RIP Gia Allemand, former Bachelor and Bachelor Pad contestant, who ended her life today at age 29. I always liked watching her, she was so photogenic. Condolences to her family, boyfriend and Bachelor Nation.

In other sad news, Bradley Manning addressed the court at his sentencing today. He could get up to 90 years. Jesse Jackson and his wife were sentenced to prison today, 30 months and 12 months respectively, which they will serve sequentially. And hundreds died today in Egypt.

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Busy week for me. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome (except Zimmerman.)

"Breaking Bad" begins tonight.

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Your Turn. All topics welcome -- Except Zimmerman

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I'm going to write about something this week. I really am. And not just sports investing. I'm thinkin'

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Added by TL: See comment by BTD below, all of his open threads exclude discussion of the Zimmerman case.)

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3 weeks to college football!

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I've got a long drive this afternoon to a jail in the mountains. Here's an open thread, all topics (except Zimmerman) welcome.

I've got a busy day at work. Here's an open thread, all topics (except Zimmerman) welcome.

Update: New report on Guantanamo finds cost is $2.7 million per prisoner per year.

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If you are looking for something moving to read today, try Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kopf's blog post, "The best gift I ever got from a convicted killer" about sentencing decisions.

Judge Kopf is not going to be pleased that I'm praising his blog again, but now that I've read all the posts, I can't help but point out some that I especially liked. There's several on the sequester cuts to defender services. Today he proposed this solution:

Unless the House Judiciary Committee is run entirely by hypocrites, I think the Committee ought to fire one of its lawyers every time a federal public defender gets the axe as a result of the sequester. Perhaps Mr. Branden Ritchie, Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, would be a good candidate for the first sequester generated pink slip.