News media digging into the background of Gavin Long, the man identified as the killer of three white Baton Rouge police officers, have turned up evidence that he was angry about police shootings of black suspects, that he was a fan of the sniper who ambushed police in Dallas and that he had been a member of the Nation of Islam. Yet President Obama said, "We don't know his motive."


"Our national conventions are nothing but glorified Mickey Mouse cartoons, and are solely for amusement purposes." - Will Rogers.

It won't be all politics and no play for delegates attending the Republican national convention in Cleveland. The Hill reports a lobbying group is "throwing a series of concerts at the House of Blues on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday." And Monday evening the Distilled Spirits Council and others are sponsoring a bash at the Old County Courthouse.