Lawyers, Politicians, and Drug Money

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Tuesday August 31, 2010 · 2:06 AM PDT

2010/08/31 · 02:06

Anyone seeking to find alternative methods to fight drug addiction, and the crimes committed to fuel a habit, can pause in the offices of many politicians who have laundered millions of dollars in drug money. Every time a drug dealer goes to court, a lawyer somewhere just laundered drug money. Nationally, 40% of all sentences are for drugs. 265,800 people are estimated to be incarcerated for drug offenses at the end of 2006. As the RI Dept. of Corrections puts it, “while the percentage of prison population incarcerated for drug-related offenses has nearly tripled from 7% in 1977 to 18% in 2005, it is believe[d] that this is an underestimate of the role that drugs have played in increasing RI’s prison population.”

Bruce Reilly

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Wednesday August 25, 2010 · 1:30 PM PDT

2010/08/25 · 13:30

If Federal Judge William Moore were a Klansman, it would be perfectly understandable to writea 174 page Order denying Troy Davis' petition for a new trial. The evidence in Davis' favor is so overwhelming, there must be some logical explanation for why Moore ruled as he did. "Racism" in this situation would serve that purpose. It would provide all the logic one needs.

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Will the Appeals court reverse the Judge's Order?

45 votes Vote Now!

Will the Appeals court reverse the Judge's Order?

Yes, Justice delayed is better than nothing.

5 votes

Yes, Troy Davis' friends and family have duped the System.

0 votes

No, The corruption is too thick.

26 votes

No, Davis doesn't deserve a new trial.

9 votes

This will be back in the SCOTUS in 5 years.

5 votes

Mayor Cicilline Fibs On Jobs Record In Bid For U.S. Congress

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Saturday August 14, 2010 · 6:20 PM PDT

2010/08/14 · 18:20

Lame-duck Providence Mayor David Cicilline is using his bully pulpit and prominence as a tactic to win the election for U.S. Congress, in the struggle to replace Rep. Patrick Kennedy. Considering the high esteem invoked by the Kennedy name in New England, it is a sharp contrast to see Cicilline repeatedly misrepresent the facts regarding jobs during his tenure in Providence. More coincidental is the contrast between the mayor and one of his opponents, Rep. David Segal, who is a title Plaintiff against Cicilline in 2006.

One might think that if Providence had average unemployment (USA: 9.6, in June), the Mayor could bellow: "I am doing an average job on jobs!" Instead, Providence is abysmal (11.5) and second only to New Bedford, MA in all of New England. Does he think RI voters are in bubbles of ignorance, thus running repeated ads about his "job creation"... or is has he identified an elite democratic minority he feels will carry him through a 4-way Primary on Sept. 14th?

Bruce Reilly

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Friday July 30, 2010 · 7:34 AM PDT

2010/07/30 · 07:34

Between 1976 and 1982, ten oil exploration wells were drilled in the Georges Bank, off the coast of Cape Cod. This area is home to the most accessible commercial fishery in the world, and one of the most productive. Although the past decade has been a battle to maintain economic activity without overfishing, it still produces enormous fish for the dinner tables of America.

In 1988, Canada put a moratorium on oil exploration, and U.S. operated under a series of one-year moratoriums until Clinton enacted (1998) one which expires in 2012.

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Should the U.S. ban all off-shore oil drilling?

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Should the U.S. ban all off-shore oil drilling?

Yes

65 votes

26 votes

Within 50 miles

2 votes

Within 100 miles

3 votes

I make my money off drilling, so screw you!

2 votes

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Bruce Reilly

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Friday July 02, 2010 · 7:56 AM PDT

2010/07/02 · 07:56

Netroots Nation is holding a bloggers' conference, July 22 - 25 in Las Vegas. Writers of many flavors will attend, but will it be only the writers who can afford it? Read here why, I believe, Democracy for America gave me a scholarship for the conference. But more importantly, read more on what it will take for this formerly incarcerated activist to make it from the East Coast.

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