| Tue, 9 Feb 2010 The Big Question: What is parliamentary privilege, and is it being abused? | Why are we asking this now? | Three Labour MPs, Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and a Tory peer, Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with false accounting over their expenses claims. They deny the offences and are trying to avoid a criminal trial by invoking... | Corona hits charge of unethical conduct Rescuers ill-equipped for job --> BY EVANGELINE DE VERA | A COMPLAINT for impropriety filed by a losing litigant in a "tele-sabong" or online cockfight betting against a Supreme Court justice has showcased a masked animosity between two rivals for the position of chief justice. | Associate Jus... | Preachers of hate Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | I agree with Wajahat Malik (February 1) that the electronic media should not promote fanatics as their only agenda is to create war hysteria, slander every state institution except the army, cripple the nation's ability to look within for mi... | Parishioners unite to oust priest | Mumbai: The simmering cauldron at the seemingly peaceful St Michael’s Church, Mahim, could soon boil over with angry parishioners coming together to oust controversial parish priest Fr Hugh Fonseca. He has been accused of corruption, being autocratic, and of mis... | Schumer recommends openly gay man for federal judgeship | February 8, 2010 | New York Sen. Charles Schumer announced Monday that he has recommended an openly gay man to President Barack Obama to serve as a judge in federal court in Manhattan, a history-making nomination. | Schumer said Daniel Alter, a former federal p... | GOP ready to lay an egg | Panicky Republicans are clucking and cackling like the anxious chickens in the Super Bowl ad for Denny's pancake emporium. President Obama has invited Rs & Ds to chat about health care in a televised meeting this month. Pandemonium in the hen house. | Rooster-less Rep... | Don't Lie, Don't Cheat, Don't Steal: Corruption Case Goes to Jury updated 6:18 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2010 | For both the government and the defense, the closing mantra was "Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal." | But they were talking about two different sides of the same coin. | Federal prosecutors were talking about Jersey City Deputy May... | Would you like to keep your First Amendment rights? | Photo by euthman | A very important article was posted on the Indiana Pagan Announcements Yahoo! Group recently that warranted a reprint on Examiner.com. There's been such outrage about these developments that it requires the attention of Pagans everywhere, not ... | | |
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