RSSMore Fall Out From the Don Imus Comments … MSNBC drops Radio Show Simulcast
I guess we can look forward to more prison documentary shows in place of the morning Don 
Imus radio simulcast. First Imus was suspended, now it has gotten worse. MSNBC has decided to drop the syndicated talk shows radio simulcast under the pressure from Don Imus’ ill advised comments regarding the Rutgers woman’s basketball team. Could some one answer me one question? With all this attention given to Imus and his stupid comments against the young black woman of the Scarlet Knights, where is the same outcry against the rap industry that does the same if not worse every day?
NEW YORK (AP) – MSNBC said Wednesday it will drop its simulcast of the “Imus in the Morning” radio program, responding to growing outrage about the radio host’s racial slur against the Rutgers women’s basketball team.
“This decision comes as a result of an ongoing review process, which initially included the announcement of a suspension. It also takes into account many conversations with our own employees,” NBC news said in a statement.
MSNBC’s action came after a growing list of sponsors—including American Express Co., Sprint Nextel Corp., Staples Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., and General Motors Corp.—said they were pulling ads from Imus’ show for the indefinite future.
Two things are for certain; one, Don Imus’ comments were way out of line and ridiculous especially when targeting a group of individuals that were far from public figures. Going after a group of young female, college basketball players who’s only fault in life was that they fell one game short in an incredible run in the NCAA basketball tournament. That hardly makes them a public target for ridicule. They presented themselves well in their press conference, more than one can say for Don Imus’ mean, insensative and ridiculous comments.
Joe Francis, the “Girls Gone Wild” founder Now Indicted for Federal Tax Evasion
One way or another the law was going to catch up with video teenager skin merchant, Joe Francis,
the founder of “Girls Gone Wild”. They had earlier provided slaps on the wrist; however, this indictment is going to leave a mark. Francis was indicted for federal tax evasion for “illegally deducting more than $20 million in phony business expenses from his 2002 and 2003 corporate tax returns.”
According to a two count indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Reno, Nevada, Francis, 34, sought to conceal income through the use of offshore companies and nominees. At one point, he transferred $15 million from one offshore bank account to a California brokerage account in the name of a Cayman Islands corporation he controlled.
Read the full indictment at The Smoking Gun.
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Aruban Justice … One Happy Island … Sex Offender Given Four Months
All we can say is, why are we not surprised. There is some justice. One wonders what the three suspects were afraid of with sentences like this.
four months and two years probation, 100 hours community service, and rehabilitation surveillance against Henriquez.
Amigoe: Mandatory support for sexual offender
ORANJESTAD – An 18-year old father to be is convicted to four months imprisonment conditionally and 60 hours community service, because he had sex with a 13-year old girl, and at the same time, impregnated another 14-year old girl. The 13-year old girl, M.G. lived with David Regulo Henriquez in the neighbourhood. The two had sex with each other from March up till and included August of 2006. When the mother of the girl learned about this, she contacted the police. G. declared that she is in love with Henriquez and that the grandmother of the boy had encouraged her to go to the boy. Both declared having had consensual sex.
North Carolina AG to Drop Charges in Duke Lacrosse Case
As anticipated, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will drop all charges against the three Duke Lacrosse players. This ordeal looks like it is finally over; however, this case did not have a chance for quite some time. It was all a matter of how to end it. Now we look to the future for the law suits filed by the accused.
The three players, Reade Seligmann, David Evans and Collin Finnerty, were facing charges of first degree kidnapping and first degree forcible sexual offense. The charges stem from an off-campus party on the night of March 13, 2006.
Special prosecutors from the Attorney General’s office took over the case after Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong recused himself in January, citing charges of unethical conduct filed against him by the North Carolina Bar. Since then, Jim Coman and Mary Winstead have examined the case from scratch, interviewing key witnesses and working through reams of evidence.
The reasons that will be cited for the dismissal are not yet known, though the case has been riddled with criticism and colored by controversy since its early months. Defense attorneys released documents showing the accuser changed key details of her story in the weeks and months after the alleged assault. (ABC News)
What a travesty of justice this case was for both rape victims and the accused for the future. Nifong should be ashamed of himself. Nifong has harmed both victims and accused in rape cases for the future. All in what can only be seen as on all appearances as for political reasons. What a mess.
Decision in Duke lacrosse case awaited
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Three members of Duke University’s lacrosse team could learn as early as Wednesday whether state prosecutors will drop the remaining charges accusing them of sexually assaulting a stripper at a team party more than a year ago.
Red State: “Where do I go to get my reputation back?”
UPDATE I: Prosecutors Drop Charges in Duke Case
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – Prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against the three Duke lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a party, saying the athletes were innocent victims of a “tragic rush to accuse” by an overreaching district attorney.
Attorney General Roy Cooper, whose office took over the case in January after District Attorney Mike Nifong was accused of ethics violations in his handling of it, announced Wednesday afternoon that case shows clearly insufficient evidence.
“The result is these cases are over,” Cooper said.
Daily Commentary – Wednesday April 11th, 2007 – Searching for Illegal Alien Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
Dana discusses the difficulty:
- Searching for Illegal Alien Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl
Standard Podcast [2:38m]: Download
