1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 It's Friday in August, which makes it a slow news day. Luckily, we can squeeze a conversation out of anything. Greg Dworkin found what news there was, noting that once again Republican-driven headlines are about trainwreck Obamacare/shutdown politics. He also tapped the Wayback Machine for poignant reminders from the &quot;old days&quot; of the fights we once had over pseudonymity (versus the actual content of what people were saying). Did ESPN drop a partnership with Frontline to investigate head injuries in the NFL? Was journalism being committed here? And would ESPN be any more guilty in playing games with it than the &quot;news&quot; side of the company, over at ABC? Or anywhere else in the &quot;traditional media,&quot; for that matter? Other stories: TX LG David Dewhurst tries to strong arm a local police department to release a relative allegedly caught shoplifting. An Arkansas private school arms its staff, and taunts would-be attackers with signage. Las Vegas police bust a &quot;sovereign citizens&quot; plot to kidnap &amp;amp; kill local cops. Horace Boothroyd III's diary on the judge suing the NYPD over an assault to prevent him from intervening in a beating delivered to a handcuffed homeless man. Lawsuit. Murder. See? Both sides are the same! Speaking of which, we close it out with Alex Seitz-Wald's Salon piece on that very subject. Kagro in the Morning http://kagrox.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2446023/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/6038100