29 June 2012

la. supremes reverse 3rd circuit reinstate sentence & conviction of alexandria man who illegally possessed stolen things from silver dollar pawn shop

the moral of the story here is that if some stranger approaches you with valuable items for sale; at a ridiculously low price and the first thought that crosses your mind is that the items may have been stolen - dont buy them. damn.

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UPDATE: 3rd circuit affirms state supremes reversal in jimmy deramus / cajun pawn stars / silver dollar pawnshop burgle case
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28 June 2012

supreme court obamacare opinion .pdf

click here to download 193 page .pdf [776 kb]
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click here to download directly from the supreme court website
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click here to go to the supreme court 2011 term opinions of the court page and look for:
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
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25 June 2012

anti zionist rabbis congratulate mohammed morsi upon election as president of egypt

press released we just received from rabbi meir hirsh leader of neturei karta in occupied palestine.

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Your Excellency, Mr. President, in your wonderful and exalted position as leader of the great nation of Egypt, may you stand courageous in revealing the truth about the evils of Zionism and condemning it, as this is of immense and immeasurable importance.

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We, as Torah true Jews, oppose the very existence of the Zionist State of Israel. The Zionists do not represent the Jewish people in any manner whatsoever. They have no right to speak in the name of the Jewish people. Therefore, their words, their declarations and actions are not in any way representative of the Jewish people.

This is because the Zionist's seizing of power over the Holy Land is antithetical to Jewish law, and the Zionists do not behave like Jews at all. They desecrate the sanctity of the Holy Land.

In the near future, with the return of full Palestinian sovereignty over the entire Holy Land, we are confident, with the help of the Almighty, that the Palestinian regime will behave towards us with goodness and justice.

Just as those previous regimes in Palestine, though they were of the Islamic faith, still in all, they fully accepted the Jewish residents who where strict in the observance of the Jewish religion and so it will once more be relived; Jew and Arab will again coexist peacefully.

We, as religious Jews, will have the full right to practice our religion without any disturbances. Together we will work to see the blossoming of the Holy Land, to the prosperity of both peoples; Arabs and Jews alike, with trust, peace, and tranquility.

~ signed:
rabbi meir hirsch, leader, neturei karta, occupied palestine;
rabbi elhanan beck, leader, neturei karta, england;
rabbi yisorel dovid weiss, leader, neturei karta, usa.
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arizona et al vs united states supreme court opinion .pdf 25 june 2012

KENNEDY, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS,C. J., and GINSBURG, BREYER, and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined. SCALIA, J., THOMAS, J., and ALITO, J., filed opinions concurring in part and dissenting in part. KAGAN, J., took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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heres how the announcement played out on scotusblog live chat of orders and opinions - times are eastern [edt].
10:16
Amy Howe:
Here's the second and only other opinion in Arizona.

10:16
Amy Howe:
Justice Kennedy announces.

10:16
Amy Howe:
The Ninth Circuit is reversed in part and affirmed in part. Justice Kagan does not participate.

10:17
Amy Howe:
The Court rules that Section 3, 5, and 6 are preempted.

10:17
Tom:
Most of the key provisions of SB1070 (3 of 4) are invalidated. One provision is held not to be proved preempted; it must be construed.

10:18
Amy Howe:
It was improper for the lower courts to enjoin Section 2(B), which requires police officers to check the legal status of anyone arrested for any crime before they can be released.

10:19
Kali:
We will have more substanative analysis of the decision in Arizona v. US from Lyle later this morning or early this afternoon. We are also looking forward to guest analysis on the decision from Marc Miller and Jack Chin from Univ. of Arizona and UC Davis law schools, respectively, Lucas Guttentag of Yale & Stanford, Jay Sekulow from the ACLJ, Peter Spiro at Temple, John Eastman at Chapman, Rich Samp at the Washington Legal Foundation, and Kevin Johnson, also at UC Davis. Tune back in for their posts.

10:19
Tom:
The provision that the Court says is not yet preempted is the "check your papers" provision that commands officers to check immigration status.

10:20
Amy Howe:
The opinion also says that today's ruling does not foreclose other preemption and constitutional challenges to the law.

10:20
Tom:
The court says that it is not clear whether application of this provision will interfere with immigration law.

10:20
Amy Howe:
There are ongoing proceedings on Section 2(B) and whether it involves racial profiling; that issue was NOT before the Court today.

10:20
Kali:
Here's a link to the opinion in Arizona v. US:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-182b5e1.pdf

10:21
Tom:
Justice Scalia would uphold the Arizona statute in toto.

10:21
Amy Howe:
Justice Kennedy is still reciting from the opinion.

10:23
Amy Howe:
We do not expect any additional opinions today, so NO health care today.
www.scotusblog.com
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the supremes left intact section 2(b) the "show your papers please" portion of arizona SB 1070 when this should have been the first part of the bill struck down! supposedly, there is more litigation concerning the legality of section 2(b) moving along through the courts.
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24 June 2012

egyptians jubiliant as mohammed morsi becomes 1st freely elected president in history


tahrir square, cairo, egypt, live from 1803 [1103 cdt] sunday 24 june 2012

egypt electoral commission puts the turnout at 51.85%
some 13 million votes (51.73%) were cast in the runoff in favor of mohammed morsi.

the opponent ahmed shafiq received 48.27%

amongst other things, president-elect morsi along with his party, the muslim brotherhood, pledges to restore the country to civilian rule and to write a new constitution which will protect all egyptians, reports press tv correspondent, karim gamal el-deen.

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UPDATED analysis: election of mohammed morsi in egypt: now that mohammed morsi has been elected president of egypt, what does it mean for the military rule over egypt? the palestinians, gaza, israel and the usa?

aired from 2030 cairo, egypt time sunday 24 june 2012.
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egyptian president elect mohammed morsi address
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23 June 2012

meteorologists: central gulf of mexico tropical storm formation confirmation announcement soon

via: twitter @wwltvweather

Kevra: Looks like ‪#Tropical‬ ‪#Storm‬ ‪#Debby‬ is very close to being announced. The first advisory will come in at 4PM local time. ~ view tweet
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UPDATE: 3:58 pm cdt national hurricane center issues tropical storm debby advisory #1:

Atlantic Tropical Storm DEBBY Advisory Number 1
06/23/2012 04:52 PM EDT
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tropical storm debby three day cone as of 4pm cdt saturday 23 june 2012
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UPDATE Atlantic Tropical Storm DEBBY Advisory Number 6
06/24/2012 04:35 PM EDT

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WTNT34 KNHC 242034
TCPAT4

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL042012
400 PM CDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THREAT TO LOUISIANA LESSENS...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...
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tropical storm debby three day cone as of 4pm cdt sunday 24 june 2012
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times-picayune sues nola mayor half moon landrieu for violating La. R.S. 44:1 et seq., the public records law

the times-picayune filed suit in civil district court (assigned to judge lloyd medley) friday, 22 june 2012, against mayor mitch landrieu's administration for refusing to make public the complete initial police report about an incident that occurred on 19 april 2012.

The suit cites the state's public-records law, which holds that "the initial report of the officer or the officers investigating a complaint ... shall be a public record." In addition, it says, courts "have consistently held" that the entire report must be public, including information about the victim [La. R.S. 44:3(4)(a)(b)(i)-(vii)]. The only exception is when the report identifies someone as the victim of sexual abuse, the suit says. ~ read more
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La. R.S. 44:1 et seq., public records requests, is a subject that we're somewhat familiar with as we've exercised our rights under it to access public records. mostly from the city of alexandria, louisiana -- but also, if memory serves, at least once -- from the rapides parish district attorneys office and once from the rapides parish police jury.

while we've never considered filing suit, a violation of the public records law should be considered a very serious offense.

it's been shown -- at least once, by the 3rd circuit appeals court [heath vs city of alexandria .pdf 10/06/2010 CA-10-0280], that even if you win a public records request lawsuit -- you cannot force the governmental body or agency to pay a money judgement the trial court may have ordered them to pay as punishment.

this makes it next to impossible to find an attorney to take on such cases on a contingency fee basis or pro bono.

we believe that one way to cure this catch-22, is to amend the law in order to make the La. R.S. 44:1A.(3) public records custodian liable for and removed from office and jailed under a malfeasance in office charge if found to have violated the public records law;

especially if that violation involved deception by the custodian in withholding or editing out (redacting) any information that the requester is entitled to under the plain language of the statute, for example, like that what the times-picayune is suing over.
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  • UPDATED: nola civil district judge lloyd medley rules that nola mayor half moon landrieu's city hall violated La R.S. 44:1 et seq the public records law

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  • fascinating 1st circuit appeals court La. R.S. 44:1 et seq public records opinion says court audio recordings are public record!
  • developing: city of alexandria, la., fulfills public records request for von jennings private investigator videos & files
  • la sec'y of state tom schedler puts to rest the jonathan goins alexandria city council resignation controversy
  • fascinating public records lawsuit from 1997: charles joseph yeager et al vs judge ross foote and other judges of the ninth judicial district court
  • rapides parish police jury kinda responds to public records request for legality of an "in perpetuity" tax
  • city of alexandria, la. wont release crime scene video
  • search this blog * public records requests

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    22 June 2012

    jimmy "the wizard" faircloth to represent louisiana state in piyush education reform litigation

    @melindadeslatte tweets:

    Not yet clear who hired Jimmy Faircloth to represent state in lawsuits over ‪#Jindal‬ education bills -- or how much he'll be paid. ‪#lalege
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    UPDATED #Jindal‬ spokesman says governor chose to hire his former executive counsel, Jimmy Faircloth, to represent state in voucher lawsuit. ‪#lalege ~ via @melindadeslatte

    UPDATE-2 AG's office says decision to hire Jimmy Faircloth made "in communication with the administration." Contract details not complete. ‪#lalege ~ @melindadeslatte

    UPDATE-3 APNewsbreak: Jindal ex-counsel hired to defend law
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  • gannett puffs jimmy faircloth one last time
  • two scary rethugs vie for la state supreme court dist # 4 seat
  • piyush "bobby" jindal's campaign contributors
  • the piyush rats nest
  • local rats get some piyush payback
  • did 'the wizard' conjure up an appointment in piyush's regime?
  • 'master' piyush sez 'the wizard' can only be his conjurer
  • gov piyush "bobby" jindal's executive counsel jimmy 'the wizard' faircloth still giving big money to piyush scammery
  • gov. piyush "bobby" jindal's executive counsel jimmy 'the wizard' faircloth one of the financiers behind radio ads slamming state rep. karen carter!
  • is jimmy "the wizard" faircloth a zionist puppet?
  • judicial inc does jimmy "the wizard" faircloth
  • piyush "mr. ethics bobby" jindal's executive counsel jimmy 'the wizard' faircloth sued for being 'unethical' & 'unscrupulous'
  • third circuit to city of pineville: produce rich dupree's emails on cd / dvd / flash drive!
  • city of pineville attorney also casino attorney

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    klax: wm earl hilton to be sworn in 29 june 2012; resurrects bill robinson as chief deputy

    yep

    click picture to enlargewww.klax-tv.com
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    21 June 2012

    noble drilling services inc stations its "noble bully 1" ultra-deepwater drillship in gulf of mexico

    click picture to enlargenoble bully 1
    hull was built by the shanghai, china shipyard. outfitting and completion was done by keppel shipyard in singapore
    photo source: noble drilling services, inc., publicity still

    offshore magazine excerpt:
    HOUSTON – Shell and Noble Corp. have brought the Noble Bully 1 drillship into the Gulf of Mexico from Singapore to complete commissioning and acceptance testing.

    The first of two, the rig was designed jointly by Shell and Noble and can be equipped to drill in 10,000 ft (3,048 m) of water.

    The first operations are scheduled for Shell’s Mars B "Olympus" development [located approximately 130-miles south of New Orleans].

    The Noble Bully II is expected to begin operations early next year in Brazil. ~ read more
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    gannett/the monroe news star files article 971 motion in defamation suit

    via: lincoln parish news online

    excerpt:

    The (Monroe) News Star, through its attorney William McNew of McNew, King, Mills, Burch & Landry, has filed a “special motion to strike” in the case Hakim v Gannett, a defamation lawsuit filed last April by Monroe businessman Eddie Hakim.

    Hakim alleged that the News Star defamed him in news articles written about his testimony in the recent federal trial of former Monroe City Council members Arthur Gilmore and Robert “Red” Stevens. Hakim was the chief prosecution witness in that trial. ~ read more
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    18 June 2012

    louisiana attorney disciplinary board skates controversial shreveport attorney larry english formal charges filed by office of disciplinary counsel

    via: shyster watch rss feed

    click here to download our copy of the eleven page .pdf [703 kb]
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    15 June 2012

    lawsuit claims rpso raided; damaged wrong home in drugs search

    the petition of ms. cora howard makes defendants of rapides parish sheriff charles f. wagner, jr. and rpso deputies tracy bender and michael lacour for their actions related to a botched 30 may 2011 execution of a search warrant "on her residence purportedly looking for contraband and illicit drugs."

    according to the petition, the search was conducted not long after ms. howard had left to go on a day trip to lafayette.

    upon returning from her day trip and discovering that her house had been damaged, ms. howard "inquired to defendants why her residence was forcibly entered into."

    ms. howard "was informed that her residence should not have been searched."

    ms. howard asserts that "the search warrant was not supported by sufficient probable cause."

    so now, as you can imagine, ms. howard wants to be compensated for her property damage and for her pain and suffering.

    the petition is filed on her behalf by alexandria, la., attorney malcolm xerxes larvadain and is allotted to ninth judicial district court judge harry f. randow.

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    13 June 2012

    controversial alexandria, la., attorney thomas d. "tommy" davenport, jr., sued ... again

    according to cenlabriarpatch.com this is the third defamation suit recently filed against mr. davenport.

    this morning on the "talk back am 970 with fred and bob" radio program, co-host fred rosenfeld anointed mr. davenport to be the blogosphere replacement for the recently expired local shyster and toxic "blogger" greg aymond. with all this going on we'd have to agree that he would appear be the perfect aymond replacement. click here to download .mp3 audio file [2.50 mb].

    this petition for damages is filed -- self-represented, by a local guy named michael hoover, who, according to the petition, is a private portfolio manager and tulane law school graduate, claims that he was damaged by mr. davenport's allegedly spreading false rumors about his character and integrity.

    according to the petition mr. hoover says that he privately manages funds running into the hundreds of millions of dollars so as you can imagine he cant have that.

    this suit is allotted to ninth judicial district court judge john c. davidson.

    click here to download fifteen page .pdf [360 kb]
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  • motion to recuse judge metoyer
  • gannett/the town talk seeks to protect "thecleartruth" anonymous commenter alleged to be controversial alexandria la attorney thomas davenport
  • controversial alexandria, la. attorney thomas davenport elected unopposed to the democratic parish executive committee
  • investigation warranted into false pleading cover-up in sanders v alexandria civil service commission
  • motion to quash internet records subpoenas in davenport vs slayter
  • alexandria attorney thomas davenport subpoenas google and domains by proxy in hopes of id'ing cenlabriarpatch bloggers
  • alexandria city court shock filing: local attorney thomas davenport taunted opposing party over his fathers accidental hunting death
  • alexandria attorney thomas davenport sues ladads.info webmaster
  • city of alexandria, la. trying to stiff abandoned car ordinance attorney his legal fees
  • alexandria 'abandoned' car ordinance challenged!

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    on the road with faith ford

    cenla resident and actress faith ford is on another road trip -- this time it's the san francisco bay area of california from which she's been tweeting photos.

    it's not unusual for ms. ford to tweet from the road pictures and short video clips;

    those with twitter accounts and wishing to do so, may follow her @faith_ford.

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    09 June 2012

    144th running of the belmont stakes

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    144th Belmont Stakes order of finish

    1. Union Rags

    2. Paynter

    3. Atigun

    4. Street Life

    5. Five Sixteen

    6. Unstoppable U

    7. Dullahan

    8. My Adonis

    9. Ravelo’s Boy

    10. Optimizer

    11. Guyana Star Dweej

    ~ courtesy daily racing form: view original

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    greg aymond dead

    UPDATE: sunday 17 june 2012:
    click here to download gannett/alexandria daily town talk obituary and news report on greg aymond seven page .pdf [2.50 mb]

    gregory ray "greg" aymond memorial at find-a-grave
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    gregory r. aymond obituary, sunday, 10 june 2012, alexandria daily town talk, page c5
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    ksyl talk back 970 with fred and bob, 11 june 2012, mention of greg aymond death -- click here to download .mp3 audio file [2.64 mb].
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    UPDATE: 2:21 pm cdt 09 june 2012:
    click picture to enlargeclick here to view or print from john kramer & son funeral home website
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    UPDATE 1:53 pm cdt, saturday 09 june 2012: according to john kramer & son funeral home in alexandria, la., greg aymond died this morning.

    funeral arraignments are: service at 11 am tuesday, 12 june 2012 at john kramer & son funeral home, alexandria, louisiana.

    visitation from 5 - 9 pm monday, 11 june 2012 and from 8:30 am till time of service tuesday.

    interment will be at forest lawn cemetery in ball, louisiana.
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    wst... has learned that greg aymond [www.centrallapolitics.blogspot.com] apparently has had a major stroke;

    an operator at rapides regional medical center confirms to wst... that aymond is currently a patient there in the surgical icu.
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    UPDATE: admitted thursday, 08 march 2012 ... reportedly on a ventilator ... outlook ... grim ...

    UPDATE-2 as of 11:19 am cdt, sunday, 11 march 2012, aymond is still in icu according to a patient information operator at rapides regional medical center.

    UPDATE-3 as of 8:25 am cdt, monday, 12 march 2012, according to patient information, aymond remains in surgical icu at rapides regional medical center.

    UPDATE-4 rosenfeld/madison ksyl talk back pre-show aymond stroke mention: click here then >> file >> then >> download .mp3 [1.06 mb].

    UPDATE-5 via: twitter @reporterbruce

    the greg aymond who is the subject of this post, should not be confused with new orleans archbishop gregory michael aymond. ||| view tweet
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    UPDATE-7 wednesday 28 march 2012: a caller into the ksyl talkback preshow wants to know if there are any updates on aymond's condition, to which bob madison replies that aymond is "still in icu, progressing slowly, responding slowly ... was told that this stroke was worse than the first one." click here to download clip [704 kb]
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    originally posted on 09 march 2012 as "report: greg aymond near death"

    last updated/edited sunday 17 june 2012
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    08 June 2012

    45th anniversary of the 08 june 1967 israeli attack on the uss liberty agtr-5


    clip from 911 missing links.

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    07 June 2012

    same sex religious union on fort polk, louisiana draws criticism

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    louisiana 1st in the nation to have a same sex religious civil union between two members of the military on a military base and in a military chapel. isnt that precious.

    addendum: note how it was the army and not the navy to lay claim to this first.

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    local man sues guardian gold and silver exchange llc for fraud and unfair trade/business practices

    according to the petition, ernest gremillion, iii, is a rare coin collector who purchased some coins from guardian gold and silver exchange, llc., and raymond hanisco for $87,539.98.

    however, mr. gremillion claims that the coins he bought "were not as represented and/or did not constitute a complete set."

    so he is having a little trouble getting a refund.

    the petition is filed on mr. gremillion's behalf by alexandria, la., attorney james b. reichman, esq., of the reichman law firm and is allotted to ninth judicial district court judge george c. metoyer, jr.

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    03 June 2012

    bethel united methodist church in deville vandalized

    see pawpawshouse "It takes a worthless person to vandalize a church..."

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    02 June 2012

    hugo chavez bans sales of guns, ammunition



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