"I'd been sitting on it, but I -- too many people put in a [Freedom of Information Act] request for that thing, and I had to release that tape to you."

According to these guys:

a review of open records requests sent to the Ferguson Police Department found that no news organization, reporter or individual specifically sought the release of the surveillance tape before police distributed it on Aug. 15.

Six guys in an RV managed to put on 700 miles without any problems.  We bought all the food the first day at Costco.  I am still not sure how we managed to buy exactly what we needed.  We ate like kings and at the end, threw out a couple things.

I now know in the mountains, the weather can go from 60's to a white out blizzard in 2 mins flat.  That the Snake River is cold, no matter how many times the river guide states 66 is warm.  That my brother's mapped shortcuts while hiking do not include the most important variable, elevation.  That an idiot who forgot about the gun and bullets in his carry-on, doesn't always get arrested.  Sometimes they call the cops who call the DA and decide to drive him back to his car to store it.  That getting to the airport 3 hours early to get drunk in in Continental lounge is a genius idea when you have friends who forget they had guns.

It was a blast and parts are like other world, a lot of people sometimes, and on the edge of a true wilderness other times.

Normally I am sick of my friends after a trip, but I think the work and planning of being in basically a self contained mobile cabin really brought out the best in everyone.  
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Anyways, then on Tuesday I got an email from Chris, an old friend that I had it out with long ago.  He told me our good friend Ben had died walking to work that morning.  I had heard Chris had gone off the deep end and not sure if I thought he was messing with me or wanted him to be lying so badly, but I called Ben's work.  

He was 38, worked out, and just a a cool motherfucker.  He was the closest friend I had in college and the person I always stayed with when I went to Wisconsin.  The thought of never seeing him again is heavy.

They think he had a clot in his lung and died on a street in downtown Milwaukee alone, discovered later by a stranger.  

Was he under oath??

Who is he?? I mean "Bob" doesn't tell us much.

And why didn't you include a link for your claims?

You know, this is a serious national security issue that should transcend politics. Why are you afraid to have questions answered??

I mean, try and forget about the actual fact that Susan Rice's claim that the video caused the attack was not true.

Focus on the CIA chief. Get his testimony under oath.

And tell us who prevented air power from being used.

An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied reenlistment last month for refusing to take an oath containing "so help me God," the American Humanist Association said Thursday.

"Reciting `So help me God' in the reenlistment and commissioning oaths is a statutory requirement under Title 10 USC 502," Air Force spokeswoman Rose Richeson said Thursday. AFI 36-2606 "is consistent with the language mandated in 10 USC 502. Paragraph 5.6 [and] was changed in October 2013 to reflect the aforementioned statutory requirement and airmen are no longer authorized to omit the words `So help me God.' "

The Air Force said it cannot change its AFI to make "so help me God" optional unless Congress changes the statute mandating it.

Breakthrough Melanoma Treatment Fast Tracked By FDA

Yesterday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new therapy for patients with advanced melanoma. The treatment, Keytruda (pembrolizumab), proved so successful in a large Phase 1 clinical trial that the drug was granted breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA, meaning that it was fast tracked for approval.

I am sure many of you will want to see it.

The link is to an article about the one minute video.  In the article is a link to the actual video, which is pretty gross.  Shootings.  Crucifictions.  Post decapitation scene.

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's 15 January 2014 review of the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi viewed video footage documenting the dispatch of a security team to the Mission compound within 20-25 minutes of the first report of the attack, and they found that no "stand down" orders were issued to the security team at the Annex:

After the Diplomatic Security (DS) agent in the Tactical Operations Center at the Temporary Mission Facility alerted the Annex security team that TMF was under attack at 9:40, the Chief of Base called the [redacted] "who advised that he would immediately deploy a force to provide assistance," according to a September 19, 2012, cable.

Two armored vehicles were prepared so the security team could respond from the Annex. Approximately 20-25 minutes after the first call came into the Annex that the Temporary Mission Facility (TMF) was under attack, a security team left the Annex for the Mission compound. In footage taken from the Annex's security cameras, the security team can be observed departing the CIA Annex at 10:03 p.m. Benghazi time.

The team drove to the Mission facility and made their way onto the Mission compound in the face of enemy fire, arriving in the vicinity of the compound at approximately 10:10 p.m. Benghazi time. The Committee explored claims that there was a "stand down" order given to the security team at the Annex. Although some members of the security team expressed frustration that they were unable to respond more quickly to the Mission compound, 12 the Committee found no evidence of intentional delay or obstruction by the Chief of Base or any other party.

[He] turned to see Brown running away from Wilson's squad car.

The officer was 10 to 15 feet behind and chased Brown down the street, the man said.

About 90 feet away from the car, Wilson fired another shot while Brown had his back to him, the witness told the Post-Dispatch.

Brown stumbled, apparently wounded.

He turned around with his hands up, repeating 'OK' over and over.

Wilson was about 10 feet from Brown when the teenager began to move.

'He's kind of walking back toward the cop,' the witness told the Post-Dispatch, noting Brown still had his hands up.

The cop began to move away from the teenager and opened fire.

Brown's hands began to go down after the third shot.