Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 12, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2015 India's high court may ban porn. India's Supreme Court May Ban Porn Viewing, Even in Private Homes http://flip.it/tHJEF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 12, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2015 Judge orders cancellation of Redskins' trademark registration http://flip.it/TBaN7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 12, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2015 Pot smoking church in Indianapolis sues for freedom of religion. First Church of Cannabis sues over marijuana laws http://flip.it/CPv9O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 12, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 12, 2015 With Subtle Signals, Supreme Court Justices Request the Cases They Want to Hear http://flip.it/meQ9o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 (edited) Oklahoma must deal with its Ten Commandment Statute. This issue was decided over a decade ago, it will be interesting to see if there are any changes. Oklahoma Supreme Court must address challenge to its ruling against Ten Commandments monument http://flip.it/DYS8G There is a large concrete cross on a hill overlooking the West Portal section of San Francisco. It was on public land. When the same issue described above came up, private individuals raised the money to buy that piece of land. Since the cross was then on private land, there was no longer a problem. Perhaps Oklahoma could sell those few square feet of land to private individuals who want the Ten Commandments momument to stay. India of all Kama-Sutra-places banning porn? Edited July 12, 2015 by garyrc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Dr. Dru fielded a question on this. He said, "Watch a child dying of Whooping Cough and you'll have a different opinion on vaccination." About 10 years ago we took a family trip to New Mexico. Upon out return my oldest daughter and I ended up with a terrible cold and cough. I thought I was going to die. We'd cough so hard we couldn't hardly keep air in our lungs and would get light headed. it lasted over a month getting worse and better at times. It was whooping cough. The "whoop" noise is made as your lungs fill back up with air. I know my daughter was vaccinated and I had an entire series when I was young. I can also see how it could easily kill an infant. The PBS series FRONTLINE aired a program just last week entitled 'Hunting the Killer Bacteria'. Everyone interested in vaccinations and infectious disease really should view this episode. The topic is about the newer forms of drug resistant pathogens and it features case presentations. One of those case studies is about a young girl. Her case was fully documented as it occurred. You will get to see a healthy active child go from vibrant and exuberant to near death in a matter of days. You need to witness what a desperately serious illness does to a child and to the family. The little girl survives - but only because she got her lungs transplanted. In her case it was one of these impending drug resistant organisms that caused her illness. But w/o vaccinations you place your child at risk of contracting some of histories most devilish and agonizing lethal ailments. I could not imagine any rational adult knowingly standing their own children in front of natures firing squad and chancing whether the guns are armed or not. See the anguish of a critically ill child before you nonchalantly dismiss medical approaches that have saved 10's of millions of lives. From an epidemiology perspective there's more to not managing these organisms. Like any living animal they evolve to to survive. The more they live the more they evolve. Since their survival now depends on defeating our medicine - they now evolve ways to survive. They become more virulent, less treatable - more lethal, harder to cure. Tuberculosis in some strains is now so resistant that is is again killing en masse. Humanity cannot allow these organisms to percolate. The more we allow them to infect, the more they will morph into more deadly strains, more easily transmissible strains. Being reckless gives them that opportunity. Let the measles have its annual rampage and eventually it will make gains in its approach to expanding its host access. Do not allow measles its annual outbreak and it will evolve more slowly. Get your kids vaccinated for their own sake and for the sake of us all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 14, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 14, 2015 Family to discuss $5.9 million settlement in chokehold death. http://flip.it/88bYB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 With Subtle Signals, Supreme Court Justices Request the Cases They Want to Hear http://flip.it/meQ9o This is one article that I find interesting, not personally understanding how the legal system actually works (...as opposed to how it was supposed to work...). The number of high profile Supreme Court decisions that are decided based on what is clearly political ideology grounds is disturbing. I do understand that cases that get to this level are actually deciding "law vs. law" or "precedent vs. precedent" but this is something else. This may be a political thread after all since it appears to me that a majority of justices are ruling more from political ideology rather from the notion of justice based on written law. This is a bit frightening actually. I sometimes watch Judgment at Nuremberg (admittedly, a script that was highly stylized for the cinema), but I am still struck by how much our high court apparently resembles theirs during the early 20th century. And are our Supreme Court justices becoming increasingly strident in their remarks directed at each other in their opinions? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 This may be a political thread after all since it appears to me that a majority of justices are ruling more from political ideology rather from the notion of justice based on written law. This is a bit frightening actually. Don't be worried. It has always been that way. How do you think laws are made in the first place? From legislators who have political ideologies. Does "separate, but equal" ring a bell? That was a long, long time ago. Then, some years later (but still a long, long time ago), "separate, but equal" was abolished as being "inherently not equal." I could give you many other examples, but it shouldn't be necessary. Nothing "new and alarming" is happening. It's a continuation of the same thing that has been going on since even before our founding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Isn't it grand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Isn't it grand? As long as it keeps the peace... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted July 18, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted July 18, 2015 Mostly my work over the last decade has involved representing police officers, either defending them in disciplinary hearings. Sometimes this involves representing them in criminal investigations and prosecutions arising out of police shootings. This is the big case that is currently going on in Austin that I have been loosely involved with. http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29576014/secret-testimony-provides-new-insight-to-fatal-police-shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted August 13, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted August 13, 2015 (edited) This is the news today. A girl is at home asleep and police come in unannounced, no warrant, saying they got a call from her roomate's family and they were there to check on her welfare. After they search house for roomate and see she is not there, they begin to interrogate her for information, she says please leave and they don't leave. I was interviewed for this story and on the news today, Fox News, so it must be true. EDIT: New link http://www.fox7austin.com/news/local-news/6985574-story Travis Edited November 24, 2015 by dwilawyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 This is the news today. A girl is at home asleep and police come in unannounced, no warrant, saying they got a call from her roomate's family and they were there to check on her welfare. After they search house for roomate and see she is not there, they begin to interrogate her for information, she says please leave and they don't leave. I was on the news today, Fox News, so it must be true. http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29774181/complaint-filed-against-travis-county-deputies Travis Cool, Travis! Good coverage! So, what's your connection to this matter that got you on their list of people to interview? Or is there some other connection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2015 Texas asks for more time in immigration case pending before Supreme Court. Texas seeking delay in Supreme Court immigration case http://flip.it/LO.n6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2015 Man in prison for 16 years in 'teardrop rapist' case has conviction tossed http://flip.it/Vuiq- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2015 This week in odd news: Man in soap/cocaine mix-up sues, hogie hurler hauled in and a snake in bathtub http://flip.it/m3nhC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2015 36 Years for a Murder He Didn’t Commit http://flip.it/Tk_dE That's it for today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 One more. I think the rise in Autism was responsible from the use of the pill. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 This is the news today. A girl is at home asleep and police come in unannounced, no warrant, saying they got a call from her roomate's family and they were there to check on her welfare. After they search house for roomate and see she is not there, they begin to interrogate her for information, she says please leave and they don't leave. I was on the news today, Fox News, so it must be true. http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29774181/complaint-filed-against-travis-county-deputies Travis Dead link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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