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Mike Byrd thought it quite apropos that much of the establishment had to sit and wait on Gary, Indiana before being able to call last night’s Hoosier primary decisively:

How apropos it was to have the mainstream press waiting on one of America's most urban counties to call the Indiana primary early this morning and to seal Hillary Clinton's fate. Urban communities have been largely ignored in this election. It would have been boring and enabling had the last returns come from a corn-fed rural county at the beginning of the night.

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond speaks out against Obama’s effort to put party rules ahead of counting the votes of 2.3 million Democratic votes in Florida and Michigan.
“The Obama campaign miscalculated on this issue and should have stood with Michigan and Florida given their strong African American populations. Had Obama won these states, I am sure [...]

As someone who is supposed to be a music writer, I suppose I should have been watching the grammys. I was at a birthday party for a three year old (you’ll all be there sooner or later, so wipe that bloody smirk off your face) 98 1/2% full of Japanese people. The two older boys there decided that I might make a good stand in for a Power Rangers villain and turned me into a air punching bag. Also I ate so much sushi I might sprout gills. yuuuuuuuummmmmmm.