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Thursday, January 21st, 2010Listening to online talk radio is like trying to navigate the Los Angeles freeway system at the peak of rush hour while hitting your forehead repeatedly with a hammer. Even if you make it to your final destination without shooting anyone, you worry that you’ll emerge from the car just a little bit dumber than [...]
Illuminati Alert!
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010I received the following email from Republic Magazine yesterday.  Conspiracy theory, a tax denier  scheme, and a get-rich-quick plan all in one convenient place!!!!! See, what I just wrote must be true because I used lots of exclamation points!!!!! !!!!!! Ok, I’ll stop now. Email: ********************************** !! TUESDAY !! 3pm EST William H. McIlhany!!! ********************************** Tuesday, 1/19/10, [...]
Utah "sovrun" arrested for threatening to kill an IRS employee on MySpace
Monday, January 18th, 2010Contrary to public belief, most right-wing extremists don’t spring from the womb with a Constitution in one little hand and a loaded firearm in the other, gurgling and cooing anti-government rhetoric and crying about gold fringe on the hospital diapers. Sure, a few have extremist parents to blame, but usually, they’ve chosen to walk the [...]
37 years in prison for Ed Brown, and not one drop of remorse
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010Summary: In short, Ed Brown was found competent to participate in his sentencing and the judge sent him off to spend 444 months in federal prison. Not that it matters, but this prison term is in addition to the 63 months from the tax-related case. Even if he qualifies for the maximum time off for [...]
Domestic Goddess vs. Domestic Terrorist: the Sentencing of Elaine Brown
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009Yesterday, “Elaine Alice: of the Family Brown, spelled in upper case and lower case letters†was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison. Keep in mind that that’s 35 years in addition to the 63-month sentence from the earlier, income tax-related charges. Even if she’s a model prisoner, and earns the maximum amount of “time [...]
Post-Trial Housekeeping
Saturday, July 11th, 2009A note to the Brown jurors For those of you who may have stumbled on to this blog after the verdict, welcome. And thank you. It may have been a bit intimidating for some of you to have been assigned to such a bomb and gun intense trial, but to those of us scribbling away on [...]
Brown Trial July 9, 2009: The Verdict
Thursday, July 9th, 2009At 1:35 pm, word spread through the courthouse that it was time to skedaddle up to Courtroom 4. The jury had a question. It turned out that they wanted to hear an excerpt of the trial transcript – the one I reproduced in a recent blog entry where Elaine threatened violence. Elaine Brown: You’ve got [...]
Brown Trial: July 8, 2009 Closing Arguments
Thursday, July 9th, 2009I am not a patient person, I tend to say whatever I want, and I’m just not that good at following rules. I would suck as a federal prosecutor. Contrary to Ed’s belief that government lawyers get to say anything they want all the time, and get all their motions and objections passed with a big, [...]
Brown Trial: July 8, 2009: From Make the Stand to Take the Stand
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009If you want to convince a jury that you’re not a militia guy, it’s probably best if your supporters don’t show up wearing militia chic – you know the look: camouflage pants, black t-shirt, suspenders and hiking boots. One supporter even used an infamous “International Driver’s License†to gain access to the courthouse today. The [...]
Brown Trial: July 7, 2009: Ed Brown takes the stand
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009Whew! It’s just been one of those days. The mystery of the elevator was solved, the prosecution rested their case after two witnesses, another juror has dropped out, leaving only one alternate, and it’s raining again in New Hampshire. Oh, did I forget to mention that Ed Brown took the stand? Silly me. Witness Jamie [...]
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