Archive for February 8th, 2012

Roland the Headless CNN Correspondant.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

CNN is suspending political analyst Roland Martin for tweets during the Super Bowl that the network said were “offensive” and that some critics said were anti-gay.

Actually, I don’t care that much about Roland Martin, CNN, or Twitter. But I couldn’t pass up a chance to make a reference to my own personal favorite Warren Zevon song. As a matter of fact, why don’t we listen to it now?

Stuff. And things.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Obit watch: noted British SF author John Christopher.

Here’s the latest I’ve been able to find in the HouChron on the Rangers/FBI/Harris County DA. It doesn’t add a whole lot to what was reported yesterday, alas.

Paul Farhi in the WP writes about press coverage of the Lance Armstrong probe, including his own paper’s coverage.

Weer’d beat me to this one, but: carry your damn guns, people.