN chief executive Bertha Lewis said in a written statement that she was “ordering a halt to any new intakes into ACORN’s service programs until completion of an independent review.” BigGovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2341645/posts#comment Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340790/posts HEREThe various biggovernment.com and FOX News videos are linked. The group ACORN is explained in Japanese to the Japanese readers. It also points toward the Obama Administration and structural corruption with respect to this group, misuse of tax dollars, etc..There is another updated web page in Japanese separate from this one, entitled "They Did It Again!", showing further videos of ACORN people involved in such sordid actions and suggestions, caught by hidden camera.This is only a blog, but it could be picked up by mass media in Japan very easily, which will latch on to something like this if encouraged... Mikerosstky Japan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2340790/posts#comment Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340106/posts 34 men and women have been arrested in an undercover prostitution sting called "Operation Hot Date." Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says undercover detectives talked to women who advertised themselves on Craigslist from Thursday through Saturday, September 10-12. ABC Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340106/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:31:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339010/posts ACORN releases statement saying they will take legal action against Fox and their co-conspirators, huh Fox? All Foxnews did was report on the video that was already all over the internet. Then James O'Keefe fires back at ACORN with "BRING IT ON." Video from Foxnews today... hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2339010/posts#comment Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:15:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337697/posts Here is video of CNN finally reporting on the ACORN undercover story. Wolf Blitzer said "this so called sting operation was conducted by political activists." (Watch Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337697/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326892/posts MIAMI (Reuters) – Police in a Florida city used the promise of economic stimulus checks to lure 76 people to their arrest on a variety of outstanding warrants. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department set up "Operation Show Me the Money" to round up people wanted on charges ranging from second-degree murder to guns and drug charges to failure to pay child support... Yahoo (Reuters) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326892/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:40:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2314829/posts I’m not trying to beat this public sex thing to death, but I couldn’t resist posting the following e-mail I received last week from one of the four men arrested in the bathrooms at NorthPark Center recently. I’m withholding the defendant’s name, because Dallas Voice doesn’t typically identify people charged with misdemeanor crimes. Here’s the full text of the e-mail: I was one of the four people arrested and charged with indecent exposure at North Park Mall last week. I strongly believe that I was wrongly charged. The statements given by the police did not match what happened. The cop... http://www.dallasvoice.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2314829/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:50:01 GMT