Warning Signs (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
By Alan Caruba While Americans are still wary of making big purchases such as a new home, they are investing heavily in guns and ammunition. The sales are off the charts and this may have something to do with why the Founding Fathers, after protecting free speech, free press, and the right to peacefully assemble to protest, made the right to keep and bear guns the Second Amendment. Right after 9/11...
Jumping in Pools (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Fellow Republican blogger, and proud linker Dan Cirucci is pondering over the seemingly surprising poll which shows that New Jersey voters are tending anti-Obama on several key issues, while it may be surprising due to the fact New Jersey is thought of as a liberal blue state, an investigation would show that New Jersey is a blue state, but not like New York or Massachusetts is. During the 2004 Presidential...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The Associated Press reports that President Obama's nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has come under scrutiny for her work as a lobbyist for the trucking industry. Anne Ferro, who served as the president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, said Wednesday at her Senate confirmation hearing, "My passion is highway safety." But Ferro has been called...
New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted: JUDGE DISCIPLINED FOR AUCTION-STYLE CONTEMPT SENTENCE "The state Supreme Court on Monday announced a reprimand for a judge who...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
Justin McLachlan got his mitts on the National Organization for Marriage's 2007 form 990 , one of the tax returns that have been repeatedly requested by activists and media outlets. The level of secrecy and playing coy by NOM's Brian Brown has been, to say the least, interesting. It has left people wondering what on earth needs to be hidden? I think everyone wants to know who's giving what and who...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Photograph of workers renovating the 25-room Englewood, NJ mansion owned by Libya by Mel Evans/AP The Daily News says that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has essentially been turned into a "hotel booking agent" because the State Department is trying to find a suitable place for Libyan leader Moammer Gadhafi to stay—with his air-conditioned Bedouin tent—during his United Nations...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
UNICEF [brainwashing Vietnamese children to believe in the greatest scientific fraud in history] The workshop in Ha Noi, co-organized by MOLISA and UNICEF, aimed to increase awareness of climate change among Vietnamese children and motivate them to take action. ... A total of 126 children and young people from 21 provinces participated in the workshop, where they learned about various aspects of climate...
Graham Pointer's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/19/2009
A group of 7 Democratic Senators- Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Edward Kennedy (Massachusetts), John Kerry (Massachusetts), Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey), Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Bob Menendez (New Jersey) and Charles Schumer (New York)- have decided to write to Kenny MacAskill, the Scottish Secretary for Justice, to inform him that he is not to allow the release of Adbul al-Magheri. What is interesting...
Ride Fast & Shoot Straight (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Senator Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., who is prominently featured on my list of 'asshats in government', introduced more legislation yesterday to deny people their rights. If your name is on the secret FBI "terrorist watch list", Lautenberg wants your rights denied and your ass in jail. Over 400k people are listed on the secret FBI list, who can place your name on the list is secret, criteria...
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Legislation introduced today by veteran anti-gun New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg is designed to expand his gun prohibition agenda under the cloak of national security, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. Full release.
Sisyphus (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Matthew Yglesias contemplates the undemocratic representation and Rube Goldberg -esque nature of our national government: …the entire structure of the US Congress with its bicameralism and multiple overlapping committees is biased toward making it easy for concentrated interests to block reform. Between them, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Kristen Gillibrand, Bill Nelson, Dick...
ACLU (Free subscription) | 05/07/2009
WASHINGTON – During a hearing before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee today, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that ending the practice of racial profiling is a “priority” for the Obama administration. In response to a question from Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), Holder described the use of race, ethnicity or national origin by law enforcement officers in making routine...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
Federal government officials want stricter emissions standards imposed on large ships to improve the air quality of major seaport communities.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson will be joined Monday by New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, her former boss, and U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg at a noon news conference in Port Newark. It's part of the Port of New York and New Jersey, the East Coast's largest port complex.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 03/30/2009
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce a new proposal to limit ship emissions at major seaport communities.
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