Coolish and kind of sunny. In the morning, I held my February TRIAD meeting.. not many attendees, but a lot of information was passed around.
In the PM, I attended the Great Decisions session on immigration. More about that at a later time.
TRIAD Topics
Items discussed at the meeting:
Lawyer/Chauffer:
A Baltimore City lawyer is being charged with driving a getaway vehicle for the holdup of a Yoghurt shop in Owings Mills. (I thought that lawyers usually chased after incidents and accidents, and didn't participate in them. I guess she felt the need for a little excitement.)
Co-ed Guns:
Concealed handguns will soon be allowed at the 50,000 student University of Texas.. but not in the dorms or labs. I believe it will be effective on August 1st. Lots of Carroll County folks think that is a good idea, but such a law would never get approved in Maryland.
Kids' Charity
In New Zealand, where prostitution appears to be legal, a brothel is fund-raising to provide lunches for poor kids in school. Some folks there think that this will tarnish the children's psyches.
Hospital Hack:
For some reason, I had not heard of this. A hospital in Oklahoma City has had its records hacked, and even after paying a $17,000 bitcoin ransom, the records have not been released.
Predators:
Curtis Bay, Maryland: I quote: "Two men have been arrested and charged with beating an 83-year-old woman during a home invasion." The "men" are 20 and 17 years old. They definitely are not "men" in any sense of the word. They are young stupid punks, who now get to find out what the punishment is for false imprisonment, home invasion, first-degree assault, burglary and "related offenses."
Child Pornography
Solomons, Maryland: A longtime swimming coach at St. Mary's College of Maryland was arrested on child pornography charges by displaying obscene matter to a minor. A search of his home revealed digital media with disgusting images. Here is a 45 year old man with a long career... doing a stupid thing that will destroy his life. And what effect did his action have on the impressionable mind of a youngster?
Another "Sweetheart" ,, Pornographer
Upper Marlboro, Maryland: A 22 year old elementary school volunteer has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing 16 children, one of them at a local church. Here we go again.. another dumbbell preying on innocent children. Did Dante find a level in Hell for guys like this?
DeWees' Open Letter to the President
Angry because the President had not yet mentioned eight American police officers who have been killed in the last eight days, Carroll County Maryland Sheriff, James T. DeWees, sent a letter to the President. The letter was polite, but to the point... I quote: "I'm not shocked that you haven't openly reached out or acknowledged publically the recent rash of deaths in law enforcement, but I am tremendously disappointed!"
AARP and Scams
The AARP Bulletin for January/February 2016, lists several new scams that should be avoided, we only talked about a couple:.. however, you should try to get a copy of the Bulletin, it's very informative:
Silent Call:
The phone rings and you pick it up and say: "Hello", but there is no one on the other line. This is probably one of the new types of robo-calls, an automated way for the "bad guys" to have their computers learn that there is a "live body" at the number called... and this "live body" can then be a target for theft.
So.. people need to do what we have been preaching for years... get a telephone with an answering machine, and get "caller ID".. and then, do not pick up the telephone when the telephone caller information is not familiar. People you know will leave a message and you can call them back.
IRS Scam:
Caller identifying themself as being from the IRS, asks for money that you didn't know you owed. Do not send them any because IRS does not call people on the phone and ask for money.
Animal Gun Control Needed?
AARP: A recent report recorded ten cases of dogs shooting people since 2004, usually in hunting accidents.
The Washington Post found only one case of a cat shooting its owner.
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