CALIFORNIA – The former mayor of Bell, California, was too stupid and uneducated to know his $100,000 salary for the part-time city job was illegal, his lawyer argued today.

Oscar Hernandez is illiterate, has no high school degree and didn’t even finish elementary school, defense attorney Stanley Friedmand told jurors.

Hernandez and five former members of the Bell City Council are on trial, accused of stealing $1.3million in exorbitant pay from the working-class city of 35,000.

All six elected officials drew salaries of up to $100,000 for serving on boards that seldom met and accomplished little. (more…)

Not to worry, MSNBC will probably pick her up. There’s always room for more Dear Leader Obamabots at MSNBC.

(Via Newsmax)  Soledad O’Brien is ending her morning-show contract with CNN and is moving on to form her own documentary production company that will supply the network with programming on a nonexclusive basis.

O’Brien’s departure has been coming for some time. Even before president Jeff Zucker took over in January, he said he planned to cancel O’Brien’s program, “Starting Point.”

CNN hasn’t formally announced the details for a new morning show to replace O’Brien’s. (more…)

Today the Defense and Prosecution will be back in court to discuss the various motions filed by both the Defense and the Prosecution:

While there are many aspects to be determined, the key question before the court is will Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, be deposed and held to account?

Here are some *possible* Links to the Hearing:

• WFTV http://www.wftv.com/s/news/trayvonmartin/
• Click Orlando http://www.clickorlando.com/news/trayvo … index.html
• Orlando Sentinel (Fox 35 live stream) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc … on-martin/
• WESH http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florid … index.html
• cfnews http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cf … artin.html
• MyfoxOrlando http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/23 … von-martin
• CNN http://edition.cnn.com/US/
• TruTV/InSession link: http://www.superusvoxtv.com/index.php/speciality/tru-tv

Hat Tip Rumpole for the list.

Here are some considerations in advance. (more…)

The legacy of The Obama Curse continues.    Last week Ray’s Hell Burger restaurant closed after being the spotlight of President Obama’s visits.

Prior to that Chet’s restaurant in Ohio closed it’s doors after Obama stopped by and mentioned them in one of his political speeches.

Then there was Cardinal Fastner, the Ohio company who went bankrupt after Obama visited and gave a speech at their plant….

….And who can forget Caterpillar Co., after Obama praised their intention to hire more workers if the stimulus was passed.   The stimulus passed and Caterpillar was forced to lay off 2,500 workers.

The latest victim, golfer Tiger Woods, who spent the last weekend with Obama practicing golf only to find himself today losing match play in the very first round of the Match Play Championship. (more…)

(Deadline.Com)  An already bad month is getting worse for NBC. For the first time in sweeps history, the network is projected to finish fifth in the key adults 18-49 demographic. That’s a crushing blow for NBC, which went from flying high in November with a sweep win & Steve Burke breaking his usual silence last fall to brag to the New York Times about the network’s performance to its shows cratering and ratings plunging. From the beginning of the February sweep on January 31 through February 19, NBC has averaged a 1.2 rating among adults 18-49. That’s below the 1.5 that Univision has been averaging so far over the 20 night of the sweep period. (more…)

For the same reason the media was forbidden from showing the truth about Trayvon Martin’s can of watermelon juice, a New York City grocery store is forbidden from using Obama’s face with advertising for Chicken – Politically Incorrect.

New York – An Upper West Side Whole Foods has removed a sign that used a drawing of President Barack Obama to advertise a sale on chicken after complaints that the ad was offensive.

The sign outside the supermarket on Columbus Avenue and 97th Street featuring an apparent caricature of Obama advertising an upcoming sale on whole organic chicken outraged neighbor Woody Henderson. (more…)

This violent predator was convicted of attempted assault on a child in 2005.  He has also been convicted of assault, theft, and failure to register as a sex offender.

So, which Democrat-approved self-defense method would work best against this predator: the rape whistle, the safe zone, peeing, or vomiting?  (I really need to work on my ability to self-induce vomiting on demand, I guess.  “Hey, don’t rape me – I’m going to make myself yack!”)

H/t to Michelle Malkin.

For the same reason it is unlawful NOT to hire illegal immigrants, the Obama administration is now claiming it is unlawful not to hire criminals.

When you pre-screen job applicants based on legal work eligibility status you are adversely impacting job seekers based on race/origin/nationality (disparate impact), a federally protected category.  So too, when you pre-screen eligibility based on criminal record you adversely impact blacks.

Not hiring someone because they are illegally in the United States is unlawful by EEOC standards. They are applying the same logic to criminals.

WASHINGTON DC – Criminal background checks have become all the rage in Washington, D.C., as politicians scramble to try to ensure that anyone who ever even thought of owning a gun is subjected to a thorough electronic proctology exam.

However, one group that appears immune to background check fever are the ever helpful Obama officials at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).

The EEOC and OFCCP have each determined that employers who use background checks as one of the determinants of whether to hire a prospective employee may be engaging in prohibited discrimination. (more…)

DHS is prepared

ARE YOU ?

(Via GWP) – Investor’s Business Daily reported: (more…)

(Reuters) – More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants should be deported, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday that highlights the difficulties facing lawmakers trying to reform the U.S. immigration system.

Thirty percent of those polled think that most illegal immigrants, with some exceptions, should be deported, while 23 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be deported.

Only 5 percent believe all illegal immigrants should be allowed to stay in the United States legally, and 31 percent want most illegal immigrants to stay. (read more)