John Edwards’ wife gives loudmouth Ann Coulter the smackdown

This is actually pretty funny. When confronted about her previous statements, first by Edwards’ wife Elizabeth, then by Chris Matthews of Hardball, Coulter plays dumb, pretending like she doesn’t remember saying, just the day before this interview, that she wishes John Edwards would be killed in a terrorist attack, and pretending like she doesn’t [...]

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UCLA student handcuffed and repeatedly tasered for refusing to show ID

Per YouTube description:
Nov 14th, 2006, around 11:30 pm, Powell Library CLICC computer lab, UCLA: student shot with a Taser multiple times by UCPD officers, even after he was cuffed and motionless.According to eye witnesses, it started when student Mostafa Tabatabainejad did not show a Community Service Officer his student ID. Eye witnesses said the student [...]

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Ron Paul flip-flops on Ed & Elaine Brown

Here, Ron Paul compares Ed and Elaine Brown to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Here, Ron Paul claims he never said what we just watched him say.

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The “War On Skateboards” continues ….

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Reno’s dad reports that Ed Brown is not what he appears to be

Here’s a letter written by Jose M. Gonzalez, the father of one of the men at the Ed and Elaine Brown house (Cirino aka Reno). Jose went to Plainfield to defend Ed and Elaine alongside his son, only to be asked to leave. His impression of Ed Brown is particularly enlightening. [I have [...]

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Lawyers Gone Wild

From The Houston Chronicle:
Perry ”Bit” Whatley, 84, a former Baytown refinery worker and lifelong Texan, spent his final days in self-imposed exile, a fugitive from a more than two-year-old fight with the state probate courts.
Whatley was living in Arizona when he died, but it was not where he wanted to be, away from his home, [...]

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Paris Hilton’s trash (but now those three words can be taken two ways)

Considering that I regularly use the word “trash” to describe ultra-skanky heiress Paris Hilton, I found this a little amusing. From Yahoo News:
LOS ANGELES – So, how much would you pay for an empty dog-food can if you thought it was snatched from Paris Hilton’s trash? So far the answer is $0.
But the [...]

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DC judge who sued drycleaner for $54 million loses not only his case, but his mind as well

[TiGirl is unavailable right now, so at her suggestion I'm updating one of her previous entries by posting a new article from my blog - ENM]
By now, most people have probably heard about the case involving Roy Pearson, a Washington, DC administrative law judge, who sued a dry cleaner for $54 million, over a missing [...]

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Grandma registers dog to vote, faces misdemeanor charges

From Seattle Times:
Jane Balogh had a pretty good idea who was calling when the phone rang and the caller asked for Duncan M. MacDonald.
Duncan is the dog Balogh registered as a voter seven months before the November 2006 election.
Duncan’s absentee-ballot envelope was signed with a picture of a paw print.
“You can’t sign [...]

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Loony pseudo-libertarian Imperato strikes again

I1connect News: Ralph Nader and Daniel Imperato “More Voices and More Choices”
In what has been one of the busiest weeks for independent political activity, corporate activist and former presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, has indicated that he is exploring another run at the White House in 2008.
During a televised interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday, [...]

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CIA gone wild: secret prisons in Europe

From ABC News:
The CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, including in Poland, said the head of a European investigation who was to present new findings Friday on what he has called a “spider’s web” of human rights abuses during the war on terror.
“We have proof, on the basis of information collected, of the existence [...]

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This is just entirely too cool

From ABC News:
It goes zero to 60 in about four seconds. Its top speed is 130 miles per hour. And it doesn’t use an ounce of gasoline.
It’s the Tesla Roadster, a new car that’s fueled entirely by electricity and could be hitting the lot just in time. Today the Energy Department reported that [...]

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Woman thought she was a citizen, faces deportation for voting

From ABC News:
All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even won election to the City Council of Adelanto.
But now she is facing a threat of deportation for illegally voting, because she never became a citizen after being brought to this country from Cuba when she was 1 year old.
“To be [...]

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DeNiro’s Terrorism Press Conference from SNL

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World’s Ugliest Dog Winner

As someone who regularly takes in rescued dogs, I was interested to see this item. Poor little fella. I’d adopt this one in a minute, for fear that no one else would.
From ABC News:
Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, was crowned the world’s ugliest dog Friday, a distinction that delighted the [...]

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Law enforcement involvement in death of CA woman ignored by ER personnel

We’ve probably all heard the story of Edith Isabel Rodriguez, who died in a Los Angeles emergency room after being refused treatment. Concerned people on the scene called 911, and were told there was nothing cops or paramedics can do, since she was already in a hospital. Hospital personnel stepped over her while [...]

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Medical Marijuana Bill in Connecticut Vetoed by Governor

From FOX News:
Connecticut’s governor, a cancer survivor, vetoed a bill that would have allowed people with certain serious illnesses to use marijuana, saying it was fraught with problems and sent a mixed message to children.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell said Tuesday that she struggled with the decision.
“I am not unfamiliar with the incredible pain and heartbreak [...]

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MSNBC smartasses review third-party prez candidates’ Myspace pages

Third-party candidates take to the Web
They don’t have a chance in hell, but they’ve got awesome MySpace pagesBy Helen A.S. Popkin & Guest Avatar Ree Hines
MSNBC contributorsUpdated: 6:56 p.m. ET June 21, 2007What Third Party candidates lack in funds, MySpace friends and a snow ball’s chance in Hades, they more than make up for in [...]

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God forbid that detainees should actually have rights …..

By MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is nearing a decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detainee facility and move its terror suspects to military prisons elsewhere, The Associated Press has learned.
Senior administration officials said Thursday a consensus is building for a proposal to shut the center [...]

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Blog rating tool shows LFV is squeaky clean compared to ENM blog

I found a nifty little tool, which rates blogs just like movies are rated, based on content.
Not surprisingly, LFV got an R rating. That rating was based on the words “gay”, “gun”, “shit”, and “kill”. Apparently Paulie’s favorite word is rated G these days, LOL.
I ran my own blog through it, and shockingly, [...]

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Censored OJ Simpson book leaked; many believe it to be a confession

As you may be aware, OJ Simpson’s book, titled If I Did It, describes how – if in fact he were guilty – he would have murdered his ex-wife (Nicole Brown Simpson) and her friend (Ronald Goldman). Admittedly, it’s an extremely strange idea for a book, but was also sure to be a [...]

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XM Satellite Radio Launches New ‘08 Presidential Election Channel

Below is an announcement from XM Satellite Radio. There’s no word on whether they will provide third party coverage, but it would certainly seem so since 24/7 commercial-free is an awful lot of airtime to fill (and it’s going to get very boring, very quickly, if it covers only the two major parties):
XM Satellite [...]

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Survey Allegedly Reveals Your Ideal Candidates, Lists Kent McManigal as LP Choice

All you have to do is answer 25 questions.
Admittedly the site could be improved, since it lists no LP candidates except Kent McManigal (who’s no longer even running except as a write-in candidate) and references a lot of organizations that I’ve never even heard of (but they expect me to say whether I agree with [...]

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Vast Majority of Americans Think Bush and Congress Both Suck For Air

From Reuters:
President George W. Bush’s approval rating has dropped to 29 percent in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday, his lowest mark ever in that survey, which also found only 23 percent approved of the job Congress was doing.” President George W. Bush’s approval rating has dropped to 29 percent in an [...]

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Cops and Rubbers

Believe it or not, this is real. I’ve been to Lakeland, and they have a helluva lot bigger problems than teenage boys stealing condoms. I bet the boys are really wanted for something else. Either that, or everyone in Lakeland is an idiot. I could go either way.

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Imperato and Chapman: Wacky LP Candidates Separated At Birth?

Okay, let’s start with their physical appearance. No, I have not altered these photos in any way, with the exception of scaling down the Chapman photo to fit the space:

Hmmm …… well, they sure do look alike.
Both also seem to have a proclivity for shameless self-promotion (almost everything you’ll find on either of them [...]

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Latest Gallup Poll Says Nearly Half of Americans Are Blathering Idiots

Found on Stupid Evil Bastard:
The results from the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll on Evolution continue the trend of idiocy in this country on the topic of Evolution.

“Evolution, that is, the idea that human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life” is probably or definitely false”: 44%

“Creationism, that is, the [...]

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The French Take An Interest In Kent McManigal

Former LP presidential candidate (now a write-in candidate) Kent McManigal is engaged in a very interesting forum conversation with some folks from France who took an interest in his views and his campaign.
Here’s a taste of the questions they asked Kent:
Political fiction, again. You’re at the White House. Iran just acquired nuclear weapons, with abilities [...]

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Allen Hacker Asks For Even More Money, Pays Self With Email List

Got this from Third Party Watch:
Closing out the Badnarik Campaign
(Sorry that you got this twice, the formatting failed in the original!)
Well, folks, it is almost over.
With a little negotiation and adjustments to be done, some re-filing of FEC reports, the last bills paid, and only a few thousand more in contributions to make that happen, [...]

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