THE OTHER SHOE DROPS: Updates To Previous Posts
† Military Contractor Accused Of Stealing Fuel From Iraq Army Base: Former Army captain Lee W. Dubois, 32, of Lexington, SC, pleaded guilty to theft after admitting he and others stole 10 million gallons of jet and diesel fuel from Camp Liberty in Baghdad, reports The Associated Press. Dubois admitted he and other employees of the Kuwait-based Future Services General Trading & Contracting Co. stole nearly $40 million worth of fuel to sell on the black market, and that his cut of the action was $450K.
† Warning: Dining Out Is More Fattening Than You Think: NYC launched a three-month $82,000 subway ad campaign advising to educate riders on how many calories their favorite foods contain, reports The Associated Press. Considering that most adults need no more than 2,000 calories a day, knowing a burrito can pack 1,170-calories or a muffin 470 calories kinda makes you lose your appetite. Or, at least the ad campaign hope you will.
† In Acie MMVII: Latin is making a comeback in schools nationwide, reports The New York Times, noting that in the Westchester County suburb of New Rochelle, for instance, “[e]nrollment in Latin classes … increased by nearly one-third since 2006 to 187” and that “[o]n Long Island, the Jericho district is offering an Advanced Placement course in Latin for the first time this year after its Latin enrollment rose to 120 students.” Aside from the perennial desire to get a higher SAT score, some students got bewitched after reading Harry Potter’s Latin-based chanting spells, according to The Times.
† Updates To Previous Posts (last item, Another Cockamamie Lib Idea Fails The Real World Test): People are now crossing state lines to dump their unwanted children in NE, after the state passed a “safe haven” law in July allowing parents to abandon children - not newborns, as in other states with a similar law - at hospitals without the threat of child neglect or related charges. Yesterday, a 14-year-old girl from Council Bluffs, IA, was left at Creighton University Medical Center, reports The Associated Press. “We have made a formal report of the abandonment to the Iowa child abuse hotline,” said Todd Landry, director of the NE Department of Health and Human Services division of Children and Family Services, in a statement. State lawmakers are in recess until January, and Gov. Dave Heineman (R) does not seem inclined to convene a special session of the Legislature to amend the law.
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