Just Another Day in the U.S. of A.

I like stories about funny stuff. Like the one I read years ago about Bill Clinton giving nuclear technology to North Korea. I remember saying, at the time, "This has got to be a joke. North Korea is just going to make nuclear weapons the first time nobody's looking."

Now the North Koreans are firing test missiles and testing nuclear devices. We are in tense five party talks with North Korea and we are counting on Communist China to reason with them. This is the same Communist China who, along with Russia, has been vetoing U.N. Security Council resolutions to make Iran stop the same activity.

Thanks, Bill.


Other stuff going on: Judge: D.C. Madam Cannot Sell Client List -- WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that a former escort service owner cannot sell phone records and other documents that could be used to publicly identify thousands of her clients.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 50, has said she planned to sell the list of up to 15,000 client phone numbers and other records to a news organization to help raise money for her defense. The alleged "D.C. Madam" ran Pamela Martin and Associates, an upscale escort service in the Washington area, for 13 years before it closed in August.

Palfrey's civil attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said Friday he does not believe the judge's order bars him from distributing copies of the phone records for free.

Have you ever seen such a public case of blackmail? "I'm (ahem) trying to raise money for my defense . . . and I have nothing to sell but this little ol' list . . . and it would be soooo embarrassing for the Senator's/Legislator's/FBI Agent's/Police officer's/Judge's name to be connected to this unpleasant situation . . . That's right, make it out to CASH. Thank you, Darlin', I just knew I could count on you!" ( $ x 1,500 = ?)


Police Arrest 7-year Old Boy for Riding Bike on Sidewalk -- BALTIMORE - Police arrested a 7-year-old boy, handcuffed him and hauled him down to the station house on a charge of riding a dirt bike on a sidewalk.

Then, according to his mother, Gerard Mungo Jr. was handcuffed to a bench and interrogated before being released to his parents.

Why, in the hell, are the authorities wasting time and tax dollars harassing 7-year olds when serial killers are nabbing these same kids, every week? Go break up some real crime, Barney.


And finally:

Teacher's Sex Tryst Leads to Teen's Death -- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — In a tragic twist to a familiar story, a teenager who had sex with his married 30-year-old teacher was fatally shot outside the woman's home, and authorities have charged the woman's husband.

Authorities are unable to establish a motive but speculate, privately, that the dead student was an habitual dirt bike rider and that they are looking into sealed court records. The teacher and her husband were not hurt in the incident.

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