The site for ranting and reporting by John Masters
DNA. Carpet fibers. Fingerprints. Given the wealth of forensic information, you’d think police would solve each and every murder. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 2004, 62.6% of homicides were “cleared,” leaving a substantial portion of murder cases unresolved.
Read moreEverybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. –Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreThe United States Football League is one of history’s more interesting failures. It was founded by entrepreneur David Dixon in
Read moreWe’ve heard it’s because pants and shorts have two legs. But shirts have two sleeves, and you don’t have a “pair of shirts.” Hmm, so much for that theory.
Read moreOne must never be in haste to end a day. There are too few of them in a lifetime. –Dale Coleman
Read moreI’ve upgraded the blog software to version 2.0.3. This is a minor upgrade that takes care of some bug fixes related to security, and updates the anti-spam plug-in and a backup plug-in.
Read moreI have to start this post with a disclaimer. I was raised to be respectful for and appreciative of nature. I was boy scout and loved camping, and my grandfather was a farmer. However, I’m coming to hate these Live Oak trees we have here in Tampa. They are not all that lush and green; the leaves never seem to rot; and they drop stuff the entire year.
Read moreEver since Elvis died in 1977, tribute artists have been filling the void. These men, women, and children walk the
Read moreIt is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. –Ursula K. LeGuin
Read moreRemember when John Ashcroft assured us that the Patriot Act wouldn’t be used to access library records? Raw Story has a nice piece that explains how the government kept the truth quiet until the Patriot Act was reauthorized.
Read moreNabiha Nisaif Jassim’s brother was racing her to the maternity hospital in Samarra, Iraq, about 60 miles north of Baghdad. U.S. troops fired on the car because it didn’t stop at a roadblock and killed her and her about to be delivered child. Her fetus died too. Her female cousin also was killed. Jassim was 35.
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