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After the fact? And how much did they know before? And how many people would try to protect a friend who was the Boston bomber?
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The Boston bomber and the death penalty
Dzhohkar Tsarnaev didn’t just blow up hundreds of people in Boston. He also revived support for the death penalty (at least for himself), with 70% of Americans polling in favor of it in his particular case. Republicans are most in … Continue reading →
Pigford, the NY Times, and the Obama administration
The Pigford case and the extensive fraud it almost certainly has spawned in its wake have been the topics of a great many posts on the blogospheric right for years. But now the New York Times has (very surprisingly) taken … Continue reading →
Election symmetry
It turns out that in 2008 Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s names were placed on the Indiana presidential primary ballot through fraudulent petition signatures: Former longtime St. Joseph County Democratic party Chairman Butch Morgan Jr. was found guilty of felony conspiracy … Continue reading →
The new immigrants: come for the liberty, stay for the welfare
Surprised that the Tsarnaevs of Massachusetts received welfare benefits?: The Tsarnaevs’ parents are former recipients of transitional assistance benefits, and both Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev received benefits through their parents when they were younger. Separately, Tamerlan and his family received … Continue reading →
Somehow methinks that…
…this might have something to do with the fact that there’s not a whole lot of upset about the failure of the gun bill. Nothing concentrates the mind on the subject so much as a spectacle in which America watches … Continue reading →
The affidavit and what it reveals
Some interesting disclosures in the affidavit, including the fact that the bombers may have used cell phones to detonate their deadly cargo. For example, a little while after Bomber 2’s (Dzhohkar’s) backpack is placed on the ground, and about 30 … Continue reading →
After the bombing
Boston bomber (I could say “alleged,” but I think it’s hardly in doubt that he’s the perp) Dzhokhar Tsarnaev blew up a bunch of people on Monday and went back to his college classes for the next couple of days … Continue reading →
As the news dribbles out…
…here are some interesting tidbits (offered, of course, with the caveat that so much of the news about this story has been mistaken). Was this man the inspiration for the older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev? Note the boxing background which they … Continue reading →
High Noon
[NOTE: The following case is one of the reasons I think the ricin letters may have been sent by someone out for revenge.] “High Noon” is such a dramatic movie, it’s easy to forget what starts the whole thing rolling: … Continue reading →
Kirsten Powers…
…continues to be one of the few MSM figures with integrity: Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show … Continue reading →
McConnellgate
Jonathan S. Tobin has a piece in Commentary entitled, “The Media Can’t Bury McConnellgate”: Is it ever okay to bug an opponent’s political headquarters? Even those who are too young to remember what happened when officials connected with Richard Nixon’s … Continue reading →