Oh the Humanity

So this happened…classy. A police officer was assaulted on the job in Iowa City, Iowa. The cop stopped to talk to a man because he was disrupting traffic. They got into a struggle, with the man choking the officer before fleeing. A local news reporter posted a screenshot of the reward/wanted poster on Facebook. And [...]

Olbermann On Giffords Shooting

Gabrielle Giffords is a politician; her Navy captain husband is an astronaut. It was his occupation that was supposed to be dangerous. But Giffords, the moderate, three-term Democratic congresswoman who survived a bullet’s trajectory through her head, has already had brushes with danger on the job. Last March, after the House approved healthcare reform with [...]

Mister Hand Was Right

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Cover via Amazon Every day I become more convinced that Mr. Hand, played by My Favorite Martian Ray Walston in the seminal movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, was correct in believing that everyone is on dope. No? You beg to differ? Not so fast – I’m talking to you Little Miss Patchouli Legalize-It. But [...]