We committed a quiet little war crime the other day. Forty-plus people are dead, taken out with hellfire missiles while they were praying.

Or maybe not. Maybe they were just insurgents. The women and children, if there were any, were . . . come on, you know the lingo, collateral damage. The Pentagon is going to “look into” allegations that what happened last March 16 in the village of al-Jinah in northern Syria was something more serious than a terrorist takeout operation, which, if you read the official commentary, seems like the geopolitical equivalent of rodent control.

The last time a U.S. president faced a strong movement for impeachment for actual impeachable offenses, one of the major road blocks was fear that an unpopular vice president would take his place, and this road block was removed when Spiro Agnew resigned in the face of criminal charges of cheating on his taxes.

As every American is aware, including even those who have never heard of impeachment, the primary problem with impeaching Trump is the horror of a president Pence. For a long time I tried to explain to people that this was stupid. Pence is already running the show. Impeachment is about placing the executive branch under the rule of law, not about the trivial matter of what individual holds what office for a few years. A President Pence with a Congress that impeaches people would be better than King Donald with Congress acting as court jesters. Impeachment and removal from office are two different things. Et cetera. It doesn't matter how many reasons you provide, the U.S. public may never support impeachment of Trump as long as Pence is vice president.

An Associated Press story on Tuesday came with this

Wednesday, March 22, 4pm
Franklin County Municipal Court, 375 S. High St.
FACEBOOK EVENT
Henry Green was killed by plain clothes Columbus Police on June 6th 2016. More than 9 months later, Franklin County prosecutors are presenting the case to grand jury. 
We expect to hear an announcement this Friday, so we will be gathering at 4pm for the next three days as a community to pray for justice and demand that Prosecutor Ron Obrien bring an indictment on these officers and give Henry a chance for justice at trial.
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Sponsored by the People's Justice Project. 

These days, every new console launch is followed by an online flood of complaints about quality control issues. Far too many original Nintendo DS systems showed up with dead pixels. The Xbox 360 was plagued by vague Red Ring of Death “general hardware failures”. The PlayStation 4 is known to spontaneously shut itself off. (Save your games early and often!) So it’s not surprising that people have run into problems with the new hybrid Nintendo Switch. But are its glaring design flaws and Nintendo’s apathetic response a sign that the system was released half-baked – and they just don’t care?