‘Suspected Taliban militants were holding a group of around 30 Pakistani boys on Friday after luring them into Afghanistan and kidnapping them, Pakistani officials said.’

‘..Should the vitriol and slanders from the racialists continue to intensify, should the racial “flash mobs” continue to attack Caucasians and Mongolians, and should American Negroes generally refuse to rise up and denounce the fomenters of hatred and division, the probabilities will move ever more toward the worst of all imaginable outcomes: a race war…’            Francis W. Porretto

‘A well-known comedian and entertainer who performed a sex act on his four-year-old daughter has been discharged without conviction despite pleading guilty.
The man, who has permanent name suppression, appeared in Auckland District Court today for sentence before Judge Philippa Cunningham.
At the beginning of his trial in March he pleaded guilty to doing an indecent act on a child.
The judge said today the effects of a conviction “outweighed the gravity of the offending” and awarded a discharge without conviction…’
This is just the latest in a long list of such outcomes. Want to walk free in NZ, with name suppression? All that’s necessary, it seems, is to be a high-profile sporting or entertainment identity. There’s a whole set of different criteria for convicting and naming them.
AFTERTHOUGHT: Perhaps a Kiwi reader would like to list “well-known comedians and entertainers”. Then the injustice of tarring all of them with suspicion will be readily apparent.
UPDATE:  Lamebrain judge gives her reasons. (among them, “laughter is an incredible medicine and we need more of it”.) Wabbit wonders if the 4 year-old will be laughing about it when she grows up….
More about Jamie Linehan here

’41-year old Illinois mechanic Michael Allison faces life in jail for recording police officers after authorities hit him with eavesdropping charges based on the hoax that it is illegal to film cops, a misnomer that has been disproved by every other case against people filming police officers being thrown out of court.
…and yet police continue to arrest people for filming them as a form of intimidation.
The fact that the state is knowingly ignoring its own laws in order to engage in acts of official repression highlights the rampant criminality that has infested every level of American government. This behavior is reflective of a predatory system that seeks to criminalize all first amendment activities..’

‘A solar energy company that intends to file for bankruptcy received $535 million in backing from the federal government and has a cozy history with Democrats and the Obama administration, campaign finance records show. Shareholders and executives of Solyndra, a green energy company producing solar panels, fundraised for and donated to the Obama administration to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tulsa billionaire George Kaiser, a key Obama backer who raised between $50,000 and $100,000 for the president’s election campaign, is one of Solyndra’s primary investors. Kaiser himself donated $53,500 to Obama’s 2008 election campaign, split between the DSCC and Obama For America. Kaiser also made several visits to the White House and appeared at some White House events next to Obama officials..’

‘Announcing it’s “not her lucky day,” a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has told an eligibility attorney he has dismissed her case demanding information from the Social Security Administration regarding President Obama’s Social Security Number, sought because of suspicions it may be fraudulent.
…He concluded that there’s no real interest in determining whether the Obama Social Security Number is genuine or fraudulent, arguing that the need for privacy for the president trumps all else…‘

‘Housing NZ drops Mob eviction bid
Housing New Zealand has dropped a $1 million legal bid to evict three women with Mongrel Mob connections from their Lower Hutt state homes.
Robyn Winther, Huia Tamaka and Billy Taylor were given 90 days to leave their Farmer Crescent houses in March 2009 after neighbours complained of intimidation, threats and burglary by gang members associated with the women.
Armed police later stormed the street, arresting 10 people.
The trio fought the eviction attempt for two-and-a-half years through the Tenancy Tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal and several courts.
The battle, which cost HNZ about $1 million, ended this week when the state agency announced it was calling of its legal bid.
Grubby, foul-mouthed primitive slags who’ve done nothing but spread their obese legs for their simian thuggish  sperm donors.
In order to breed yet another welfare ticket, which will in all likelyhood be abused if it’s lucky- and killed if not.
They then object to being kicked out of the taxpayer-funded houses in the street they’ve turned into a violent zoo and the taxpayer obligingly pays their legal costs in order to fight the eviction order.
Subsequently, the snivelling bureaucrats responsible for managing the houses decide to drop the case–after five courts have found the eviction legal and at a cost of $1million.
Hey, it’s only taxpayer’s money. It’s not as though it represents real work or anything…