http://peru21.pe/opinion/santiago-pedraglio-genero-no-olvidar-quienes-piensan-distinto-2273446 “Frente a todo esto, el gran desafío es explicar –y convencer de– por qué el enfoque de igualdad de género –no la “ideología”–, así como la adecuada información sobre los otrora temas tabú, otorga mayores garantías a la integridad y a la mejor realización –incluso profesional– de sus hijos e hijas, además de que no alienta ninguna orientación sexual, sino que predomine el respeto.” El señor Santiago Pedraglio no sólo es periodista es también viejo, siendo periodista debe estar informado y ser viejo nos obliga a actualizarnos si nuestra pretensión es seguir siendo un referente de opinión. Pedraglio lastimeramente no está informado y su actualización en cuanto a la sexualidad es tan…
Santiago Pedraglio y la "ideología de género"
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SCOTUS bars Due Process vagueness challenges to voluntary sentencing guidelines
On March 5, 2017, I blogged about the importance of challenging criminal laws for vagueness and overbreadth. The very next day, the United States Supreme Court confirmed the overbreadth doctrine as it applies to statutes, but said that Due Process vagueness challenges do not apply to voluntary sentencing guidelines. Beckkles v. United States, ___ U.S. ___ (March 6, 2017). Beckles challenged the federal sentencing guidelines §4B1.2(a)’s definition of “crime of violence” — for purposes of determining whether a convicted defendant qualifies as an armed career criminal — as vague, in the portion of that guidelines section that included any offense that “otherwise involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another.” Beckles bars challenging sentencing guidelines for Due Process vagueness challenges, because the Supreme Court over a decade ago ruled that all state and federal…
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Georgia Court Affirms Motion to Suppress When State Failed To Prove Consent to Blood Test
As previously discussed on this blog, police seeking to take a blood test of an individual believed to be intoxicated are required to obtain consent before proceeding with such tests, since the test itself constitutes a warrantless search. Without consent, a warrantless search is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. While in many cases, consent is as simple as a clear yes or no answer, this is not always true when dealing with individuals who are heavily intoxicated. If they are suffering from serious confusion or disturbances resulting from severe alcohol or drug intoxication, an individual may be physically incapable of truly consenting to a blood test. A recent case before the Georgia Court of Appeals considered just these circumstances. C.B. was arrested for driving under the influence after her car was found in the middle of an intersection, still in gear, with C.B. asleep at the wheel. Officers managed to awake C.B. and attempted to speak with her. She was…
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Salomón Lerner Febres y la marginalidad
http://larepublica.pe/impresa/opinion/855118-cultura-de-la-marginacion “Luchemos, pues, por la esencial dignidad de todo ser humano e invitemos a nuestra población para que desde su niñez entiendan que la fraternidad es un valor primero que ha de resistir embates de aquellos que no han comprendido aún lo que es la naturaleza y dentro de ella la conducta buena de las personas, aquella alejada de prejuicios y que hace de la justicia, la tolerancia y la caridad valores fundamentales” El señor Salomón Lerner Febres termina su reto a la marginalidad con el párrafo precedente. El pensamiento de este señor, seguro estoy es el que invocan los Palestinos, pero en ese caso de absoluta JUSTICIA nadie dirá nada. En este gobierno, dirigido por un anciano con grandes conocimientos y perfectas soluciones que, por serlo, no pasan del papel en que han sido escritas, los que mandan son la MINORÍA de…
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NYTimes Opinion: The Truth About the WikiLeaks C.I.A. Cache
NYTimes Opinion: The Truth About the WikiLeaks C.I.A. Cache\ by Zeynep Tufekci: Not all that is made out to be; unfounded assumptions by the press based on hype from Wikileaks.
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The “Pig’s Rectum” Exception
Some people just have a way with words, and Andrew Fleischman expressed the problem with notable aplomb: In my experience, an officer will claim to have experienced a lot of things when two hundred grand is on the line. If he had to claim to know the exact taste of uncooked pig rectum to seize the assets, you’d better believe his training would cover it. This tasteful explanation comes in response to the commonplace justification for a seizure of $201,000 from a safe found in James Leonard’s car during a search conducted with the putative consent of his passenger. Police pulled James Leonard over at 3 in the morning for speeding and following too closely. For some reason, this led to a discussion of how much money he was carrying with him. He said $800. His passenger said $1000. Police asked the passenger for consent to search the car, and she allegedly gave it, though the encounter doesn’t seem to have been filmed. Police found a safe in the trunk of the car.…
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This is how it all ends for 45; with a bang and then a whimper.Some international crisis occurs. North Korea shoots a missile that hits a beach in Japan. Or Russia invades a neighbor. Or ISIS blows up a ship in NY Harbor. Or all three occur on a Saturday when Trump is at his singular and solitary best.The President reacts. Then he over-reacts. The rational professionals around him become concerned. They won't authorize the release of nuclear weapons against North Korea or Iran while the president is sending Tweets attacking Iran, North Korea, Rosie O'Donnell, Warren Beatty, and the National Parks Service.The stock market opens the next day down 4,000 points at the open.Justifiably worried about his mental status, a majority of the Cabinet votes to remove the president under section 4 of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment by notifying congress that the President is unable to discharge his duties.The President retreats with his remaining loyal staff to Mar-A -Lago.…
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The Probationer, Child Pornography and the Warrantless Searches
This post examines an opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit: U.S. v. McCoy, 847 F.3d 601 (8thCircuit 2017). The court begins by explaining that[a] jury found Frank R. McCoy guilty of possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S. Code §2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2). The district court sentenced him to 121 months' imprisonment. He appeals the conviction. . . . U.S. v. McCoy, supra.The opinion began by explaining how and why McCoy was convicted and given the sentence he received:McCoy wrote, posted, and emailed links to stories about the rape, torture, and murder of children. He was convicted of transporting obscene matters, in violation of 18 U.S. Code § 1462, and sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and two years' supervised release. The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction. United States v. McCoy, 602 Fed.Appx. 501 (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit), cert.…
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Traffic Tickets in Las Vegas
Ignoring a traffic ticket can quickly turn a minor inconvenience into a major problem. That’s because the court will notify the DMV that you failed to appear or pay your fine, which means that your license can be suspended. Even if you do take care of your tickets on time, you could still land in hot water. If you receive three moving violations in a twelve-month period, the DMV can suspend your driving privileges. If you’ve run into trouble on the road, then you need a Las Vegas traffic ticket attorney to work for you. Drivers often think that they are doing the right thing by pleading guilty to a moving violation in Nevada or simply paying their ticket. What they overlook is that a guilty plea adds demerit points to your driving record. Every one of those points can make your insurance premiums skyrocket. That’s bad news for your wallet. Most people wouldn’t think of hiring a Las Vegas traffic ticket attorney. However, this can be a costly mistake.…
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van Oorschot et al. on Remorse in Context(s)
Irene van Oorschot, Peter Mascini and Don Weenink (Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Law and University of Amsterdam) has posted Remorse in Context(S): A Qualitative Exploration of the Negotiation of...
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ABA White Collar Crime Conference - Keynote Acting Assistant AG Criminal Division
Acting Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division Kenneth A. Blanco was the keynote speaker for the final morning's program of the ABA White Collar Crime Conference of 2017. He spoke about transnational and money laundering crimes and government prosecutions in this...
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Philippine House approves reinstating death penalty
Source: The Straits Times (8 March 2017)http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-house-approves-reinstating-death-penaltyThe Philippine House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a Bill to reinstate the death penalty, more than a decade after it was abolished.Despite intense lobbying by the influential Roman Catholic church and human rights and pro-life groups, the proposal was passed yesterday 216 to 54, with one abstention, eight months after it was filed.President Rodrigo Duterte pushed for the reinstatement to add even more teeth to his brutal war on the narcotics trade."The death penalty to me is retribution… You pay for what you did in this life," he said last year.Under the House-approved Bill, so-called heinous crimes would be punishable by death. Those include some forms of rape and murder, as well as drug offences, including the import, sale, manufacture, delivery and distribution of narcotics.Capital punishment would…
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How To Find Out What's In Legislation
This is off topic but too good to pass up.A few years ago, Nancy Pelosi notably told the country that the best way to find out what was in President Obama's health care bill was to pass it. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that this remark became a world-wide joke.A few days ago, with no known sense of irony, Ms. Pelosi insisted that the country must first know what's in the replacement for President Obama's health care bill in order to pass it.See the third sentence in her letter to Speaker Ryan.
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*Update* Injury crash in Canyon County
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE District 3 Patrol 700 S. Stratford Dr., Meridian 83642 (208) 846-7550 Fax (208) 846-7520 For Immediate Release: 03/11/17 1:01 a.m. Please direct questions to the District Office *****UPDATE***** Maria Keesee succumbed to her injuries at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Next of kin has been notified. KAB/PLH *****END OF UPDATE***** On Friday, March 10, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. the Idaho State Police investigated a one-vehicle, injury crash eastbound on State Highway 55 at milepost 14.5, west of Midway Road in Nampa. Maria Keesee, 41, of Nampa, was traveling east in a 2004 Nissan Murano. The vehicle crossed the center line into oncoming traffic and into a field. The vehicle came to rest in a canal off the roadway. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the…
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Tenth Amendment Center: New Hampshire House Passes Bill Banning Support for Warrantless Federal Spying Programs
Tenth Amendment Center: New Hampshire House Passes Bill Banning Support for Warrantless Federal Spying Programs by Michael Bolden: CONCORD, N.H. (Mar. 10, 2017) – The New Hampshire House has passed a bill that would ban “material support or resources” to … Continue reading →
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Are Millennials Constant Drips? (Update)
Not that anyone ever considered crusty old Michael Hayden a credible source of pop culture, but he’s dropped some shade and a poop emoji on a generation in condemnation of leaks of national secrets. Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told the BBC this week that he blames millennials for the government’s secrets being leaked to the public. “In order to do this kind of stuff, we have to recruit from a certain demographic,” he said, referring to government surveillance. “And I don’t mean to judge them at all, but this group of millennials and related groups simply have different understandings of the words loyalty, secrecy, and transparency than certainly my generation did.” He specifically cited whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden and speculated that whoever recently gave the CIA spy tool files to WikiLeaks was also likely a millennial. Whether or not his examples bear out his point is another…
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Don’t Preet Me, Bro
On the twitters, New York Times reporter Charlie Savage offered a curiously twisted version of his own story. BREAKING: Trump demands resignation all 46 Obama holdover US attorneys, including Bharara of SDNY who was to stay on https://t.co/XwIHq9BaZ2 — Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) March 10, 2017 As reported, Acting Attorney General either “asked” or “instructed” the 46 remaining Obama administration United States Attorneys to tender their resignations. But on Friday, Mr. Bharara was among federal prosecutors who received a call from Dana Boente, the acting deputy attorney general, instructing him to resign, according to a person familiar with the matter. As of Friday evening, though some of the prosecutors had publicly announced their resignations, Mr. Bharara had not. A spokesman for Mr. Bharara declined to comment. See that in there, “According to a person familiar with the matter”? Just saying. But this was confirmed in an…
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Software results in mistaken arrests, jail time? No fix needed, says judge
See also: Court’s new multimillion computer system creates trouble for inmates, staff and When a system upgrade gets you arrested3-11-17 California: "Clerical errors… will occur regardless of the case management system used by the court." OAKLAND, Calif.—A local judge has ruled against the Alameda County Public Defender’s demands to revise, and possibly even halt, usage of a flawed case
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MA: Impoundment unreasonable in purported “high crime” area that was partly residential with other cars already there; Swiss Army knife not an indicator other weapons in car
Defendant was stopped and arrested in a “high crime” area [which apparently didn’t include stripping cars]. The area was partly residential and other cars were parked on the street, too. That alone didn’t make it reasonable to have to impound … Continue reading →
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ND: Cell phone subject to probation search of house where CP suspected to be on it
Defendant was on supervised probation, and is PO received information from his girlfriend that he had “provocative” pictures of clothed young girls he was uploading to a cell phone that had no service. It was reasonable to seize and search … Continue reading →
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