By Steve Rhodes
Holiday-mode Beachwood continues until January 5.
The College Football Report Bowl Preview Pt. 4: Winner, Winner, Cricket Dinner
Our pick: The Horned Frogs (-3.5) and the chili rub.
Local Music Leftovers 2014
Oozing Wound wins the year. Plus: Bloodshot, CHIRP, Run The Jewels, The Preatures, Junior Wells, Animal Kingdom, Jason Molina, Chief Keef, Dick Dale, and the city’s best YouTube uploader.
Chuck Todd Explains It All
If I press the politicians to tell the truth, they won’t come back and lie to me more.
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BeachBook
* FOIA Reform Died While The Press Looked The Other Way.
* Real Men Don’t Have Dead Zones.
* State Department Delays Report Of Iran History.
* NSA Chief Bet Money On AT&T As It Spied On You.
* Study: U.S. Is An Oligarchy, Not A Democracy.
* Post-9/11 War Costs Reach $1.6 Trillion.
* Ex-Milwaukee Cop Who Shot Unarmed Man 14 Times Will Not Be Charged.
* Court Filing Illuminates Morgan Stanley Role In Lending.
That’s a pretty soft headline for what the filing revealed about Morgan Stanley’s lies and deceits.
* Whistle-Blowing Former Baltimore Police Detective Sues Department For Retaliation.
Their retaliation, not his.
* The McDonald’s Lab Disguised As A Hipster Cafe.
* 46 Times Vox Totally Fucked Up A Story.
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TweetWood
If you haven’t seen them, check out the tweets from @lagunitasT on the company’s 25K donation to Rahm’s re-elect.
— Scott Smith (@ourmaninchicago) December 31, 2014
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The most underappreciated story of 2014: http://t.co/KyehC57WEp
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 31, 2014
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We got away with it. #AmericaInFiveWords http://t.co/rvofLd0K8s
— PRISM US Gov (@PRISM_NSA) December 31, 2014
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Police have a “person of interest” in the Morton Salt wall collapse: http://t.co/zpHNGeHHHj
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 31, 2014
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Police securing the Morton Salt perimeter: http://t.co/qe49MM7ibA
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 31, 2014
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RT @pantagrapher: “This accident scene has been perfectly preserved.”
— Robert Loerzel (@robertloerzel) December 30, 2014
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Pickled pink.
Posted on December 31, 2014