Diogenes'six

• Hue and cry, once the law, now against the law.

  It used to be that if you saw a crime, you were required to help to apprehend the criminal, wikilink.In common law, a hue and cry, "a horn and shouting", is a process by which bystanders are summoned to assist in the apprehension of a criminal who has been [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:59pm EST
  

• What, do you need to be hit in the head with a brick?

  For myself, I do not think these tax dollars were spent well,
  link. I hesitate to trust her with billions of dollars more.
  
  The best indicator of future performance, is past performance.
  
  
  
  UPDATE; I have just received an email from my friend Peter St Cyr. [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:40pm EST
  

• Schmidly fails confidence vote, overwhelmingly.

  Duke City Fix, and KRQE and UNMToday and a Bralley
  to keep the facts straight.
  
  Schmidly asked for a "second chance" today.
  
  Wouldn't it be his third?
  
  Let's not lose sight of the fact, when he was asked to commence
  an independent, impartial [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:04pm EST
  

• Schmidly, "I have not seen any direct evidence of a cover-up"

  Which begs the question; what about indirect evidence?
  
  The straightforward response would have been;
  "There is no cover up.
  
  We have told the truth, the whole truth, and
  nothing but the truth.
  
  On my honor"The more specific the answer to a general question,
  the more likely it [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:04pm EST
  

• When the question is, will you tell the truth? any answer except yes, means no.

  There was a press conference today regarding the Locksley-Gerald dust up.
  
  You could cut the skepticism in the room with a knife.
  
  Jessica Garate from KRQE called them liars to their faces.
  
  UNM President David Schmidly
  says he wants transparency.
  
  He says [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  

• UNM "hiding" public records of Locksley dust up.

  There is more coverage this morning in the Journal, surrounding UNM Head Football Coach Michael Locksley's "alleged" "assault and battery" on an assistant coach.
  
  I can't establish a link to a telling side bar. It has to do with written witness statements that contradict the story that UNM has' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:32am EST
  

• "Disciplining kids takes 'leadership'"

  reads the title of a front page article in the Journal this morning; link.
  
  An "expert" is coming to town to speak on (student) discipline.
  The expert opinion is that kids need leadership, they need role models.
  
  The Journal will not report, on the front page or [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:24am EST