Protests temporarily close malls, shut down trains

[KingCharlemagne]

27. The lingering sadness over Michael Brown's death and

assorted related matters tempered the festivities and tinged them with this soul-sucking sadness. I could not stop myself from thinking about how little Michael Brown's parents had to be 'thankful' for this year and so I did not feel I had much to be be thankful for either.

Still my wife and I put together a nice dinner with all the fixings, although we cheated and bought a rotisserie chicken from our local grocery store.

Did you have a nice holiday?

BTW, I've quoted you ("Like all oppressed people through-out history, they (black people) realize that a mob can't over-run a cohesive force of well-armed, government supported troops, no matter how poorly trained and disciplined those soldiers may be.&quot on several occasions here, on DailyKos and on FB. Your quote has stuck with me.