Why, it was just a lone wolf. Cops didn’t know this camera caught them deleting video of the murder of Laquan McDonald Free Thought Project, Raw Story 01 Dec 2015 at 17:17 ET Accused of deleting the surveillance video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s death, several officers appeared in recently released screenshots tampering with Burger King’s …
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Dec 02 2015
Rahm Emmanuel Must Go!
He’s an accessory to murder, after the fact. That he is now throwing Garry F. McCarthy under the bus to save his own cowardly ass is not enough, Rahm Emmanuel has personally known the facts of the case for OVER A YEAR and cravenly participated in a conspiracy to cover them up. Cover-Up in Chicago …
Dec 01 2015
Good News on GMO From Costco!
Perhaps you have responded with horror, as I have, to the news that the FDA has approved genetically engineered Salmon for human consumption. The danger is not that you will turn into some three eyed zombie monster because you eat it or even that your children will (though it is too soon to tell, in …
Nov 30 2015
Radicalized Terrorists
Pottery Barn Terrorists: You Broke ‘Im, You Bought ‘Im By Juanita Jean, Crooks and Liars 11/30/15 1:00pm So, here’s what we know about Robert L. Dear, the Planned Parenthood terrorist, so far: old, white, southern, male, Christian (read his bible “cover-to-cover-to-cover” per his ex), conservative, gun owner, conspiracy theorist (cover your roof in metal to …
Nov 30 2015
Sure, Let’s Just Start Another War!
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Despite a notable lack of success in the 4 or 5 wars we already have going in the Middle East (I might be missing some) it seems there is an endless amount of enthusiasm within the D.C. Beltway and especially among the …
Nov 29 2015
Zeno’s Paradox
If at every instant in it’s flight an arrow has a distinct and measurable position, when does it move? The answer is, of course, that it’s an object in motion and so has a quality of change that you are ignoring when you merely measure the position. This is why God, Liebniz, and Newton invented …
Nov 23 2015
Just Shut It Down.
You may not know this, but the Brussels Metro Area is a full third of Belgium and has 1.8 Million inhabitants. The other two regions are divided by language, the French speaking Walloons and the Dutch speaking Flemish. Brussels is commonly thought to be (only) the 21st most friendly city in Europe for ex-pats and …
Nov 20 2015
We Fite Gud
You see the thing that gets me is not that institutions and individuals are corrupt and evil, evil is my go to position whenever Atrios asks whether it’s that or stupidity because I assume basic levels of competency at least in being evil. But some things just make me shake my head. Why ISIS Has …
Nov 19 2015
Why Russia and China are winning.
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that a hegemonic United States global empire is a good thing. Now it’s not really for many reasons, lots of them economic but some military. Anyone else notice we are 1 for whatever since Vietnam? Yup, unless you count Grenada and Panama (two mighty and scary foes) only …
Nov 18 2015
Nice work if you can get it.
Now I think the Democratic Congressmen are missing an opportunity here. Not only are you getting a nice wining, dining, and shopping tour of Europe (only the best most secure hotels please) BUT you get a chance to come back to the Well of the House and report on how the Republican committee on Benghazi, …
Nov 18 2015
Storm Clouds for TPP
While I may re-hash the myriad reasons why the TPP is even worse than we thought and UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should be approved, this particular piece is more directed at the prospects for it in a vote and there is some good news on that front (I don’t delight in reporting the negative stuff, it’s …
Nov 17 2015
Deferred Prosecution
Maybe we’ll get a perp walk after all. U.S. Targets RBS, J.P. Morgan Executives in Criminal Probes By Aruna Viswanatha, Devlin Barrett, and Christopher M. Matthews, Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2015 1:57 p.m. ET Federal prosecutors are actively pursuing criminal cases against executives from Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC and J.P. Morgan Chase …