The NYT – our nation’s national newspaper of record – sees fit to run an article about…wait for it…The Onion‘s Joe Biden parody articles.
I am not making this up.
I would mock this some more, but the article’s actually worth reading, if only for the caption associated with this photo.
Continuing the ongoing saga of Officer Quintana:
He was arrested yesterday and charged with four misdemeanors related to the alleged domestic violence incident. Yes, the one he was fired over. Yes, the one that happened over a year ago.
Look, I’m not in favor of cops thumping on their women, or thumping on other folks for that matter. But something stinks about this story; either the Leander PD covered for Quintana, or someone put pressure on them to press charges over a year after the fact, and in spite of the victim’s initial statement that no assault had occurred. (And, yes, I’m aware that’s not uncommon in domestic violence situations, and probably even more common when the perp is a police officer. On the other hand, the victim is a police officer, too.)
…to the United States Marine Corps.
I would tell my favorite Marine joke, but Tam beat me to it.
And I guess I should acknowledge the 35th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, as well. Sadly, I’m not in the distribution area covered by the Great Lakes Brewing Company, but if you are, I highly recommend the Edmund Fitzgerald Porter. (Actually, I recommend all of Great Lakes’ beers. And they’re nice people, too.)