Author: Ring of Fire Radio

Today the Supreme Court rejected without comment an appeal “from black South Carolina voters who wanted the justices to take another look at the state’s new lines for state house and congressional districts,” the Associated Press reported. The Court had previously upheld the redrawn district lines in a decision in 2012, but those opposed to the redistricting brought the case to lower courts, hoping to have that ruling set aside after SCOTUS “struck down a key provision for the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.” The lower court did not re-examine its findings that the “state’s districts are fair...

Former Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski was arrested this week on charges of having paid sexual relations with minors while in the Dominican Republic, reported The Raw Story. Meanwhile, as Vatican detectives were analyzing the archbishop’s computer, they found a horrendously large amount of photos and videos featuring child pornography. They estimated 86,000 photos and 160 videos of sexual images involving children, with 45,000 photos being deleted. Wesolowski was relieved from his diplomatic duties in Santo Domingo after accusations that he paid for underage sex surfaced. He’s currently being held in the basement of the Collegio dei Penitenzieri, the place of...

This segment originally aired on the September 21st, 2014 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. For decades, Republican and corporate leaders have been trying to pass tort reform – a cap on the amount of damages that can be recovered when a consumer is injured. In California, they succeeded in enacting medical malpractice caps a few years ago, but now consumers are fighting back. America’s Lawyer Mike Papantonio discusses the fight against unfair tort reform measures with attorney Anne Marie Murphy. Support Ring of Fire by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Listen to Ring of Fire...

Here’s a reminder of how dangerous guns are, along with the terror that they incite in people. Remember the DEA agent who accidentally shot himself in the leg while presenting to a classroom full of young students? In this 2006 video, While presenting his Glock to children and noting he’s the only professional in the room to operate it, the agent accidentally fires a round into his own leg. Thankfully there were no fatal injuries. And when he attempts to show them his assault rifle, the students become anxious and beg for it to be put...

XKCD is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe, a physicist who once worked on robots at NASA’s Langley Research Center. The series is known for Munroe’s focus on often complex areas of math and science and his ability to make them funny and easier to understand. Munroe’s latest comic uses information from the United States Drought Monitor (USDM) to show just how bad things have gotten in the Golden State. California’s current drought level according to Munroe? Ludicrous.   That adjective is fairly accurate, as California is approaching its thousandth day of drought. According to data from the USDM,...