Because of pre-emption by live
event coverage, tonight’s episode of The
Independents will first air at midnight ET instead of 9 PM
on Fox Business Network. The show will mix pop culture banter with
the heaviest of heavy topics, the latter including yesterday’s
not-guilty verdict of the Fullerton cops who beat the homeless
and schizophrenic man Kelly Thomas to death in 2011. Thomas’ father
Ron—who Kelly was desperately crying out for on the infuriating,
heartbreaking video of
his fatal beating—will be on the show to discuss his reaction to
the verdict. Read Reason’s coverage of the case at this link.
Also up for discussion: President Barack Obama
promises/threatens a flurry of
Congress-bypassing executive orders, which some might say
contradict his criticism of executive power
back before he was president. And New Jersey Gov. Chris
Christie tries to
put the bridge scandal behind him in his State of the State
Address. Addressing both will be New Jersey Republican type
Bill Spadea and
52 Reasons to Vote for Obama author Bernard Whitman.
In
teenagers-misbehaving news, nosediving heartthrob Justin Bieber had
his house ransacked by cops who reportedly found an ecstasy variant
called “Molly” while investigating, um, a potentially $20,000
egg-tossing incident; also, new study proves* that MTV’s 16
and Pregnant leads to
fewer teen births. Plus:
The Pope auctions his Harley, Kanye West sues the
Bitcoin-inspired “Coinye
West” out of existence, and more.
Again—tune in at midnight ET for the assembled
Independentsage. And heckle what you see on Twitter at @IndependentsFBN
from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2014/01/14/tonight-on-the-independents-the-father-o
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