Accessories
After the fact? And how much did they know before? And how many people would try to protect a friend who was the Boston bomber?
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The Boston bomber and the death penalty
Dzhohkar Tsarnaev didn’t just blow up hundreds of people in Boston. He also revived support for the death penalty (at least for himself), with 70% of Americans polling in favor of it in his particular case. Republicans are most in … Continue reading →
The girlfriend is the last to know?
To me the most interesting thing—and probably the only interesting thing—about NBA basketball player Jason Collins’ announcement that he’s gay, has been ex-fiance Carolyn Moos’ statement that she hadn’t a clue about it in the 8 years she’d dated (and … Continue reading →
“It started right there on the streets of Cambridge”
Ruslan Tsarni, the Tsarnaevs’ uncle, gives an interview: Unless the man is a consummate actor and dissembler, he seems to be just about the only member of the family who has some sort of conventional morality and sense of responsibility, … Continue reading →
Ever hear of methane hydrate?
You will: Fracking has been attacked as an environmental menace to underground water supplies, and may eventually be greatly restricted. But it has also unleashed so much petroleum in North America that the International Energy Agency, a Paris-based consortium of … Continue reading →
Benghazi whistleblowers…
…report having been threatened: However, Toensing disclosed that her client has pertinent information on all three time periods investigators consider relevant to the attacks: the months that led up to the attack, when pleas by the ambassador and his staff … Continue reading →
Segmented sleep
I’ve long been a natural night owl. Even as a child with an eight o’clock bedtime it just didn’t feel right to me, and as early as grade school I customarily went to bed as late as my parents would … Continue reading →
Biting the hand that pets you
Cats. Not my favorite creatures. Oh, I’ve met some cats I’ve liked. Sweet ones, gentle ones, funny ones. But in general, cats are not my cup of tea (although, in their paradoxical way, they tend to really, really like me). … Continue reading →
Pigford, the NY Times, and the Obama administration
The Pigford case and the extensive fraud it almost certainly has spawned in its wake have been the topics of a great many posts on the blogospheric right for years. But now the New York Times has (very surprisingly) taken … Continue reading →
Bumblers: the story changes…again
Early reports that the Boston bombs were set off by cell phones turn out to have been mistaken, and they are now thought to have been triggered by “line of sight” controllers from remote control cars. Why might that be … Continue reading →
Audrey Ferguson has committed…
…what I can only assume (and hope) is a rather unique form of Medicaid fraud—taking ambulances instead of cabs: Investigators say Ferguson was faking illness, just to get a free ride to downtown Charleston. Officials say just about every time … Continue reading →
Election symmetry
It turns out that in 2008 Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s names were placed on the Indiana presidential primary ballot through fraudulent petition signatures: Former longtime St. Joseph County Democratic party Chairman Butch Morgan Jr. was found guilty of felony conspiracy … Continue reading →