Alabama
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OK, so he didn't say that exactly. But he might as well have, for offering this little slice of logic: First he defends the massive pay raise the state legislature gave itself in 2007, saying that by paying legislators more, they're less susceptible to bribes. He then turned around and talked about a biblical imperative to keep teacher pay low . Details after the break, but y...
Left in Alabama - 4:08 p.m.
Because this study would have to hurt: Low IQ and Conservative Beliefs Linked To Prejudice The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward social...
Left in Alabama - 1:27 p.m.
Michelle Rhee, the controversial ex-DC Schools chief, and her organization StudentsFirst have been brought in by Gov. Bentley and Republican leaders to advise on implementing a charter school law here in Alabama. Meetings took place between state officials and Tom Colton, VP of Legislative Affairs of StudentsFirst, Tuesday ahead of a gathering of educational, state and local leader...
Left in Alabama - 8:09 a.m. - 9 clicks 
It's Blogroll Amnesty Day, aka b.a.d! b.a.d. is the holiday wherein we ask everyone in blogtopia (and yes, we coined that phrase) to link to 5 smaller blogs w/less traffic than theirs (no bad jokes about no blogs having less traffic than yours, please). RedEye's Links Geek Pavaler -Who is recovering from being hacked this week. Different Day Same Shit-...
Redeye's Front Page - 7:09 a.m.
It's amazing how fast folks in Washington can move after they wind up on 60 Minutes . Perhaps we should call it the insider trading hot potato . Yesterday the Senate passed the STOCK Act on a vote of 96 to 3, which is as close to unanimous as it gets these days. President Obama urged the House to pass the bill as well. Last week, I call...
Left in Alabama - 6:46 a.m.
Zac Parrish Ted Rollins, the CEO of Campus Crest Communities, has threatened to cut off all support to his ex wife and two daughters in Alabama over his anger about video interviews we published this week on Legal Schnauzer . Sherry Carroll Rollins, who lives in Birmingham with her daughters Sarah and Emma, said yesterday that Ted Rollins told her through an intermediary that he w...
Legal Schnauzer - 5:43 a.m. - 11 clicks
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions introduced President Obama this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast . Who would have thought Jefferson Beauregard could be so polite to our President? Sen. Jeff Sessions , (R-Ala.) introduced the president by thanking him "for all the way your strive for all Americans, you give your life to that." &nb...
Left in Alabama - Thu 8:08 p.m. - 9 clicks
I’m Jordan Pittman and I’m running for a chance to represent Alabama’s 6th Congressional District as a delegate at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. I am a Tuscaloosa native and currently live in Birmingham where I’ve resided for over 2 years. I’m 26 years old and have been an active volunteer in Democratic Party politics for several years. ...
Left in Alabama - Thu 3:47 p.m. - 9 clicks
And it's about time. We need to modernize our image. Today Rep. Joe Hubbard (D, Montgomery) filed a bill that would replace "Heart of Dixie" on Alabama tags with "State of Champions." He says it will bring industry and jobs to Alabama, instead of raising eyebrows. “Nobody in Alabama is prouder than I am of our rich history as the Heart of Dixie, but that...
Left in Alabama - Thu 1:00 p.m. - 12 clicks
Kudos to countrycat for highlighting Alabama Gives Day. There are so many great organizations on the list-- over a thousand! -- it isn't easy to find what you're looking for or decide which to support. Here are my favorites; the people doing the hard work of moving Alabama forward, 365 days a year. They have my support and I hope you think some of them deserve yours, ...
Left in Alabama - Thu 9:40 a.m. - 12 clicks
So, the same people who cost Alabama billions with their immigration crackdown are some of the same people who want to keep public teachers from getting a raise and reform education, code for a racist dog whistle . H/Tarchangelsk Take the following: Charter schools are necessary in areas of chronically failing schools and underserved children, [House...
Redeye's Front Page - Thu 8:02 a.m. - 15 clicks
Down in South Alabama, at a Tea Party forum in AL-01, the Republican agenda is laid bare: Impeach Barack Obama . (And yes, that implies they've given up hope of beating Obama at the ballot box.) Did GOP congressional candidates Pete Riehm and Dean Young seize the opportunity afforded by this forum to lay out their plans for putting America back to work, improving education, prote...
Left in Alabama - Thu 8:01 a.m. - 11 clicks
Ted Rollins Ted Rollins, the CEO of Campus Crest Communities, has the use of private jet craft and belongs to one of the nation's wealthiest families--the folks behind Orkin Pest Control and its parent company, Rollins Inc. Those were the findings of a South Carolina judge after Sherry Carroll Rollins filed for divorce from Ted Rollins in Greenville, where they lived. What happened...
Legal Schnauzer - Thu 7:07 a.m.
What if every Alabama resident supported a non-profit organization today? Think of the positive change you could help create in a state that desperately needs it. Alabama's non-profits have banded together and hope to raise a record amount of money online to support Alabama organizations. Learn more and donate online at the Alabama Gives Web site. It's easy: Search fo...
Left in Alabama - Thu 6:41 a.m. - 11 clicks
Joe Paterno Joe Paterno was laid to rest last week, leaving behind a debate on his failure to "do more" with information he received about alleged child sexual abuse involving former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The Penn State Board of Trustees fired the 85-year-old Paterno for his failure to "do more" after assistant coach Mike McQueary went to him in 2002 about a sc...
Legal Schnauzer - Thu 5:21 a.m.
I keep harping on this, I know. I say it nearly every time. But at a certain point, you just have to come to the conclusion that conservatives are conservative because they are, well, stupid. Via Think Progress , here's Alabama State Sen. Shadrack McGill (a Republican, of course) talking about why raising pay for schoolteachers would not just be a bad idea, it would be against the Bible : ...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Wed 9:04 p.m. - 13 clicks
Left in Alabama promoted a diary by blogger caterwaul begging democrats to be bad for one day and vote for Parker Griffith although he is an idiot , get this, he is a much less hideous prospect than Mo Brooks, and, because democratic candidate , C.L. Holley , doesn't stand a chance of defeating Mo Brooks because he's well...a black man ( my words ). Want to get rid of Mo B...
Redeye's Front Page - Wed 7:44 p.m. - 12 clicks
The Unicorn Police are back! In what is perhaps the most breathtaking bit of psychological projection ever, the House GOP leadership seeks to pass a bill to bar the use of Welfare funds at strip clubs. That's right: no lap dances for the poor & unemployed. Rep. Charles Boustany Jr. (R-La.), the chief sponsor of the strip-club loophole bill, said in an interview that the...
Left in Alabama - Wed 3:46 p.m.
The Suckers in Florida have spoken, and the winner(s) are the poster boy for the 1% and the lobbyist for the 1%. Willard "Mitt" Romney is NOT just like the rest of us. None of the gop candidates are. You get what you vote for. Speaking of getting what you vote for, here are some things you can learn about African Americans from the gop candidates . H/T Mack ...
Redeye's Front Page - Wed 8:28 a.m. - 2 clicks
Title II of HR 676 is “Finances”—let’s look at Subtitle A, Budgeting and Payments. A little dry, but very relevant, considering Alabama’s current budget squeeze and the threat to the 40% of Alabama children covered under our Medicaid! .... What do you think? Any comments, questions or suggestions to revise this section of HR 676? I hope t...
Left in Alabama - Wed 8:28 a.m. - 11 clicks
Alabama State Senator Shadrack McGill thinks that increasing public school teacher pay isn't just a bad idea. It's possibly an affront to the Will of God . "It's a Biblical principle." He says. "If you double a teacher's pay scale, you'll attract people who aren't called to teach." Excuse me, but preachers & missionaries get "called." Teacher...
Left in Alabama - Wed 6:04 a.m. - 13 clicks
Parker Griffith is an idiot. Please vote for him. Here’s the thing: Parker Griffith is a benign idiot, and Mo Brooks is a dangerous idiot. Parker Griffith in Congress is a much less hideous prospect than more Mo. Griffith is a devil we already know and he used to be a Democrat, and many Republicans (including officials of the party) regard him as a liberal. Want to get rid of Mo Brooks? ...
Left in Alabama - Wed 6:04 a.m.
Artur Davis Former Alabama Congressman Artur Davis has been conducting a world-class whine fest ever since he got spanked in the 2010 Democratic primary for governor. Davis has bolted to Virginia and supposedly started a law practice, but he can't seem to resist taking shots at his home-state liberals, whom he blames for costing him the governorship. Never mind that Davis repeatedly...
Legal Schnauzer - Wed 4:46 a.m. - 21 clicks
"Eustace Tilley 2.0: If you STAND in front of a mirror and CHAT "DICK Cheney" five times, he'll appear BEFORE YOU covered in BEES with a bloody HOOK instead of a HAND and tell you DEFICITS DON'T MATTER UNLESS THERE IS A BLACK MAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE." In comments: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/01/deficit-cuts-are- ...
Redeye's Front Page - Tue 5:01 p.m. - 2 clicks
In yet another example of " what happens when we defund community mental health clinics ," Madison County GOP Executive Comm. member (and Tom Butler-slayer ) Hugh McInnish is holding a presser. In an - ahem - interesting email being circulated throughout the state, Mr. McInnish is making some big promises. Birthers of America rejoice... Hugh McInnish has proof, yes PROOF!, that Pre...
Left in Alabama - Tue 2:47 p.m.
Watch CNN's Anderson Cooper call Alabama State Senator Hank Sanders out for his "race baiting robo call". Then read; Who's afraid of Saul Alinksy ? Time Warp Civil War Low IQ, Conservatism, and prejudice: Here comes the science... The Ugly Words of Newt Gingrich RNC Chairman compares President Obama to the Captain of the Shipwrecked Costa Concordia Cooper asked San...
Redeye's Front Page - Tue 8:05 a.m. - 17 clicks
Ted Rollins Ted Rollins, the head of a company that completed a $380-million Wall Street IPO in late 2010, is the " ultimate deadbeat dad ," according to his ex wife. Ted Rollins is the CEO of Charlotte-based Campus Crest Communities , a company that has built roughly 30 student-housing developments near college campuses across the country. A $26-million project is planned for Au...
Legal Schnauzer - Tue 5:05 a.m. - 2 clicks
Strike that. It's not wise for Geek Pavaler to blog about the Huntsville City School System. Here we go again . You know the drill . Blogger gets hacked after skewering the Status Quo. It can happen to you. I thought I was secure. I was careful about how I set up my blog, my e-mail, and my Twitter. I used unique, complex passwords. But it didn’t matter. I ...
Redeye's Front Page - Mon 9:06 a.m. - 17 clicks
Ray Crosby Having lived as a progressive through the Karl Rove era in Alabama, this reporter is not easily shocked. But when word started spreading early yesterday evening that a defendant had died on the eve of the Alabama bingo retrial . . . well, that was a stunner. Ray Crosby, a former legislative analyst in the Alabama Legislature, was found dead in his Montgomery home yeste...
Legal Schnauzer - Mon 8:44 a.m. - 24 clicks
America consists of two kinds of people--those who have heard from debt collectors and those who probably will hear from debt collectors. In a nation of easy credit, most Americans are just a few late payments away from entering the murky netherworld of collection companies, outfits with names like NCO, Mann Bracken, LVNV, and Asset Acceptance. Never heard of those? If you have a credit car...
Legal Schnauzer - Mon 4:47 a.m.
Sweet Home Alabama Governor Bentley and his red, republican controlled legislatur e propose giving more power to local school boards allowing them the opportunity to implement innovative strategies currently restricted by state law . In other words, allowing local school boards to give state law the middle finger. I thought school boards were elected by the people &...
Redeye's Front Page - Sun 7:10 p.m. - 14 clicks
What is wrong with this picture? Here we go again . Black folks from President Obama ,to Huntsville City Councilman Richard Showers , to RedEye still find ourselves being put in our place when we get uppity in post racial America. Some people will look at the above picture and say nothing is wrong with Gov. Jan Brewer (r. AZ) actions. I submi...
Redeye's Front Page - Sun 7:42 a.m. - 16 clicks
Remember when liberals ruined the country? H/T Leftwing Nutjob via Progressive Soup Welcome to my Blogroll! This is the latest gop pResidential debate in a nutshell, 4 white guys with the access to the best health care their million s can buy telling millions of Americans who don't have access to quality, affordable health care they don't need access to hea...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 27
The Two Party System-found at Truthdig We've already established there are two kinds of republicans, millionaires and Suckers, the above cartoon makes me aware the democratic party has it's on ahem shortcomings. The rich are getting richer at the expense of the middle class and the poor are getting the shaft. God bless America? Today's must reads GOP Cand...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 26
An apparent political hit on a family's cat in Arkansas has drawn national attention, and it's one of the most nauseating stories I've read in a long time. I only wish I could say it came as a surprise. Since starting this blog in June 2007, I've written frequently about wrongdoing among conservative elites in Alabama and beyond. That has made me a fair number of enemies, enough that bot...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 26 - 4 clicks
Whoopi Goldberg and Sherri Shepherd recently did a segment on ABC's The View discussing the reasons for less media and police attention for black missing children and adults. You can watch here . In the segment, ABC Investigative Reporter Chris Cuomo and "Law and Order" series actress S. Epatha Merkerson describe how the media often decide what missing children and adults to cover based on t...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 25
"Do you think we should spend more federal dollars we don't have to keep people in houses they can't afford?" Imus in the Morning replacement Joe Scarborough said NO, they should be tossed out into the street, in response to President Obama's proposal of a new task force to tackle investigation of bank's mortgage lending practices. So, how did investigating banks who put people...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 25
Don Corley, as a scout leader, with one of his sex-abuse victims. This moment in history, it seems, is when mankind will be forced to grapple with a child sexual abuse problem that is far worse than many of us imagined. Since former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested in early November and charged with molesting at least eight boys over a 15-year perio...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 25
Does anyone believe people who earn $21 Million Dollars a year wash their own clothes ? I mean, really? After viewing Mitts' tax return it's obvious he's the poster boy for the 1% , and that's fine. I'm not mad at Mitt because he's filthy rich. I'm mad at Mitt for trying to sucker the Suckers into believing "President Obama wants to raise their taxes." Uh, No...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 24
The corpse of a cat that belonged to the campaign manager for a Democratic Congressional candidate Our public discourse has sunk to such depths that a cat has been murdered in Arkansas, apparently for political reasons. The perpetrator, it seems, supports a Republican who is known for his strong "pro life" stands. The campaign manager for a Democratic Congressional candidate return...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 24
Watching poor Mitt struggle to be mean and hateful during last night's gop debate reminded me of something I overheard someone say about Robert Bentley (r) when he was running for Governor of Alabama~ He's really a nice guy, just hooked up with the wrong party . Although the gop establishment and the mainstream media have decided it's Mitt's turn , the gop base says Hell to...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 24 - 3 clicks
ABC World News clarified their reporting tonight while interviewing a family who was hit by the tornadoes. See the bottom of the diary for details. ABC World News with Diane Sawyer dropped a nice, steaming pile of lies as their lead story last night: video platform video management video solutions video player SAWYER: Something terrifying took the south by surpri...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 24
Nick Saban About 32,000 people turned out on Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa to celebrate the University of Alabama's latest national championship in football. It was Alabama's second title in three years, so perhaps now is the time to ask this question: Why in the heck is UA such a power on the football field? The simple answer is that the Crimson Tide has loads of ...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 24 - 3 clicks
Newt Gingrich After the results of Saturday's GOP primary in South Carolina, Americans face the real possibility that Newt Gingrich could become president. How did we get to such a frightening place? In a general sense, it's because Barack Obama has left himself vulnerable by failing to stand up for the progressive base that got him elected. To be specific, it's largely because of O...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 23
"Get them while they're young" is a phrase applied to numerous endeavors, basically meaning to reach youngsters with the proponent's ideas or message at a young age. Sometimes it takes on a broader meaning as it did when The Angry Black Woman wrote "Get Them While They're Young: An Idea Toward Creating An Anti-Prejudice Future" . She proposed a curriculum to give people, starting at the elementa...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 22
7:08PM CST Update: I've posted the liveblog diary for this outbreak . I'm going to keep it going as long as I can. 5:35PM CST Update: A PDS Tornado Watch has been issued for the area that the SPC put in the bullseye this morning. The watch is in effect until Midnight CST. PDS means "Particularly Dangerous Situation," which is enhanced wording added to a tornado watch to indicate the poten...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 22
Calvin McCall Haynes A second Birmingham man has been arrested in the murder of Talladega lawyer Blake Lazenby. We seem, however, to be no closer to learning why someone wanted to kill Lazenby, who was in the midst of a contentious divorce at the time of his death last July. Calvin McCall Haynes, 30, has been arrested and charged with one count each of solicitation of murder and ...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 22 - 6 clicks
And the winner of the gop South Carolina Presidential Primary is Newt "Sho I'm a Ho" Gingrich! Yee Haw! The Holy Rollers , I mean Evangelical Christians , Rope a Doped poor Mittens, I mean Willard. Snicker I wonder how the gop elite feel about that Super Pac money now? We have already established there are two kinds of republicans, millionaires/billion...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 22
In general, the federal Voting Rights Act requires states to draw majority-minority districts as long as they are compact and respect communities of interest. What might congressional maps of the 5 “deep south” states look like if this were not required? ...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 22
America is spending a lot of time and energy watching the Republican candidates in South Carolina and soon to be in Florida. At the same time, not much is being said about the economy, and that is odd because everybody is saying the economy and jobs are what are important to the American public and that will determine who wins the presidency in November. Among reports from the Associated Press...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 21
Daniel M. Acker Jr. It comes about 20 years too late, but The Birmingham News actually is producing some decent journalism in the story of Daniel M. Acker Jr., the politically connected teacher who was allowed to go on a child molestation spree in Shelby County, Alabama . We learned yesterday that two additional charges of first-degree sexual abuse have been filed ag...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 20
Newt Gingrich Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has caused a stir by saying that Barack Obama is a "food stamp president" and that poor people should want paychecks, not handouts. Gingrich went on to say that he wants to help poor people "learn how to get a job, learn how to get a better job, and learn someday to own the job ." The Gingrich statement presents all sor...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 19
Yesterday, the Supreme Court, in Maples v. Thomas , found that a prisoner sentenced to death did not lose his right to appeal when his attorneys from a fancy New York law firm abandoned his case. This has been called a mail-room mistake, but actually it's much worse. Here's a thumbnail of the case. The defendant, Maples, was charged 1997 with having murdered two of his pals in a n...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 19
Crystal L. Cox Many citizens probably think American courts are orderly places, where questions of facts are reasonably decided and the actual law is scrupulously applied. Those citizens almost certainly have never been involved in a legal case. I know, from first-hand experience, that our courts are anything but neat and tidy. Everyone involved in the process--parties, lawyers, cl...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 18
The Guess Who When I first heard of Facebook , I thought it sounded like a goofy idea and a colossal waste of time . Roughly 3,220 friends later--with quite a few likes and pokes in between--I've become a fairly serious "bookie." What's the coolest thing about Facebook ? Well, it's been fun to reconnect with old friends from Kickapoo High School and the University of Missouri. I...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 17
I never cease to be amazed by the conservative press. Here in Alabama, where I live, we have an explosive story unfolding. It involves a retired fourth-grade teacher named Daniel M. Acker Jr. who has confessed to molesting 21 girls over roughly two decades. This all happened in Shelby County, a Republican stronghold just south of Birmingham. The Birmingham News , our staunchly conservative me...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 17 - 11 clicks
John Archibald Someone needs to send an emergency medical team to The Birmingham News building, home to one of the most lazy, corrupt, and conservative newspapers in the country. Several members of the editorial team apparently need irony transplants--stat! First in line should be columnist John Archibald after he wrote a Sunday piece titled " Shelby County Shares in the Shame ."...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 17
Topics: The BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Risk Management Debacle, Gulf currents aided breakdown of oil after BP spill, study says, Revisiting the Deepwater Horizon Plumes, New NOAA study mirrors spill rate from BP well, Gulf of Mexico oil spill environmental data drives damage assessment, Claimants challenge holdback in BP oil spill case, In BP case, legal ties are topsy turvy: James Gill, Editorial: Wa...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 16
Can't we do better than this? I don't celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a holiday because it reminds me the reason he is not here on earth is because he was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee standing with striking sanitation workers . The gop Presidential candidates chose this day to hold a debate in South Carolina of all places. I can't wait to see how many tim...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 16
It's hard to believe it's been three years, 652 posts and 53,474 page views since I was forced to start RedEye's Front Page after being booted from Left in Alabama that fateful Friday, November 13th , 2009, because of the content of my comments and other post . It still hurts I'm no longer allowed to participate in the Informed, Involved, Progressive conversatio...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 14 - 2 clicks
Questions for Republicans Others Are Too Punk to Ask because they are getting paid thanks to Citizens United. Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit. I can vote again! If democrats aren't saying anything, nothing is what they'll hear. Hannah has a plan! None Dare Call it Treason . I refuse to believe the majority of the American Voters, not to be conf...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 14
It has been more than 10 years since I have been able to vote for Congress. I wasn't prevented by law from casting a ballot, just the fact that I live in one of the reddest districts east of the Mississippi River -- the 6th District of Alabama . You see, since 2000 there has been no Democrat on the ballot in the 6th District, which is represented by Spencer Bachus, the chairman of the House...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 14 - 2 clicks
William Barnes qualified as a candidate for the democratic primary in CD-6. Barnes represents the democratic wing of the democratic party ,which is probably why he didn't have the full support of the ADP when he ran against Dick Shelby for Senate in 2010. I'm glad he didn't let the experience sour him against running for political office again. I admire his courage and ...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 13 - 3 clicks
Ocie Lee Lynch The murder investigation in the death of a prominent Talladega attorney already is emitting a foul odor--and a suspect barely has been in custody for 48 hours. Ocie Lee Lynch, a 30-year-old Birmingham man, was arrested late Tuesday night in the murder of Robert Blake Lazenby, a partner in perhaps the most prestigious law firm in Talladega County. Lazenby died last ...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 13
Oops! Ex Gooberner Haley didn't follow the law when he released rapist and murders. In Mississippi, identities of pardon applicants must be made public. Remember the Scott sisters of Mississippi ,who were released from a prison after serving 16 years for a petty crime, on the condition one sister donate a kidney to the other? Well, the Scott sisters didn't get a full pardo...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 12
Blake Lazenby A 30-year-old Birmingham man has been arrested in the July shooting death of Talladega lawyer Robert Blake Lazenby. Ocie Lee Lynch was arrested late Tuesday night at a house in north Birmingham. Law-enforcement officials had said very little about their investigation after Lazenby was found dead of multiple gunshot wounds in his Sylacauga home. Lazenby's car had been ...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 12 - 4 clicks
And the winners are, Willard "Flip/Flop Mitt " Romney, Ron " racist newsletters " Paul, and John " country first McSame " Huntsman, in that order. Willard may have won, but 60% of voters voted for for the other guys. Which tells me republicans aren't sold on their front runner. I wonder why? Snark So now it's on to the racist, I mean conse...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 11
A vaccine-development company in Birmingham, Alabama, has taken a major step toward a possible contraceptive for dogs and cats . Vaxin Inc. received a $1-million grant that scientists hope will move them closer to an alternative to spaying and neutering pets. ...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 11 - 3 clicks
The CEO of a company that completed a $380-million Wall Street IPO in 2010 was a fugitive from justice for more than two years for failure to pay child support. Ted Rollins, CEO of Campus Crest Communities, had a bench warrant for his arrest issued on October 17, 2002, in Greenville, South Carolina. Judge Robert N. Jenkins issued the bench warrant after Rollins had been found in contempt fo...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 11
Black Agenda Report managing editor Bruce Dixon ask once black America gets over bragging rights what difference have presidential and congressional politics made lately? The answer is none. Despite the recent drop in unemployment figures, everyone gains while black folks lose. President Obama's agenda is working for some, but not for ALL. According t...
Redeye's Front Page - Jan 10
Nick Saban and his players celebrate their latest national title. For the second time in three years, the University of Alabama is the king of college football. The Crimson Tide took care of business by throttling LSU 21-0 last night in the BCS National Championship Game at the Superdome in New Orleans. When paired with Auburn's title last year, it means the state of Al...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 10 - 3 clicks
BP's PR campaign targets BCS game, and continues through Saints' playoffs. BP blasted by Norway’s regulator over offshore fire. Three firms appeal citations alleging Gulf spill safety violations. Halliburton denies destroying evidence in BP oil spill case. Transocean’s CFO steps down. Oil and gas group starts election push. You are in the current Gulf Watchers BP Catastrophe - AUV #575. AUV #5...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 9 - 2 clicks
Shelby County, just south of Birmingham, long has been known as the most conservative county in Alabama. Pretty much all public officials there are white and Republican; Democrats generally don't bother to run for office. The county touts itself as a "great place to raise a family," a place where "family values" and GOP politics are exalted. So it was interesting to learn last week that Shel...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 9
Daniel M. Acker Jr. The corrupt environment that has been at the heart of my reporting for four-plus years now has helped produce a serial child molester. That's how ugly things have gotten here in Shelby County, Alabama. Daniel M. Acker Jr., a retired elementary-school teacher in Alabaster, has been charged with four counts of sexual abuse and is being held in the She...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 9
One area where I wish liberals would get involved is sports. There are unions in sports, as it turns out, and there issues of sexism, and classism there as well. Just look at the Bowl Championship Series in American NCAA Division 1 Football: The Bowl Championship Series will distribute more than $174 million from its five bowl games, an increase of 22 percent over what was paid out last year...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Jan 6
Kenneth Earl Dukes A black minister in Alabama has filed a federal lawsuit after a warrant mistakenly was issued for his arrest on drug charges. Kenneth Earl Dukes lives in Montevallo, which is in Shelby County. That's the county where I live--and the jurisdiction where Mrs. Schnauzer and I have had our lives turned upside down by court-related corruption. I long have suspected t...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 5
John W. Rollins Sr. Ted Rollins, CEO of Campus Crest Communities, has been the subject of numerous posts here at Legal Schnauzer , focusing on his questionable legal tactics and business practices . Rollins has strong ties to Alabama because of a curious divorce case he brought in Shelby County against Sherry Carroll Rollins, even though the case had been initiated by Ms. Rollins ...
Legal Schnauzer - Jan 4
I am a believer in government. It is important to have safe streets, a justice system and a democratically elected institution to insure the health and welfare of the population. These functions add value to our way of life and create an environment for many citizens to pursue loftier endeavors such as education, commerce and the arts. My ideals are not everyone's obviously, this is America af...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Dec 24 - 2 clicks
Note: Tornado season goes from January 1 to December 31 As we approach the end of the year, it's hard not to look back and think about the hell most of the United States went through over the last 12 months. The immense southern drought and the resulting wildfires , the flooding in the Midwest , Hurricane Irene , and countless other disasters plagued the country (and the world) this yea...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Dec 23
Hello from the deep south. Yes, I am still alive and kicking in the fair state of Alabama. Wait did I just feel a collective shiver, well yep I'm here, and yes Alabama has turned back the clock to oh about 1950 something. Our private family joke "Alabama would be so great, if it weren't for the people. Akkkk! ...
DailyKos (Alabama) - Dec 19
