Baltimore Sun, August 9, 2008:

Yesterday, a judge ruled that a jury can hear testimony from a prosecution witness who said defense attorney Leslie Stein urged him to change his story, telling him that "people don't last long when they snitch."

Baltimore Circuit Judge Timothy Doory said he didn't necessarily believe the witness, Christopher Meadows, over the 35-year veteran attorney, who denied the allegations. But the judge thought "there was enough there" that the jury in the murder trial of Stein's client, Bryant Williams, 24, should be allowed to decide who's telling the truth.

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Terrance Heath of the Republic of T does a nice job of outlining the hate language used by some specific conservative media personalities and how such comments may have contributed to a recent church killing. As blogged recently here, a man in Tennessee killed two and wounded six more during a children's service at a liberal, pro-gay Unitarian church near Knoxville.

Some highlights:

Vester: You say you’d rather not talk to liberals at all?

(Ann) Coulter: I think a baseball bat is the most effective way these days.

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Baltimore Sun, August 1, 2008:

Moments after the 32-year-old former music director of West Baltimore's Bethel AME Church was sentenced yesterday to seven years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old parishioner, he collapsed in the courtroom, setting off a screaming match between two families that ended with the defendant's mother unresponsive and shaking on the hallway floor.

Note: some language below the fold stronger than Crab Media's typical lexicon.

Knoxnews.com, July 28, 2008:

Knoxville police Sunday evening searched the Levy Drive home of Jim David Adkisson after he allegedly entered the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church and killed two people and wounded six others during the presentation of a children's musical.

Knoxville Police Department Officer Steve Still requested the search warrant after interviewing Adkisson. who was subdued by several church members after firing three rounds from a 12-gauge shotgun into the congregation.

In the recent Feller decision, the Supreme Court struck down a fairly long-standing gun ban in the District of Columbia, holding that the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights of the U.S. Constitution protects an individual right to keep and bear arms of a sort in general common use.

The London Guardian/Observer, May 11, 2008 (HAT TIP 3 Quarks Daily):

For Abdel-Qader Ali there is only one regret: that he did not kill his daughter at birth. 'If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed her the instant her mother delivered her,' he said with no trace of remorse.

Please note: very strong and possibly offensive language used beneath the fold.

Baltimore Sun, May 22, 2008:

Maryland Transit Administration officials are offering discount cards for area businesses to students who pledge good behavior on city buses, an incentive that transit administrators hope will help curb disrespectful and violent behavior. The discount card will offer 10 percent to 20 percent off purchases at 12 city establishments, including Dunkin' Donuts, Cold Stone Creamery, Shoe City, Downtown Locker Room and other places.

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I hate to HAT TIP the Ace of Spades but fair is fair.

Vulgar editorial comments at end of video of unidentified sourcing.

Please note: unusually hard language below the "fold." May not be for all readers.

Baltimore Sun, February 8, 2008:

The 31-year-old music director of Bethel AME, a high-profile West Baltimore church, has been accused of rape and child abuse in a case involving a 13-year-old girl who is a member of the congregation, according to city police and church officials.

Timothy D. Price III was charged with second-degree rape, assault and child abuse, and multiple sex offense counts, city police said. Since his arrest Wednesday night, Price, who lives in Owings Mills, has been held on $1 million bail at Baltimore's Central Booking and Intake Center, electronic court records show.

I feel polluted for liking this, as if I just saw "2 Girls 1 Shell Casing."

Read the Beast, and be stained and corrupted.

UPDATE (3/3): I am very happy that I NOW DO have a blogger to take over this project - BLUE GAL! She is absolutely excellent and was among the contributors to TBTB 2007 and I remain profoundly grateful to her for this. Blue Gal has set up a blog-site specifically for Take Back the Blog 2008, with far more to come no doubt. She is a busy activist, blogger and Mom - and can use some more blogger junior partners to help make this great and worthwhile effort easier so help us!

Maget Thabet al-Kholidy, Yemen Times, Issue 1117, January 6, 2008:

If a man and woman are husband and wife, the Qur’an provides solutions, firstly reaffirming any logical and acceptable reasons for such punishment. These solutions are in gradual phases and not just for women, but for men also.