Author: Marie2

I Don’t Know If She Was Guilty

It was a crack-cocaine possession and sale case.  The defendant was a young African-American woman.  The alleged amount of cocaine in her possession was a few grams.  It was a twelve person jury.  Seven women...

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The Snowman & Oz

A US intel contractor.  An eager and responsible kid given access to highly classified documents.*  Said “kid” was shocked and appalled at what he saw.  So, he took photographs.  Lots of them....

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Bully On The Block [Update 5]

The 2002 Presidential Election in Bolivia: It’s hard to know whether to marvel or weep when James Carville goes into his Bill Clinton-meets-Looney Tunes act in Rachel Boynton’s knockout documentary Our Brand Is...

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Which Side Are You On?

Those of us that can remember back to early 2003 watched the one man that could have stopped the insanity of a war with Iraq choose not to do the right thing.  Because the doing “right thing” is rarely as easy...

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Michael Hastings – A Talent Cut Short

Today the LA Coroner confirmed that the body in the wreckage of the Tuesday early morning crash was Michael Hastings.  The FBI assisted in the identification by providing Hastings’ fingerprints.  The FBI also...

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