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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Obama Birth Certificate: Status of Major Court Cases

Obama Birth Certificate:
Status of Major Lawsuits
December 3 2008

Court Cases Challenging Obama Citizenship:
Berg, Martin, Denofrio, Wrotnowski

Courtesy: What's Your Evidence?

Berg (PA Federal Court)	Martin (HI State Court)	Donofrio (NJ State Court)	Wrotnowski (CT State Court)

Berg Case (Pennsylvania Federal Court)
August 21, 2008	Berg files Complaint: Berg v. Obama, DNC, and FEC (Case No. 2:2008cv04083) in Federal District Court for Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Justia Docket)
	Berg files Motion For Temporary Restraining Order And For Expedited Discovery
August 22, 2008	ORDER: Judge Surrick denies Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and for Expedited Discovery
September 9, 2008	Berg files Motion To Expedite Discovery, Extensive Discovery And Appoint A Special Master
September 24, 2008	DNC/Obama file Motion To Dismiss Complaint
September 29, 2008	Berg files Opposition to Motion to Dismiss
October 6, 2008	Berg files Motion For Leave To File First Amended Complaint
	DNC/Obama file Motion For Protective Order Staying Discovery Pending Decision on Motion to Dismiss
October 9, 2008	Berg files Opposition to Motion For Protective Order Staying Discovery Pending Decision on Motion to Dismiss
October 20, 2008	DNC/Obama file Motion to Dismiss First Amended Complaint
October 21, 2008	Berg files Motion For Order Deeming Requests For Admissions - Admitted and Motion for Expedited Ruling re: same.
	FEC files Motion to Dismiss Complaint
October 22, 2008	Berg files Motion For Summary Judgment and Motion for Expedited Ruling re: same.
October 24, 2008	ORDER: Judge Surrick Issues Memorandum And Order Granting DNC/Obama/FEC Motion to Dismiss on grounds that Berg lacks Standing to Sue under Article II of the Constitution.
October 27, 2008	ORDER: Judge Surrick Issues Order dismissing all pending motions as moot in light of Motion to Dismiss.
October 30, 2008	3rd Circuit: Berg files Notice Of Appeal to Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
	3rd Circuit: Berg files Notice of Appeal, Case is Docketed. (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	3rd Circuit: Berg files Emergency Motion for an Immediate Injunction to Stay the Presidential Election of November 4, 2008 Pending Resolution of Appeal (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	SCOTUS: Berg files "Rule 11" Petition For A Writ Of Certiorari Before Judgment Filed. (SCOTUS Docket)
October 31, 2008	3rd Circuit: DNC/Obama file Response to Appellant's Emergency Motion for Injunction (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	3rd Circuit: FEC files Response to Appellant's Emergency Motion for Injunction (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	3rd Circuit: ORDER Denying Emergency Motion for Injunction: "For the reasons ably expressed by the District Court and not addressed in Plaintiff-Appellant's Emergency Motion it appears that Plaintiff-Appellant lacks standing to challenge Senator Barack Obama's candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. Accordingly, Plaintiff-Appellant has not shown a likelihood of success with respect to his appeal, filed." Panel No.: ECO-9. Ambro, Authoring Judge." (Judges Ambro and Jordan) (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	SCOTUS: Berg files Application (08A391) for an injunction pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. (Docket # 08A391) (SCOTUS Docket)
November 3, 2008	SCOTUS: Berg files Supplemental Brief. (SCOTUS Docket)
	SCOTUS: ORDER: Justice Souter denies Berg's Application (08A391) (SCOTUS Docket)
November 14, 2008	3rd Circuit: Berg files several required papers for appeal, including Concise Summary Of The Case and Civil Information Sheet. (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
	3rd Circuit: Court Clerk issues letter to Berg and Respondants requesting required information by December 2, 2008 (PACER Docket (paid subscription required; search for Case # 08-4340)
November 18, 2008	SCOTUS: US Solicitor General files Waiver of Right of Respondents (FEC, DNC, Obama) to respond to Writ Petition. (For sample of Waiver Form, see here.).

Martin Case (Hawaii State Court)
October 17, 2008	Martin files complaint for declaratory judgment (Docket - Document List (Requires Login; Search for Case No. 1CC08-1-002147))
October 21, 2008	HI SCt: Martin files Petition for Writ of Mandamus in Hawaii Supreme Court. (Citizenwells)
October 22, 2008	HI SCt: ORDER: Supreme Court denies Martin's Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Hawaii SCT Orders)
October 30, 2008	Martin files Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause; Court sets hearing on Complaint for November 18, 2008. (Docket - Document List)
November 5, 2008	Defendants file Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support of Motion to Dismiss Complaint (Docket - Document List)
	Defendants file Ex Parte Motion to Shorten Time For Hearing On Motion To Dismiss Complaint For Declaratory Judgment (Docket - Document List)
	ORDER: Court grants Defendants' Motion to Shorten Time for Hearing, sets hearing for November 18, 2008
November 10, 2008	Defendants file Memorandum in Opposition to Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause. (Docket - Document List)
November 17, 2008	Plaintiff files Memorandum of Law In Support of Order To Show Cause and In Opposition To Motion Filed By Attorney General (Docket - Document List)
November 18, 2008	Hearing on Plaintiff's Emergency Motion for Order to Show Cause and Defendants' Motion to Dismiss
	ORDER: Denying Motion for Order to Show Cause; Granting Motion to Dismiss. [PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE] This Court treated the emergency motion for order to show cause as a motion seeking emergency injunctive relief as plaintiff was seeking to obtain the birth records for president Obama. First, the Court points out that the issuance of a preliminary injunction seeks extraordinary relief. In Hawaii, a 3 prong test is applied in determining whether preliminary injunctive relief should be granted as stated in Life of the Land v Ariyoshi, 59 Haw. 156 (1978). The 3 elements are: 1. Is the plaintiff likely to prevail on the merits? 2. Does the balance of irreparable harm favor the issuance of a temporary restraining order or injunctive relief, and 3. Does the public interest support the granting of the injunctive relief sought? After reviewing the pleadings, the motion for order to show cause, the memoranda opposing the motion, the exhibits, and other written submissions, and considering the arguments of counsel and plaintiff, pro se, the Court finds as follows: Based on the limited amount of evidence presented, the Court finds that it is unlikely that plaintiff will prevail on the merits as it appears that the plaintiff does not have a direct and tangible interest in the vital statistic records being sought, namely the birth certificate of President Obama. Plaintiff also does not fall within the category of persons who may be entitled to the records as enumerated in HRS 338-18(b). In addition, HRS 92-13 provides that disclosure of government records is not required which, pursuant to state law, are protected from disclosure. Regarding the second element of irreparable harm, the Court finds that plaintiff has not presented any evidence to this Court that irreparable harm will occur if the records are not provided to the plaintiff. In addition, there is insufficient evidence to indicate that the public interest supports the granting of the relief sought and there is a reasonable belief that the public would rather preserve the confidentiality of vital health records. Therefore, the emergency motion to show cause is denied. Defendants' counsel to prepare findings of fact and conclusions of law. [DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS] In addition, the Court grants defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's complaint for the reasons stated in the prior ruling as well as for the reasons raised in the motion and supporting memoranda, including lack of standing and insufficient service of process on the defendants. Defendants' counsel to prepare order. It is hereby ordered that the Minute Order Issued on november 19, 2008 shall be corrected as follows: The citation for the case life of the Land v. Ariyoshi, should read 59 HAW 156, 577 P.2d 1116 (1978). All references to President Obama shall be deleted and replaced with President-Elect Obama. (Docket - Court Minutes List > Court Minute Text)
November 25, 2008 (?)	Martin files Motion for Reconsideration (Reportedly; Not yet in docket, unless this is the Dec 1. document, noted below.
December 1, 2008	Martin (?) Files Emergency Motion to Show Cause. (Docket - Court Minutes List) Note: This docket entry may be the Motion for Reconsideration, noted above. THe document on Mr. Martin's site is dated Nov. 25, which was Thanksgiving.

Donofrio Case (New Jersey State Court)
October 27, 2008	Donofrio files Emergent Application in NJ Superior Court, Appellate Division (Judge Sabatino) (Source)
October 29, 2008	Defendants (NJ Sec'y of State Nina Mitchell Wells) File Answer to Emergent Application (Source)
October 30, 2008	ORDER: Judge Sabatina (Superior Court) denies Emergent Application (Source)
October xx, 2008:	Donofrio files Motion for Emergency Injunctive Relief with NJ Supreme Court (Motion)
October 31, 2008:	ORDER: NJ Supreme Court Denies Emergent Application (Order)
November 3, 2008	SCOTUS: Donofrio files Application for stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter. (Docket # 08A407) (SCOTUS Docket)
November 6, 2008	SCOTUS: ORDER: Application denied by Justice Souter. (SCOTUS Docket)
November 14, 2008	SCOTUS: Donofrio refiles Application; submits to Justice Thomas. (SCOTUS Docket)
November 19, 2008	SCOTUS: Application distributed for Conference, December 5, 2008 (SCOTUS Docket)

Wrotnowski Case (Connecticut State Court) (Incomplete)
October 31, 2008	Cort Wrotnowski files suit against Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz (See Judge Dismisses Obama Birth Certificate Challenge, New York Post November 3, 2008)
November 3, 2008	? Second case filed (per SOS Nov. 26 Letter)
November 3-5, 2008 (?)	Hearing before CT Superior Court; Connecticut AG submits opinion to Connecticut Supreme Court (per SOS Nov. 26 Letter)
November 5, 2008	ORDER: State Supreme Court Chief Justice Chase T. Rogers dimisses case after testimony from SOS attorneys and Connecticut AG Blumenthal, and Greenwich resident testimony from SOS attorneys and Connecticut AG Blumenthal, and Greenwich resident. (per SOS Nov. 26 Letter)
November 25, 2008	Wrotnowski files application/injunction in US Supreme Court (Justice Ginsberg). (SCOTUS Docket)
November 26, 2008	Justice Ruth Ginsburg denies Wrotnowski's application for stay. (SCOTUS Docket)
December 1, 2008	(reportedly) Wrotnowski resubmits application to Justice Scalia.

Keyes Case (California State Court) (Incomplete)
November 13, 2008	Keyes (et al) file Writ of Mandate (Court Case Index - Case No. 2008-80000096) "Information about pending or recently concluded civil cases ... can be obtained by calling the Civil Division at 916-874-5522," (Source)

ALSO at DBKP:
The Obama Birth Certificate Questions

Compiled by What's Your Evidence?
images: dbkp file

Friday, October 24, 2008

Obama Records: Medical, College, Other Records Still Off-Limits

Obama's Missing Records:
Medical, College, University, Birth Certificate and Other Records
Packaging Barack Obama Part 1

"If it's too good to be true then it's probably a scam."

[UPDATE: Obama Birth Certificate Federal Lawsuits
Berg v. Obama lawsuit in Philadelphia federal court is dismissed due to Phillip Berg having lack of standing to sue. Obama birth certificate lawsuit news in the section below.]

The refusal of the Obama campaign to allow the public to see Obama's records just days before the election is somewhat mystifying.

Unless there is something in them that the campaign feels will be damaging to their efforts to win the White House.

The spate of lawsuits popping up in state courts over the Obama birth certificate issue is a side one. Obama supporters can argue that Obama has produced an image on his website of a Certificate of Live Birth.

Fair enough. But Obama supporters can make no case for the candidate's refusal to release his other records. An informed electorate needs information.

That the reason we're more concerned with Obama making his other records off-limits to public scrutiny: medical records, college and univesity records.

Medical Records
Occidental College Records
Columbia University Records
Harvard University Records
Birth Records
University of Chicago Records

Obama's Medical Records?

Barack Obama has refused to release his medical records. Instead, the public will have to make do with an undated letter signed by a doctor which assured the press and the American public that Obama was "in excellent health".

* Obama College, Medical, Birth Records: Who is Barack Obama?
* Obama Medical Records: MSM’s Don’t Ask, Obama’s Don’t Tell Policy
* Obama Records: Obama Campaign Still Refuses to Release Medical, Other Records

As DBKP noted last week, when John McCain delayed releasing his medical records to the press last May, the New York Times thundered to it dwindling readers:

"No presidential candidate should get to the point that he has locked up his party’s nomination without public vetting of his health."
--New York Times, on John McCain in May 4 2008 "Missing Records"

Six months later, the New York Times is predictably silent on the still-secret Obama medical records.

Obama's Occidental College Records?

The only trace of Barack Obama at Occidental College that the public is allowed to see is a few poems that may be ordered on the college's website.

"Transcripts of his poems are available upon request."

Obama's Columbia University Records?

Contributing to the mystery is the fact that nobody knows just how well Mr. Obama, unlike Senator McCain and most other major candidates for the past two elections, performed as a student.

The Obama campaign has refused to release his college transcript, despite an academic career that led him to Harvard Law School and, later, to a lecturing position at the University of Chicago. The shroud surrounding his experience at Columbia contrasts with that of other major party nominees since 2000, all whom have eventually released information about their college performance or seen it leaked to the public.
--Obama's Years at Columbia Are a Mystery

Obama's Harvard University Records?

Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign says his campaign will bring a new level of honesty and transparency to the White House. Obama proudly touts that he and Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla, passed a law requiring more transparency via a public database of all federal spending.

But when it comes to offering the public documents about his own public and private activities, Obama’s record for openness gets an "F" grade.

During the heated Democratic primary, Obama complained of the Bush White House being “one of the most secretive administrations in our history” and chided Sen. Hillary Clinton for not releasing her White House schedules.

Ironically, Obama, just days away from possibly being elected president, continues to stonewall a growing chorus of information requests for documents about his legislative, personal health, education, financing, and background -- leaving many voters to cast ballots based on incomplete information.

--Obama: Most Secretive Democratic Candidate Ever

Obama Birth Certificate

Phillip Berg's lawsuit in federal court to force Obama to provide his birth certificate to a federal judge was dismissed yesterday due to Berg's lack of standing.

The order and memorandum came down at approximately 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Philip Berg's lawsuit challenging Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to serve as president of the United States had been dismissed by the Hon. R. Barclay Surrick on grounds that the Philadelphia attorney and former Deputy Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania lacked standing.
--Lawsuit Against Obama Dismissed from Philidelphia Federal Court

Berg's lack of standing was cited by many, including our crack research department, as the reason the Berg v. Obama suit would likely be dismissed.

This lack of standing will not settle the issue in the eight state courts where suits have been brought for the same reason as Berg. Their chances on the standing issue are greater.

Jeff Schreiber, Two Articles: Two Sides of Berg v. Obama, remarks on the same Newsmax article we saw last evening, Obama Refuses to Answer Birth Certificate Lawsuit.

The first piece is by Kenneth Timmerman of Newsmax, the same reporter who, just a few days ago, wrote so well about the questionable $63 million in Barack Obama's campaign coffers. He goes into detail about Obama's birth certificate, even providing a link to the Certificate of Live Birth provided by the Illinois senator, and an official Certificate of Live Birth from a person born just two years later. Reproduction issues aside, one quite obviously provides more information than the other.

Timmerman also raises an interesting point by highlighting a segment from one of Obama's memoirs in which he actually mentions the document:

Ironically, Obama mentions his birth certificate in passing on Page 26 of his 1995 memoir, “Dreams of My Father.” “I discovered this article, folded away among my birth certificate and old vaccination forms, when I was in high school,” he wrote.

As much as I am a skeptic as to all of this business--I've said time and time again that I simply feel as though we are constitutionally obligated to ensure that our leaders are properly vetted--this, to me, presents a question as to why it was necessary for Obama to provide an obviously laser-printed, recent copy of his birth records in the first place. If he had his original, tucked in among articles and old vaccination forms, why not just provide that one?

Timmerman asks a good question.

OUR PREDICTION: It won't be the last time the question is asked before Election Day 2008.

The quote at the top of the page was by New Zealand Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard and was used in New Zealand during 2007 to kick off something called Fraud Awareness Month.

Many readers are likely familiar with the job interview process. The process is simple: The prospective employer is trying to determine if the person he hires will enjoy success with the hiring company.

The company asks for information through an interview, the job application, a resume and the person wanting the job supplies various records--especially college and university records--to the employer to help the company make a decision. If the job is an attractive/important one, the employer will want as much information as possible.

Barack Obama is asking the American people to hire him as President of the United States.

It's a very important job.

If he wants the American people to hire him, he should provide as such basic information that plenty of other candidates have provided in the past: medical records, college records, university records and other records.

The Obama campaign is essentially asking the American people to trust him; to hire him as President.

He can begin earning that trust by providing his records to the press and public.

by Mondo Frazier
images: Newsmax; dbkp file; great little box

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Larry Sinclair, Obama: Lots of Fund Raisers, Little Proof of Allegations

The Continuing Saga of a Man who Stretched his 15 Minutes of Fame into 4 months.

Larry Sinclair, the one-man, lawsuit-filing, banana-nut-bread-baking, Obama-accusing, money-begging, blog-spawning, running-from-the-law intimidation machine has had his initial lawsuit (against Barack Obama for intimidation and other Legal Larryisms) dismissed by the courts.

When this FACT (which was linked to the original court documents) was recently reported by DBKP's LBG, we were told (by a loyal Larry Legion enlistee) that our "information was obsolete". Larry himself characterized our reporting as "misinformation". Another Larrysuit was cited--there are several, including one against three anonymous posters who disagreed with Larry's World outlook--as "proof" that Sinclair's struggles against the Man continues.

We're not sure how a lawsuit which names "TubeSockTedD", "mzmolly" and "OWNINGLIARS" as the offending parties affects Larry's Incredible Shrinking Credibility.

Larry Legal Lollapalooza continues. It's the perfect cure for people who feel that their own lives lack drama.

As a scandal, the Obama-Sinclair story is fast sinking into the sunset; it's sadly turned into something altogether different than the story we started covering in the beginning.

Originally, Larry brought forth accusations that he and Barack Obama were the members of an exclusive sex-and-drugs party in the back of Larry's limo in 1999 in Gurnee, IL. DBKP has dutifully reported on the accusations, Sinclair's subsequent flunking of a polygraph, and the many twists and turns in the story of a man who declares he is "interested in revealing the truth about Barack Obama". Say what you will, Sinclair's a public-minded individual, according to Larry.

Initially, we gave Sinclair and his claims a fair hearing. But, when someone brings serious accusations against a presidential candidate--and we can muster little enthusiasm for any of Obama's stands on the issues--the burden of proof falls on the accuser. Sinclair, 4 months and counting after since the release of his YouTube video detailing his initial accusations, has come up empty in the Proof Department.

ALSO at DBKP:

Larry Sinclair: Library of DBKP Stories on Obama Accuser

When readers of his accusations--they have grown to include other persons and issues--raise any point concerning the little matter of evidence, they are put into the Larry-O-Matic Response-A-Tator.

1- They're called a name; "Bitch" is popular.
2- They're labeled as an Agent of Obama by Larry or his minions, who lurk beneath the surface of the blog and contribute to the cause; either monetarily or by hounding non-believers.
3- They're threatened. Verbal abuse is the appetizer, then Chef Larry hints at darker legal fates. Now, Sinclair employs a trusty host of Mini-Larries to attack the skeptical. But ocassionally, he will tear himself away from the oven and launch his own verbal salvos.
4- The subject is changed. Can't produce proof about Obama? In LarryWorld, it's an acceptable substitute to offer observations about the inquirer's mother--or about something, anything, different. As long as it's not about the uncomfortable topic raised by the reader, then it works.

Like Forrest Gump, Larry seems to have been present at pivotal moments in history. First, it was his chance encounter with a then-state senator Obama. Then, gay choir master--now murdered--at Obama's Trinity Church, Donald Young, had an itch that could only be scratched by calling--Voila!--Larry Sinclair.

We're still reluctantly holding to the premise that "Even a nutbag can have unbelievable experiences." A look back at early DBKP Larry Sinclair stories will validate our claim of even-handedness when Larry first came forward. We were interested in whether he had a story and getting it out.

After monitoring the situation for four months, it's hard not to conclude that the only story here remains the story of how Larry can grow his PayPal account. The latest is an on-line raffle, the legality of which has been chronicled elsewhere, most notably on the Mitch and Nan Show blog.

But the story of Larry Sinclair will continue.

It just will have little to do about Barack Obama and much to do about Larry Sinclair.

And that's just the way Larry would like it.

If you don't agree with Barack Obama--and his stands on the issues are pure, sweet 100% liberal pap--then there are more valuable ways to oppose him than following the exploits of a gay Minnesota man, wanted by several states, who may or may not be terminally ill, begging people on his blog for money. Time spent for Larry is less time to better acquaint readers with the Man of Audacity, Barack Obama.

Reading Larry's blogs--and the comments of the adoring Larrybots--reminds one of a surreal Jerry Lewis Telethon, where the only handicap they're raising money for is a lack of propriety. Like our earlier post today concerning Ted Kennedy, we don't have to agree with Larry to wish him well and hope that life evens out for him.

The inky, squid-like substance that Larry keeps using as a substitute for any proof of his original accusations has also obscured, up until now, any reason to keep following the story of Larry Sinclair.

Other than for the pure love of a on-going, Jerry Springer-like saga.

by Mondoreb
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Today in History: January 13, 2008

WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTERS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, GEEZERS, DRUGS, QUEENS, SCIENCE, POLITICS, LAWSUITS, CYNICS, FLAGS, DEALS, PATENTS, CIVIL RIGHTS, LABOR, POLICE ACTIONS, SOCIETIES, UFOs, POLITICAL PARTIES, REVOLUTION!, JEWS, PROGRESS, EXPLORERS, BLACK GOLD, CARTOON, SUPREME COURT, DICTATORS, POPE, COUPS, MUSIC, WOMEN, CRIME, COMPUTERS, SUBWAYS, SERIAL KILLERS, DRAMA, MURDER, SPORTS FATALITY, BORN, DEATH

Another reporting coup by the New York Times

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly.

WAR!

1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria.

1842 - On this day Dr.William Brydon, a surgeon in the British Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, became famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 16,500 when he reached the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.

1847 - The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California

1865 Federals attack Fort Fisher NC.

1915 W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles.

1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast.

1942 Allied Conference for war trials.

1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St James Declaration.

1942 - The United States begins Japanese American internment.

1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca.

1943 Hitler declares "Total War".

1943 Russian offensive at Don under General Golikov.

1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal.

1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam.

TERRORISM

1954 Military rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested.

1987 W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking.

DISASTERS

1830 Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves.

1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430.

1915 Earthquake in Avezzano Italy kills 30,000.

1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14.

1982 Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into the 14th St Bridge in
Washington, DC, & falls into the Potomac River, killing 78.

1982 A Washington DC Metro Rail train derailed, killing 3 people.

1985 Express train derails in Ethiopia, kills at least 428.

1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa.

DRUGS

1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium.

GEEZERS

1985 99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course.

QUEENS

1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey.

SCIENCE

1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter.

POLITICS

1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued.

1733 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC.

1935 Plebiscite in Saar, indicates a desire (90.3%) to join Nazi Germany.

LAWSUITS

1979 YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song.

CYNICS

1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1785 John Walter publishes 1st issue of London Times.

FLAGS

1794 Congress changes US flag to 15 stars & 15 stripes.

DEALS

1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co.

PATENT

1854 Anthony Foss patents the accordion.

1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY.

1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet.

1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies.

CIVIL RIGHTS

1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC.

1966 1st black selected for Presidential cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD).

1990 1st elected US black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia).

LABOR

1869 Colored National Labor Union, 1st Black labor convention.

1874 Battle between jobless & police in New York City NY, 100s injured.

1902 Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1.

1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia.

1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike.

POLICE ACTIONS

1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king.

1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal".

SOCIETIES

1888 National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC).

1929 Humanist Society established, Hollywood CA.

POLITICAL PARTIES

1893 British Independent Labor Party forms (Keir Hardie as its leader).

REVOLUTION!

1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops.

JEWS

1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in Paris.

1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents; known as the Doctors' Plot.

PROGRESS

1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile.

1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip.

1928 The British War office abolishes the lance as a weapon of battle.

1928 - Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.

1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cincinnati OH.

1957 Wham-O Company produces the 1st Frisbee.

EXPLORERS

1911 Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay.

BLACK GOLD

1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests.

CARTOON

1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears.

SUPREME COURT

1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities.

DICTATORS

1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia.

POPES

1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow.

COUP

1967 Coup in Togo.

1986 Bloody coup overthrows government of South Yemen.

UFOs

1979 On this evening a farmer in Viterbo, Italy spotted a large fiery red sphere descend and land in a nearby pasture. The sphere changed color to a bright orange, then it began to dim revealing a two-meter wide metallic sphere. A small man wearing a silvery white suit emerged from the object and walked around the object, frequently bending down as if he was picking things up. The witness ran away from the scene.

MUSIC

1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album.

1979 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam.

WOMEN

1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire.

1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata".

1995 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race.

CRIME

1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each.

COMPUTER

1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain.

SUBWAYS

1989 Subway gunman Bernhard Goetz begins 1-year jail sentence.

SERIAL KILLERS

1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane.

DRAMA

1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan.

LEFTIST HERESY

1938 - Church of England accepts theory of evolution.

MURDER

1986 Abdel Fattah Ismail President of South-Yemen (1969-80), murdered.

SPORTS FATALITY

1968 Bill Masterson (Minnesota Northstars) checked into the boards & killed.

BORN

1628 Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
1808 Salmon P Chase (Senator-R) cabinet member, 6th chief justice (1864-73)
1832 Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (d. 1899)
1882 Alois Hitler's common-law wife, Franziska 'Fanni' Matzelberger, gives birth to Adolf Hitler's older half-brother, Alois Jr.
1884 Sophie Tucker [Kalish], Russia, singer/last of red hot mammas
1885 Alfred Fuller CEO (Fuller Brush Man)
1893 Clarke Ashton Smith US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
1909 Danny Barker jazz guitarist
1918 Lester Sill pioneer music publisher/record producer
1919 Robert Stack Los Angeles CA, actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries)
1931 Charles Nelson Reilly New York City NY, actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir)
1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder, Cheap Thrills)
1933 Tom B Gola NBA Hall-of-Famer
1934 Rip Taylor comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
1938 Billy Gray Los Angeles CA, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best)
1943 Richard Moll California, actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor)
1948 T Bone' Burnett rocker
1949 Brandon Tartikoff TV exec (NBC)
1949 Rakesh Sharma India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
1955 Jay McInerney author (Bright Lights, Big City)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus New York City NY, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Day by Day, Soul Man, Troll)
1966 Patrick Dempsey Lewiston ME, actor (Mike-Fast Times, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Can't Buy Me Love, Face The Music)
1966 Tabitha Stevens fictional character (Bewitched)
1970 Keith Mitchell Palm Springs CA, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
1971 Elmer Dessens Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1972 Byron "Bam" Morris NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers)

DEATH

1599 Edmund Spenser poet (Faerie Queene), dies at about 46
1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older" (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter, dies
1691 George Fox founder of Quakers, dies at 66
1864 Stephen Foster composer (My Old Kentucky Home), dies in a New York hospital at 37
1929 Wyatt Earp US marshall (OK Corral), dies at 80
1941 James Joyce novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zürich Switzerland, at 58
1962 Ernie Kovacs comedian, dies in a car crash in West Los Angeles, at 42
1978 Hubert Humphrey (Senator-D-MN, Vice President), dies at 66 in Waverly MN
1978 Joseph V McCarthy baseball manager (New York Yankees), dies at 96
1979 Donny Hathaway Chicago IL, rocker (Ghetto), commits suicide at 33
1982 Marcel Camus French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
1983 Doodles Weaver comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 71
1985 Carol Wayne Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess, dies at 42
1995 Ruby Starr vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44

January 13, the 13th day of 2008. There are 353 days left in the year.

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Today in History: January 10, 2008

ADVERTISING, WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTERS, DIPLOMACY, REBELLION, POLITICS, SEIZURES, UNREST, ACCIDENTS, LAWSUITS, ORDERS, POPES, ANNULLED, POETS, SPORTS, PROGRESS, BUSINESS, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, EXILE, MOVIES, CARTOONS, JEWS, SCIENCE, MUSIC, RESIGNATION, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CIVIL RIGHTS, DRUGS, MARTIAL LAW, TRIALS, BORN, DEATH

ADVERTISING

1984 Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"

WAR!

1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi.

1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US.

1861 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops.

1862 Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek).

1862 Battle of Romney WV.

1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR.

1900 Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown.

1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus.

1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies.

1943 1st US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco.

1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad.

1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma.

1966 India & Pakistan sign peace accord.

TERRORISM

1969 Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland.

DISASTERS

1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt.

1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard.

1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Perú.

1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500.

1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die.

1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die.

DIPLOMACY

1920 League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect.

1951 UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY.

1964 Panamá severs diplomatic relations with US.

1969 Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam.

1984 US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years.

REBELLION

49-BC- Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy.

1811 Louisiana slaves rebel in 2 parishes.

1863 January-uprising begins in Poland.

1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive".

POLITICS

1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published.

1967 Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia.

SEIZURES

1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel.

UNREST

1964 Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta.

ACCIDENTS

1993 - About 400 residents of Oakville, Man., were allowed to return home for the first time in three weeks. They had been forced from their homes after a train derailment spilled a load of toxic chemicals.

1997 Alvinio Misciano Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window.

POPES

0236 St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

0681 St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae.

ORDERS

1429 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain.

1430 Order of the Guilder forms.

LAWSUITS

1997 Dow Corning provides $2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits.

ANNULLED

1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & Joséphine.

PROGRESS

1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK.

1840 Penny Post mail system started.

1863 The London Underground, the oldest subway system in the world, opened 145 years ago today, in 1863. The first trains using steam locomotives that burned coke and later coal began running from Paddington to Farringdon in the City of London.

1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego.

1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY).

1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia.

1945 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close.

1946 UN General Assembly convenes for 1st time (London).

1951 1st jet passenger trip made.

POETS

1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding.

SPORTS

1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates.

1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins.

MARRIAGE

1948 - Future country superstar Loretta Lynn married Oliver (Mooney) Lynn. She was not quite 14 years old.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.

1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas.

1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce.

WOMEN

1878 US Senate proposes female suffrage.

1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas Governor, nation's 2nd woman governor.

EXILE

1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky.

CARTOONS

1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated.

1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts.

MOVIES

1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks.

JEWS

1941 Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews.

1947 British stop ships Independence & In-Gathering from landing in Israel.

1949 1st Jewish family show "The Goldbergs" premieres on CBS.

1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks.

1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

SCIENCE

1946 US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar NJ.

1969 USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus.

1978 Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.

MUSIC

1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record.

1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel".

1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts, #2 on the pop chart.

RESIGNATION

1957 Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was" premieres.

1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network.

1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC.

1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12 30 AM.

1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight".

CIVIL RIGHTS

1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Senator-R-MA) seat as 1st popular elected black.

1991 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans.

1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (re-broadcasted Jan 17th).

DRUGS

1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players.

MARTIAL LAW

1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre).

1991 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis.

TRIALS

1994 Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins.

FREE TRADE

1994 Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs.

BORN

1738 Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys)
1769 Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo)
1834 John Acton English historian/MP
1864 George Washington Carver agricultural scientist (estimate date - actual birthdate unknown)
1883 Francis X Bushman Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat)
1904 Ray Bolger Dorchester MA, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1908 Bernard Lee London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
1926 June Haver Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters)
1927 Lee Philips Brooklyn NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1928 Wallace Berry composer
1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer
1930 Roy E Disney CEO (Disney)
1938 Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich NHL Hall of Famer (Montréal Canadiens)
1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey 1st baseman (San Francisco Giant #44)
1939 Bill Toomey Philadelphia PA, decathlon champ (Olympics-gold-1968)
1939 Sal Mineo New York City NY, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1940 Harry Gant NASCAR driver
1943 Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown)
1945 Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers)
1945 Rod Stewart London England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy)
1946 Bob Lang rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1948 Cyril Neville US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon)
1948 Donald Fagen Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1948 William Sanderson Memphis TN, actor (Larry-Newhart, Deuce-Babylon 5, Blade Runner)
1949 Teresa Graves Houston TX, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 Walter S Browne US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1949 George Foreman Marshall TX, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1951 Kathleen Bradley Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1953 Bobby Rahal Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell Is for Children)
1958 Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist
1959 Chandra Cheesborough Jacksonville FL, 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-84)
1959 Don Letts rocker (Big Audio Dynamite)
1959 Kirk & Curtwood musician (Meat Puppets)
1968 Lyle Menendez NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
1969 Doug E Doug rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever)
1979 Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)

DEATH

1824 Victor Emanuel I king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
1862 Samuel Colt inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
1917 Buffalo Bill Cody army scout & Indian fighter, dies
1951 Harry Sinclair Lewis US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
1957 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67
1961 Dashiell Hammett author (Maltese Falcon, Thin Man), dies from throat cancer at 66
1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel French fashion designer, dies at 87
1976 Howlin' Wolf singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1978 John D Rockefeller III US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1980 George Meany labor leader, dies at 85
1981 Richard Boone actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1982 Paul Lynde comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney baseball president (National League), dies at 72
1996 Arthur Sydney Martin spycatcher, dies at 81

January 10, the 10th day of 2008. There are 356 days left in the year.

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Monday, November 26, 2007

Hillary Clinton: 17 Million Dollar Lawsuit Alleging Clinton Fraud "Frivolous"

Clinton's largest donor becomes largest, latest Plaintiff
She says frivolous, he says felonies...

A key case against Bill and Hillary Clinton has been winding its way through the California courts. A businessman, Peter Franklin Paul, has learned the hard way the price some pay to play in "Clinton's World."

California's Supreme Court has been asked to hear a claim Sen. Hillary Clinton wrongly invoked First Amendment protections to remove herself as a defendant from a multi-million-dollar lawsuit in which she and her husband are accused of defrauding the largest donor to her 2000 Senate campaign.

Business mogul Peter Franklin Paul – who claims former President Bill Clinton destroyed his entertainment company to get out of a $17 million agreement – is petitioning the state high court to rehear a recent appeals court ruling upholding a decision to remove the New York Democrat from the case.

The California Supremes upheld a lower-court decision to deny the Clinton's motion to dismiss the case. The well known pattern of the Clinton's strategy in dealing with these types of cases, dragging the lawsuits through the courts, the claimants through the mud, years of litigation, claims of "vast Republican conspiracies." Hillary claimed she should be dismissed as a defendant because she is a "public figure" who by law is immune from "frivolous" lawsuits.

In this case the cry of Republican shenanigans does not apply. Paul was the largest donor to Hillary's 2000 Senate campaign.

The lawsuit claims that the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination had knowledge of her husband's intent to defraud Paul and that she committed felonies by soliciting illegal campaign funds from him.

Bill and Hill allegedly intentionally defrauded Paul, not only a Democrat but Hillary's largest backer in her 2000 Senate race. Someone from the West Coast clique of Clinton sycophants. Talk about biting the hand that fed you.

Makes one wonder if Paul has given thought to switching his party affiliation. Large donations may be a thing of the past for Paul as his lawsuit claims the Clinton's actions destroyed Paul's entertainment company.

He Said, She Said

The California Court of Appeal upheld Sen. Clinton's removal as a defendant in the case based on the state's anti-SLAPP law, which was designed to protect public figures, in the exercise of their First Amendment rights, from frivolous lawsuits. But Paul contends the Democratic senator is abusing the anti-SLAPP law as an alternate way to be removed from the case after the state Supreme Court determined it should proceed.

A law, written by public figures designed to protect public figures using the 1st Amendment for protection from "frivolous" lawsuits.

What's even more interesting about this particular law?

As long as one is a politician and to some being a politician is a lifelong calling then one can try to play the "Get Out Of A Lawsuit" Chance Card just like Hillary did. They can claim that any lawsuit is frivolous and thus as a public figure, they are immune from prosecution.

To Hillary, this lawsuit is frivolous, to Paul this lawsuit is his shot at justice and matter of a few felonies alleging Bill and Hill defrauded Paul to the tune of 17 million dollars.

It's not as if Paul is suing the Clintons claiming Lincoln's mattress was too lumpy in the now defunct Clinton White House No-Tell Motel.

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For more on this story check Right Voices: UPDATE:SCANDALS SCANDALS EVERYWHERE……. Will Peter Paul Be Hillary’s Paula Jones?

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