Who among us is surprised by this?
Sheriff’s deputies and investigators have broken a heroin distribution ring that dished out narcotics across more than half of Sullivan County.
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The alleged dealers were pushing a variety of heroin that they called “Obama.” Chaboty said dealers are known to stamp the glassine wax paper that carries the heroin with [...]
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, frequently critical of The Wire for its “overly negative” portrayal of crime and corruption, was indicted today after a three-year investigation.
Dixon was charged with four counts of perjury and two counts of theft over $500, as well as theft under $500, fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary and misconduct in office. The [...]
The complete five season box set release has spawned some new Wire reviews and recs.
Ran across this article at CNN.com. The reviewer offers high praise for the series but grew up in West Baltimore and says he feels The Wire is bleaker than the world he grew up in.
Why did Cutty give Dukie such a [...]
Rachel Maddow had Princeton’s Melissa Harris-Lacewell on last night to discuss the drama surrounding seats in the US Senate opened by Obama’s appointments. Naturally, the discussion focused primarily on the Blagojevich scandal. Watch the entire segment to hear Dr. Harris-Lacewell’s parting admonition:
View “Rachel Maddow video: Senate scramble“
Defeated, gobsmacked and heartbroken.
Copy that.
Nate Fick was one of the early speakers in the line up for the Democratic National Convention’s final night at Invesco Stadium. He was one of the “American Voices,” a group of Americans selected to tell their stories during last night’s historic event.
Below, the text of Fick’s remarks.
Good afternoon. I’m Nathaniel Fick. My Marine platoon [...]
Sorry so late. Satellite went out this week, I had to scramble.
Patrolling with NVGs on, Kocher and his team snatch up a lone armed Iraqi. Aside from interrupting the guy taking a dump, which I don’t think the Geneva Conventions covers anyway, it’s by the book. Then Captain America comes flying over the the side [...]
First thoughts on A Burning Dog.
Well, first off, it’s safe to say we’ve moved into politics. Encino Man (“Whoo! Whoo!”) doesn’t quite get it but everyone else does. Fick:
“It’s all on that guy’s passport. Two weeks ago he was still a student in Syria. He wasn’t a jihadi until we came to Iraq.”
Last week’s metaphor, [...]
I stumbled across a link to this recent Slate piece on GK by Peter Maass. I’m posting about it here not just because it’s so favorable, but because part of it speaks exactly to a chain of thought I’ve been wrestling with as I’ve watched (and read) GK, which is the connection between these characters [...]
I’ll put up a longer post later, but instead of waiting so long this week, I thought I’d just do some thinking aloud about Episode Three, hoping others will jump in with their own thoughts. Lurkers, don’t be quiet.
This was episode was tough going. That feeling after the RCT troops, aided and abetted by Encino [...]
