It appears that over a period of twenty or thirty minutes Hungarian security forces launched three separate attacks on asylum seekers. As best we can tell, only the first police action could possibly have been justified on the grounds that asylum seekers “cast the first stone”
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Capitolwire: Attorney General Kane’s law license suspended but she’ll remain in office.
In the unanimous ruling issued Monday, the court said, “This order should not be construed as removing Respondent from elected office and is limited to the temporary suspension of her license to practice law.”
Can the outflow of capital from Russia be stopped?
The outflow of capital from Russia in the first half of this year reached the level of $52.5 billion. However, the Ministry of Finance projected that the peak of payments on foreign debts, which is expected in the last quarter of this year, could accelerate the capital outflows. By the end of 2015, according to the most experts, the outflow will reach at least $ 100 billion.
Counter-terrorism police ratcheted up violence at Röszke says photographer
Hungarian riot police and counter-terrorism forces clashed with refugees on Wednesday, wounding scores of people, including a number of reporters and photographers, many of them seriously. Among those injured was Warren Richardson, an Australian free-lance photographer based in Budapest, who blames units from Hungary’s counter-terrorism center (TEK) for ratcheting up the violence.
Legal Intelligencer: Kane’s Law License Temporarily Suspended
The order said it should not be construed as removing Kane from “elected office,” and is limited to the temporary suspension of her law license.
Joe Kennedy said “All businessmen are SOBs.” Not all.
But what is startling to us is the willingness of decent business people to sit quietly and even hob nob socially with predators that openly and unabashedly mislead and loot the public.
CAPITOLWIRE: Wolf recalls nominations, allows more negotiating time with Senate GOP on picks.
The ongoing back and forth over the nominations started earlier this year when Wolf recalled dozens of nominations he said were “eleventh hour” picks by lame duck Gov. Tom Corbett.
MILLER: “Majority of Majority” prevents progress in state budget talks
An informal procedure rule known as the “Majority of the Majority” prevents bills even coming to the floor when speculation is that they would pass by a combination of Republican and Democratic votes. Over the years the rule has been applied more when Republicans controlled legislatures (now the case in both Capitols).
U.S. Soldiers Told to Ignore Sexual Abuse of Boys by Afghan Allies
The practice is called bacha bazi, literally “boy play,” and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records…
LETTER: Contributor’s Pros and Editor’s Cons for State Bar suspending A. G. Kane’s law license
Ms. Kane has and continues to receive her due process under the law. All of her supporters want her to receive a free pass, period. The state bar should suspend her license until she either successfully defends herself, resulting in the suspension being rescinded with no pregnant harm done to her, or she is convicted, resulting in her disbarment in which she is permanently removed from office.
95% of Brains in NFL Study Diseased
Researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University have now identified the degenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in 96 percent of NFL players that they’ve examined and in 79 percent of all football players. The disease is widely believed to stem from repetitive trauma to the head, and can lead to conditions such as memory loss, depression and dementia.
LETTER: Kane’s attorney calls for full inquiry into newspaper leaks in her case
The District Attorney’s Office alleges that Attorney General Kane leaked information about a five-year-old investigation where no charges would or could be brought. Now, there are regular and unconscionable leaks of confidential information in this case.
Hungarian prime minister ordered attack on refugees –Former prime minister Gyurcsány
It was an “instigated, ill-intent crime against humanity” and “an abuse of power that led to the beatings of innocent people”, said Gyurcsány, adding that Hungary’s Prime Minister “brings shame to every Hungarian and every respectable human being,”
KEISLING: Citizens gather at state capitol to demand due process for AG Kathleen Kane
“We can’t image Woodword and Bernstein telephoning John Mitchell and telling him, ‘Your associate FBI director, Mark Felt, who goes by the name of Deep Throat, is passing out national secrets in parking garages around town.’ But that’s what appears to have happened in Kane’s case.”