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Re: The piegate open line
- >Actually, Sound Policy, they have EVERY LEGAL RIGHT to do so.
  
  I suppose I…
- Posted by eLwood
- on May 21, 2013
Re: The piegate open line
- The National Weather Service still predicts a moderate risk of severe storms for southwest Arkansas…
- Posted by radical centrist
- on May 21, 2013
Re: The piegate open line
- pandapro - Here is the map of the Pegasus dilbit pipeline - running through a…
- Posted by radical centrist
- on May 21, 2013

Judge Griffen reports on recuperation from bike accident

Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, injured in a bicycle accident last week near his home, sent me an update this morning from his iPad.
Martha Shoffner's day in court

State Treasurer Martha Shoffner will lead the news today, though Sunday provided few new details about the FBI;s somewhat unusual arrest of her Saturday afternoon for a weekend in the Pulaski County jail.
Chris Thyer: Informant in Shoffner case will eventually be identified

David Koon reports from the news conference this afternoon by U.S. Attorney Chris Thyer of the Eastern District of Arkansas, who brought the charge against state Treasurer Martha Shoffner, and Western District U.S. Attorney Conner Eldridge, who buttressed the message that the feds are looking for corruption statewide.
Robert Keenan says no link between his firm, salesman and charge against Martha Shoffner

I've already mentioned this in the main item about the charge against Martha Shoffner, but I thought it was worth a separate mention given rampant speculation on who the government's confidential source in the securities business was that made payments to Shoffner and then wore a wire to gather incriminating information.
The piegate open line

Weird day. I've been consumed with Martha Shoffner's favorite pie.

The Damien I Know - The Architect and the Inmate

Public for the first time, the woman who married Damien Echols discusses their relationship
Make a pilgrimage to Pho Vietnam in Fort Smith

For the vegetarian banh mi sandwich.
'A Loss of Roses' a stunner

Before last Friday night, the saddest, most "depressing" Depression-era story I had read was Horace McCoy's "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" However, after watching The Arkansas Repertory Theatre's opening performance of William Inge's "A Loss of Roses," I can attest that this play is as rough and unflinching as that Depression-era tale, or any other.
TV producer Bryant Huddleston disinvited as Imboden Ark., high school graduation speaker because he's gay

Our news partner Channel 4 has a news story that deserves repetition in full. More national headlines for the small people of Arkansas should follow directly.
Loy Mauch update: The Republican rep is on record on slavery, too

Perhaps U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin might want to reconsider his earlier decision not to include Republican Rep. Loy Mauch on the list of Republican candidates he'd asked not to use his campaign contributions, having read some of what they'd written.