Business Insider brought my attention to this NPR interview with a man who lost 11 family members in Syria’s recent chemical weapon strikes. Almost nothing is made plain in the interview. The man’s family doesn’t know whether the attacks were delivered by Assad’s forces or rebels. He doesn’t believe the US should strike Syria, but […]
Paul Constant
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George Zimmerman In Police Custody After “Domestic Incident Involving a Gun”
ABC News says: George Zimmerman is being held by police after a domestic incident involving a gun, police said today. There’s not much more information than that right now, but here’s a tweet from AP editor Will Lester:
Posted inCrime
Terrible Headline of the Day
Comes from Crooks & Liars: Florida Man Cites ‘Bush Doctrine’ After Pre-emptive Killing of Neighbors at Labor Day Cookout And yes, that is exactly what it sounds like: In their motion, Woodward’s attorneys claimed that the victims had called him names and threatened to “get him.” The motion referenced Enoch V. State, which suggests that […]
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Creators Quit Comic Book When DC Comics Refuses to Publish a Gay Wedding
This news is all over the nerd internet. Here’s Rob Bricken’s summary at io9: J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman have announced they’ll be leaving as the [creative] team on Batwoman, citing DC’s editorial interference and in particular, the publisher’s refusal to allow characters Kate Kane/Batwoman and her partner Gotham City police officer Maggie […]
Posted inPolitics
Weiner Explodes on Voter
The Anthony Weiner campaign continues its march to “victory” with an angry argument in a deli between Anthony Weiner and some guy who is very upset over Weiner’s “deviant behavior.”
Posted inMedia
Jeff Bezos Starts Thinking About Owning a Newspaper
First you have to identify the problem: “The Post is famous for its investigative journalism,” [Bezos] said. “It pours energy and investment and sweat and dollars into uncovering important stories. And then a bunch of Web sites summarize that [work] in about four minutes and readers can access that news for free. One question is, […]
Posted inPolitics
Going It Alone
British Parliament voted against taking action in Syria today. David Cameron said it was clear the Parliament does not want action and “I will act accordingly,” according to the BBC. But Obama is still considering a solo strike. The White House said President Barack Obama prized the United Nations and closely consulted allies, but that […]
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Amazon Wants to Take Its Fight Against Collecting Sales Taxes to the Supreme Court
Says Jeff Blagdon at The Verge: More than a year after Amazon began collecting sales tax on sales in states like Texas and California, it’s mounting a legal offensive against a requirement to do the same thing in New York, taking its argument to the US Supreme Court. And the Financial Times writes that the […]
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This Modern Age
Closed Circuit: An Age-of-Terror Thriller for Grownups
Closed Circuit: An Age-of-Terror Thriller for Grownups
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George W. Bush Experimenting with Cats
The Most Famous Painter in the World takes on a daring new subject.
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Why All the Skyler Hate?
On Saturday, Anna Gunn wrote about the internet hatred for Skyler White, the character she plays on Breaking Bad. But I was unprepared for the vitriolic response she inspired. Thousands of people have “liked” the Facebook page “I Hate Skyler White.” Tens of thousands have “liked” a similar Facebook page with a name that cannot […]