by Sandy Frost

FOX News Atlanta to cover Schair v Marsteller child sex tourism story today

You can watch FOX News Atlanta reporter Dale Russell here at 6pm PST today as he reports about the rivalry between two fishing tour operators over allegations of child sex tourism in Brazil.

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Updated: Jesters Hide Prostitutes' Expenses, Blackmail Themselves into Secrecy

Update: 11/11/2009: The author of the Royal Order of Jesters "Mirth Missives" newsletter, Mack "Tazmack" Gooding, filed a second copyright infringement notice with Newsvine today, incorrectly claiming that I edited out his copyright notices on the newsletters as well as the sub …

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Shriners Swarm Vegas, Jester Girl Code of Conduct Revealed

This next week, the Shriners will be swarming Las Vegas to support the Justin Timberlake Golf Tournament benefitting their hospitals.

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Nevada Assembly Formally Welcomed Shriners & Jesters

Surprise, surprise, surprise! Back on March 9, 2001, Nevada Assemblyman Joe E. Dini Jr. (D) formally welcomed both the Shriners and Royal Order of Jesters to Nevada. Speaking on behalf of the Nevada State Assembly, Dini:

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The Next Right Thing

It's Sunday and I feel like preaching. Time for a little evangelical journalism. It's time to pray that a Brazilian federal judge does the next right thing, especially with Rio getting the Olympic nod.

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Tax Returns Reveal Jesters Controlled by "Secret Order of Brothers in Blood," Jester Officer Links National Court to Fishing Tour Operator Indicted in Brazil Child Sex Case

I was puttering around the other night and got the urge to find the Jesters most recent tax returns. I found them on Guidestar and armed with a yellow highlighter, sticky notes and legal pad, began scanning the categories, dollars and answers reported.

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Newsitorial: Schair's Failed Application for Habeas Corpus Confirms Indictment, Implicates Jesters

Disclaimer and Adult Content Warning: This is called a "newsitorial" because investigative journalism doesn't need to be dry, dull and boooring.

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Society of Professional Journalists National Honors

Update 5/9/2009: It has just been confirmed that I have been appointed to the Society of Professional Journalists national Diversity Committee. Thanks to our new president, Kevin Z. Smith for this honor. My philosophy is based on the symbol of the Native American medicine wheel.

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Editorial: Filings Fly Prior to Tills Sentencing for Jester Prostitution

Former Judge Ronald Tills is being sentenced tomorrow for pleading guilty to violating the Mann Act.

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Richard W. Schair v Newsvine Dismissed as Brazilian Judge Accepts Rape & Underage Prostitution Case Against Him

Richard Schair's motion to dismiss was granted last Friday after defendant Newsvine moved his libel and defamation complaint against the MSNBC online subsidiary to federal court.

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Editorial: Schair v Newsvine Illustrates Importance of Reporter Shield and Child Protection Bills Before Congress

Leaders from the Society of Professional Journalists spent yesterday and today on Capitol Hill advising our nation's law makers why they should support a federal version of the reporter shield law. From this SPJ press release:

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Brazilian Judge Rejects Jester Fishing Tour Operator's Request for Habeas Corpus

Adult content warning and disclaimer: Linked court documents describe acts and images of an adult nature and were legally and lawfully obtained while publically available on the United States Federal Court PACER system.

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Radio Interview about Royal Order of Jesters with Henrik Palmgren of Sweden's Red Ice Creations

You can listen to my two hour radio interview about the Royal Order of Jesters, among other things, with Henrik Palmgren, host of Red Ice Radio, here. The second hour is subscription only and is well worth the price of admission. Henrik described the program online as:

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Honoring Lori Piestewa

Editor's Note: I originally published this on May 29, 2006 to honor the first American Indian woman killed in U.S. combat, Lori Piestewa. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you as we remember all those who have served, fought and died for our freedom.

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Shriner/Jester Court Updates, Brazilian Indictment & My Statement to the Buffalo News

Here are updates in two Shriner and Jester court cases, news that the owner of the fishing tour business who took members of the Royal Order of Jesters (ROJ) fishing on the Amazon has closed shop and has been indicted by Brazilian authorities as well as my reaction to a ROJ spoke …

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Royal Order of Jester (ROJ) Resource & Poll

Editor's Note: This resource was created as a public service for those wanting to know more about the Shriners' secret sub-group, the Royal Order of Jesters.

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The Story of HollyWolf

I don't write this hardcore investigative stuff all the time. Our Granddaughter turned nine a few weeks ago and I decided to finish writing her a story for her birthday gift. The ideas came to me back in 2004 while we lived a Jimmy Buffett kind of lifestyle on Guam.

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Happy Sunshine Week!

It's our springtime rite; journalists frolicking around as we wave paper flowers folded out of soon-to-be extinct newsprint, holding hands with others who've joined us in a local Freedom of Information audit and coffee hour as public documents flutter down on sun beams straig …

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The Shriners & "Management by Mirth"

You know the Shriners. Those grandfatherly types with the secret handshake who proudly wear their red Fezzes while parading around in those goofy little cars.

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Findings 2008: Shriners' Corruption, Jesters' Prostitution

Here is a list of my 2008 articles and associated findings. "Shriners Make SLAPP History? Part: 21"

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East West Shrine Game Loses Nearly $2 Million Over Four Years, Operating Illegally?

If you've followed this investigation the past two and a half years, you know my process. I get up before the sun, nuke a cup of coffee from the day before and start reading nonprofit tax returns or some other equally exciting documents.

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Tills' Sentencing Rescheduled in Jester Prostitution Case

Former New York state Supreme Court Judge Ronald Tills was scheduled to be sentenced today, January 12 at 0900 for pleading guilty to one felony count of "transporting an individual in interstate commerce with intent that the individual engage in prostitution," for which the maxi …

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Q&A with Sandy Frost about her new book "Shriners' Shame"

Sandy Frost is one of Newsvine's gems, one of many reasons she has received the RAV. I interviewed her previously here about her journalistic accomplishments - awards and other recognition - as well as the downside of such, namely Shriners who came to Newsvine to not just questi …

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Jester Prostitution Updates, Stebick Sentenced

Sentencing Update: The Buffalo News is reporting that: : "A former State Supreme Court official who used his motor home to transport an illegal alien prostitute from Hamburg to Kentucky was sentenced to four months of home confinement today by a federal judge.

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