Saturday, May 05, 2007

That's All, Folks...

...for today anyway. Sporadic posting ahead for another week...

We're the Only Ones "24" Enough

Brevard County Sheriff's officers said they are shocked, disgusted and outraged at a former co-worker.

According to police, Carl Graves, 45, a former deputy, is in jail on rape charges, WESH 2 News reported.

Graves is accused of the repeated rape of a 13-year-old girl...

Investigators said he raped the girl 24 times last year, while he was still serving as a deputy.
So did he buy her a Happy Meal or a Big Kids' Meal on their dates?

I'd say it reminds me of the old joke "What goes into 13 twice?" but this "Only One has apparently come up with a whole new equation.

What's a Hundred Thousand Records Among Friends?

The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 employees.
That would be the same fe(de)ral government everybody's apparently in such a hurry to give expanded gun owner information to...

This Day in History: May 5

In the hands of the Committee of Safety at Philadelphia, there are, according to Colo. Wain's Acct. not less than two or three thousand stand of Arms for Provincial use; from hence, he thinks a number might be borrowed by Congress; provided they are replaced with Continental Arms, as they are brought into the Magazine in that City. At a crisis so important as this, such a loan might be attended with most signal advantages while the defenceless state of the Regiments, if no relief can be had, may be productive of fatal Consequences.