Sep 17, 2013
It's the day after the Navy Yard shootings, which means it's too soon to discuss it. But the frequency of these shootings is eroding the old sensibilities about them. Greg Dworkin rounded up the day's news, including the 2nd anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Larry Summers' withdrawal from consideration as Fed Chair, new polling on Syria, gun issues following the shooting, and the Johns Hopkins NSA blogging story that Armando & I dispensed with afterward. Armando stays on for discussion on the Navy Yard shooting, a brief GunFAIL update, and then on to some more clarification of The Mysterious Case of Jake Tapper's Twitter Hate. Next, a look at a bizarre take on Syria, "America's Middle East Policy Collapses," the even more bizarre saga of fake Syria expert Elizabeth O'Bagy, and finally the most bizarre story of the day: Michelle Obama promotes drinking more water, so conservatives come out as anti-water.