Detroit: After a two-week investigation, the prosecutor here charged a white suburban homeowner on Friday with second-degree murder in the killing of an unarmed young black woman. The prosecutor rejected the man’s assertion that he had been acting in self-defense when he opened his front door and fired a shotgun at the woman through a …
Open Threads
Open Thread: Invective of the Week
Mr. Charles P. Pierce on the “Hacko di Tutti Hacki“: … For going on three decades now, there has not been a hackier hack on this little blue marble than Mark Halperin. He is the worst thing to happen to political journalism since the mob in Alton iced Elijah Lovejoy. He is walking journalistic potato …
Open Thread: The Grownups in the Room
Politico is grieved by her refusal to roll over like a proper Repub-fearing Democrat, but I {heart} Nancy Pelosi, and her stalwart fellows: In a news conference Thursday after a meeting with White House officials, the top four Democrats said they won’t apologize for that promise, instead defending the language of the Affordable Care Act …
Twitterdämmerung
Some dimwit in the marketing department at a rapacious megabank had a bright idea: Let’s think outside the box, disrupt the industry, establish new paradigms and build our brand by engaging the unwashed on social media: It didn’t go well: Ouch: Oof: Yikes: It goes on and on like that at #AskJPM. Finally, banksters raise …
Early Morning Open Thread: Roland Hedley, Meet Red Rascal
With what, hysterical laughter? MT @politico: Dan Rather has finally weighed in on the "60 Minutes" Benghazi report. http://t.co/evi1Nm0wzr — billmon (@billmon1) November 15, 2013 Warning, Politico link: … Speaking to Joe Madison’s radio show “The Black Eagle,” Rather said that the corporate hierarchy at CBS News — which he described as “not so much …
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Laptop Bleg Open Thread
I use macbook pros, myself, but one of my fraternity boys is looking for a laptop, preferably Windows 8, that he can use to occasionally skype, watch a movie, and use for office so he can do his senior project. The catch is he only wants to spend 300 bucks. I haven’t had a windows …
Open Thread: Celebutainment News
Since some of you are fans of John Oliver, news from the Atlantic Wire: John Oliver’s stint hosting The Daily Show was an audition of sorts, but it turns out not for Jon Stewart’s job. HBO has swooped in and poached Oliver, giving him his own “topical comedy series” that will begin next year. Oliver, …