24 – 11pm til 12:00 midnight open thread
I confess: I’m behind by a couple of episodes. Have I missed anything?
Happiness is …
Being 20 pages into one re-write and then deciding that the storyline needs to be changed around to a significant degree in order to be able to add better character backstories. Sucks when you have several halfway decent scenes already written that you want to try and incorporate into the new storyline but can’t. *SIGH*
Scott Brown to Joe Biden: Don’t lecture me on military law
The week is not starting off on a good note for the VP. First, former Veep Dick Cheney yesterday blasted various Obama admin counterterrorism arguments Biden has been making on the past couple of weeks on issues like Iraq and the so-called “Christmas Day bomber,” and now, Biden has Senator Scott Brown (R-MA!) to contend with (via Memeorandum):
Mikulski (D-MD) set to retire from the Senate as well?
Not yet confirmed, but intriguing nevertheless:
Brennan: 20% recidivism rate for Gitmo terrorists “isn’t that bad”
ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports on some disturbing comments made over the weekend by counterterrorism “czar” John Brennan on the recidivism rate for Gitmo detainees: