Archive for June 29th, 2012

[DONATION POST]: Blog’s Editorial Well Has Grown To 1,681 Stories — And Thousands Of Other Links

Dear readers, I’ve delayed putting up this month’s donation post as long as I could, but we’re at the edge of July and have a new round of bills to pay. This month’s need is on the order of $550. Please give if you’re able. By giving last month, a small handful of readers were […]

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Peter Madoff Charged Criminally, Civilly; Bernard Madoff’s Brother ‘Enabled The Largest Fraud In Human History’ And Gained Millions Of Dollars, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Peter Madoff Charged Criminally, Civilly; Bernard Madoff's Brother 'Enabled The Largest Fraud In Human History' And Gained Millions Of Dollars, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Says

URGENT >> BULLETIN >> MOVING: Peter Madoff, the brother of Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, has pleaded guilty in New York to a two-count superseding information charging him with conspiracy to commit securities fraud, tax fraud, mail fraud, ERISA fraud and falsifying records of an investment adviser. The government is seeking a staggering forfeiture order of […]

RECOMMENDED READING: 66-Year-Old Woman Booked Into Florida Jail Last Month After Traffic Stop May Be ‘Sovereign Citizen’; Police Encounter Yet Another Bizarre Circumstance

RECOMMENDED READING: 66-Year-Old Woman Booked Into Florida Jail Last Month After Traffic Stop May Be 'Sovereign Citizen'; Police Encounter Yet Another Bizarre Circumstance

UPDATED 9:43 a.m. EDT (JULY 1, U.S.A.) Police in Punta Gorda, Fla., arrested a woman last month during a traffic stop. The events on the day of the arrest strongly suggest the woman is an adherent to “sovereign citizen” beliefs. “Sovereign citizens” may express an irrational belief that laws do not apply to them and […]