Weekend open thread
Got some shopping to do, and a much-anticipated appointment at the salon this afternoon, so I’ll be out for most of the day – and at the same time doing my best to avoid race weekend traffic at Lowe’s Motor Speedway (ugh).
Too short for prison?
Several readers have sent me links to this bizarre story about a judge in Lincoln, Nebraska who sentenced a 5’1 man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child to probation, rather than serving hard time in prison – because he was “too short” to “survive” a “state prison”:
‘Canes even up Eastern Conference series, make statement with 4-0 victory over Sabres
I watched this game last night and the ‘Canes looked like champions. In game three, they had to play comeback kid and didn’t complete the ‘comeback’ – but last night, the ‘Canes came out the victor.
ST reader Mwalimu Daudi gets quoted at Slate :)
It’s always nice to get recognized by the bigs, and it’s an added bonus when one of my readers gets props. Michael Weiss, writing for Slate, did a blogger roundup on the confirmation of Gen. Hayden to CIA director, and quoted Mwalimu:
The Haditha incident
If the reports coming out of the media from anonymous sources are true, it looks like the much-discussed Haditha incident in which a small group of US Marines allegedly killed 24 Iraqi civilians is the real deal. Via the the LA Times: