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On Friday afternoon, the federal prosecution in the alleged plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer utterly fell apart. Two defendants were acquitted on all charges, and the jury hung on charges against the two other accused conspirators. The court declared a mistrial on the latter. So the government took the ol horse collar on this prosecution. An Oh-fer. 0-4. From the Detroit News:

As one might imagine, the reaction from Whitmers office was scalding. From WXYZ:

Putting aside for a moment the fact that western Michigan is a place where the wild things roam, sometimes in and out of jury pools, it seems likely that one of the things that torpedoed the case was some bungling by the FBI. In that event, there would be something undeniably heinous about this acquittal.

After the initial burst of publicity following the arrests, the case began going sideways a year ago.

Of course, the government will likely re-try the two defendants who were not acquitted, who also are the alleged ringleaders. And one does suspect that, had these guys been hapless immigrants talking loosely about stealing the Pentagon, the feds would have been able to get a conviction. Still, this was a serious case. Everybody needs to do a lot better.

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They were all crooks and they were crooks for the working day. From CNN:

And Sluggos mouthpiece is trying out some new material.

Elderly hound snoozes on porch. Declines to pursue wild game.

Moral high ground.

These guys are killing me.

Weekly WWOZ Pick To Click: Eat That Chicken (King James and the Special Men): Yeah, I pretty much still love New Orleans.

Weekly Visit To The Pathe Archives: This Thursday was National Beer Day so, in celebration, from 1932, here are 100,000 New Yorkers, led my Mayor Jimmy Walker, in a 10-hour parade demanding an end to Prohibition and, as the Brit narrator says, demanding beer, glorious beer. Hard to argue with a man who once said, A reformer is a guy who rides through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat. History is so cool.

A singularly wonderful event has happened in the Substack universe. My friend and onetime NPR running buddy, Roy Blount, Jr., has joined in and people should support him. Anyone who can write a piece entitled, "My Sister Is Glued To The Dry Cleaners" ("This glue could stick Sinatra to the Chinese Army") deserves our encouragement.

Is it a good day for dinosaur news, Guardian? Its always a good day for dinosaur news!

This was a dino that heard the thundering roar of the asteroid and then looked up and saw the end of existence coming. An eyewitness to extinction. This demands respect, even 66 million years later.

And this was the day that began the long process by which dinosaurs lived then to make us happy now.

Ill be back Monday to see if Lindsey Graham has found his necktie yet. What a putz. Be well and play nice, ya bastids. Stay above the snake-line, wear the damn mask, get the damn shots, especially the damn boosters. Spare a kind thought for Ukraine.

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