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Wednesday, August 05, 2026

"He said, Sissy, I didn't do this, but men don't beat rape charges. I'm going to die in jail,'" said Elizabeth Self, whose brother, Christopher Lee Franklin, 40, was awaiting an Aug. 19 jury trial on charges related to the alleged Jan. 17 rape of an ex-girlfriend in Stafford County, VA. read more


Friday, July 31, 2026

Posting is country blues. Blue Goose Records, a great label.


Thursday, July 30, 2026

A 37-year-old teacher was released from a Kansas jail after posting bail following his arrest at a city meeting where zoning changes for a proposed data center project were passed. Lux Claridge, an Emporia High School physics teacher, was arrested for interference with law enforcement after clapping during the meeting. read more


Tuesday, July 28, 2026

STARKE, Fla. (AP) -- A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern U.S. history. Tuesday marked the first time since two convicted murderers were executed on a single day -- in Arkansas in 2017 - that a state has planned virtually back-to-back executions. It also comes 18 months after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis began stepping up executions at a pace unseen in Florida since the U.S. death penalty was reinstated in 1976, making his the busiest death chamber in the nation. read more


Monday, July 27, 2026

Years of persistent financial strain may leave measurable effects on cognitive performance by middle age and on brain health decades later. read more


Comments

A wonderful song for any age:

Jim Kweskin, "I Got Mine":

www.youtube.com

Big bro was drunk in St. Louis during college, and as the police report read, he had attempted to punch a police vehicle. After being released from his temporary holding cell until he had calmed down, his roommates were playing him this when he arrived home:

Jim Kweskin with the Neo-Passe Jazz Band, "He's in the Jailhouse Now" (More fine cover art):

www.youtube.com

Kweskin, like Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, et al., a student of music history.

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