“President Barack Obama mentioned NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden by name on Friday as he criticised his “unauthorised disclosures” but acknowledged that they had sparked the public debate over US surveillance capabilities. The president had largely avoided namechecking Snowden his previous speeches on the NSA revelations which began on 5 June last year when the Guardian published details of the agency’s …
Basketball Players Suspended For Flashing ‘Gang Signs’
“Three Wisconsin high school basketball players were handed one-game suspensions by their school district for flashing “gang signs” in a newspaper photo, even though the sign one of the players is holding up isn’t a gang sign at all. The photo accompanies a Sheboygan Press story about Jordan, Jamal, and Juwuan Jackson, three brothers who recently moved to the new …
Was This Execution Cruel And Unusual?
“An attorney for the family of a killer whose Ohio execution by lethal injection was marked by several minutes of unprecedented gasping and unusual sounds plans to sue the state over what happened. Dayton defense lawyer John Paul Rion says Dennis McGuire’s family is deeply disturbed by his execution and believes it violated his constitutional rights. Rion is a member …
You’ll Giggle Watching This Stoned CNN Reporter Giggle
Anderson Cooper used his “RidicuList” segment on last night’s AC360 Later to look back at a report that CNN’s Randi Kaye delivered on Friday from Colorado.
Dumbest Dr In America Blames Text Shooting On ‘Data Rage’
Fox News “Medical A-Team” member Keith Ablow thinks smartphones may be even more dangerous to have in theaters than handguns. Ablow on Tuesday said a smartphone caused a retired police officer to experience “data rage” toward a man who was texting in a Florida theater and fatally shoot him.
Does New Jersey Believe Chris Christie?
In the state where Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) won reelection by a landslide and enjoyed a 65% approval rating just last month, a majority of likely voters now believe that the Governor knew about a political retribution scheme involving lane closures at the George Washington Bridge.
Tazed In The Face, Beaten & Killed, But Since The Killers Were Cops…
Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli had been charged with battering Kelly Thomas with a baton and a stun gun during a vicious beating in Orange County that left him unconscious.