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Coming Soon to Grocery Stores Near You!
What new product am I talking about? Well, here ya go – it’s called “Unicorn Fruit Loops”: No, I’m not joking – I’m serious. It’s already available in the UK. Supposedly it will be available in the US in March. I’d guess it will be quite popular with college students and recent grads […]
Explosive discovery in Arizona
Timothy sends us a link from ABC15 about a discovery near Pine, Arizona of plastic cylinders buried in a residential yard. The cylinders contained eighty blocks of military C4 explosives, nine Claymore antipersonnel mines with firing devices, and one roll of military det cord; Investigators believe the explosives were in the ground for approximately 20 […]
Seven From Tina
Nothing again from DPAA again this week – I guess the “holiday break” affected their workflow substantially. So once again, some Sunday morning music instead. . . . A few days ago, I wrote that there were two ladies I’d pay serious money to see perform in a small venue. That previous article identified the […]
Michael Neu; “Nigerian prince” arrested
Michael Neu was charged with 269 counts of wire fraud in Slidell, Louisiana for his participation in “Nigerian Prince” schemes to defraud Americans according to the Huffington Post. Neu is accused of wiring some of the money he helped obtain to “co-conspirators” located in Nigeria. The police department did not immediately return a request for […]
Kentucky woman sentenced for war crimes
Stars & Stripes reports that Azra Basic, a Croatian woman who became a naturalized US citizen in Kentucky, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in Bosnia-Herzegovina after she fought extradition in US federal courts; Bosnian authorities charged that Basic murdered one civilian and tortured three others in 1992. Witnesses said she took part in […]
A Six-Pack, Courtesy of Annie
Still “having fun with Holiday travel”, and again nothing this week from DPAA – so instead, here are a few tunes. You’ve been warned. (smile) . . . There is a short list of singers I’d pay serious money to see in a small venue. There are two women on that list. This lady is […]
Michael W. Lynch Jr.’s marker
The Hartford Currant reports that Michael W. Lynch Jr.’s daughter, Karen Petrella, is doing her best to correct her father’s headstone at Veterans Memorial Field section of Silver Lane Cemetery. She says that D’Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel is to blame for the engraving error falsely identifying her father as veteran of the Vietnam War; […]
Some Christmas Music
Well, I’m “enjoying” participating in that annual ritual called “Holiday Travel” – and it’s now Christmas. So I decided to find and post what I thought was some appropriate Christmas music for our readers. Yeah, this was written by one of those stank-ass hippies from the 60s – albeit one who did have at least […]
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