Mistrial declared: Officer Porter is, of course, subject to re-trial on all four charges: involuntary manslaughter, second degree assault, reckless endangerment, and misconduct in office. (Update: It’s being reported that the parties will meet before an administrative judge tomorrow to … Continue reading →
Why indeed? After all, 9/11 was far, far worse. There were many more victims. The attacks themselves during 9/11 were far more high-tech and fiendishly clever, as well. And perhaps that’s one clue. 9/11 was so spectacular, so creative in … Continue reading →
The Fed has announced a raise in the interest rate for the first time since 2006. The new target will go from 0 percent to 0.25 percent to 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. Most members expect the new rate to … Continue reading →
More or less the usual.
Continue reading →I watched most (not all) of the debate last night. Regular readers may recall that I detest political debates in general, but this one bothered me especially much. Mulling over why that might be, I’ve come to the conclusion that—at … Continue reading →
Bill O’Reilly. I find that rather odd, but apparently it’s true. [NOTE: This was meant to inject a bit of levity into the proceedings. No, not THAT Bill O’Reilly. But Buckley’s family was an interesting one, loaded with people of … Continue reading →
Red ties; red dress. With Kasich and Carson the blue-tie outliers. The word apparently got out to the undercard, too. Huckabee blue, everybody else red:
Continue reading →Well, I’ll start out by watching, anyway. My first question: why is Kasich there? Why oh why? (That’s a rhetorical question; I know the answer). Christie keeps the focus on Obama and Clinton. Cruz goes right to “radical Islamist terrorism.” … Continue reading →
…and the judge is reported to have said something so extraordinary I believe it could be grounds for a reversal if defendant Porter is ultimately found guilty: In a shocking statement, trial Judge William Barry told the hung jury to … Continue reading →
Here’s an open thread for talking about it.
Continue reading →Maybe both, actually. This article from last February has some rather chilling quotes from Obama about ISIS. If he’s telling the truth here about his beliefs (always a serious question with Obama), it shows him to be so out of … Continue reading →
It is now fairly well-known that the percentage of Syrian refugees the United States has taken who are Christians is very small. And yet this is a group that ought logically to be first in line because members face the … Continue reading →