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27 Charged In Web Gambling Ring Bust..
Taken from Cnn.com : $1 Billion-A-Year Sports Betting Ring Busted, Those Nabbed include MLB Scout : (AP) More than two dozen people, including a professional baseball scout and a high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books. The il...
May 29, 2007, 6:45 pm - pumpi76

"If the Media Reported California News Like They Report News From Iraq
If the Media Reported California News Like They Report News From Iraq Written by Richard Geno Wednesday, December 20, 2006 Source Chronwatch.com The liberal media bias has been successful at undermining American efforts in Iraq in an effort to destroy the presidency of George W. Bush. The net effect has been to place the citizens of the United States in great jeopardy. The objectivity that journalists once...
Dec 20, 2006, 9:40 am - konane

goodbye leach
While the rest of the US will be discussing the Democratic victories that secured a House majority and a potential Senate majority, most online poker players will be discussing a single victory; the one that unseated 30 year incumbent Republican Jim Leach. Leach was the sponsor of the House bill that became the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act. With his stated goals of protecting American families and addressing a national security concern, Leach introduced HR...
Nov 8, 2006, 8:12 pm - LOTTOMIKE

goodbye dr. frist
Goodbye, Dr. Frist If Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) were still in his former occupation, he could well be sued by his 54 fellow Republicans, 99 senators, and the American people at large for malpractice. When he took the job as majority leader, I wrote in this space that the only thing in common between his new and o...
Sep 28, 2006, 12:27 am - LOTTOMIKE

the crackdown on internet gambling continues
Crackdown on Internet Gambling continues with Sportingbet and bill Only a couple of months ago, arguably the largest crackdown against online gambling began with the arrest of the CEO of BetonSports. Apparently, we haven't seen the end of this nightmare for those who enjoy Internet gambling. And now today,Online bookmaker Sportingbet said its chairman, Peter Dicks, had been detained by U.S. authorities, causing shares across the...
Sep 8, 2006, 12:40 am - LOTTOMIKE

"Hezbollah's incursion warrants Israeli reprisal
Hezbollah's incursion warrants Israeli reprisal Alan Dershowitz, Mitch Webber Guest Essayists (July 23, 2006) The Democrat and Chronicle editorial Israel overreacted (July 14) denounced Israel for an overwrought military response but failed to criticize Palestinian terrorists for the bombings, shootings...
Jul 25, 2006, 1:59 pm - konane

"Maybe Now We'll Get It
Maybe Now We'll Get It By Ralph Kinney Bennett Source Tech Central Station Daily Maybe, when this Lebanon thing is over, we'll finally get it: Guerrillas like to hide behind civilians. Muslim guerrillas take it a step further: Civilians are a weapon to them -- as much a part of the fight as the AK-47 or RPG they carry. Th...
Jul 24, 2006, 11:13 am - konane

five families----a very good mob book
The Mafia has long held a spot in the American imagination. Despite their earned reputation for brutality, the Mafia has been glorified in countless movies, books, and television shows. Not so in this book. Selwyn Raab makes no attempt to perpetuate myths about the Mafia; instead, he exposes them as a serious threat to honest citizens: "The collective goal of the five families of New York was the pillaging of the nation's richest city and region," he writes. These five families--Bonanno, Colo...
Jul 16, 2006, 5:09 pm - LOTTOMIKE

British Naval Tactics
This is the transcription of the ACTUAL radio conversation between the British and the Irish off the coast of Kerry, Ireland October 1998....
Jun 14, 2006, 9:59 pm - Tinker

"What the CIA is willing to do to hurt the Bush adm"
On a more interesting note here at home, seems we may have a real problem within the CIA. I've considered it sufficiently important that I've contacted my senators asking for a congressional investigation .... and will do so again as many times as it takes to get it done. When a nation has its president's own intelligence gathering agen...
Nov 30, 2005, 9:23 am - konane