Thursday Afternoon Links: Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty, 20 Years Since Start of Waco Siege

By Lucy Steigerwald On February 28, 2013 · In Afternoon links, History, Politics, War · 3 Comments

Bradley Manning pled out. Bye to the next decade or two of his life. Plus, the government can still charge him with some of the things to which he plead not-guilty . Sigh.
20 years ago today, “Operation Showtime” — the initial ATF raid on the Branch Davidians — began.
So, for the next 53 days, just think about what government can do. Don’t listen to Rachel Maddow about Waco, go watch The Rules of Engagement which is toe into conspiratorial, but you know what, some conspiratorial stuff happened.
Eric Holder and the Department of Justice are close to deciding on a response to Washington state and Colorado’s legal recreational marijuana. Libertarians are not holding their breath.
I may have certain left-sympathies on occasion, but I am that guy when it comes to even nice-sounding things like the First Lady wanting physical education for the childrens. Politicians aren’t legitimate, but you are not even a politician. Stop.
I want to make a techno song that just repeats “am I being detained?” a lot. [Via The Agitator]
That’s enough, Charlie Rangel.
Reminder that before he helped bring down Nixon, Bob Woodward was a Republican.
I cannot help liking Alex Jones, and this sort of thing is why.
On hating Anne Hathaway, which is very in right now for some reason.
Dennis Rodman <3s Kim Jong-Un.
Dinosaurs, please.
Entertainment Weekly on folk music, still recommends “Wagon Wheel” as the Old Crow Medicine Show track.