Good Morning, Do! Today is Monday, September 23 ____________________________________________________ Today, September 23 in  1806 The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis, MO, and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest. More of today in history at History ______________________________________________________ 
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 Today's Bonehead Award: Clinton Donor Ed Buck Accused of Drugging, Raping and Killing Male Victims  _______________________________________________ If you like the Humor Letter, please vote!  _______________________________________________ I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. --- W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946) When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. --- Eric Hoffer _______________________________________________ GROAN ALERT: Q: If there is H2O on the inside of a fire hydrant, what is on the outside? A: K9P Yeah, I know it is an old groaner, but you will use it a dozen times. ________________________________________________`   ____________________________________________________ 
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 ___________________________________________________     An INTERNATIONAL BONEHEAD AWARD has been earned by  Ed Buck, 65, Los Angeles, California  Clinton Donor Ed Buck Accused of Drugging, Raping and Killing Male Victims  The Democrat donor and friend of Clinton has at least 10 alleged victims, several of whom say Buck's fetish to pay male prostitutes to use drugs and have sex, often led to overdoses and in at least a couple of cases death. The disturbing details were released Thursday after prosecutors charged Buck, 65, with distributing methamphetamine resulting in Gemmel Moore's death on July 27, 2017. Even after another man, Timothy Dean, died of an overdose at Buck's home in January, the Democratic donor continued to solicit men for sex and drug use until last week, when another man who overdosed managed to escape as Buck tried to stop him from leaving, authorities said. Both men who died were black. Buck, who is white, was not charged for more than two years after Moore's death, and critics have questioned if wealth, race or political ties influenced the investigation. Buck has donated tens of thousands of dollars to California candidates, including Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and is well known in LGBTQ political circles. Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who is black and charged Buck this week with running a drug house, rejected the notion that there was any favoritism based on campaign donations. We were not at all moved by his reputation, Lacey said. U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna said Buck preyed on homeless and other vulnerable men and is a serious threat to public safety. Authorities said Buck used his position of power to manipulate men into participating in sexual fantasies that involved injecting meth. Male prostitutes knew Buck's habit for paying in cash and drugs and some referred to him as Dr. Kevorkian, an apparent reference to Jack Kevorkian, a doctor who went to prison for helping patients end their lives. On some occasions, when someone refused to inject drugs, Buck plunged the needle in their arm himself, Agent John Mundell of the Drug Enforcement Administration said in an affidavit. A homeless prostitute recalled two occasions in 2011 when Buck injected him with meth and he lost consciousness. The man, identified in the affidavit as victim 6, said Buck insisted on injecting prostitutes and would reject them without pay if they refused, Mundell wrote. The federal charge comes two days after the district attorney brought the drug house charges in the case of the man who said he escaped after overdosing there on Sept. 4 and again on Sept. 11. The surviving victim's statements gave us the break we needed, Lacey said. We needed someone live, willing to come to court, willing to be cross-examined. Buck appeared in both Los Angeles Superior Court and federal court Thursday but was not asked to enter a plea. The federal judge set a detention hearing for Sept. 26. Buck will remain in custody until then. Buck came under investigation in January after Dean, 55, was found dead of an accidental methamphetamine overdose in his apartment. Moore's mother, LaTisha Nixon, told investigators a month after her son's death that he had once told her about Buck. Her son described him as rich and powerful and said Buck held him against his will and shot him up with drugs, the affidavit said. 
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 We were proud that no one had fallen out on our company's first long hike. Completely exhausted, we sprawled on our bunks, too tired to move -- except for one private. He showered and was ready to go out on the town. Why wasn't he knocked out like the rest of us, we asked. "You know the truck that was with us in case anyone fell out?" he replied. "Well, somebody had to drive it." 
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 "Can people predict the future with cards?" asked the Sunday school teacher. "My mother can," said Sally. "Really?" responded the teacher. "Yes. She takes one look at my report card and tells me what will happen when my father gets home." ___________________________________________________  Daily tip from Thriftyfun.com Thriftyfun.com font color="#009990"> Strong Necklace Thread Tired of your necklace or bracelet breaking? Restring it with fishing line. Fishing line is very strong and inexpensive. It is also clear so you don't have to worry about matching colors. thriftyfun.Com  ____________________________________________________  
  
 
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 ___________________________________________________ Ted Nugent, rock star and avid bow hunter from Michigan , was being interviewed by a French journalist and animal rights activist. The discussion came around to deer hunting. The journalist asked, "What do you think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you shoot him? Is it, 'Are you my friend?' or is it 'Are you the one who killed my brother?' " Nugent replied, "I don't believe deer are capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, 'What am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away. They are very much like the French." The interview ended at that point. ___________________________________________________ After a break, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent the holidays. One child wrote the following: "We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live here in a big brick house, but Grandpa got retarded and they moved to Arizona. Now they live in a place with a lot of other retarded people. They live in a tin box and have rocks painted green to look like grass. They ride around on big tricycles and wear name tags because they don't know who they are anymore. They go to a building called a wrecked center, but they must have got it fixed, because it is all right now. They play games and do exercises there, but they don't do them very well. There is a swimming pool too, but they all jump up and down in it with their hats on. I guess they don't know how to swim. At their gate, there is a doll house with a little old man sitting in it. He watches all day so nobody can escape. Sometimes they sneak out. Then they go cruising in their golf carts. My Grandma used to bake cookies and stuff, but I guess she forgot how. Nobody there cooks, they just eat out. And they eat the same thing every night, "Early Birds". Some of the people can't get past the man in the doll house to go out. So the ones who do get out bring food back to the wrecked center and call it pot luck. My Grandma says Grandpa's worked all his life to earn his retardment and says I should work hard so I can be retarded some day too. ___________________________________________________ An old man on his deathbed implored his wife, "When I am gone I want you to marry Fred." "Why Fred?" his wife asked. "You have hated him all of your life!" "Still do," gasped the old man. __________________________________________________ 
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 Today, September 23 in 1642 The first commencement at Harvard College, in Cambridge, MA, was held. 1779 John Paul Jones, commander of the American warship Bon Homme, was quoted as saying "I have not yet begun to fight!" 1780 John Andre, a British spy, was captured with papers revealing that Benedict Arnold was going to surrender West Point, NY, to the British. 1806 The Corps of Discovery, the Lewis and Clark expedition, reached St. Louis, MO, and ended the trip to the Pacific Northwest. 1845 The Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York was formed by Alexander Joy Cartwright. It was the first baseball team in America. 1846 Astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune. 1912 "Keystone Comedy" by Mack Sennett was released. 1930 Flashbulbs were patented by Johannes Ostermeier. 1951 The first transcontinental telecast was received on the west coast. The show "Crusade for Freedom" was broadcast by CBS- TV from New York. 1952 The first Pay Television sporting event took place. The Marciano-Walcott fight was seen in 49 theaters in 31 cities. 1957 Nine black students withdrew from Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas due to the white mob outside. 1962 "The Jetsons" premiered on ABC-TV. It was the first program on the network to be carried in color. 1964 The new ceiling painting of the Paris Opera house was unveiled. The work was done by Russian-born artist Marc Chagall. 1973 Overthrown Argentine president Juan Peron was returned to power. He had been overthrown in 1955. His wife, Eva Duarte, was the subject of the musical "Evita." 1986 Japanese newspapers quoted Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone as saying that minorities lowered the overall "intelligence level" of America. 1990 Iraq publicly threatened to destroy Middle East oil fields and to attack Israel if any nation tried to force it from Kuwait. 1991 U.N. weapons inspectors find documents detailing Iraq's secret nuclear weapons program. The find in Baghdad triggered a standoff with authorities in Iraq. 1993 The Israeli parliament ratified the Israel-PLO accord. 1993 Blacks were allowed a role in the South African government after a parliamentary vote. 1999 A 17-month-old girl fell 230 feet from the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver, British Columbia. The girl had bruises but no broken limbs from the fall onto a rocky ledge. 2019 Do smiled.