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Arizona`s Illegal Immigration Problem

The history of illegal immigration and illegal war in the South-Western states is an interesting and informative one.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - Arizona Senate Bill 1070 has gained the State a great deal of attention recently. Typically, no one would care about the pronouncements of the so called government of that backwater hell hole, but the sheer Nazism of the law was enough to perk even international interest.

The normally subdued Economist led with the headline “Hysterical Nativism.”

Schneider Trial Week 7

"Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals" - Napoleon Bonaparte

(WICHITA, Kansas) - U.S. District Judge Monti Belot expects to send the Schneider case to the jury next Tuesday.

The jury is down to 11 people after another juror was discharged this week. Both the prosecution and defense have agreed that 11 jurors can decide the fate of the Schneiders.

Tumbling Tumbleweeds - a Continuing Look at the Schneider Trial in Kansas

One witness testified that while being treated by Schneider she received pain narcotics such as -- methadone, Lortabs, Soma and Xanax; a combination similar to other patients who had died of drug overdoses.

(WICHITA, Kansas) - A former police chief, a firefighter, a truck driver and a mother were among witnesses testifying on behalf of Stephen Schneider this past week during the 6th week of trial.

Schneider, a former Haysville doctor, and his wife, a nurse, are on trial on federal charges stemming from their practices of prescribing painkillers leading to patients deaths.

20 to 25 Corpses, Many With Bound Hands and Feet, Found in Abandoned Mexican Silver Mine

Recovering the victims has proven both difficult and dangerous.

(TAXCO / SALEM) - daily updates on other international matters except Mexico are on the wire daily. Just received report that others around Juarez are Zeta targets for next weekend...(June 5th 10) estimated that seventy or more will be executed in the valley by Los Zetas to show they are a major force in Mexico..... The mainstream media has received this alert but plan not to cover the warning only if it happens and that coverage will be limited. I have to ask.., why?

Schneider Trial - Week 5

"It is very sad, very sad for anybody to lose their life," Dr. Stephen Schneider on the stand

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya Treadway cross examining Dr. Stephen Schneider on the stand about a deceased patient named "Robin"
Schneider: "It says right here, increased function and quality of life -- She had a life because of her pain management."
Treadway: "She doesn't anymore, does she?"
Schneider: "No, she doesn't."

Ciudad Juarez News: From Bullets to Books

“Let it be understood that only the people can save the people and that’s why they are organizing” -Ciudad Juarez actress Perla de la Rosa

(CIUDAD, Juarez) - A group of Mexican actresses traveled to embattled Ciudad Juarez this week to show solidarity with victims of violence and contribute to the construction of a new community library.

The three women, Luisa Huertas, Julieta Egurrola and Angelina Pelaez, are recognized stage artists and members of Mexico’s National Theater Company.

Schneider Trial - Week 4

"The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business" - Clarence Darrow

(WICHITA, Kansas) - The trial of Stephen Schneider, former doctor, whose pain clinic has been linked to 68 deaths and who was known in the medical community as the "candy man" for his prescribing habits had some dramatic moments in the courtroom this past week.

The jury heard Brent Rody, MD and former chief medical officer for Via Christi Hospital in Wichita, testify at the trial of Schneider and his wife, Linda, a nurse at the clinic.

The Karzai Rebirth

Tribal leaders see maturity & change in Karzai; though US drug policy, spending and corruption still major failures.

(KABUL / CINCINNATI) - “Gordon, Karzai finally quit smoking.” This was the call from Kabul last night, a city filled with journalists, intelligence analysts and the “best and brightest” of our government; military and civilian.

“Gordon, the man has changed, it may be too late, but he is reaching out to the Pashtuns, and sounding like someone worthy of trust, not like the Karzai we have known for so many years.”

Election Season Opens in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

In hindsight, bloody riots that rocked the Ciudad Juarez prison during Murguia’s term as mayor, functioned as dress rehearsals for the all-out war that erupted between the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Ongoing violence coupled with tight budgets might have prompted authorities to cancel this year’s spring fair in Ciudad Juarez, but the state and local elections will go on as scheduled.

Week 3 - Stephen Schneider Trial

"Half-remembered names and faces But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
In the autumn of goodbyes" Lyrics from Windmills (or Pill Mills) of your Mind

(WICHITA, Kansas) - In Week 3 of the Stephen and Linda Schneider trial in Wichita, Kansas, the jury heard Ted Parran, a physician from Cleveland, Ohio refer to the Schneider Medical Clinic as a "pill mill."

Dr. Parran is considered a nationally recognized addiction specialist.