Rachel Maddow mentioned the court case -- somewhat to my surprise -- but in an in-studio interview failed to directly press her about political bias in favor of Bush in that most peculiar decision.  Typical of Maddow who tends to swoon over getting a major figure not of the left to sit down with her as she then often goes easy on them.  I can't help but wonder that O'C and her publicist figured it would go like that and that therefore the very polite and respectful Maddow would be one of the few "safe" liberals to interview with.

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible."

For the record, the only mid-major program to ever achieve the top poll ranking AND subsequently make it hold up in NCAA tourney play was Nevada-Las Vegas in 1990, when they slaughtered Duke 103-73 in the most lopsided championship game in NCAA tournament history.

You may have noticed that reports of murders in Mexico have decreased lately. It's not because the narcissistic American media has decided to ignore another foreign country, it's because that after 70,000 needless deaths the turf wars have been won. In case you're wondering, the Sinaloa cartel came out on top.

Partially, but it's also due to a concerted effort of cleaning up and strengthening the local police departments. Funny how he leaves that part out.

The decision by former Mexican President Felipe Calderón to take the fight to the drug cartels contributed to the escalating violence but is now being viewed as an important part of the solution.

Tijuana saw the first major reduction in crime around 2009, when Public Safety Director Julian Leyzaola Perez began coordinating more with the country's military to attack cartel violence and cleaned up the city's police force that many believed was working closely with the cartels.

The murder rate in Tijuana has dropped from 41 people per 100,000 in 2008 to 21 last year, according to the San Diego study. Mayor Carlos Bustamante's office said kidnappings -- a major revenue generator for the cartels that also produced a sense of daily panic for city residents -- have fallen 74% since 2010.

Bustamante said his administration -- in office for over two years -- has received more than 100 reports from police officers who were offered bribes. That was unheard of during the height of the violence, he said, and indicates a renewed sense of trust in the city's law enforcement.

"Part of the success has been the people now call us and trust us," Bustamante said. "That's why we've had such success with the narco guys. People are calling, 'We think there's something suspicious here,' and now the soldiers and the police go."

Then, there's this:

Without prohibition the black market wouldn't exist. We've proven that the murderous problems will immediately disappear when we legalized booze after Prohibition.

Really?  The black market is just going to go POOF! and disappear?  Highly unlikely, especially since "murderous problems" did NOT "immediately disappear" when we legalized booze.  Seems to me we still have "murderous problems" in this country, so unless he lives on Planet Zebulon, I have no idea what he's talking about.

Drug dealers are already diversifying their portfolio by getting into sex slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking.These people are like cockroaches - they will not just wither up and go away.  Anyone who believes that just by making drugs legal will permanently put all the bad guys out of business need their heads examined.

Hey, it didn't seem to hurt the Mittster to flip flop his way to being more hardline conservative in order to make himself more viable for the nom.

Your very early GOP frontrunners:  1) Jeb  2) Rubio  3) Christie  4) that female SC gov who took over from the Appalachian Trail Guy.