The question isn't whether the cops beat a mentally ill homeless man to death.

They did.

The question is how did the prosecuting attorney lose the case.

A regional minimum wage for Prince George's County, Maryland? Yes! Yes! But maybe not for Six Flags.

Ain't never been there, by the way.

The question is how did the prosecuting attorney lose the case.

The article doesn't say much about what went on in the court. Maybe the jury thought the payoff to the poor guy's mother was enough. Maybe?

Judge rules doctors can prescribe meds to aid dying:

http://www.abqjournal.com/335913/abqnewsseeker/judge-doctors-can-prescribe-meds-to-aid-dying.html

Judge rules docs can prescribe meds to aid dying:

http://www.abqjournal.com/335913/abqnewsseeker/judge-doctors-can-prescribe-meds-to-aid-dying.html

"A regional minimum wage for Prince George's County, Maryland? Yes! Yes! But maybe not for Six Flags."

A fight where I'd like to see both sides lose.

Don't you hate it when people trot out pet theories about science for their own small-minded purposes?

A Chinese firm plans to spend $164 million to build a replica Titanic as a tourist attraction. It will be moored on the Qi River, and will come complete with Authentic Shipwreck Action.

Truth in Snark Disclaimer: While the idea strikes me as schlocky and tasteless, I'd actually kind of like to see the finished product.

I say if it floats, it's not a convincing replica.

This was perhaps the best book I ever owned with a lot of big color plates. In the early edition I had, Ballard was a little cagey about how resources for locating the wreck had come under his control... With the end of the Cold War, he spilled all the beans. Some have accused Ballard of being prissy about it, as having first exploited Titanic for his own career, no others should be permitted to do so. I thought he was reasonably humble, especially given the plunder by later expeditions.

It's a remarkable but sober read. A niece took it after a visit to California and I made her promise to return it, but she never did, and I'm still pissed. Leonardo DiCaprio is presumably responsible for this theft in some important way.

For "remarkable," read "romantic."

The famous JFK quote:

"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

The now famous Democrat quote:

Everybody in Cleveland has a Obamaphone.

Think of the attitude shift.