by Irving Two Smokes | Aug 31, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
According to Forbes, the U.S. has hiked the fee to renounce U.S. citizenship 422%, so voting with your feet is becoming more difficult. This is how the government responds to a record number of citizens leaving for greener pastures — all stick and no...
by Irving Two Smokes | Jun 23, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
A North Carolina court discovered such a thing in Rothrock v. Cooke (N.C. Super. Ct. June 11, 2014). Mrs. Rothrock had sued her husband’s paramour, Miss Cooke, for Alienation of Affection and Criminal Conversation. Underlying these alliterative...
by Irving Two Smokes | Jun 13, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
“Ignorance of the law is no excuse.” That is the retort frequently given by the arresting officer, prosecutor, or judge to the cry of a citizen surprised by an obscure law. In a decision as recent as 2008, the Oklahoma Supreme Court offered...
by Irving Two Smokes | May 2, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
In January, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma released its ruling in Bishop v. United States, declaring Oklahoma’s legal definition of marriage to be unconstitutional. As part of his constitutional analysis, Judge Kern...
by Irving Two Smokes | Jan 10, 2014 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
This is an update to this earlier post about a foreclosed property I was interested in bidding on at sheriff’s sale. The bank’s appraisers valued it at $146,000 at the time of the sheriff’s sale. Afterwards, it was listed for sale at...
by Irving Two Smokes | Dec 26, 2013 | Economy, Foreign Policy, OK R3s, OKGrassroots, Teaparty
Last Friday, in Derek Kitchen, et al. v. Gary R. Herbert, et al., a federal judge ruled that Utah’s constitutional amendment banning state recognition of same-sex “marriage” is unconstitutional. “The court hereby declares that Amendment 3 is...
