Archive | September, 2011
Full Text: Supreme Court Denies Troy Davis Appeal
Full text (PDF) of the unanimous United States Supreme Court decision denying convicted cop-killer Troy Davis a stay of execution. (Order List: 564 U.S.) Wednesday, September 21, 2001 Order in Pending Case 11A317 Davis, Anthony Troy v. Humphrey, Warden The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by [...]
UN Palestine Logo Suggests Elimination of Israel
21. September 2011
Why we shouldn’t grant Palestine statehood, part 254. The logo of “the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations” – on their website and on top of their official statements at the U.N. – shows the Palestinian Authority’s claim to a Palestine that stretches throughout the entire historical entity of the former Palestine [...]
California Couple Fined for Holding Bible Study at Home
21. September 2011
A California couple has been fined $300 for holding Bible study in their home, Fox News reports. They have also been warned that continuing to hold Bible study in their personal home will result in additional fines — unless they obtain a permit. A southern California family has been fined for holding regular Bible studies [...]
Breaking: Troy Davis to be Executed, Supreme Court Denies Stay of Execution
21. September 2011
The United States Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for convicted cop-killer and lefty cause celebre Troy Davis. The state of Georgia will now proceed to execute Davis, who was convicted of murder in 1989. Anti-death penalty activists claim Davis should be granted clemency because several witnesses later recanted their testimony. They say [...]
Sam Brownback to Endorse Rick Perry Tomorrow
21. September 2011
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R) will tomorrow endorse Texas Governor Rick Perry for the Republican presidential nomination, Daily Caller reports. Brownback will then attend the Republican debate in Florida as Perry’s guest. Brownback will become the third incumbent governor to endorse Perry. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval previously endorsed their Texas [...]
Texas Executes White Supremacist Who Killed Black Man
21. September 2011
Good riddance. HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer has been executed for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. The 49-year-old Byrd of Jasper was chained to the back of a pickup truck 13 years ago and pulled whip-like to his death [...]
Audio: Murder of Border Patrol Agent Described as “Collateral Damage” by ATF Official
21. September 2011
CBS News reports: WASHINGTON – In secretly recorded conversations between two individuals deeply entwined in the ATF’s controversial “Fast and Furious” operation, the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is described as “collateral damage.” The recordings were obtained exclusively by CBS News. The man who made them – Arizona gun dealer Andre Howard – [...]
Wow: Obama’s Favorability Amongst Blacks Falls to 58%
21. September 2011
Yikes. That represents a 25-point drop in just five months, and amongst his strongest demographic too. New cracks have begun to show in President Obama’s support amongst African Americans, who have been his strongest supporters. Five months ago, 83 percent of African Americans held “strongly favorable” views of Obama, but in a new Washington Post-ABC [...]
Feds Spent $762,372 to Study Interpretive Dance
20. September 2011
The National Science Foundation (NSF) spent $762,372 of taxpayer money to study interpretive dance. Can we scale down funding for the NSF yet? In this project the PI will study lightweight embodiment as an input for collaborative creative interaction, specifically applied to the domain of dance. The PI and her team of technologists, choreographers and [...]
Convicted Murderer Troy Davis to be Executed Tomorrow
20. September 2011
Troy Davis, the convicted murderer who became a cause celebre during his decades on death row, will be executed tomorrow. The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles, the final state authority who can stop the execution, denied his request for a stay this morning. “The board has considered the totality of the information presented in [...]
22. September 2011
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