Matt R. Salmon, the gay son of Republican Rep. Matt Salmon of Arizona, said Sunday that MSNBC and CNN cancelled interviews when he informed producers he wouldn’t attack his father on air. The younger Salmon said they expected him to criticize his dad, who doesn’t support same-sex marriage. Salmon singled out Lawrence O’Donnell and Piers Morgan’s shows as the ones who cancelled. (ViaKPNX)
At 8:01 am this morning the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Florida gave Benjamin Crump 20 days to respond to the request for a Writ of Certiorari filed last week by George Zimmerman’s defense attorney Mark O’Mara – before they make a ruling.
After reception of Crumps response – O’Mara will have another 10 days to submit a reply.
At stake is whether or not Trayvon Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, will be deposed during the discovery phase surrounding the State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
The judge, Debra Nelson, ruled twice that Benjamin Crump would not have to present himself for questioning by the defense surrounding the discovery, in March 2012, of a witness he named “Dee Dee” (Witness #8). (more…)
….. Modern Progressive goals are based on self-fulfilling prophecy. Overwhelm the system, create crisis (the need for change), deconstruct established safeguards, and then rebuild a New World Order….
Let there be no further doubt: Exhibit “A” Joe Biden
Vice President Joe Biden calls for the creation of a “new world order” at the Export Import Bank conference in Washington on April 5, 2013
Hat Tip MaryfromMarin
( via Fox News) The U.S. Army listed Evangelical Christianity and Catholicism as examples of religious extremism along with Al Qaeda and Hamas during a briefing with an Army Reserve unit based in Pennsylvania, Fox News has learned.
“We find this offensive to have Evangelical Christians and the Catholic Church to be listed among known terrorist groups,” said Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty. “It is dishonorable for any U.S. military entity to allow this type of wrongheaded characterization.”
The incident occurred during an Army Reserve Equal Opportunity training brief on extremism. Topping the list is Evangelical Christianity. Other organizations listed included Catholicism, Al Qaeda, Hamas, the Ku Klux Klan, Sunni Muslims, and Nation of Islam.
The military also listed “Islamophobia” as a form of religious extremism. (READ MORE)
Jihadwatch explains the issue – CLICK HERE
WASHINGTON DC – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that unless nominations start moving swiftly through the Senate, another round of dramatic rules changes may be in the offing.
The Nevada Democrat said that while he was “happy” with the modest rules changes adopted in January on a bipartisan basis, the number of pending judicial nominations led him to warn his colleagues of the potential for the chamber’s rules to be modified at any point in the year, not just at the opening of a new Congress. (more…)
…”to each according to his needs”… How very Fabian of them….
WASHINGTON DC – The budget President Barack Obama will submit on April 10 will contain a proposal that would prohibit individuals from accumulating more than $3 million in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and tax-preferred retirement accounts.
According to a White House statement, the Obama administration believes the current rules allow some wealthy individuals “to accumulate many millions of dollars in these accounts, substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving.”
“The budget would limit an individual’s total balance across tax-preferred accounts to an amount sufficient to finance an annuity of not more than $205,000 per year in retirement, or about $3 million in 2013,” the statement said. “This proposal would raise $9 billion over 10 years.” (read more)
Update for clarity – I guess asking questions, and soliciting opinion about Mark O’Mara is now tantamount to attacking him ? *WHISKEY*TANGO*FOXTROT*
No-where in this thread post is there an attack on Mark O’Mara. To the contrary this is seeking an opinion based on known facts surrounding the case and the revelation that Mark O’Mara was a key decision maker in the agreement to financial settlement with the Martin family. In short, it was O’Mara’s final nod -albeit perhaps reluctantly- that led to the settlement.
My questions were/are about propriety, and conflict of interest, and do they exist against the backdrop of his involvement with civil litigation avoidance and his dual-role as criminal defense counsel; And to what extent, if any, does that impact the criminal proceedings.
Yes, I personally was surprised to find out that O’Mara would be the one to make the final decision on the settlement agreement with the estate of Trayvon Martin. In my mind it brings many questions to the surface about appropriate representation. However, I was actually seeking opinion as to whether or not this fact of O’Mara’s affiliation presents an issue – or not.
The knee-jerk reaction to view such questions as an attack merely solidify my worry that this is indeed an issue. The responses which reflect a preference not to believe in such a relationship exists cement the concern. Apparently, this is a troubling digestion for many people and avoidance is easier than reconciliation. That is unnerving.
Last August we brought you the information about the potential lawsuits by the scheme team against the HOA, and their insurance carriers, for the Retreat at Twin Lakes – The location of the Trayvon Martin shooting. The contacts went into negotiations and a holding pattern pending the outcome and/or progress of the criminal trial. (more…)
It’s so common it’s getting overwhelming to write about. The hypocrisy of the leftist progs just surrounds you in all directions. This is yet one more example, albeit an example I hate to share:
(HuffPo) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an organization that publicly claims to represent the best interest of animals — indeed their “ethical treatment.” Yet approximately 2,000 animals pass through PETA’s front door every year and very few make it out alive.
The vast majority — 96 percent in 2011 — exit the facility out the back door after they have been killed, when Pet Cremation Services of Tidewater stops by on their regular visits to pick up their remains. Between these visits, the bodies are stored in the giant walk-in freezer PETA installed for this very purpose. It is a freezer that cost $9,370 and, like the company which incinerates the bodies of PETA’s victims, was paid for with the donations of animal lovers who could never have imagined that the money they donated to help animals would be used to end their lives instead. In fact, in the last 11 years, PETA has killed 29,426 dogs, cats, rabbits, and other domestic animals.
*Warning – GRAPHIC IMAGERY BELOW*
Most animal lovers find this hard to believe. But seeing is believing. And if it is true that a picture speaks a thousand words, the following images speak volumes about who and what PETA really stands for. (more…)
“All we want is an arrest, we only want an arrest”……
Within 3 days of Trayvon Martin’s death his family hired a media consulting firm. Within two weeks of Trayvon Martin’s death his mother, Sybrina Fulton, filed legal documents to trademark his name. Subsequently Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton set out on a cross country tour to collect money. After the coast to coast tour, they took the scheme international and headed to Europe to continue exploiting the financial opportunity. [link]
People wonder why the professional grievance industry is so powerful and apparently untouchable for reform. Consider how much money they have manipulated from the trough. Pigford 1, Pigford 2, and now this… $700 million unaccounted for (and that’s just in ONE program).
Yahoo – Where did all the money go?
“Your guess is as good as mine,” David Montoya, the inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, says of $700 million in missing taxpayer money that Louisiana homeowners were given in the wake of Hurricane Katrina to elevate and protect their homes from future storms.
A new report released from the inspector general’s office shows that more than 24,000 homeowners who received grants of up to $30,000 to elevate their homes either misspent or pocketed the money.
“The fact of the matter is that the money they received was for a specific purpose and the specific purpose was to elevate these homes to avoid future catastrophes,” Montoya tells Power Players.
He rates the home elevation program as little more than a complete failure. (more…)