Monthly Archives: January 2013

Too Taitz

I’ve received comments that I’m spending too much time on Orly Taitz. There are reasons for that. First, I get my news to report on from Google Alerts and Twitter. Most of what I’m seeing these days is about Orly … Continue reading

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Can the President be arrested?

This is the second article with a similar title, the first being “Can President be Arrestedor?” from April of 2009. Once again Orly Taitz is sitting at her computer spinning fantasies about how she can discomfit the President, not realizing … Continue reading

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Taitz wants to kick centenarians off Social Security

In a rather bizarre post on her web site, birther activist Orly Taitz is trying to have all persons in the Social Security database over 100 years of age, not already marked as deceased, to be declared dead! She wrote: … Continue reading

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Post hoc v. propter hoc

Just because one thing happened before another doesn’t mean that the first caused the second. Such an inference is called the “post hoc” fallacy. Nevertheless, precedence can be suggestive and at least create possibilities. In this case I’m referring to … Continue reading

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Jordan docked $12,675 for filing frivolous appeal

How is it frivolous? Let me count the ways. Washington State birther and litigant Linda Jordan has been assessed fees of nearly $13,000 for filling a frivolous appeal to a prior loss in court, where she alleged Obama was using … Continue reading

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White House moves petition goalposts

On January 15, 2013 the White House increased the number of signers required for a White House response to petitions from the former value of 25,000: AS OF JANUARY 15, 2013: To cross the first threshold and be searchable within … Continue reading

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