for all his roots in neo-Nazism, von Brunn was also a transitional figure who typified a wider range of forces than I can adequately squeeze into the "far right" label. He was an enthusiastic "truther", who went on the net to deny that the al-Qaida attacks on New York and Washington had surprised the conspirators in power who secretly controlled America. He hated Bill O'Reilly of Fox News and neocons as much as the New York Times and Obama. "It doesn't matter that you despise Jews-neocons-Bill O'Reilly," he declared in one of his incoherent internet postings. "You pay the kosher tax - or else you don't eat."The last time I heard similar remarks was not in the back room of a Leeds pub but the elegant gardens of Christ Church College. The nice, middle-class organisers of the Oxford Literary Festival had invited Israeli-born Gilad Atzmon who is - and you are going to have bear with me on this - a former winner of the BBC's jazz album of the year award. He declared that "Jewish ideology is driving our planet into a catastrophe" and "the Jewish tribal mindset - left, centre and right - sets Jews aside of humanity".
If he had been from the British National party, the festival would have had nothing to do with him, but as he was a fellow traveller of the Socialist Workers party, the literary ladies in their floral dresses and the bookish gentlemen in their ill-fitting jackets welcomed him to the quadrangles of Oxford.
Judge J.D. Evans said he was impressed with a letter Young had presented him.Will, that should work. I've heard pipe dreams are a great sentencing method...
“It shows you have direction in your life,” said Evans. “It may just be a pipe dream to believe you won’t commit any more crimes … but I’m going to take a chance on you.”
Evans sentenced Young to three months in custody, to be served concurrently with his existing sentence.
Despite the Crown’s request for a two-year prison sentence, the man responsible for robbing a Bracebridge convenience store at knife-point walked out of court with his friends and family on Monday.Well, probably a first time offender, right?
Roper has at least 10 prior convictions and was on probation at the time he robbed the Mac’s.Well, of COURSE no judge would be dumb enough to, you know, give him probation again...oh, oh:
Evans gave Roper two-for-one credit for the 102 days he served in pretrial custody and sentenced him to 16 months house arrest, two years probation and 100 hours of community service. He also ordered Roper to repay the $155 he had stolen.Well, any judge can have a bad day. Or two. Oh no, you don't mean THREE:
Well, maybe ol' Murph will finally learn his legal lesson...I mean, its not a foreign concept to him, these second, third and fourth chances, right?A Bracebridge man who has accumulated a significant number of alcohol-related convictions in the past few months added to his total last week.
On Tuesday, Daniel Murphy, 26, pleaded guilty in a Bracebridge courtroom to assault and several counts of breaching probation.
What, are you kidding:Court heard that Murphy had been ordered not to drink after being convicted of several alcohol-related offences in 2008.
Judge J.D. Evans asked Murphy whether he thinks he could control his drinking.Actual, you dork, it was in YOUR hands. Again. Did you miss that part about he's an unreliable boozer?
“I know I can do it,” said Murphy.
Evans agreed to release Murphy and place him on an additional 18 months probation.
“It’s in your hands now, Mr. Murphy,” said Evans.
On Thursday, Costas Bilissis, 23, was convicted of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and attacking her and her new boyfriend. Bilissis was sentenced to the equivalent of 15 months in prison for charges that include breaking and entering, assault causing bodily harm, threatening death and various probation violations...this is the second time Bilissis has been convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriendThat's the rather dry description. If you'd like, here's the "Stephen King" cut:
This time, Evans DOES throw the book at him. If that book were made of marshmallows and thrown by a three year old, using her wrong hand.Bilissis grabbed his ex-girlfriend, threw her to the ground and told her he loved her. He then proceeded to attack her boyfriend before fleeing the scene.
Police found the boyfriend bleeding from the ear and the ankle when they arrived, said Jeanes.
They eventually found Bilissis hiding in the rafters of his father’s garage clad only in his underwear.
“I’ve dreamt of doing this,” police quoted Bilissis as saying.
At the Bracebridge detachment, Bilissis became enraged, spitting at the camera, wiping blood on the walls and urinating on the floor, said Jeanes.
No, you robed twit, IT IS UP TO YOU. This guy's next mistake won't be so easy to fix with a slap on the wrist and more probation, which, as you haven't been listening, HE IGNORES.Evans gave Bilissis two-for-one credit on the 196 days he spent in pretrial detention and sentenced him to an extra two months in jail, followed by three years probation.
“It’s totally up to you whether you succeed or not,” said Evans. “I really hope you’re sincere.”
they come across the poster for the Syrian Nazi Party on an abandoned bagel shop — abandoned, if I had this right, after Hezballah had attacked it last year due to the overly Jewish connotations of bagelry.I mean, its not taking photos in washrooms in the Beaches, but hey, Hitch has a lot to learn from a real he-man like KinsellaSo Hitchens immediately takes out a pen and writes “No, no, F-ck You” on the poster. I don’t know if he’d digested the story and decided to fuck with them anyway, or else he was just reacting to the modified swastika on the poster.
Now, the Syrian Nazis are not popular and neighborhoods have tried to get their posters taken down. But then they threaten people and cause problems.
So the state leaves them up. To avoid getting their posters defaced or torn down, they post a paid Nazi watcher to keep an eye on their posters.
Well, when this Syrian Nazi goon saw Hitch do this, he confronted him and kinda-sorta attacked him. I say kinda sorta attacked, because what his main intent was was to delay Hitchens from leaving — until the ten Nazi goons he had just texted on his cell phone could arrive.
And considering he was picked up just month for allegedly drinking, it's pretty clear he still doesn't get it:Feb 13, 2009 08:52 PM
ROSE VALLEY, Sask.–Native elders are recommending a Saskatchewan father serve a life sentence of spiritual guidance and healing instead of time behind bars for the freezing deaths of his two young girls.
Later, raising his voice, he spoke about his third daughter, born a few months after the tragedy. Social Services has since put her into foster care. "That's all I had left and you took her away. My rights didn't matter," Pauchay said.Not to mention his lovely wife and mother of his children:
His common-law wife, Tracey Jimmy, also spoke with anger about losing her new baby, named Miracle.
Jimmy said she's also upset she can't see or talk to Pauchay because of a court restraining order. Pauchay faces a further charge of domestic assault against her. "He was just such a good dad. I just love him and you guys are taking him away from me – the only person who can actually feel what I'm feeling," Jimmy said through tears, sitting across the circle from Pauchay.And what does the enlightened community think:
Machiskinic said she's not mad at Pauchay because he never intended such a horrible thing to happen. In fact, she added, the community is very worried about his depression.And last, ironic word:
Pauchay's uncle, elder Francis Nippi, said jail should only be used for animals.
Judge Miriam Reynolds said she would have given the woman a life sentence had she been a man, but the maximum sentence for women in such cases was seven years, the Irish Times newspaper reported on its website.
3. The Liberals will win the election for another reason: in the extraordinary circumstances in which we find ourselves, it is traditional “liberal” policy which makes the most sense – smart government involvement in the economy, and everything that means. Hoary old “conservative” chestnuts – tax cuts, privatization, indifference to the weak and the poor – just don’t appeal to people in times like these.The Star today:
Ignatieff backs tax cuts to boost economyNot to mention, from his Hero:
Not long after Obama spoke, some senators from his own party publicly criticized his plan to include tax cuts.I realize his hypocrisy is on an Biblical scale, but this kinda takes the cake.
