I am so sad about those police officers, and I feel guilty about how much of it is worry that their deaths will be used to cripple the protests. This tragedy isn't opposite the tragedies of Michael Brown and the others. It's part of the same power structure. Anger at the police doesn't come because they are subject to criticism, but because they try to suppress it. Those two men shouldn't have been anybody's target.

I'll also say that, whatever the killer's background turns out to be, he is not an aspect of the protests the way Tamir Rice's or Eric Garner's or Michael Brown's killers are an aspect of police culture. There is no political network working to protect his image, or to besmirch his victims, or to raise millions and solicit perjury for his defense. No one is denying what he did is a crime.

There were higher ups at NASA who wanted to be damn sure it was a man on the moon.

Is it that mentioning your Tragic Backstory gets you advanced, or do they just edit out the Tragic Backstories of the losing contestants?