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The Hoosierpundit: Obama Refused to Be Photographed with F-22

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:37:00 -0500

Talk about petty and small:

When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska’s Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger[sic]. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older [...]

The Hoosierpundit: Oxley II Pleads Guilty, Gets Slap on Wrist

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:30:00 -0500

The conclusion of the curious saga of Dennie Ray Oxley II and his habit of getting into trouble in public when he has been drinking.

The Courier-Journal:

INDIANAPOLIS — Former state Rep. Dennie Oxley II, the 2008 Democratic candidate for Indiana's lieutenant governor, [...]

The Hoosierpundit: How Government Gets a Job Done

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:14:00 -0500

Hat tip: Schansblog. [...]

The Hoosierpundit: A Tough Year: “Man Plans, God Laughs”

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:12:00 -0500

Jim Geraghty:

If you think you've had a rough year, think of how our friends on the left must feel. On January 1 of this year, they probably thought . . .

A stimulus bill would create jobs and lower the unemployment rate.

ACORN was a' [...]

The Hoosierpundit: Photo of the Day: Twitter #Fail

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:01:00 -0500

Hat tip: Media Blog at National Review. [...]

The Hoosierpundit: Canadian High Court Says Walmart Can Close Stores to Stop Unionization Efforts

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:59:00 -0500

I wonder if this ruling might get the attention of international-minded jurists (and international-minded folks in labor unions) south of the Canadian border.

Somehow, I doubt it.

It might be hard ball. It might even be, to use the judges’ own words, “socially reprehensible.” But Wal-Mart has [...]

The Hoosierpundit: A Great Listener

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:58:00 -0500

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The Hoosierpundit: Bipartisan Response

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:57:00 -0500

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The Hoosierpundit: Bulls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:56:00 -0500

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stAllio!'s way: this land isn't your land

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:14:00 -0500

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i had this idea a month of two ago when i was too busy to work on it, then suddenly realized a few days ago that it would be great for the threadless loves' [...]

Advance Indiana: Hostettler Announces Bid For Bayh Seat

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:28:00 -0500

Former U.S. Rep. John Hostettler (R) threw his hat into the ring in the race to unseat Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh. That makes him the fourth candidate to join the Senate primary race on the Republican side. State Sen. Marlin Stutsman had been considered the leading candidate in [...]

Gary Varvel: Bulls

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:45:00 -0500

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The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - Still more on "David Camm defense seeks special prosecutor to replace Henderson"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:44:07 -0500

Updating this ILB entry from earlier today, this report from WIBC Indianapolis has a few new pieces of information addressing... [...]

Kenn Gividen's DailyKenn.com: Today's top stories

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:17:00 -0500

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Pelosi: Wall Street tax 'has a great deal of merit'
Teens, Young Adults Are Sexting Like Minks
Putin in Running for Russian Presidency
Obama science officials defend warming research
White firefighters promoted after lawsuit
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Fort Wayne Libertarian Party: Afghanistan and Iraq: An observation

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:43:00 -0500

In 2001, the US demanded that the Taliban hand over Osama bin Laden. Had they complied, we would not be at war with them and they would be in control of Afghanistan.

In 2003, the US demanded that Saddam Hussein allow UN weapons inspectors to search for WMD's. If' [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Law - Following up on "Concord Online Law School Places Second in National Moot Court Competition"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:57:36 -0500

Following up on this ILB entry from July 13, 2009, which ended:The point? Virtual schooling is now accepted at the... [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - Still more on "Group challenges arrests of Notre Dame protesters"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:49:27 -0500

Updating this ILB entry from Sept. 10, 2009, which quoted a South Bend Tribune story headed "Defense claimed judge in..." [...]

The Bilerico Project: Am I intersexed? Who cares!

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:00:00 -0500

Did you get a genetic test to see if you're intersex?

I get the question once every few months, usually from a well-meaning and honestly curious person. It's an interesting question, as well as a bit of a hot-button issue within the transgender community. I mean, who' [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Courts - "Trial of Blogger Accused of Threatening 7th Circuit Judges Opens"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:55:36 -0500

Just so you know, a trial with bizarre facts is taking place in Brooklyn. Today's New York Law Journal story... [...]

Indy's Conservative Hardball: A worthy opponent for Bayh

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:45:00 -0500

Things just got interesting...

Former Congressman John Hostettler announced earlier today that it is his intention to be Indiana's next United States Senator, replacing "asleep at the wheel" Evan Bayh.

Here's an exerpt from his announcement (from his website):
Over the next [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Law - "‘Fear of Falling’: How the U.S. News Rankings Have Changed Law School"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:43:09 -0500

Fascinating. The WSJ Law Blog's Ashby Jones' just-posted entry begins:It’s something we all sorta know — that the law school...' [...]

Blue Indiana: John Hostettler Challenging Bayh

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:41:27 -0500

In one of the more hilarious political stories of the day, former Congressman John Hostettler has announced he'll be running against Evan Bayh in next year's election.

Check out his Youtube announcement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Politico has the story here: http://www.politico.com/news/s...

You might remember Hostettler as one of the dumbest members of congress.' [...]

HoosierAccess: Suddenly a Crowded GOP Field Emerges

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:27:06 -0500

With the announcement from former 8th District Congressman John Hostettler that he’s jumping in the race to challenge Evan Bayh for his senate seat, the 2010 Republican Senate primary is looking crowded (that is if each of the four announced challengers can get the 5,000 signatures needed to get [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Courts - PACER's $0.08 a page rate adds up in a hurry

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:20:46 -0500

That is the conclusion from this WIRED story by Ryan Singel, headlined "DOJ Pays $4M a Year to Read Public..." [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - More on: Supreme Court weighing use of tests in sentencing

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:14:57 -0500

Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 16, 2009, which was the latest of a long list of ILB entries on... [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - More on: Rokita's office accuses ISTA of securities violations

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:12:14 -0500

Bill Ruthhart of the Indianapolis Star has a long story today headed "State lawsuit is another blow to teachers union:..." [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Law - Part 5 of "Grappling with Meth in Elkhart County"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:02:42 -0500

"Grappling With Meth: Are there enough local resources to help people kick meth habit? Part 5 of 5 - Stories..." [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - Still more on: Criminal charges filed against Plymouth attorney

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:59:03 -0500

Updating this ILB entry from April 8, 2009, the South Bend Tribune reports today:PLYMOUTH — Suspended lawyer Ronald Dean Gifford,... [...]

Indy's Conservative Hardball: Hypocrisy Alert Part 1.5: PAC Chairman Brose McVey Pledges To Outlaw PACs, Concurrently Cements His Reputation as a First Amendment Opponent...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:55:00 -0500

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

After reading Hypocrisy Alert Part 1:, an intrepid reader contacted me with even more hypocrisy surrounding Congressional candidate Brose McVey's stance on political action committees. So here's another quote from Candidate McVey's website:

I’ve' [...]

Circle City Pundit: Hostettler For Senate

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:43:00 -0500

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HT: Frugal Hoosiers [...]

HoosierAccess: John Hostettler Announces He’s Running Against Evan Bayh

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:41:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2

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Electing Libertarians: Heart Disease Death Rate Increases By 16% in Indianapolis After Smoking Ban - Thus Smoke Free Indy Logic Suggests Smoking Ban Should be Rescinded!

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:06:00 -0500

Read the blog post "Heart Disease Death Rate Increased by 16% in First Year Following Indy Smoking Ban; By IOM Committee's Logic, Ban Caused Increase in Heart Attacks" for information on this drastic increase in heart disease after the passage of Indianapolis' Smoking Ban.

By using some of' [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - "Allen County Judges OK’d license for DWI repeat"

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:57:59 -0500

From a story today in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, reported by Michael Zennie:When Brian Mansfield asked to have his... [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Courts - More on "David Camm defense seeks special prosecutor to replace Henderson" [Updated]

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:43:13 -0500

Updating yesterday's ILB entry, Matt Thacker of the New Albany News-Tribune has a story, dated Dec. 2nd at 10:39 pm,... [...]

Opening Arguments: Undocumented aliens welcomed

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:41:03 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Hope you weren’t planning on E.T. landing anywhere around here, because it is Denver that might have the welcome mat out:

Reporting from Denver and Las Vegas - Forget sky-high unemployment and those two wars overseas. Jeff Peckman has more earthly concerns:

For one thing, if extraterrestrials were to descend on Denver, [...]

Opening Arguments: Jobs

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:21 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Nice work if you can get it:

As struggling communities throughout the country wait for more help from the $787 billion stimulus package, one region is already basking in its largess: the government-contractor nexus that is metropolitan Washington

Reports from stimulus recipients show that a sizable sum has gone to federal [...]

Electing Libertarians: Is the Bloomington Herald-Times Inadvertantly Helping Criminals Be Better Criminals?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:00 -0500

The Bloomington Herald-Times online web site is launching a new gun permit database for Monroe County and Bloomington, Indiana.

It is my opinion that this will make it easier for criminals, especially burglars, to target their victims in a way that minimizes the chance of a poor outcome (such [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Decisions - Federal Judge Barker grants preliminary injunction in Annex Books

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:09:07 -0500

In a 15-page Order dated Dec. 1, 2009, federal Judge Sara Evans Barker granted a preliminary injunction in the... [...]

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 0 NFP)

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:49:20 -0500

For publication opinions today (1): In National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, et al v. Standard Fusee Corp..... [...]

Porter County Politics: County should study closing satellite sites

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:44:00 -0500

Post-Tribune Article

When Lake County government was founded long ago, the majority of the county's population was in Gary, Hammond and East Chicago.

At the time it made sense to have satellite county buildings -- particularly for the courts -- in the northern cities.

County government, [...]

The Bilerico Project: Surviving a Hoosier transition, part one

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:37:50 -0500

Believe it or not, I think that Indiana's not a bad place to transition. Mind you, that assumes that you mind your P's and Q's, and carefully make plans for your process, but the laws of the state combined with the Hoosier Hospitality mindset make this a pretty decent place' [...]

Kole Hard Facts of Life: Gun Owners & Sex Offenders

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:20:00 -0500

Number of comments: 5
Sex offenders have their home address information made public thanks to Megan's Law, with the idea being that people who have children have a right to know. That idea is controversial for some people, on the grounds that those who have served their time should not have to wear [...]

Opening Arguments: Ho, ho, ho, amen

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:18:54 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Is this incredibly tacky, or am I just being overly critical?

You are invited to a birthday party. Each year, Hobart businessman Nino Bruscemi gives a birthday party for Jesus on the first Saturday in December.

At noon Saturday at the gazebo in back of Hobart City Hall, there will be [...]

Opening Arguments: Yes, we are pigs

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:59:22 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Well, guys, we might as well stop pretending; they’re onto us:

Scientists studying the effects of pornography fell at the first hurdle - after failing to find a man who had not viewed X-rated material.

The researchers were comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed [...]

nancynall.com: Kentucky-fried does.

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:56:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Warning: Major language nerdosity ahead.

There are a bunch of billboards around town right now. Advertising a new smartphone, they proclaim it “a bare-knuckled bucket of does.” Every time I pass, I think of deer. Every time. The ads suggest a certain dystopian menace, and does — as in a deer, [...]

stAllio!'s way: newsworthiness is in the eye of the beholder

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:53:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
when the tim durham story first broke, i did some googling for background information on durham. one of the first links i found was this 2007 post on advance indiana:

Is Tim Durham's Sex Life Newsworthy?

in hindsight, perhaps this was a bit naive—durham's extravagant lifestyle [...]

Opening Arguments: Bad fans

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:42:01 -0500

Lots of outlets have carried the news that Indiana University basketball coach Tom Crean was “incensed” over IU fans chanting vulgarities during the game with Maryland, especially the ones aimed at Maryland senior guard Greivis Vasquez. But they were so coy about what was actually said that I couldn’t determine [...]

Opening Arguments: Crime wave

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:16:27 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Despite the fact that there were 11 armed robberies between Friday and Monday, police spokesman Michael Joyner wants us to know that “crime has not increased” in Fort Wayne:

Police statistics show that the 45 reported armed robberies are only a slight increase over the same period last year. Spokesman [...]

Advance Indiana: On Party Crashers

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:15:00 -0500

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Indy's Conservative Hardball: Open reply to readers comments...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:04:00 -0500

Ok, since this is "my blog", I feel I have a few things to add.

I find it funny the amount of anonymous comments we have received lately. Some of which are bloggers or other conservatives who choose to leave comments. Unlike some other well [...]

Opening Arguments: Lost in space

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:02:51 -0500

I mentioned here recently that I’ve been re-reading Robert Heinlein’s juveniles. Here’s someone else who is:

Others have mentioned how seamless Heinlein’s worlds are but I’m always gobsmacked by them, even now. You know that the writer was only showing the iceberg’s tip of what he knew about any of [...]

Masson's Blog: Syngas Boondoggle

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:47:59 -0500

John Blair, writing an opinion column in the Evansville Courier Press, adds an issue to the seemingly endless number about which I know too little to make an informed evaluation.

As I understand the allegations, the gas market has shifted. Where once making synthetic gas out of coal may [...]

Advance Indiana: Photo Of The Day

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:43:00 -0500

Hat tip to Bartlies. Also, see this Jimmy Kimmel video clip discussing Tiger and his marital problems in the barber shop.

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Sevens: Norwell boys start off season well

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:18:00 -0500

I rather lost track of the Norwell boys basketball team, but am pleased to see they have started the season off well, defeating Fremont (61-45) and Adams Central (63-34). [...]

Sevens: Jeopardy! March 16 2007

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:59:00 -0500

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Masson's Blog: Secretary of State

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:38:29 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Thomas Langhorne of the Evansville Courier Press reports that Tom McKenna has entered the Indiana Secretary of State race. The position will be vacated as current Secretary Todd Rokita’s term expires. McKenna, former executive director of the Indiana Department of Commerce, will be seeking the Democratic nomination against [...]

The PA-IN Erudition: Tales From the South ...

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:25:00 -0500

Tales From the South Side...
Yes, boys and girls...time once again for another installment of why living in my particular part of Fort Wayne is a study in patience and self-control, as well as seeing all the reasons why our society has been in decline for [...]

Porter County Politics: Scarry days for corrupt politicians

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:47:00 -0500

Indiana Lawyer Daily gives an update, thanks to Northwest Indiana Lawyer for the notice, on a story we touched on briefly when Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller announced a lawsuit against former officials in Chesterfield Indiana who apparently walked away with $260,000 [...]

Indiana Barrister: Safer In the City?

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:46:56 -0500

Number of comments: 10

A new survey says Indianapolis residents feel more safe and better about the city than they have in years.

The IUPUI Department of Tourism, Conventions and Event Management sampled nearly 600 people over three weeks at City Market.

Nearly 55-percent of respondents said they felt either safe or very safe in the [...]