"A judge has ordered the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center to pay nearly $60,000 to a man who was wrongly diagnosed with brain cancer and told he had a few months to live."
That would make me a little manic.
"Probation plea in Montana waterboarding case" Independent Record, March 14, 2013
"Probation plea in Montana waterboarding case" Independent Record, March 14, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana man accused of waterboarding four children as a learning experience for them has reached a plea deal with prosecutors in which he will receive probation.
He must have CIA connections.
He must have CIA connections.
The children were the Jefferson County man’s 9- and 12-year-old sons and two neighbors, ages 13 and 15, according to court documents.
The 42-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Prosecutors dropped felony charges that included making threats against public officials and others.
In keeping with the plea agreement, District Judge James B. Wheelis sentenced the man to 180 days in jail for each charge, all suspended. That amounts to two years of probation, minus the 80 days he has already spent in custody, the Independent Record reported.
The Associated Press is withholding the man’s name because it doesn’t identify minors who are victims of crime or abuse, and releasing the man’s name would identify his sons.
The man was arrested in December.
His girlfriend at the time told investigators that the man described it as a learning experience for the boys.
I'm sure they learned something. Like dad is a brutal asshole.
I'm sure they learned something. Like dad is a brutal asshole.
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That would make anyone a lot manic, and confessing to anything within the first 10 seconds.
Speaking of torture:
That would make anyone a lot manic, and confessing to anything within the first 10 seconds.
Speaking of torture:
"Judge to retire after sending racist email" by Matt Volz | Associated Press, April 04, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an e-mail he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Obama.
I'm not trying to be insensitive; I'm just exhausted on the issue of race right now.
I'm not trying to be insensitive; I'm just exhausted on the issue of race right now.
US District Judge Richard Cebull had previously said he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that he now intends to retire May 3.
The court posted a statement by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski online Tuesday, announcing Cebull had submitted the retirement letter.
The March 29 letter comes after the appellate court’s Judicial Council issued a March 15 order on the investigation into the February 2012 e-mail, but appellate court spokesman David Madden could not say whether Cebull resigned because of the order.
‘‘The misconduct process is confidential,’’ Madden said Wednesday. “I am not privy to what the order said, nor do I know what Judge Cebull’s motivations were.’’
Cebull wrote a letter of apology to Obama and filed a complaint against himself after The Great Falls Tribune published the contents of the e-mail, which included a joke about bestiality and the president’s mother.
The Billings judge forwarded the e-mail from his chambers to six people on Feb. 20, 2012, the paper said.
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Sometimes I think judges should be judging anybody.
"Jesus statue can stay on federal land" by Matt Gouras | Associated Press, June 26, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — A Jesus statue that has for six decades been a curiosity to skiers as they cruise down a popular run at a northwest Montana ski resort will not be evicted from federal land, a judge ruled Tuesday.
US District Judge Dana Christensen said the Flathead National Forest can reissue a 10-year permit for the statue installed on the ski hill by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men’s organization.
The judge disagreed with a Wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics that argued that the Forest Service was unconstitutionally sanctioning the statue. Its religious nature has been made clear in special-use permit applications since the 1950s, the Freedom From Religion Foundation had argued.
What I often find is atheists and agnostics don't understand the First Amendment. It does say no state-sanctioned religion; however, it also says no prohibition of religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The non-believers seem to get them confused and simply say no religion.
The Forest Service first indicated in 2011 that it would reject a new permit for the statue, which occupies a 25-by-25-foot patch of land at Whitefish Mountain Resort. But the agency reversed itself in 2012 amid public outcry.
Christensen said the statue does not convey to a reasonable informed observer that the government, rather than a private party, endorses Christianity over any other faith or the absence of faith. The new federal judge, appointed by President Obama in 2011, said that the statue is one of the last remnants of the original Big Mountain Ski Resort and that some locals say it reflects the transition from old timber town to tourist hot spot.
‘‘The statue’s secular and irreverent uses far outweigh the few religious uses it has served,’’ the judge wrote.
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"University to revise assault policies" by Matt Gouras | Associated Press, May 10, 2013
MISSOULA, Mont. — Federal officials reached agreements with the University of Montana after a yearlong investigation of mishandled sexual assault reports on campus. The deal requires the school to revise policies and adequately respond to allegations, federal officials said Thursday.
Investigators heard from women who were assaulted then unfairly belittled, disbelieved, or blamed for speaking up about what was done to them, said Justice Department Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin Jr.
The inquiry began after 11 assaults involving university students were reported over 18 months. US attorneys had said they would also look at sexual assaults reported across Missoula over three years.
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Related: Missoula Tackles Rape Problem
Football players must have been on the bench. That's why AP didn't see 'em.
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That's my fun day.
Sometimes I think judges should be judging anybody.
"Jesus statue can stay on federal land" by Matt Gouras | Associated Press, June 26, 2013
HELENA, Mont. — A Jesus statue that has for six decades been a curiosity to skiers as they cruise down a popular run at a northwest Montana ski resort will not be evicted from federal land, a judge ruled Tuesday.
US District Judge Dana Christensen said the Flathead National Forest can reissue a 10-year permit for the statue installed on the ski hill by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic men’s organization.
The judge disagreed with a Wisconsin-based group of atheists and agnostics that argued that the Forest Service was unconstitutionally sanctioning the statue. Its religious nature has been made clear in special-use permit applications since the 1950s, the Freedom From Religion Foundation had argued.
What I often find is atheists and agnostics don't understand the First Amendment. It does say no state-sanctioned religion; however, it also says no prohibition of religion: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The non-believers seem to get them confused and simply say no religion.
The Forest Service first indicated in 2011 that it would reject a new permit for the statue, which occupies a 25-by-25-foot patch of land at Whitefish Mountain Resort. But the agency reversed itself in 2012 amid public outcry.
Christensen said the statue does not convey to a reasonable informed observer that the government, rather than a private party, endorses Christianity over any other faith or the absence of faith. The new federal judge, appointed by President Obama in 2011, said that the statue is one of the last remnants of the original Big Mountain Ski Resort and that some locals say it reflects the transition from old timber town to tourist hot spot.
‘‘The statue’s secular and irreverent uses far outweigh the few religious uses it has served,’’ the judge wrote.
--more--"
"University to revise assault policies" by Matt Gouras | Associated Press, May 10, 2013
MISSOULA, Mont. — Federal officials reached agreements with the University of Montana after a yearlong investigation of mishandled sexual assault reports on campus. The deal requires the school to revise policies and adequately respond to allegations, federal officials said Thursday.
Investigators heard from women who were assaulted then unfairly belittled, disbelieved, or blamed for speaking up about what was done to them, said Justice Department Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roy Austin Jr.
The inquiry began after 11 assaults involving university students were reported over 18 months. US attorneys had said they would also look at sexual assaults reported across Missoula over three years.
--more--"
Related: Missoula Tackles Rape Problem
Football players must have been on the bench. That's why AP didn't see 'em.
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That's my fun day.
