Missouri's Governor has issued a stay of execution for Marcellus Williams. William's guilt has come under question because of DNA evidence. [Link] A jury failed to convict four men accused of committing crimes during the 2014 Bundy Ranch Standoff. Two men were...
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News Roundup 8/21/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Trump will meet with several military advisers about a plan for the Afghanistan War. Trump is expected to announce a decision soon. [Link] Steve Bannon has resigned from the Trump Administration. [Link] The family of a young man charged with attempting to bomb an...
News Roundup 8/18/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 18, 2017 | Blog
Two victims of the CIA torture program reached a settlement with Dr. James Mitchell and Dr. Bruce Jessen. Mitchell and Jessen were contracted by the CIA to design the torture program. [Link] California police killed 157 police officers in 2016. [Link] A father of five...
News Roundup 8/15/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 15, 2017 | Blog
Trump is considering a pardon for former Arizona Sharif Joe Arpaio. Arpaio was convicted of a misdemeanor for contempt of court. When Arpaio was Sharif, he continued to enforce an immigration law after a court ordered him not to. [Link] Charges against two Texas...
News Roundup 8/13/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 12, 2017 | Blog
Robert Perry explains how the flawed Russigate logic made Trump more of a war hawk. [Link] Sam Heller defends Trump's decision to end support for Syrian rebel groups. [Link] A Democrat running to be governor of Illinois says he will commute the sentence of all...
News Roundup 8/10/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog
Federal drug prosecutions are at the lowest rate in 25 years. [Link] The FBI searched Paul Manafort's home. The FBI had a warrant for tax information and banking records. [Link] The UAE is on pace to donate $20 million to the Middle East Insititute over 2016-2017....
News Roundup 8/9/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 9, 2017 | Blog
A New York man is suing the New York police department for harassing him and assaulting him so he would give false testimony in a murder trial. [Link] Baltimore tax payers are paying victims of Baltimore police $1.1 million. The $1.1 million is for four...
News Roundup 8/7/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 7, 2017 | Blog
Congress has put several spending increases in the budget for departments Trump wanted a budget cut. [Link] National Security Advisor H R McMaster says Trump has already made some important decision on Afghanistan policy. One of these decisions is trying to prevent...
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They Warned Us
It’s hard to enjoy the writings of Franz Kafka, though in some of his story telling we find a reflection of the contemporary or perhaps a dirty glass panel into the past. In his book, The Trial, we experience a bureaucracy of inhumanity through the eyes of an unnamed...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Is Pam Bondi Miriam Adelson’s Tool to Censor Americans?
A letter about the Nobel Peace Prize. A claim that America needs “complete and total control of Greenland.” And a war that almost started, then didn’t. We follow the thread from ego-driven spectacle to real-world consequences, unpacking how image-making can bend...
Lose/Lose Situation
I discuss Minneapolis ICE situation and we finish up the last of 3 presidential debates from 1992
The Story Can Still Be Told
“Don’t be mean, we don’t have to be mean, coz remember, no matter where you go, there you are,” said Buckaroo Banzai as he stood on stage with his band of as multi-faceted men. The Hong Kong Cavaliers. Buckaroo, the scientist, surgeon, rock star, comic book character...
The Navy May Have a Use for the Haunted Zumwalt
The DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class, originally slated for 30+ hulls but only commissioning three has been haunted by failure and late delivery on everything. Now the first hull is being delivered after being retrofitting for Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic...
Greg’s Adventure – A Short Story About A Dangerous Man
Greg was irate. It had been the second time in a week he had been cut off like that. His car recovered from the swerve, the offending gaggle of cyclists barely paid him notice. He pulled into a nearby service station, checked his tyre. All seemed alright. “Those...
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