Obscene gesture toward Rome not a crime
Monday, August 11th, 2008 THE COFFEE BREAK - Monday, August 11, 2008
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Fellow Democrats are reportedly advising John Edwards to
publicly address allegations of an extra-marital affair or
risk losing the national spotlight.
The National Enquirer has alleged in a series of stories
that the former U.S. senator from North Carolina had an
affair with a campaign worker and fathered her baby.
With the Democratic National Convention two weeks away,
Edwards is being told that if he fails to clear up the
story in short order, he risks being shunted aside by
party leaders and not being asked to address the convention,
The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer said.
“If there is not an explanation that’s satisfactory,
acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is
‘no,’ he would not be a prime candidate to make a major
address to the convention,” Don Fowler, a former DNC
chairman, told the Observer.
Democrats gather in Denver on Aug. 25 and Edwards, as the
2004 vice presidential nominee and a presidential candidate
this year, ordinarily would be locked in as a speaker, the
newspaper said.
What are your thoughts on the extra-maritial affair
allegations John Edwards is facing?
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Judge: Jewish cop can wear beard
A U.S. judge has ruled the First Amendment gives a Las
Vegas police detective who practices Orthodox Judaism the
right to wear a beard. Detective Steve Riback, who is not
required to wear a uniform in his position at quality
assurance, filed a lawsuit alleging religious discrimination
by the Metropolitan Police Department for not allowing him
to wear a beard and a yarmulke to work, the Las Vegas
Review-Journal reported Thursday. U.S. District Judge Roger
Hunt ruled that Riback’s beard is protected by his First
Amendment rights, but he said it is up to a jury to rule
on the yarmulke issue. “Metro must allow Riback to wear
a beard while in Quality Assurance, subject to the same
restrictions on officers who wear beards for secular
reasons,” the judge wrote in his ruling. The case deciding
the yarmulke issue is scheduled to begin Oct. 20.
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Owner fined for smoking in closed hotel
The owner of an English hotel has been fined for smoking on
the premises at a time when the hotel was closed. A court
in Blackpool gave Patricia Coupeland, owner of the Cheers
Hotel, a 12-month conditional discharge, The Daily Telegraph
reported. A health inspector saw Coupeland smoking during
a visit to the hotel. She was cited and ordered to pay a
50-pound ($100) fine — reducible to 10 pounds if paid
promptly. “I was in the dining room doing my paperwork
and having a cigarette,” Coupeland said. “It was closed as
a hotel at the time and was therefore my private home.
There were no guests. I only had a friend stay. The health
officer came across as vicious and a person with attitude.”
But the court agreed with the health inspector, who said
Coupeland can smoke in her private apartment but not in
public areas, even when the hotel is closed. A self-employed
ecorator was recently fined for smoking in his own van while
driving to work. The Rolling Stones reportedly ignored
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Obscene gesture toward Rome not a crime
An investigation of an Italian politician who made an
obscene gesture while citing the country’s national anthem
has been shelved, a prosecutor’s office said. The obscene
gesture — a raised middle finger– made by Reforms Minister
Umberto Bossi at a public meeting isn’t a crime that can be
tried by the tribunal of ministers, the Venice public
prosecutor’s office said. It didn’t say if it would consider
reopening the case. Bossi, whose Northern League party
wants autonomy or independence for northern Italy, made
the gesture at a Veneto League congress July 20 when citing
a line in Italy’s national anthem that appears to say Italy
is Rome’s slave. ”Never again slaves to Rome,” Bossi
said, making the gesture. He was condemned by friends
and foes for making the gesture to criticize Italy’s
national anthem. Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa
said the 66-year-old politician, known for his fiery
separatist rhetoric, had evidently misunderstood the line
in Italy’s 1847 anthem, the ANSA news agency reported.
The line, “Where is Victory? Let her bow down, for God has
made her Rome’s slave,” actually means Rome should secure
victory as a slave in its bid for a united Italy, La Russa
said.
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