The Fount of Useless Information
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While Wronged Homeowners Got $300 Apiece in Foreclosure Settlement, Consultants Who Helped Protect Banks Got $2 Billion
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/while-wronged-homeowners-got-300-apiece-in-foreclosure-settlement-consultants-who-helped-protect-banks-got-2-billion-20130426
This an interesting article and I recommend reading it to understand how corrupt our government is, but it is more or less …
Thomas Quick: the Swedish serial killer who never was
It reads like a real-life Scandinavian crime novel. In the 1990s, Thomas Quick confessed to more than 30 murders, making him Sweden’s most notorious serial killer. Then, he changed his name …
Can we predict a wrongful conviction?
Experts find recurring themes in these cases, and safeguards in the system become “speed bumps at best”
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/09/can_we_predict_a_wrongful_conviction/
I discuss the idea of InJustice here off and on and in the rush to make …
More than 2,000 wrongfully convicted people exonerated in 23 years, researchers say
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/21/more-than-2000-wrongfully-convicted-people-exonerated-in-23-years-researchers-say/?hpt=hp_t2
Sure, the overall number, as a percentage, is quite low, but consider that these are not the _suspected_ cases of wrongful convictions, but the ones actually proven …
Another innocent executed?
The state of Texas killed Carlos DeLuna for a crime he appears not to have committed, according to a new report
http://www.salon.com/2012/05/15/another_innocent_executed/
Personally I got no problem with the death penalty. Well, I do have a problem, …
To start, we traveled _all_ the way back to Munich, all 4 hours. I gather that the official, supported, tour began at Prague and our visit to Munich at the beginning was a chance to hang out with Tito Eddy, …
‘Affluenza’: Is it real?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/12/health/affluenza-youth/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
More proof, as if it were needed, of our oligarchical police state. Rich, get off, poor go to jail for the rest of your life. I have no doubt that the ‘syndrome’ is real, but …
Court upholds right to give police the finger
A New York man can seek damages following a disorderly conduct arrest when he “flipped the bird” at police
http://www.salon.com/2013/01/04/court_upholds_right_to_give_polive_the_finger/
I couldn’t think of a better title, so stole the one from …
I am not a gun nut. Said the gun nut as he brought out his arsenal. No, really, I am not a gun nut. I have a couple of rifles and at some point intend on buying a couple of …
HSBC, too big to jail, is the new poster child for US two-tiered justice system
DOJ officials unblinkingly insist that the banking giant is too powerful and important to subject to the rule of law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/12/hsbc-prosecution-fine-money-laundering
HSBC was given a …