Posted in gambling, poker on Mar 30th, 2007
Gary Stephen Kaplan [link]was arrested in the Dominican Republic late Wednesday [link]. His partner Norman Steinberg and other defendant Peter Wilson are still “at large”. Former Director of Betonsports David Carruthers was arrested in 2006 [link].
Some other interesting news:
Antigua is having issues collecting on Betonsports debts [link]
U.S. loses again in WTO [link]. For once [...]
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Posted in Europe, poker, wsop on Mar 26th, 2007
Lee Jones [author of: Winning Low Limit Holdem by Lee Jones] is leaving PokerStars. He is moving to the European Poker Tour (EPT) [link].
“And all four people still reading this,” he said, just moments before the Sunday Million final table closed down at the end of the tournament, “will be the first to learn that [...]
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Posted in airport security on Mar 24th, 2007
The “flying Imams” who were claiming they were being discriminated against because of their religion have stirred up a hornet’s nest. It is clear they were out to bilk money out of the airline, and possibly cause airlines to not scrutinize terrorists, err Muslims behaving badly.
Now they are trying to silence those who spoke out [...]
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Posted in climate on Mar 23rd, 2007
Algore is failing [link]. Seems that Trail Ridge Middle School kids have not fallen victim to the indoctrination by the lefty teachers unions.
LONGMONT — Humans don’t cause global warming, a jury of sixth graders at Trail Ridge Middle School concluded Thursday after hearing opposing arguments from their peers.
“They’re pretty young for this kind of thinking. [...]
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Posted in Border on Mar 23rd, 2007
This is why Carol Lam (and a other AGs) were fired by the Bush Administration [link]. It was however too little, too late. Bush has screwed us, and good.
Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught [...]
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Posted in left, politics on Mar 23rd, 2007
Al Gore seems to take issue with Science Fiction as Fact. This is new. His own movie is nothing but Science Fiction, yet we are supposed to swallow it ‘whole hog’.
“The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, [...]
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