05/30/24

Good morning! It’s Thursday, May 29th.

National Mint Julep Day!

Bourbon, sugar, mint, ice, and a big old smile on your face. No complaints!

And now, the news.

Ohio Shooting

-via ABC News

We start how we start here in America – with a suspect in custody after opening fire in an Ohio Kroger grocery store.

Unlike how these stories normally unfold, but in a good way, no one has died. Two individuals were taken to the hospital. It’s unclear if they were shot. After the suspect let off two shots, there was a chase and the suspect was detained.

There’s not a ton of information out about this yet, but that is where things currently stand.

“Bad Breath Rapist” Captured

-via AP News

Tuen Kit Lee, the man known as the Bad Breath Rapist, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a coworker in Massachusetts more than 16 years ago, was arrested in the San Francisco on Wednesday.

Of that original crime, the police said: “He was ultimately identified by DNA and his horrible breath, which produced the nickname ‘The Bad Breath Rapist’.”

He was frequently featured on America’s Most Wanted and, after social media posts placed him around San Francisco, investigators were able to arrest him when they saw him leaving a residence. The woman he was with, who he’d been with for 15 years, had no idea about his Massachusetts charges.

Fifteen years!

If people are going to be the absolute worst type of people, as someone like Lee is, then we need to start coming up with better, more bullying, nicknames. Don’t get me wrong, people should stop being horrendous. And there should be swift and serious punishment for these actions. But in addition to all of that… bullying nicknames.

Scott Peterson Case

-via CBS News

As you may, or may not, remember – Scott Peterson, who was convicted in 2004 of killing his pregnant wife, Laci Peterson is trying to get a new trial after lawyers with the Los Angeles Innocence Project took up his case.

On Wednesday a judge ruled that one only piece of evidence will be able to undergo new DNA testing.

The evidence in question is a 15 ½” piece of duct tape that was found on Laci’s pants.

There was a van fire across the street from the Peterson’s and the team leading the charge believe that the van fire was not investigated enough when it came to the murders (plural, because again – it was Laci and her unborn son).

A mattress from that van was on the list of things they wanted to have retested. However, that mattress will not be able to be tested.

No one connected with this retrial wants to free Scott Peterson (because of how he’s a murderer), but they want to better understand what, if any, part the van played in the day of the murders.

Alito Refuses Recusal

-via NY Times

In yeah, no, duh news… Justice Alito has refused calls for him to recuse himself in any and all Trump, election, or January 6th cases that have, or may, come before the Supreme Court.

No one actually thought he would, but I do need you to know this…

In his letter to the Democrats that asked him to recuse himself, he gave a lot of reasons for not doing it (which I won’t go into here because it’s a matter of opinion. I think he should recuse. He thinks he should be able to do anything he wants to keep his job and take away my rights.), he also included this gem of a quote:

“My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not. She was solely responsible for having flagpoles put up at our residence and our vacation home and has flown a wide variety of flags over the years.”

He doubled down on blaming his wife! That Appeal to Heaven flag was up for months – you never said anything?!

Also, are we really supposed to believe that your wife is so deep into election denying and Q that she was flying an American flag upside-down but it just… never came up in conversation? Absolutely not. There is no way.

I can’t even continue to talk about this because the anger it fills me with is worrisome for my already worrisome worries.

But I do want to come back to this: “My wife is fond of flying flags. I am not.”

In addition to being a creep… what an absolute loser he is!

He also wrote, “My wife and I own our Virginia home jointly. She therefore has the legal right to use the property as she sees fit, and there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly.”

Adding, but don’t you worry. Keep me on the court and I’ll see to it that women can’t own property. It’s gone too far!

Michigan Man Makes Easy Mistake

-via NBC News

And hey, here’s something to make us all laugh after that infuriating story…

A man in Michigan, who had a suspended license and was going to court for those charges, appeared via Zoom… while driving a car!

The judge asked if he was driving and he said he was pulling into a parking spot. So he drove on in to a parking spot and, once he was parked, the judge confirmed with his lawyer that he didn’t have a license and was very clearly just driving. The judge then added, "I don't even know why he would do that," before revoking his bail and ordering him to turning himself into jail by that evening.

He was in court for driving without a license… and he appeared in court… while driving!

Incredible.

Trump Trial

-via Washington Post

And of course – we are now on Verdict Watch 2024

That’s right, the jury in Trump’s 2016 election interference crimes case has officially started deliberations. On Wednesday they did ask for a few pieces of testimony to be readback. I’m trying very hard not to really read into any of it – we’ll know what the jury comes back with, when the jury comes back with it.

But in case you’re wondering how Trump’s handling all of this… speaking to reporters outside of the courthouse, as he’s done every day he’s been in court, he said: “Mother Teresa could not beat these charges, but we’ll see.”

I mean, we’ll never know – we’ll never know if literal saint Mother Teresa could have beat the charges of having an affair with a porn star and then falsifying business records to keep it a secret from voters.

We can guess, but we’ll never know…

This guy… his brain’s no good. I’m not saying medically, I’m not a doctor. I’m saying this is the brain of someone who compared himself to Mother Teresa… that’s not a good brain!

And that’s it. That’s the news.

I’m proud of mint juleps! So refreshing!

But more than that… because you are refreshing as well, but don’t require me to keep mint on hand at all times… I’m proud of you.