November 24, 2019:   Things you would never know if you did not
browse the tabloids while waiting for your wife at the counter in the
supermarket –“ this week's headlines
:


John Legend: Sexiest man alive! (People); Scientology buys Clearwater,Florida, for $1.1 billion (Enquirer); Charles confronts Harry: I am NOT your DAD! (Globe); Kate: Baby No. 4! (In Touch Weekly); Pope bags 6-wing trophy angel in Vatican's annual seraphim hunt (Onion); Pence lies paralyzed in bathroom for hours after seeing doorknob that looked like a tit (Onion)
John Legend: Sexiest man alive! (People); Scientology buys Clearwater,Florida, for $1.1 billion (Enquirer); Charles confronts Harry: I am NOT your DAD! (Globe); Kate: Baby No. 4! (In Touch Weekly); Pope bags 6-wing trophy angel in Vatican's annual seraphim hunt (Onion); Pence lies paralyzed in bathroom for hours after seeing doorknob that looked like a tit (Onion)

Dumb news from Indiana:
Dennis Tyler was back at work Tuesday as Mayor of Muncie, a
day after being indicted for theft of federal funds.

                                                         [courtesy Indianapolis Star]

           rachstuf.jpg South Bend's most wanted: James Nielsen,WM, 6'2" 245 lbs, possession of a syringe; Rachel Stuff, WF, 5'2", 115 lbs, child neglect; Adrian Thatcher, HM, 5'3", 140 lbs, sexual (mis)conduct with a minor (Michiana Crime Stoppers)
rachstuf.jpg South Bend's most wanted: James Nielsen,WM, 6'2" 245 lbs, possession of a syringe; Rachel Stuff, WF, 5'2", 115 lbs, child neglect; Adrian Thatcher, HM, 5'3", 140 lbs, sexual (mis)conduct with a minor (Michiana Crime Stoppers)
Indiana University declined demands  to fire an economics profes-
sor  who posted  "racist, sexist and homophobic” remarks  on  line

because of his right to freedom of speech.  The  remarks  included
"Geniuses are overwhelmingly male because they combine outlier
IQ with moderately low agreeableness   and moderately low cons-

cientiousness"  in an article titled "
Are Women Destroying Acade-

mia?  Probably,"  "Women
don’t belong in academia,  nor  do  gay

men  because  they’re  promiscuous  and  abuse students,"  "
Black

students are unqualified to attend elite institutions and are inferior

academically  to  white students,"   "The whole idea of affirma
tive
action is that too few black students  would  get  in  without  ra
cial
preferences; so we need to lower the standard for them and
accept
that they will do worse academically,"  and "slut."  Execu
tive Vice
President and Provost Lauren Robel,  who spoke for the
university,
said,  "Professor Eric Rasmusen has,  for many years,
  used his pri-
vate social media accounts to disseminate his racist,
  sexist and ho-
mophobic views. . . .  I condemn, in the strongest
terms, Professor
Rasmusen’s views on race,  gender, and sexuali
ty;  and I think oth-
ers  should  condemn  them; . . . his views are
stunningly ignorant
and bigoted. . . . But the university can't and
won't fire Rasmusen,
employed at the university since 1992, for
the posts,  as  vile  and
stupid  as  they  are,  because  the First Amend
ment of the United
States Constitution forbids us to do so."  [But
can a professor not
be fired for  stupidity?  Aside from his racism
and sexism, there's
"outlier IQ,"  and "conscientiousness" for "con
science."  The uni-
versity might consider firing the provost for stu
pidity as well: "A-
mendment of" for "Amendment to."  – Ed
itor, Tabloid Headlines.]

                                                         [courtesy Columbus Republic]

Dumb news from Kentucky:
A shot fired into a downstairs apartment in  La Grange  came
from a state trooper living upstairs, who unintentionally fired
his rifle (he "didn't know the gun was loaded"). . . .

The former principal of a Clark County vocational school, who
gained fame in 2009 for banning books with "homosexual  con-
tent," was indicted for child pornography.
               
                                                           [courtesy LEX18]
pollardr.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Darryl Stewwart,BM,, 31, 275 lbs, featured fugitive of the week, possession of a firearm by a felon; Robert Pollard, WM, 45, 5'11", 150 lbs, failing to bathe; Sadonia Searight, BF, 30, 5'4", 175 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, overstay at the China Buffet; Jeremiah Burman, BM, 20, 152 lbs, brining contagious disease onto city bus
 comlhick.jpg Daniel Comley, WM, 55, 240 lbs, insufficient concern for his fellow man; Colby Hickey, WM, 42, 6'2", 225 lbs, Sleeping through jury duty; Christopher Coup, WM, 28, 5'9", 140 lbs, leaving his girl friend rideless at the hop; Tamayas Moore, BM, 25, 6'0", 145 lbs, overdieting; John Snow, WM, 25, 6'5", 180 lbs, pulling snow jobs; Donald Whitaker, WM, 58, 175 lbs, dribbling piss on the café floor on way back from the men's room (dragged kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader)
pollardr.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Darryl Stewwart,BM,, 31, 275 lbs, featured fugitive of the week, possession of a firearm by a felon; Robert Pollard, WM, 45, 5'11", 150 lbs, failing to bathe; Sadonia Searight, BF, 30, 5'4", 175 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, overstay at the China Buffet; Jeremiah Burman, BM, 20, 152 lbs, brining contagious disease onto city bus; comlhick.jpg Daniel Comley, WM, 55, 240 lbs, insufficient concern for his fellow man; Colby Hickey, WM, 42, 6'2", 225 lbs,
Sleeping through jury duty; Christopher Coup, WM, 28, 5'9", 140 lbs, leaving his girl friend rideless at the hop; Tamayas Moore, BM, 25, 6'0", 145 lbs, overdieting; John Snow, WM, 25, 6'5", 180 lbs, pulling snow jobs; Donald Whitaker, WM, 58, 175 lbs, dribbling piss on the café floor on way back from the men's room (dragged kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader)


Quotation of the week:

        "Now what did Cleopatra say to Antony when they met?   She hollered,  'Wah  hoo,
         wah hoo, wah hoo.'  And what did Roman Romeo yell to Miss Juliet?  He hollered,
         'Wah hoo,  wah hoo,  wah hoo.'   And what did Pocahontas yell the minute she saw
         John Smith?  She hollered, 'Wah hoo,  wah hoo,  wah hoo'."
                                                                                                          – Cliff Friend,  De Sylva
                                                                                                             Brown Henderson and
                                                                                                             the Riders in the Sky
Quotation of the weak:

        "Now I know how the river feels when it reaches the sea and finally finds the place
         it was always meant to be."
                                                                 – Dale Jones, Amy Power & Diamond Rio


Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said):

      "The way to a woman's heart is through her lower front
        orifice.
"
                                                                      
– Leonard Simon

Birthdays:
                    November 18:  Megyn Kelly, 49
                                             Margaret Atwood, 80
                    November 19:  Ted Turner, 81
                                             Larry King, 86
                    November 20:  Judy Woodruff, 73
                                             Joe Biden, 77
                                             Duane Allman (1946-1971)
                                             Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968)
                    November 21:  Ken Griffey Jr., 50
                                             Björk Guðmundsdóttir, 54
                                             Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, 75
                                             Marlo Thomas, 82
                    November 22:  Scarlett Johansson, 35
                                             Jamie Lee Curtis, 61
                    November 23:  Nicolás Maduro, 57
                                             Robin Roberts, 59 (this one, not that one)
                                             Lew Hoad (1934-1994)
                                             Alfonso the Wise (1221-1284)
                                             Otto the Great (912-973)
                    November 24:  Pete Best, 78
                                             Ted Bundy (1946-1989)
                                             Charles Starkweather (1938-1959)
Deaths:
 
            Gahan Wilson, 89
              Vera Clemente (Sra. Roberto), 78
              Zay-vier Jax Cross, 0
              Jerald Fryrear, 90
                                                [Louisville Courier-Journal]

penningt.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kansas) (Texoma's most wanted fugitives of the week): Laquenton Talbert, BM, 24, 6'0", 160 lbs, surety off bond (gun theft); Miranda Lyn Hollis, WF, 30, 5'5", 150 lbs, bond forfeiture (controlled subst.); Terry James Pennington, WM, 59, 6'0", 200 lbs, probation violation (possession); Muhona Smith, BF, 41, 5'2", 240 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, probation violation (forgery); Andreas Mendoza Soza, HM, 43, 5'3", 143 lbs, bond forfeiture (contr. subst.) (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)
penningt.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kansas) (Texoma's most wanted fugitives of the week): Laquenton Talbert, BM, 24, 6'0", 160 lbs, surety off bond (gun theft); Miranda Lyn Hollis, WF, 30, 5'5", 150 lbs, bond forfeiture (controlled subst.); Terry James Pennington, WM, 59, 6'0", 200 lbs, probation violation (possession); Muhona Smith, BF, 41, 5'2", 240 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, probation violation (forgery); Andreas Mendoza Soza, HM, 43, 5'3", 143 lbs, bond forfeiture (contr. subst.) (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)

Borf 's weekly BONUS:   

Shortly after the regional council of Veneto, on Venice' Grand Canal
in Italy, voted against climate-change legislation,  its chambers were
flooded. . . .
Feral hogs in Tuscany,  in  Italy,  destroyed cocaine hid-
den in a forest
worth $22,000
. . . .The  Imjin  River   in South Korea
turned  red 
from the blood of 47,000 pigs slaughtered to prevent the
spread of African swine fever. . . . . Two New York jail guards were
charged with falsifying records by reporting they attended to Jeffrey
Epstein every 30 minutes the night he died  (they were sleeping  and
surfing the internet, the indictment said). .  .  .  A Detroit, Michigan,
mother sued the Catholic Church because the priest  who  preached
the funeral of her 18-year-old son, who died by suicide,  questioned
whether the boy had repented enough to get into Heaven. .  .  . Tom
Hanks,  who plays Mr. Rogers  in his new movie,   found  out  after
making the movie that he and Mr. Rogers were sixth cousins. . . . A
14-year-old white boy in Naperville, Illinois, posted a photo of a 14-
year-old black classmate on Craigslist over  the  caption  "Slave  for
sale."
                                                            [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]
Dear Eleanor:
                            I work for a large company that handles calls  from
                            all around the U.S.  It amazes me how many people
                            call and don't realize we can't hear them, when their
                            TV is blaring, their kids are screaming. or their dogs
                            are barking.

                            My plea to callers: Please choose a quiet, uninterrup-
                            ted time to call us so that we can help you.  Also, we
                            are able to hear you when you are using the bathroom
                            during your call,  and that includes every little sound
                            you  make.  It's  not  pleasant,  thank you very much!

                            And when we ask you for your  mailing  address,  try
                            to remember that we are not around the block.   Give
                            us your entire address, including  ZIP  code.   Lots of
                            states have towns with the same names. And,  oh,  by
                            the way, when you're eating that snack, the crunching
                            and bag crumpling are like explosions in our ears.

                            Please help us help you when you call, and be courte-
                            ous. We are real people just like you.
                                                                                             Here to Help

Dear Telemarketer:
                                      Yes,  thank you,  we'll try to help.   And we, too,
                                      have a request:  Please speak English.

shalyajp.jpg Wanted in Waco: Michael Detroy Davis, BM, 27, 6.0", 230 lbs, probation viol. (evading arrest); Shalya J. Perot, BF, 32, 5'2", 121 lbs, prob. viol. (hindering apprehension); Krisean Gibson, BM, 20, 6'2", 255 lbs, probation viol. (aggravated robbery (City of Waco); Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Arianna Nicole BuffaloHead, Indian female, 19, 5'3", 140 lbs, distribute marijuana, paraphernalia (Sedgwick County (Kas.) Sheriff)
shalyajp.jpg Wanted in Waco: Michael Detroy Davis, BM, 27, 6.0", 230 lbs, probation viol. (evading arrest); Shalya J. Perot, BF, 32, 5'2", 121 lbs, prob. viol. (hindering apprehension); Krisean Gibson, BM, 20, 6'2", 255 lbs, probation viol. (aggravated robbery (City of Waco); Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Arianna Nicole BuffaloHead, Indian female, 19, 5'3", 140 lbs, distribute marijuana, paraphernalia (Sedgwick County (Kas.) Sheriff)

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meetings in the near future will include the ghosts of Samuel Taylor
ColeridgeSamuel Coleridge-Taylor,  and Coleridge-Taylor Perkin-
son.
burneyja.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): José Martinez, 33, possession c.s.; Leixus Burney-Jackson, 18, DUI, paraphernalia; Janie Samarripa, 31, weight not given but she sure looks like a Yorkshire hog, controlled substances; Shawna Campbell, 30, trespassing; Jordan Chapoy, 32, ag. assault; Ashley Herrera, 35, c.s., paraph.; Monalinda Rodriguez, 41, DUI 3d; Tiffany McGuire, 21, trespassing; Katherine Gideon, 53, forgery
burneyja.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): José Martinez, 33, possession c.s.; Leixus Burney-Jackson, 18, DUI, paraphernalia; Janie Samarripa, 31, weight not given but she sure looks like a Yorkshire hog, controlled substances; Shawna Campbell, 30, trespassing; Jordan Chapoy, 32, ag. assault; Ashley Herrera, 35, c.s., paraph.; Monalinda Rodriguez, 41, DUI 3d; Tiffany McGuire, 21, trespassing; Katherine Gideon, 53, forgery
Unopened e-mail last week included a message from "Adam Wilkins <marketing@omnicall.com>"
        titled "Regarding Thanksgiving" and another message from "Clutterbook" "Facebook" titled
        "See Stephen Yates's message and other notifications you've missed."


The sports:
        WKUvolb6.jpg Western Kentucky University volleyball hotties: Paige Briggs, Katie Isenbarger, Logan Kael, Sophia Cerino, Emma Kowalkowski,Paige Briggs (Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky., photos by Austin Anthony)
        WKUvolb1.jpg
WKUvolb6.jpg Western Kentucky University volleyball hotties: Paige Briggs, Katie Isenbarger, Logan Kael, Sophia Cerino, Emma Kowalkowski,Paige Briggs (Park City Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky., photos by Austin Anthony) WKUvolb1.jpg

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November 17, 2019:    Things you would never know if you did not
browse the tabloids while waiting for your wife at the counter in the
supermarket – this week's headlines:


Britney Spears going bald (Globe); High turnout of smart voters in Kentucky terrifies Rand Paul (Borowitz Report); Bloomberg offers Trump $10 billion to leave White House (Borowitz); Icy road leads to deer pileup (Onion); Meghan & Harry quit royal family (Enquirer); Backstabbing, lies & betrayal, Kate & Meghan, why they'll never be friends (US Weekly)
Britney Spears going bald (Globe); High turnout of smart voters in Kentucky terrifies Rand Paul (Borowitz Report); Bloomberg offers Trump $10 billion to leave White House (Borowitz); Icy road leads to deer pileup (Onion); Meghan & Harry quit royal family (Enquirer); Backstabbing, lies & betrayal, Kate & Meghan, why they'll never be friends (US Weekly)
LETTERS to the EDITOR:
J. Ewing wrote Sun 11/10/19 @09:07 EST:
I have one thing to say about wild pigs invading
Edmonson County:
  BBQ!
Dumb news from Indiana:

         dolchcat.jpg
         conduct. . . .
Dolche the cat, 1 year old, is available
for adoption  at  Fort  Wayne  Animal
Care and Control. . . .

The three Southern Indiana judges  in-
volved in a shooting in a White Castle
parking  lot  in Indianapolis  last  May
have been suspended for  judicial  mis-
The thermometer hit a record low of 8° in Indianapolis Tuesday, No-
vember 12, giving the city its first fall reading in single digits.. . . .

                                                              [courtesy Columbus Republic]
evansvil.jpg Evansville's most wanted (courtesy WKDQ): Shannon Ray Roberts, James Matthew Stone, Sylvia Brittany Kay Reeves, Maurice Douglas Kirby, Case Lee Smith (captured)
evansvil.jpg Evansville's most wanted (courtesy WKDQ): Shannon Ray Roberts, James Matthew Stone, Sylvia Brittany Kay Reeves, Maurice Douglas Kirby, Case Lee Smith (captured)


Dumb news from Kentucky
:

angelaea.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Dominique Hocker, BM, 28, 6'4", 205 lbs., hocked his mother; Angela Eads, WF, 42, 150 lbs, bad to the bun; Nathaniel Parish, WM, 23, 6'5", 250 lbs, cunnilingus with a toddler; Sedonia Searght, BF, 30, 5'4", 175 lbs, seasick on land; Lawrence Humber, BM, 62, 5'9", 167 lbs, asleep at the wheel of a school bus (pulled kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader)
angelaea.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Dominique Hocker, BM, 28, 6'4", 205 lbs., hocked his mother; Angela Eads, WF, 42, 150 lbs, bad to the bun; Nathaniel Parish, WM, 23, 6'5", 250 lbs, cunnilingus with a toddler; Sedonia Searght, BF, 30, 5'4", 175 lbs, seasick on land; Lawrence Humber, BM, 62, 5'9", 167 lbs, asleep at the wheel of a school bus (pulled kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader)

A Kenton County atheist won the right in federal court to use a
personalized auto license plate bearing  "IM GOD"  on the face
(above the phrase "One Nation Under God").

                                             [courtesy Lexington Herald-Leader]
Quotation of the week:
                                        "FAITH:  Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks
                                          without knowledge of things without parallel."
                                                                                                                         – Ambrose Bierce

Quotation of the weak:
                                        "In 1975 when 11-time NBA champion Bill Russell was inducted into the
                                          Basketball Hall of Fame, he did attend the ceremony. . . . But now
. . . he
                                         
has been presented with his Hall of Fame ring, three decades after his se-
                                          lection."
                                                                                            
– Louise Schiavone, National Public Ra-
                                                                                                dio newscaster 
(do the math,  folks)

Crossword puzzle clue of the week:  "Cat, when provoked"  (ans.: HISSER).

                                                                                            [courtesy New Yorker]
hissercct.jpg I've had just about enough of your bullshit
hissercct.jpg I've had just about enough of your bullshit
Birthdays:
                   November 11:  Leonardo Dicaprio, 45
                                           
Calista Flockhart, 55
                   November 12:  Tonya Harding, 49
                                             Neil Young, 74
                                             Booker T. Jones, 75
                                             Charles Manson (1934-2017)
                    November 13:  Caryn Elaine Johnson ("Whoopi Goldberg"), 64
                   
November 14:  Condoleezza Rice, 65
                                            
Prince Charles, 71
                                            
Ellis Marsalis, 85
                    November 15: 
Anni-Frid Lyngsdtad, 74
                                            
Petula Clark, 87
                    November 16: 
Oksana Baiul, 42
                                            
Diana Krall, 65
                                            
Chi Coltrane, 71
                                             Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, 86
                                             Bob Gibson (this one; 1931-1996)
                    November 17:  RuPaul, 59
                                             Danny DeVito, 75
                                             Tom Seaver, 75
                                             Jim Boeheim, 75
                                            
Lorne Michaels, 75
                                             Martin Scorsese, 77
                                             Gordon Lightfoot, 81
                                            
Julian the Apostate (331-363)
Deaths:
              Zeke Bratkowski
, 88
             
Grace Ellen Wathen Medley Ebelhar, 62
              J
oe Flewwellin, 73
                                               
                                        [Louisville Courier-Journal]


jamesonj.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kansas): Johnny Lee Green, BM, 38, 6'0", 230 lbs, failure to register; Melissa McCormick, WF, 37, 5'6", 150 lbs, probation violation (contr. substs.); Billy Jameson, BM, 23, 6'3", 200 lbs, bond forfeiture (aggravated assault); Ashley Marie Adams, BF, 28, 5'5", 131 lbs, surety off bond (tamper w/ev.) (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)
jamesonj.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kansas): Johnny Lee Green, BM, 38, 6'0", 230 lbs, failure to register; Melissa McCormick, WF, 37, 5'6", 150 lbs, probation violation (contr. substs.); Billy Jameson, BM, 23, 6'3", 200 lbs, bond forfeiture (aggravated assault); Ashley Marie Adams, BF, 28, 5'5", 131 lbs, surety off bond (tamper w/ev.) (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)

Borf 's weekly BONUS:

Kate and Meghan attended Britain's Festival of Remembrance together. . . .
The original Marlboro Man, reported in last week's deaths column as hav-
ing expired at the age of 90, never smoked. . . . Neil Young's U.S. citizen-
ship application has been delayed by his admission of marijuana use. .  .  .
Sean Spicer was voted off Dancing with the Stars. . . .
A man whose curb
was damaged by city snow-removal equipment in
Winnipeg,  Canada,  in
1993 received word that repair work would be completed by 2037
. . . Sci-
entists determined that dogs direct their bowel movements  along a north-
south axis in accordance with the earth’s magnetic field. . . . Pictures of a
student protest against Jeff Sessions at Northwestern University in Evans-
ton, Illinois, were taken down by the student newspaper after  the  protest-
ers
complained of the coverage. . . . California Congressman Raul Ruiz, a
Democrat, faces a challenge in next year's election by Raul Ruiz, a Repub-
lican. . . . Massachusetts residents may now opt for a "nonbinary" "gender"
"X" designation on their drivers' licenses and ID cards.  .  .  .  Cows swept
off an island in North Carolina's Outer Banks by Hurricane Dorian wound
up on another island four miles away, alive. .  .  .  The Ohio House of Rep-
resentatives passed a  Student Religious Liberties Act  that would prohibit
penalizing students for wrong answers to science questions  if the answers
are based on the student's religious belief.
                                                                    [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]   
The sports:
An Italian youth soccer team abandoned plans to play in blackface as an anti-racism
protest.  "We received e-mails telling us it could be perceived as offensive  in  some
cultures," the team’s manager said. 
. . .  Colin Kaepernick changed the venue for his
24-team National Football League tryout, and the NFL called him a no-show. . . .


volleyht.jpg
 Volleyball hotties: Preakness 2009;
Paris Creed; Mission Beach 2001; London 2012.

Dear Eleanor:

                            Having breakfast out last Sunday morning,  we were
                            joined by a beautiful young woman, who had connec-
                            tions to the Sunfish Mafia. I complimented her on her
                            lusty dark complexion, and she informed me that she
                            had an Indian ancestry. I was overwhelmed with a pri-
                            mal desire to scalp someone.

                            Feeling lost in a peyote trance,   I heard that word that
                            haunts me to this day: Farmer. "Farmer," I heard.  Did
                            she say I looked like a farmer?  I didn't call  her  Poca-
                            hontas.    She might as well have said  "sharecropper,"
                            or even "serf," or "peasant."

                            I left the diner in a brown yellow haze,  feeling  like  a
                            a dirty old man in a garbage can.   I used to be an altar
                            boy, but now I have the clap again. How can I ever for-
                            give her for my living hell?
                                                                                           Now Wheatless
wheatsim.jpg
Dear Leonard:
                            You mean your former nickname, "The Whest," had noth-
                            ing to do with the fields?

                             Had you been black,  would you have been offended had
                             she said you look like a nigger?   Had you been Mexican,
                             would you have been offended had she said you look like
                             a spic?

                             What's so offensive about "farmer," you country bumpkin?
                             George  Washington  was  a  farmer.      Thomas  Jefferson,
                             James  Monroe,  Andrew Jackson,  James  K.  Polk,  Harry
                             Truman and Jimmy Carter were farmers.  Oliver Cromwell
                             was a farmer.  Wendell Berry and Cale Yarbrough are farm-
                             ers.  The slaves were farmers.. . .


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menendez.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls,Texas): Robert Charles Perry Jr., WM, 45, 5'10", 177 lbs, tattoos on chest, bird and mother's portrait, tigers on right arm and left calf, probation viol. (opiates); Alicia Menendez a/k/a Martinez, WF, 29, 5'4", 174 lbs, aggravated assault on a policeman; Taylor Jordan Forrester, WM, 28, 5'7", 176 lbs, tattoos "KK" l. hand, "316" right hand, skull and "Pride and good times" on left forearm, "White" on right forearm, "Rhonda" on neck, probation violation (opiates); Carl Preston Harris, BM, 27, 5'6", 120 lbs, tattoos star, flowers & "Carl" on l. shoulder, "Carl" on rt. forrearm, probation violation (burglary) (Sedgwick County Sheriff)
menendez.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls,Texas): Robert Charles Perry Jr., WM, 45, 5'10", 177 lbs, tattoos on chest, bird and mother's portrait, tigers on right arm and left calf, probation viol. (opiates); Alicia Menendez a/k/a Martinez, WF, 29, 5'4", 174 lbs, aggravated assault on a policeman; Taylor Jordan Forrester, WM, 28, 5'7", 176 lbs, tattoos "KK" l. hand, "316" right hand, skull and "Pride and good times" on left forearm, "White" on right forearm, "Rhonda" on neck, probation violation (opiates); Carl Preston Harris, BM, 27, 5'6", 120 lbs, tattoos star, flowers & "Carl" on l. shoulder, "Carl" on rt. forrearm, probation violation (burglary) (Sedgwick County Sheriff)
nisasanc.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Joseph Holt, 22, theft; Taylor Dawson, 26, marijuana; Samantha Skains, 28, theft; Chrystal Taylor, 32; Tresa Vestal, 58; Lydia Barrera, 31; Nisa Sanchez, 25, manslaughter; Sarah Hayes, 34, forgery
nisasanc.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Joseph Holt, 22, theft; Taylor Dawson, 26, marijuana; Samantha Skains, 28, theft; Chrystal Taylor, 32; Tresa Vestal, 58; Lydia Barrera, 31; Nisa Sanchez, 25, manslaughter; Sarah Hayes, 34, forgery


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November 10, 2019:    Things you would never know if you did not
browse the tabloids while waiting for your wife at the counter in the
supermarket –“ this week's headlines
:
hed19112.jpg Kim finally leaves Kanye, it's over! 'He thinks he's God, and he's scary!' (Life & Style); Rudi Giulani $60M divorce explodes (Enquirer): Why Carrie Underwood hates Blake & Gwen (Globe); Don't call them fat, Mindy, Drew, Kelly (US Weekly); Harry & Meghanhed19112.jpg Kim finally leave Kanye, it's over! 'He
hed19112.jpg Kim finally leaves Kanye, it's over! 'He thinks he's God, and he's scary!' (Life & Style); Rudi Giulani $60M divorce explodes (Enquirer): Why Carrie Underwood hates Blake & Gwen (Globe); Don't call them fat, Mindy, Drew, Kelly (US Weekly); Harry & Meghan


Dumb news from Indiana
:
Two Amish were killed and by a van that rear-ended their buggy
in Parke County, and two others and the horse were injured. . . .
                                                         [courtesy Columbus Republic]
angelarid.jpg Nicholas Oliver, WM, 5'10", 175 lbs, auto theft, parole absonder; Angela Riddle, WF, 5'0", 160 lbs, burglary; James Hamilton, BM, 5'9", 180 lbs, residential entry (funny way to spell burglary) (Michiana Crime Stoppers; Wanted in Terre Haute: Levi Joy, WM, 28, 5'9", 210 lbs, gun theft (Wabash Valley Crime Stoppers)
angelarid.jpg Nicholas Oliver, WM, 5'10", 175 lbs, auto theft, parole absonder; Angela Riddle, WF, 5'0", 160 lbs, burglary; James Hamilton, BM, 5'9", 180 lbs, residential entry (funny way to spell burglary) (Michiana Crime Stoppers; Wanted in Terre Haute: Levi Joy, WM, 28, 5'9", 210 lbs, gun theft (Wabash Valley Crime Stoppers)
Dumb news from Kentucky:
Wild pigs invaded Edmonson County.
                                                                [courtesy Edmonson News]

Governor Selfie was the only Republican who lost in last week's e-
lections.
              
                                                                 [courtesy LEX18]

tonishah.jpg Lexington's most wanted (pulled kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader): James Craft, WM, 38, 5'9', 155 lbs, sap; Eric Sampson, WM, 29, 6'1", 160 lbs, saplicker, Tonisha Hendrickson, B [sic] F, 28, 5'1", 160 lbs, inducing son, 10, to fuck her in the butt; Joshua Dixon, WM, 43, 5'11", 165 lbs, mobery; Ricky Flynn, WM, 48, 6'1", 200 lbs, parole violation

                        angelarid.jpg Nicholas Oliver, WM, 5'10", 175 lbs, auto theft, parole absonder; Angela Riddle, WF, 5'0", 160 lbs, burglary; James Hamilton, BM, 5'9", 180 lbs, residential entry (funny way to spell burglary) (Michiana Crime Stoppers; Wanted in Terre Haute: Levi Joy, WM, 28, 5'9", 210 lbs, gun theft (Wabash Valley Crime Stoppers)

tonishah.jpg Lexington's most wanted (pulled kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader): James Craft, WM, 38, 5'9', 155 lbs, sap; Eric Sampson, WM, 29, 6'1", 160 lbs, saplicker, Tonisha Hendrickson, B [sic] F, 28, 5'1", 160 lbs, inducing son, 10, to fuck her in the butt; Joshua Dixon, WM, 43, 5'11", 165 lbs, mobery; Ricky Flynn, WM, 48, 6'1", 200 lbs, parole violation; nichmand.jpg Perps of Paducah: Nicholas Charles Roesner, WM, 36, bond revoc.; Amanda Renée King, 35, probation violation; Timothy Guffey, WM, 56, theft by deception (McCracken County Sheriff)

Quotations of the week:
                                          "Needless to say
. . . ."
                                                                                    Christi
                                  "Then, why did you say it?"
                                                                                    Malachi

Quotation of the weak
:
                                            " . . . CON-trib-utes . . . ."
                                                                                          Ruth Sherlock, National Public Radio
markavio.jpg Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Kevin Aaron Deluna, HM, 41, 5'6", 170 lbs, indecency with a child; Deuntre Markavious Jackson, BM, 25, 5'8:, 165 lbs, deadly conduct; Todd Lee Pollow, WM, 48, 6'2", 230 lbs, meth; Quinton Ugene Walker, BM, 37, 5'7", 145 lbs, aggrav.assault; Douglas Eugene Roberts, WM, 39, 6'0", 245 lbs, probation violation (sex offender)
markavio.jpg Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Kevin Aaron Deluna, HM, 41, 5'6", 170 lbs, indecency with a child; Deuntre Markavious Jackson, BM, 25, 5'8:, 165 lbs, deadly conduct; Todd Lee Pollow, WM, 48, 6'2", 230 lbs, meth; Quinton Ugene Walker, BM, 37, 5'7", 145 lbs, aggrav.assault; Douglas Eugene Roberts, WM, 39, 6'0", 245 lbs, probation violation (sex offender)

Birthdays:
                   November 4:   Puff Daddy, 50
                                           Kool Rock, 63
                                          
Loretta Swit, 82
                                           Walter Cronkite (1916-2009)
                    November 5:  Tatum O'Neal, 56
                                           Art Garfunkel, 78
                                           Elke Sommer, 79
                    November 6:  Emma Stone, 31
                                           Sally Field, 73
                                           Stonewall Jackson, 87
                   
November 7:  Roberta Anderson ("Joni Mitchell"), 76
                                           Johnny Rivers, 77
                    November 8:  Lynndie England, 37
                                           Bonnie Raitt, 70
                                           Bonnie Bramlett, 75
                                           Clara Ann Fowler ("Patti Page," 1927)
                    November 9:  French Montana, 35
                                           Scarface, 49
                                           Lou Ferrigno, 68
                                           Bob Gibson, 84 (not this Bob Gibson)
                                           Mary Travers (1936-2009)
\
                                           Spiro Agnew (1918-1996)

                    November 10:  Warren G, 49
                                             Donna Fargo, 74
                                             Dave Loggins, 72
                                             Moise Tshombe (1919-1969)
Deaths:
             
The Marlboro Man, 90
              Eleanor Roosevelt, 78 (woulda been 135)
              Dezameray Applegate, 41
              Lapsley Bagby, 87
              That Thi Bui, 71
              Yu Su Embry, 77
              Harlene Morris, 54
             
Jay'Michael La'Ray De'juan Smith
  
                                                                               [Louisville Courier-Journal]


Borf 's weekly BONUS:

A house projecting 50 feet off the ero-
ded shore of Lake Michigan, in Som-
ers, Michigan, will be taken down. .
. .
A man took an electric shopping cart
from a Wal-Mart  in Houma,  Louisi-
ana, and drove it to a  bar half a mile
away. . . .  Officials and animal sanc-
tuary workers in hazmat garb remov-
ed more than  600  lovebirds  from a
houslean.jpg
home in El Mirage,  a suburb of Phoenix,  Arizona. . . . An anti-vaccin-
ation Australian mother of a son with chicken pox handed out pox-tain-
ted lollipops to trick-or-treaters. . . .  A koala escaped  from a bush fire
in New South Wales,  Australia,  and rescuers named it Corduroy Paul.
.  .  .  McDonald's in Portugal apologized for using the phrase "Sundae
Bloody Sundae" in  Hallowe'en ads  for  ice cream  pudding. . . . Sears
and K-Mart
announced the closing of 96 more stores. . . . A 6-year-old
boy brought a loaded gun to school in Columbus,  Ohio.. . . One of the
three New York City Council members from Staten Island  moved  for
Staten  Island  to secede from the city. . . . Vanna  White  took  over  as
host of television's Wheel of Fortune while  Pat  Sajak  underwent  sur-
gery.
                                                              [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]


laceenic.jpg Wanted in Wichta Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kaansas): Texoma's most wanted fugirtives: Carolyn Jean Johnson, BF, 64, 5'2", 110 lbs, probation viol. (c.s.); George E. Cook, WM, 37, 6'0", 250 lbs, surety off bond (forgery); Lacee Nicole Hoover, WF, 34, 5'2", 200 lbs, surety off bond (controlled substance in drug-free zone, overstay at China Buffet); Moises Quintero, HM, 27, 5'5", 154 lbs, bond forf. (failure to register as sex offender); Justin Patrick Pitts, BM, 21, 5'7", 150 lbs, tampering w/evidence (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)
laceenic.jpg Wanted in Wichta Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kaansas): Texoma's most wanted fugirtives: Carolyn Jean Johnson, BF, 64laceenic.jpg Wanted in Wichta Falls (Texas, not Wichita, Kaansas): Texoma's most wanted fugirtives: Carolyn Jean Johnson, BF, 64, 5'2", 110 lbs, probation viol. (c.s.); George E. Cook, WM, 37, 6'0", 250 lbs, surety off bond (forgery); Lacee Nicole Hoover, WF, 34, 5'2", 200 lbs, surety off bond (controlled substance in drug-free zone, overstay at China Buffet); Moises Quintero, HM, 27, 5'5", 154 lbs, bond forf. (failure to register as sex offender); Justin Patrick Pitts, BM, 21, 5'7", 150 lbs, tampering w/evidence (Wichita Falls Crime Stoppers)

billalmo.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Kansas) (courtesy Sedgwick County Sheriff: Billal Mohamed Halabi, W[?]M, 35, 5'10", 175 lbs, probation violation; Shelby Nicholson, WF, 23, 5'3", 176 lbs (Yorkshire hog), probation violation (Big Dame eyebrow punck); Cory James Buffum, WM, 34, 5'11", 210 lbs, tattoos neck and left lege, probation violation; Damien Earl James, BM, a/k/a Big Dame, 40, 6'0", 260 lbs, probation violation
billalmo.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Kansas) (courtesy Sedgwick County Sheriff: Billal Mohamed Halabi, W[?]M, 35, 5'10", 175 lbs, probation violation; Shelby Nicholson, WF, 23, 5'3", 176 lbs (Yorkshire hog), probation violation (Big Dame eyebrow punck); Cory James Buffum, WM, 34, 5'11", 210 lbs, tattoos neck and left lege, probation violation; Damien Earl James, BM, a/k/a Big Dame, 40, 6'0", 260 lbs, probation violation
The sports:
Another horse died at Santa Anita (in the last race of the meet).

Unopened e-mail last week included a message from "Bran Wilking <dimos@hillandrobbins-
        .com>
" titled "lick me! Karen," a message from "Seri Kripakov <anhyamazaki@nyklng-
        crew.com>" titled "hi Karen,"
and another message from "Clutterbook" "Facebook"
        titled "See Stephen Yates's message and other notifications you've missed
."



Dear Eleanor:
                            When will I be loved?
                                                                     Linda Ronstadt
Dear Linda:
                          Ask Haddaway.


        rutledge.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green, Texas, Sheriff): Seth Jones, WM, 20, DUI; Priscilla Espinoza, WF, 29, controlled substances; Randi Hilliard, WF, 32, mairjuana; Ghost Ghost, BM, 49, burglary; Kimberly Hart, WF, 35, controlled substances; Lisa Rowoldt, WF, 44, DUI; Charles Matthews, WM, 28, fraud; Meghann Rutledge, WF, 30, hiding fugitive; Ariel Castillo, WF, 29, tampering; Nichelle Murphy, BF, 52, paraph; Elaine Zapata, WF, 33, mobery

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rutledge.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green, Texas, Sheriff): Seth Jones, WM, 20, DUI; Priscilla Espinoza, WF, 29, controlled substances; Randi Hilliard, WF, 32, mairjuana; Ghost Ghost, BM, 49, burglary; Kimberly Hart, WF, 35, controlled substances; Lisa Rowoldt, WF, 44, DUI; Charles Matthews, WM, 28, fraud; Meghann Rutledge, WF, 30, hiding fugitive; Ariel Castillo, WF, 29, tampering; Nichelle Murphy, BF, 52, paraph; Elaine Zapata, WF, 33, mobery


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November 3, 2019:      Things you would never know if you did not
browse the tabloids while waiting for your wife at the counter in the
supermarket – this week's headlines
:

15 stars caught wearing blakcface: Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Kimmel, Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Silverman, Joy Behar, Al Jolson, Gene Wilder, Judy Garland, Justin Trudeu, Ralph Northam, Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll . . . (Exaiminer); Lisa Marie closing Graceland (Globe); Gwen and Blake MARRIED on her 50th birthday (Life & Style), Garth and Trisha's marriage explodes (Globe); How dogs think (Time)
15 stars caught wearing blakcface: Cyndi Lauper, Jimmy Kimmel, Robert Downey Jr., Sarah Silverman, Joy Behar, Al Jolson, Gene Wilder, Judy Garland, Justin Trudeu, Ralph Northam, Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll . . . (Exaiminer); Lisa Marie closing Graceland (Globe); Gwen and Blake MARRIED on her 50th birthday (Life & Style), Garth and Trisha's marriage explodes (Globe); How dogs think (Time)

Dumb news from Indiana:
Elkhart  decided to repave its airport after two planes  sank  into
the  asphalt
  over the summer,  in temperatures only in the 70's. . . .

A doctor who had performed more than 50,000 abortions  in Fort
Wayne, South Bend and Gary, Indiana, and
Chicago, Illinois, left
a collection of 2,246 fetuses at his home in Chicago when he died
in September.
                                                         [courtesy Columbus Republic]
deontelo.jpg South Bend's most wanted: Deonte Lofton, BM, 5'9", 190 lbs, armed robbery; Corey Phillips, WM, 6'0", 180 lbs, burglary; Rita Dotson, WF, 5' 4", 95 lbs., domestic battery; Nathaniel Prathafakis,WM, 5'7", 145 lbs, armed robbery; Robert Stevens, WM, 6' 0", 215 lbs, parole viol. (Michiana Crime Stoppers)


Dumb news from Kentucky
:
illinois.jpg ILLinois has an ILL tax system THINKentucky (ThinKentucky.com/Nos
illinois.jpg ILLinois has an ILL tax system THINKentucky (ThinKentucky.com/Nos
Billboards were erected in Illinois to lure business to Kentucky
(the first one said, "Illinois isn't pro-business, Kentucky is").

                                                         [courtesy Chicago Tribune]

The Cee Bee grocery in Brownsville was selling strips of meat
in a package labeled "boneless ribs" (putting one little word af-
ter another,  and,  how can they call them  ribs  if they're  bone-
less?
)
                                                    [a Tabloid Headlines exclusive]

The federal judge who dismissed the suit by Covington Catho-
lic High School pupil Nick Sandmann against the Washington
Post has revived it.
. . .

CBD  gummies  were  found  in  trick-or-treat bags in Whitley
County.

                                                                         [courtesy LEX18]
teoklaha.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Jaquan Johnson, BM, 20, 5'8", 140 lbs, sex with a chocolate Yorkshire hog; Abigail Bath, WF, 21, 5'4", 180 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week runner-up, claiming the title; Anngelica White, BF, 22, 5'5", 220 lbs, claiming to be white and to weigh only 180 lbs; Teola Harris, BF, 38, 5'7", 145 lbs, robbery of a 7-11 and blaming it on her twin sister (dragged kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader)

neoklaha.jpg Gerald Wright, WM, 53, 220 lbs, impersonating Jerry Garcia; Roger Stewart Jr., 46, 5'11", 245 lbs, dyeing hair black and hitting on a teen-ager; Jesse Cross, WM, 25, 5'11", 150 lbs, entering high school girls' washroom; Neokla Harris, BF, 38, 5'7", 135 lbs, robbing a 7-11 & blaming twin sister
teoklaha.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Jaquan Johnson, BM, 20, 5'8", 140 lbs, sex with a chocolate Yorkshire hog; Abigail Bath, WF, 21, 5'4", 180 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week runner-up, claiming the title; Anngelica White, BF, 22, 5'5", 220 lbs, claiming to be white and to weigh only 180 lbs; Teola Harris, BF, 38, 5'7", 145 lbs, robbery of a 7-11 and blaming it on her twin sister (dragged kicking and screaming from the Herald-Leader); neoklaha.jpg Gerald Wright, WM, 53, 220 lbs, impersonating Jerry Garcia; Roger Stewart Jr., 46, 5'11", 245 lbs, dyeing hair black and hitting on a teen-ager; Jesse Cross, WM, 25, 5'11", 150 lbs, entering high school girls' washroom; Neokla Harris, BF, 38, 5'7", 135 lbs, robbing a 7-11 & blaming twin sister
Quotations of the week:
                                          "The
next war will be fought against the officers."
                                                                                                                              – D. I. Dean

                                          "The next war will be against the packagers."
                                                                                                                       – Natty Bumppo
Quotation of the weak:
                                           "In the news of very high profile people being exhumed ... a case right
                                            now where the body of John Dillinger, the gangster – some of his rela-
                                            tives are trying to dig him up  because they think an imposter is in his
                                            grave.  The State of Illinois approved, like, their liscnse to do this; but
                                            the cemetery is fighting back."
                                                                                                
Eleanor  Cummins,  science  writer,
                                                                                                    on public radio's Science  Friday on
                                                                                                    November 11 (at ca. -1:60)

 
          (In fact, the grave is in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, not in Illinois.   Dil-
             linger was a Hoosier, born in Indiana, buried in Indiana, if that's his grave.  He committed
             his share of crimes in Illinois,  where he was killed in a battle with the police  in  the  Bio-
             graph Theater in Chicago on July 22, 1934.    
Editor)


Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said):

      "
What a great day!  God should be proud!"
                                                                           
Leonard Simon

  Birthdays:
                    October 28:  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 63
                                         Bill Gates, 64
                                         Bruce "Caitlyn" Jenner, 70
                    October 29:  Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 81
                    October 30:  Ivanka Trump, 38
                                         Grace Slick, 80
                    October 31: 
Tom Paxton, 82
                                        
Dan Rather, 88
                    November 1: 
Coco Crisp, 40
                                          
Lyle Lovett, 62
                                           Richard "Kinky" Friedman, 75
                                          
Larry Flynt, 77
                                           Gary Player, 84
                                           Louis the Stammerer (846-879)
                    November 2:  K. D. Lang, 58
                                           Shere Hite, 77
                                           Pat Buchanan, 81
                                           Ken Rosewall, 85
                    November 3:  Kendall Jenner, 24
                                           Colin Kaepeernick, 32
                                           Rosanne, 67
                                           Lulu, 71
                                           Bob Feller (1918-2010)
          Deaths:
                             John Conyers, 90
                             Ron Fairly, 81
                             Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 48
                             Harry B. Bille Sr., 81
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 <–  Dywaun L. Knox, 39
            Joseph "Joe" Lee, 45
           Almanza Lyons, 56
           Joseph "Joe" Minton, 59
           Gool Randelia, 81 
>
           Hank Williams Jr., 35
           Joseph "Flat Pick Joe" Yates, 75
goolrand.jpg
                                                                                        [Louisville Courier-Journal]

Borf 's weekly BONUS:    
A sinkhole swallowed half a city bus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. .  .  . A
new species of beetle was recognized, and named Nelloptodes gretae, af-
ter Greta Thunberg.  . . .  A 10-year-old boy was summoned for jury duty
in Glastonbury,  Connecticut. . . . A lady bartender in O'Fallon, Missouri,
won $50,000 on a lottery ticket left to her as a tip. .  .  . John Legend and
Kelly Clarkson amended the lyrics of the 1944 hit  "Baby,  It's Cold Out-
side
"  to get the "Me Too"-ism out of it. . . . Donald Strump moved from
New York to Florida.
                                                                 [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

kariinam.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas,not Wichita, Kansas; Texoma's most wanted fugitives of the week): Miguel Garcia-Navarro, HM, 27, 5'7", 184 lbs, probation viol. (contrr. substs.); Karina Marie Craig, WF, 34, 5'3", 167 lbs., Yorkshire hog wannabe, probation viol. (robbery); Zack Miller Flynn, WM, 44, 6'1", 220 lbs, probation violation (contr. subs.); Africa S. Vinson, BF, 26, 5'2", 278 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, probation violation (obstruction);  Anthoney Bowen, BM, 23, 6'1", 320 lbs, bond forfeiture – family viol.
kariinam.jpg Wanted in Wichita Falls (Texas,not Wichita, Kansas; Texoma's most wanted fugitives of the week): Miguel Garcia-Navarro, HM, 27, 5'7", 184 lbs, probation viol. (contrr. substs.); Karina Marie Craig, WF, 34, 5'3", 167 lbs., Yorkshire hog wannabe, probation viol. (robbery); Zack Miller Flynn, WM, 44, 6'1", 220 lbs, probation violation (contr. subs.); Africa S. Vinson, BF, 26, 5'2", 278 lbs, Yorkshire hog of the week, probation violation (obstruction);  Anthoney Bowen, BM, 23, 6'1", 320 lbs, bond forfeiture – family viol.

lchowell.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): L. C. Howell Jr. ,WM, 60, 5'11", 170 lbs, opiates; Marcus Bearden, BM, 30, 5'6", 150 lbs, aggravated assault; Taylor Wingelaar, WM, 32, 6'3", 250 lbs, theft (Sedgwick County Sheriff); Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Lily Garza, WF, 33, fraud; Martha Mendoza, WF, 31, mobery
lchowell.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): L. C. Howell Jr. ,WM, 60, 5'11", 170 lbs, opiates; Marcus Bearden, BM, 30, 5'6", 150 lbs, aggravated assault; Taylor Wingelaar, WM, 32, 6'3", 250 lbs, theft (Sedgwick County Sheriff); Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Lily Garza, WF, 33, fraud; Martha Mendoza, WF, 31, mobery 
Dear Eleanor:
                            When I was a teen-ager,  one  of  my  cousins  tried
                            to molest me at our grandmother's house.   He  tried
                            to force a kiss on me and said because  I  was  older,
                            I should learn about sex and teach it to him. I fought
                            him off.

                            I was afraid to tell Grandma because she would have
                            been so upset.  She's  gone  now. The problem is, this
                            cousin told his parents that I tried to molest him. Con-
                            sequently,  they have treated me terribly.  His  mother
                            told me she didn't want me  around  her  daughter  be-
                            cause I might corrupt her.

                            They have repeated this false accusation to other rela-
                            tives,  telling them I am a bad person.  Should I speak
                            to my uncle about what happened?

                                                                                                Concerned
Dear Connie:
                           Before you talk to your uncle,  you  should  consider
                           where his son learned his manners.  Is either of them
                           named Chester, by any chance?

The sports:
Two models behind home plate bared their boobies  in  game 5 of
the World Series in Washington, D.C., last Sunday night; and, yes,
it was on television,  and,  yes,  there's  video.    They were thrown
out of the game  and  barred  from  future  games  by major league
baseball, which seems to be losing its focus. . . . A Washington fan
in the bleachers, with a beer in each hand, stopped a home run with
his chest in the second inning of the game,   and Budweiser bought
him a ticket for game 6,  in Houston. . . .  Not a single game of this
year's World Series was  played in the daylight this year  (baseball
seems to have abandoned competition with  football, and is no lon-
ger the "national pastime"), and none of the seven games was won
by the home team.. . . . The winning Washington team's nickname
is the  "Nationals" – "Nats."  for  short – is in the National League;
but the original American League team,  that won their last World
Series in 1924) also was known as the "Nats"  short for "Se-NAT-
ors." . . . But perhaps the ugliest part of this year's Series was coun-
try singer Cody Johnson's rendition of the National Anthem before
game 7 – he hit the pitch occasionally, but adding his Texas twang
made it perhaps the most  obscene  rendition of the "Star Spangled
Banner" since Roseanne Barr's  at a San Diego Padres game in 19-
90. . . . Another race horse died at Santa Anita.

marissad.jpg Locked up in San Angle (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Michael Poth, WM, 47, theft: Marissa Dixon, WF, 20, fake license plate; Josilyn Hernandez, WF, 22, assault on public seervant; Haylee Baker, WF, 18, mobery; Lolita Penigar, BF, 44, auto theft; Hazalynn Walker, WF, 32, cont. sub.; Veronica Tanguma, WF, 28, mobery; Emilio Lopez, WM, 32, aggr. assault
marissad.jpg Locked up in San Angle (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Michael Poth, WM, 47, theft: Marissa Dixon, WF, 20, fake license plate; Josilyn Hernandez, WF, 22, assault on public seervant; Haylee Baker, WF, 18, mobery; Lolita Penigar, BF, 44, auto theft; Hazalynn Walker, WF, 32, cont. sub.; Veronica Tanguma, WF, 28, mobery; Emilio Lopez, WM, 32, aggr. assault

Unopened e-mail last week included a message from "Rezsa Biehl <halimatu@hotline.com>"
        titled "hello Carol Check this" and a message from "Pei Riha <geluz1970@hotline.com>"
        titled "wazzup? Mary Check this."


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deseraep.jpg Locked up on San Angelo (by the Tom Green County (Texas) Sheriff): Deserae Pacheco, WF, 20, marijuana
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