The 500-lb Gorilla
The Associated Press: AP – Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas. Are you serious? What’s there to “piece together” here? A feasible story to cover up the actual one? Something to feed a public that KNOWS that we now have two (known) instances of

The Judas Goat
What is a Judas goat? The Urban Dictionary: A Judas goat is a trained goat used at a slaughterhouse and in general animal herding. The Judas goat is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. In stockyards, a Judas goat will lead sheep to slaughter, while its own life is spared. Judas goats are also used to lead other animals to specific pens and on to trucks. Have you ever seen a Judas Goat? Here’s one: The 40-million member AARP will support the $1.2 trillion health care bill heading toward a vote in

The Judas Goat
What is a Judas goat? The Urban Dictionary: A Judas goat is a trained goat used at a slaughterhouse and in general animal herding. The Judas goat is trained to associate with sheep or cattle, leading them to a specific destination. In stockyards, a Judas goat will lead sheep to slaughter, while its own life is spared. Judas goats are also used to lead other animals to specific pens and on to trucks. Have you ever seen a Judas Goat? Here’s one: The 40-million member AARP will support the $1.2 trillion health care bill heading toward a vote in

An Indiscriminate Act of Human Decency – A True Story
6:58 A.M. Awakened by the schnauzer; time for her morning constitutional. Downstairs I hear my wife moving around, and I know that our youngest is readying for school. 7:30 A.M. I am already, as is the case every day of the week, waiting on the peculator and checking my overnight e-mails. Noting the slightly out-of-the-ordinary and discarding the customary, I make some quick notes, pour the coffee, and pick up the ringing Blackberry. The morning is developing as any other morning. 7:45 A.M. Our teenager stumbles downstairs and plops face down on the couch; unlike our youngest, he was never a good morning person. I kiss one son goodbye as he runs out the door afte

The Shape of Things to Come
Bloomberg: Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) — San Diego health officials said that the county expected to run out of swine flu vaccine yesterday after receiving only 25 percent of the 411,000 doses anticipated for October, as reports of shortages nationwide mount. New shipments may arrive “in the next week or two, we hope,” said Jose Alvarez, a spokesman for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Atlanta Journal-Constitution: More than 3,000 p