"One woman went so far to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line [for a $50 laptop]." Meanwhile, in Orange County, a man who accidentally sideswiped a car was taken to jail and beaten until he, too, soiled himself.

Is this thing still on?

Sonali Kolhatkar, cool-sounding name and all, sunk to referring to the Watts riots by the "rebellion" moniker preferred by African-American activists and anyone else whose concept of the term must include looting and vandalism. Now I wasn't around to know for sure, but it occurs to me that if their perspective hadn't changed in forty years, it's not likely to come another fourteen. I hereby remove KPFK from my presets; at least the other stations don't make claims in the name of progress.