The NYPD is facing outrage following the release of two horrific videos showing the death of Eric Garner, 43, an asthmatic father of six seen struggling on the ground pleading "I can't breathe" after he was grabbed by a phalanx of NYPD officers for either what bystanders say was breaking up a fight or what cops say was selling loose untaxed cigarettes - an offense clearly worthy of death - followed by the spectacle of eight cops and four EMT workers  standing around doing nothing except rifling through his pockets. Two cops and the EMTs have been reassigned, the city is investigating, people are angry, again. This time, at least there's video. Warning: Disturbing thugs in action.

Update: An internal NYPD report after the incident fails to mention the chokehold and says Garner's condition "did not seem serious." Except he was, you know, dead.

The Hobby Lobby monster lives, and grows. Even as a Boston-area Christian college joined in a letter to Obama by religious leaders praising our "blessed nation" where "all persons are created in the divine image of the creator" except can they pretty please discriminate against LGBT people? - the Green family has announced their plan to build an $800 million Bible museum hard by the godless halls of Congress in hopes of telling the story of "a reliable historical document.... like none other." Green has warned that "this nation is in danger because of its ignorance of what God has taught (and) lessons from the past." And we agree, though he's probably not talking about the lessons stemmimg from that pesky idea of separation of church and state.

RIP Archie Andrews, the 73-year-old, red-headed, all-American comics icon who died today stopping an assasination attempt on his friend Kevin Keller, a married openly gay senator campaigning for gun control. The death of the timeless good guy at the hands of a homophobic gun freak, which concluded a "Life with Archie" series portraying grown-up versions of the Riverdale gang, was praised by his creators as "a tonally perfect tribute to a character who has always put his friends first" but slammed by right-wing critics because obviously that could never happen.

"He dies heroically. He dies selflessly. He dies in the manner that epitomizes not only the best of Riverdale, but the best of all of us."