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Anthony Dean wrote Sun 12/19/21 @10:16 CST:

The Eddie Robinson link in last week's edition is no longer functional, but

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Robinson_(baseball) works just fine.

Publius Leget wrote Sun 12/19/21  at 13:10 CST:

Oh, yeah?  What are the 35 other ways to spell Britainy?\

We've found only 22 – Brittany, Britany, Britney, Britny, Brittney,
Britnie, Britnay, Britni, Brittni, Brittainy, Britani, Britanni, Brittny,
Britteney, Britnay, Brittnay, Brittaneigh, Britony, Britonie, Brittainy,
Britneigh and Brittneigh – but we are confident there are more.  See
also here, here., and here.    – Editor

Tested positive, 1,204,621; died, 18,696.
                                                                    [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Indiana was ranked the 51st safest state for COVID-19 (behind
even the District of Columbia) by WalletHub.

                                                          [courtesy Kokomo Tribune]

kaceycoo.jpg Wanted in South Bend: Sedric Davidson, BM, 6',160 lbs,reckless homicide; and in LaPorte: Kasey Cooper, 5'5', 190 lbs (Yorkshire hog), narcotics, auto theft; Lori Berry, WF, 5'2", 125 lbs, battery w/deadly weapon; Wanted in Berrien County, Mich.: Kenneth Acklin, BM, embezzlemt. (Michiana Crime Stoppers Inc.)

Tested positive, 841,060; died, 11,964.
                                                                           [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Christmas Day's thermometer reached 72° (it was 64° on Christmas
Eve).
                                                               [courtesy Weather Almanac]
 
A malnourished but alive cat was pulled from the ruble of an office
building leveled by a tornado in Mayfield nine days earlier.

                                                                                [courtesy LEX18]

martinal.jpg Busted in Bardstown (Nelson County Gazette): Martin Alex Gonzalez Jr., 31, of Bardstown, DUI, burglary, evading, assault; Jacob Layne Marshall, 22, New Haven, technical parole violation; Beau Brandon Staten, 33, Cox's Creeik, contempt of court; Rachel Dawn Scott, 46, Bardstown, assault; Crystal Marie Gilmore, 39, Bardstown, probation vi.; Jonathan Ryan Wilkins, 34, New Haven,distrib. of obscene matter to minors

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said): "The  doctor said, 'You have to quit smoking cigarettes   and drinking alcohol.'  I said,  'I object – smoking and   drinking are what made me'."                                                                   – Leonard Simon

chesterr.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Chester Ralph Ridge III, 36, 6', 170 lbs, felon with firearm; Darius Manns, BM, 27, 5'9", 150 lbs, domestic battery; Sarah Chastaine Myers, WF, 27, 5'4", 130 lbs, burglary, theft, property damage; Ezequiel Martinez-Alvarez, HM, 33, 5'6", 180 lbs, domestic battery (Sedgwick County Sheriff)

Donald Trump was booed in Dallas, Texas,  after revealing he had gotten
a Covid-19 booster shot.. . . . Sarah Palin, who tested positive last March,
said she would get vaccinated "over my dead body." . . . Robert F. Kenne-
dy Jr., founder of the anti-vaccine Children's Health Defense,  held a holi-
day party where  guests  were asked to be vaccinated or take a test before
entering (he later blamed the requirements on his wife, the actress Cheryl
Hines). . . . A Florida man was booted from an airline flight for wearing a
thong in lieu of a face mask. . . .A 35-year-old leftist Tool fan was elected
president  of  Chile,  defeating a lawyer whose German father was a Nazi.
.  .  . Eric Clapton won a copyright infringement lawsuit against a German
widow who sold a bootleg copy of his CD on e-bay. .  .  .  A motorist was
stopped in Pinellas County, Florida,  with coke and meth wrapped around
his penis,  but he denied they were his. . . . A 26-year-old truck driver with
no criminal record was sentenced to 110 years in prison in Colorado for a
brake failure accident that left four people dead.

                                                                   [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

brownrig.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Zachary Brownrigg, 27, burglary, marijuana; Denise Salazar, 24, DUI; June-Anna Rendon, 22, marij.; Alexandra Gallindo, 30, child sex abuse; Cassedy Montelongo, 23, driv. w/o lic., seat bilt; Kasondra Suarez, 33, mobery; Eugene Garcia, 38, paraphernalia

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai (or someone in her behalf)
posted a video on Weibo denying that she had claimed to
have been sexually assaulted.

How can a woman be convicted of two counts
of manslaughter for killing only one man?

lifefine.jpg Fine for parking "I thought the sign meant it was OK to park here" Life Saver Dude: Good point

cebula3202@wp.pl wrote Sat 12/11/2021 @17:08 Polish mean time:

You ok twister?

Tested positive, 1,185,226; died, 18,385.
                                                                  [courtesy N.Y. Times]

corrella.jpg South Bend's most wanted: Austin Corrrell, WM, 5'4", 120 lbs, burglary; Caleb Hardcastle, WM, 6', 250 lbs, auto theft (Cass County, Mich, Marshall County,Ind.); Henry Yarbrough, BM, 5'10", 160 lbs, domestic batt4ery, Brandon Johnson, BM, 5'11", 155 lbs, domestic battery; Marvin Schindler, WM, 5' 11", 200 lbs, meth (Michiana Crime Stoppers Inc.)

A 37th way to spell Brittany (Britainy Beshear, wife of Kentuck-
y's Governor). . . .

The base pay of the president of the University of Kentucky was
increased from $838,774 to $1,035,646.
                                                                           [courtesy LEX18]

waddkins.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Kenneth W. Wadkins, BM, 40, 5'9", 140 lbs, murder; Osmar Vasquez-Leon, HM, 36, 5'5", 175 lbs, sexual  abuse 1° (Bluegrass Crime Stoppers)

 

jeffscott.jpg Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Jeffrey Scott Segura, HM, 30, 5'8", 190 lbs, indecent exposure; Zachary Ray Owen, HM, 19, 5"11", robbery; Ericha Elizabeth Sanchez, HF, 28, 4'11", 120 lbs, robbery; Jarrett Damon Ely, WM, 6'2", 160 lbs, continuous sexual abuse of a child; Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Larry Dean Kasney II, WM, 50, 5'10", 205 lbs, ag. battery (Abilene Crime Stoppers, Sedgwick County (Kans.) Sheriff)

An  Italian  priest  apologized for a bishop who told children that Santa
Claus is not real. . . . A Spanish bishop was defrocked for marrying an
erotica author. . . .  Large school districts in California were eliminating
grades D and F. . . . Rod Stewart and his son pleaded guilty to battery
of a security guard at a luxury hotel in  Palm  Beach,  Florida,  on New
Year's Eve 2019.
                                                      [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

jamespot.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): James Potter, 24, marijuana; Kandi Allsup, 42,theft; Melinda Grigsby, 22, fam. as.; Dana Taylor, 50, DUI; Ashley Meza, 30, marijuana; Norma Mendoza, 44, theft; Stephanie Howe, 46, crim. tresp.; Diallo Williams, 22, family assault

DISCUSSION GROUP:     Don't  forget!  Readers interested in intellectu- al dissection of important current events are invi- ted to attend the  Weekly World News Round Ta- ble at the offices of Borf  Books outside Browns- ville,  Kentucky,  just after church every  Sunday. Guest speakers lined up for meetings  in the near future include Izabela Kus, of Łódź, Poland, known in e-mail as cebula3202@wp.pl.

lifebeet.jpg Beethoven's second fifth: Life Saver Dude [Burp]

Tested positive, 1,154,552; died, 18,014.
                                                                    [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Indiana University and the city of Bloomington renamed Jordan
Avenue, named for a former university president who promoted
eugenics,  Eagleson  Avenue,  for  a  black family that moved to
Bloomington from slavery.
                                              [courtesy Terre Haute Tribune-Star]

rectorpa.jpg South Bend's Most Wanted (Michiana Crime Stoppers Inc.): Patrick Rector, WM, 5'9", 185 lbs, domestic battery; Nicholas Jackmovich,WM, 5'7", 140 lbs, burglary; Alfonzo Anderson, BM, 6;1:, 150 lbs, domestic battery; Rickey Long, WM, 5' 9", 170 lbs, possession of syringe

Tested positive, 815,487; died, 11,606.
                                                                        [courtesy N.Y. Times]

Tornadoes cut the signals of almost all the radio and television sta-
tions in Bowling Green  and other parts of south central Kentucky
almost all of Friday night,  sparing one gospel station, WJCR-FM,
90.1.  When the signals were restored, WKYU-FM, propagator of
a regional network of public radio, left two channels operating on
top of each other for an hour  –  Minnesota Public Radio's  "Your-
Classical" music feed and the Ted Radio Hour; then cut the wrong
one at the top of the next hour (leaving the music on), then cut the
music,  leaving nothing for several minutes,  and then restored the
normal feed, National Public Radio.   Later its webstream was not
playing.
                                                                       [courtesy WBKO-TV]

Congressman Thomas Massie and  family "tweeted" this  photo  with  the script  "Merry Christmas!  p.s.  Santa, please bring ammo."                            [courtesy LEX18]

    

Quotations of the Wheat (Simon said): "They say if you love what you do for living, you never   work a day in your life.  I'm becoming a porn star, and   I'm still on vacation."                                                                     – Leonard Simon

davidsup.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): David Super-Wiseman, 48, public drunk; Kahlan Dietz, 22, giv. alc. to minor; Patriicia Sims. 27, DWOL; Brandon Falkner, 48, Intox.; Sue-J Norfth, 22, public drunk; Cecelia Guerrero, 19, C.s.; Heather Roberts, 22, family assault; Kristofer Murcoch, 35, mj

Cocaine was detected in 11 of the 12 bathrooms in the House of Com-
mons in Great Britain.  . . . .  Hundreds of children engaged in a brawl
at a trampoline park in Tampa, Florida. . . . A plumber found $200,000
in missing cash and $400,000 in missing checks in a wall at televangel-
ist Joel Osteen's church in Houston, Texas.

                                                              [courtesy Harper's, LEX18, AP]

bloodsaw.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Terrance Bloodsaw, BM, 35, 6'3", 215 lbs, aggr. battery; Adam David Anschutz, WM, 45, 6', 185 lbs, escape; Dereke Nash, BM, 47, 5'7", 185 lbs, prob. vi. (opiate); Jermaine Terrell Wiley Jr., BM, 25, 5'6", 160 lbs, prob. viol. (firearms); Aramis Harper, BM, 42, 5'10", 200 lbs, felon with firrearm (Sedgwick County Sheriff)

lifemoms.jpg There's nothing we can do for this kid . . . both mismatched socks & dirty underwear" Life Saver Dude: Hooror movies for moms

Tested positive, 1,121,965; died, 17,712.
                                                                  [courtesy N.Y. Times]

The Bluegrass duo Dailey & Vincent will perform their "All I
Want for Christmas Is Y'all" show in Terre Haute  at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday.
                                                        [courtesy Terre Haute Star]

glassman.jpg South Bend's most wanted (Michiana Crime Stoppers): Adam Glassman, WM, 6''5", 165 lbs, burglary; Edward Atterbury, BM, 5'6", 180 lbs, sex with a minor; Kayla McCarty, WF, 5'10", 160 lbs, meth, counterfeiting; Kevin Reed, BM, 5' 7", 150 lbs, battery of an official; Anthony Blatz, WM, 5'11", 160 lbs, escape

Tested positive, 799, 509; died, 11,196.
                                                                 [courtesy N.Y. Times]

A reporter for WHAS radio in Louisville became Miss U.S.A.

                                                                       [courtesy LEX18]

britinkr.jpg Lexington's most wanted: Brittany Tinker, WF, 32, 5'5", 210 lbs (Yorkshire Hog), an adult (Bluegrass Crime Stoppers); solomone.jpg Wanted in South Bend,Indiana (born in Smiths Grove, Kentucky): Solomn Evans,BM, 6'3", 235 lbs, armed robbery (Michiana Crime Stoppers)

(Let's give Brittany a little credit:    She's the first in a
  line of approximately 35 Britney / Britny / Brittney's
  that knows how to spell Brittany).

bubbawic.jpg Wanted in Wichita (Kansas, not Wichita Falls, Texas): Shawn Eugene Collins Jr., a/k/a "X," WM, 21, 5'10", 170 lbs, tattoos on arms & chest, "Bubba" on abdomen, probation violation (aggravated domestic battery); Arrested in Abilene (Texas, not Kansas): Caleb Michael Vickers, WM, 24, 5'11", 185 lbs, inj. to child; Jermy (sic) Verteuil, BM, 25, 5'8", 150 lbs, sex assault of a child; John Ernest Gilbert, WM, 57, 6'10", 180 lbs, failure to reg.; Filemon Nyokvizera, BM, 24, 5'6", 170 lbs, sex assault of child (Sedgwick County Kans. Sheriff, Abilene Crime Stoppers)

A book was returned to the Boise, Idaho, Public Library more than
110 years past its due date (the more than $800 in late fees has  not
been collected). . . .  A German who drove to his driver license test
was cited for driving without a license. . . . [This one's for Jan:]  On
a Delta Airlines flight from Syracuse to Atlanta a woman refused to
stop breastfeeding her cat.  .  .  .  A World War II bomb exploded in
Munich, Germany, injuring four people. . . . A man was hospitalized
in Gloucestershire, England, with a WW II mortar shell stuck up his
butt. . . . Alec Baldwin denied pulling the trigger on the gun that kil-
led a moviemaker.
                                                                [courtesy LEX18, HuffPost]

ulysses.jpg Locked up in San Angelo (by the Tom Green County, Texas, Sheriff): Ulysses,Rodriguez, 22, Mj, DUI; Cruz Montes, 64, H'way obstructn.; Suelian Trinidad-Ortiz, 18, assault; Deborah Barrera, 45, theft; Jaclynn Chappell, 41, drug paraphernalia; Chadrick Chappell, 40, drug paraphernalia; Xzavier Talamantez, 18, publ. intox.; Joangel Garcia, 18, assault

DISCUSSION GROUP:     Don't  forget!  Readers interested in intellectu- al dissection of important current events are invi- ted to attend the  Weekly World News Round Ta- ble at the offices of Borf  Books outside Browns- ville,  Kentucky,  just after church every  Sunday. Guest speakers lined up for meetings in the  near future include Queen Elizabeth.

Tennis champion Serena Williams was writing a children's
book, The Adventures of Qai Qai,  about  her  daughter O-
lympia's doll.

lifenewy.jpg "That evening, with her blinds pulled, Mary had three helpings of corn, two baked potatoes, extra bread, and a little lamb" LIfe Saver Dude: Wish I'd asked for that