Whenever I type dates lately, my first instinct is to type “2016.” I’ve had to go back and correct it several times. I think that’s because I’d read, and typed, “2016” so many times before this year started, that on some level my fingers thought it had arrived. Or something.
Anyway, I’ve had technical troubles all day and haven’t been able to post. But let’s wrap up the week with an Open Thread, shall we? Possible topics:
- Six Baltimore cops charged in Freddie Gray death — So, will this be the end of the rioting? Who knows? Once something like that gets started, I’m not sure to what extent we can look for rational cause-and-effect relationships. Of course, we won’t know the upshot of the legal case, or what actually happened, for some time — if then.
- Ex-Ally Of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie Pleads Guilty In Bridge Closures Scandal — Does this mean that Christie is in the clear politically on this, or does it mean it’s now fresher in people’s minds just as he’s launching? Probably the latter.
- Isis leader incapacitated with suspected spinal injuries after air strike — An exclusive about al-Baghdadi from The Guardian.
- Singer Ben E. King Dies — Famous for “Stand By Me.”
Or… whatever’s on your mind…
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The juxtaposition of Wildstein’s guilty plea and the death of the voice of Stand by Me has a nice little ironic tone to it.
Christie will be unscathed by the GWB thing, except for maybe in Fort Lee.
The driver of the paddy wagon in Baltimore was charged with “depraved heart murder”. That’s worse than a crime of passion. It’s a lack of humanity.
Why isn’t it reported more prominently that half of those charged are black, including the only cop charged with murder? And the Baltimore police commissioner is a black man.
Is this really a racial issue or just a typical cops-being-cops issue?
Black people are often just as, if not more so, racist towards their own race. It’s not a contradiction. You can think/feel that your own race is inferior, and behave that way.
So they are self-haters? Or is it about something else – like class, behavior, or, egads!, criminal activity?
They have internalized society’s racism.
Freddie Gray was doing nothing wrong and should not have been taken into custody.
And you know this, how?
Norm, this should be the end of Christies’ aspirations. Let’s hope so as he is stuck playing second grade playground politics and is already past peak. There is only so far charismatic bullying can take anyone.
Oh, I don’t think he has a snowball’s chance in Columbia of being the nominee. There’s enough other stuff about him that simply makes him a questionable candidate. I just think there’s not going to be anything that ties him directly to the GWB closures. I think a couple of underlings wanted to excerise power without understanding what real power is.
He’s apparently done other bullying things, even if this one has deniability. I doubt that SC voters will go for him when there are so many more appealing to them candidates–social conservatives, especially.
I think he will probably do well in SC. His blustery, put-’em-in-their-place attitude should play well here. I just think Republican voters in other states–even the redder ones–don’t want someone with a chip on their shoulder as their candidate.
Those guys should have had their own private e-mail server that they could just wipe. I hear that’s what all the savvy folks do.
The thing about Christie is its obvious that he is the kind of guy who would provide the example of behavior to his senior staff so that they would know that this would be what he wanted. They modeled their actions on their leader’s political operations.
What’s worse than the bullying, however, are the proven ties of corruption which surround him. Christie craves power but he understands other people will be receptive to his doling of spoils. He is a cancer.