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I recently read about the 15 most extravagant last meal requests of death row prisoners. Here are the 5 most interesting ones to me:

1. In 1985, Gerald Lee Mitchell met his 20-year-old victim, Charles Marino, and the victim’s 15-year-old brother-in-law, Kenneth Flemming, in a Houston neighborhood park, offering to sell the pair some marijuana, but he robbed them of their cash and car keys before shooting them both. Fleming survived with a hip injury.
Mitchell was later arrested while driving Marino’s car. That same day, he had murdered another man when the latter refused to hand over a necklace he wanted. Mitchell was ultimately sentenced to death for both murders. For his last meal, he requested a bag of Jolly Rancher candy in assorted flavors. Mitchell was clearly a candy lover to the very end.

2. Dobie Gillis Williams was on a five-day furlough from Camp Beauregard when he broke into the rural home of Hebert and Sonja Knippers in 1984. After breaking into their home through the couple’s bathroom window, he attempted to r*pe Sonja before stabbing her. Williams left the house the same way he came in, and later, a fatally-injured Sonja passed away.
Williams was eventually arrested, charged with first-degree murder, and sentenced to death. For his last meal, he requested twelve candy bars and some ice cream, showing that he was a major chocolate addict. Talk about a sugar rush.

3. After Victor Feguer arrived in Dubuque, Iowa in the summer of 1960 and rented a room at a rundown boarding house, he began calling physicians out of the local Yellow Pages, eventually coming across Dr. Edward Bartels. He called Bartels up and when Bartels stopped by, Feguer kidnapped and killed him. He was arrested a few days later while attempting to sell the doctor’s car.
Feguer was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by President John F. Kennedy himself since, at that time, only the former president could commute a death sentence. For his last meal, Feguer requested a single olive with the pit still in it. But he didn’t eat it. The olive was found in his suit pocket and was reportedly buried with him.

4. Lawrence Russell Brewer requested more food than anyone could realistically eat. Brewer was a white supremacist who, along with two other white supremacists, murdered a 49-year-old African-American man in Jasper, Texas in 1998 by dragging him to death behind a pickup truck and was sentenced to death.
For his last meal, he requested two chicken fried steaks and sliced onions dripping in gravy; a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger with everything on the side; one cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and jalapeños; a big bowl of fried okra with ketchup; one pound of barbecued meat and half a loaf of white bread; three fajitas with all the toppings; a Pizza Hut Meat Lovers pizza; a pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream; a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts on top; and three root beers. When the food came, Brewer declined to eat anything, saying he wasn’t hungry.

5. Debra René Wilson was counting money from the cash drawer when retail merchant James Edward Smith entered the office and pointed a gun at her, demanding money. After Harris collected the money from an insurance executive, he fired a bullet into the executive’s heart, killing him, then fled the scene on foot. However, he was caught in a nearby parking lot by an office worker, a work crew, and a businessman. Harris was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death.
For his last meal, he requested rhaeakunda dirt, which is frequently associated with voodoo rituals, so he could perform a voodoo ritual. His mother said her son was a kind and caring child until he started practicing black magic, voodooism, and witchcraft. But dirt wasn’t on the list of approved foods for last meals, so the prison gave him what they probably considered the closest thing—yogurt.

That was the original story Sunday as someone in the United kingdom government had asked foreign leaders to take commercial flights and they would be taken to the funeral at London's Westminster escorted by shuttle buses "because of tight security and road restrictions"
Maybe after a rethink on the security measures, they backstroked saying Biden could use his own car for security. The United States Secret Security would have little chance of protecting the president on a commercial flight, then walking out to a shuttle.

I could see it now as he's standing waiting for the bus and a vendor selling fish & chips leans over the counter... "Hey mate, you're not from around here are ya?"

Until the police unleash teargas causing a stampede


129 people dead after riot at Indonesian football match

Hundreds of people ran to an exit gate in an effort to avoid the tear gas. Some suffocated in the chaos and others were trampled, with 34 people killed almost instantly

UK Residents Can Win a Good Night’s Sleep in World’s First BnB to Offer Actual Sheep-Counting


Located near a hillside in dreamy rural Sussex, in a field full of the fluffy farm animals, a “sleep dome” is offering the chance to dose off counting real sheep. The small glamping outfit created by a sleep technology company will host two guests and feature a luxurious double-bed with views of idyllic surroundings from all angles.

After dinner and settling in for the night, guests will be encouraged to count the numbered sheep as they walk about their paddock before gently drifting off into a blissful slumber beneath the stars. Daylight will herald a guided yoga session and a breakfast full of locally-sourced food.

The ‘Shleep Sanctuary’ was created by sleep tech company Emma Sleep, and they have launched a contest offering two people the chance to try it when it opens in summer 2023. “The power of a good night’s sleep can’t be underestimated and it’s clear the nation needs it now more than ever,” remarked Dr. Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO at Emma Sleep.

More than a fifth (21%) of those polled have struggled to sleep due to worries over the cost-of-living crisis, while 23% have been kept up fretting about work.

That's definitely something worth trying!!!

If you're a stargazer, tonight is your night to view Jupiter. It will be in it's closest orbit with earth in 59 years.
Starting around sunset.



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Yesterday, Fiona was a tropical storm with winds around 50 miles per hour headed on a course to the Caribbean islands. During the night it intensified and is currently 85 miles per hour winds crossing Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic/Haiti, expected to turn north and move over Bahamas, intensify again and cross Bermuda while moving into the Atlantic Ocean.
Except for increased rain, the east coast of the US won't feel any tropical storm winds.

The map below provided by the National Hurricane Center updates every 4 hours until the storm dissipates.

Update | Anti-MAGA Charged With Vehicular Slaying Of "Extreme Republican" Teen

Bettors Slightly Improve Odds Of MAGAs Takin' The House & Don Bein' Elected Prez

A young Cuban recently passed away while doing compulsory military service.
The young Dayron Pupo Mastrapa was serving in a Military Unit in Havana, when he died suddenly at the age of 22. "Today August 19 is a sad day, we have lost one of the Dayron Pupo Mastrapa family," wrote a Cuban in a public Facebook group.
But the news was not made public until a few hours ago, which has been published by several independent media on the island.
Another of the posts published on social networks says: "His name Dayron Pupo Mastrapa was doing compulsory military service in Havana, his body was delivered to his parents in a sealed box. His father opened it and found his son without teeth. and practically unrecognizable due to the state of decomposition".
Reach the family of the deceased young man the most sincere condolences!!!
We Cubans demand from the regime on the island a sincere statement about this unfortunate death and about each of the young people who have died in unusual circumstances while they were forced into military service.

I'm reading an article this morning that defies gravity...
Trump claims presidents can declassify documents ‘even by thinking about it’

What... are you kidding me?

Former President Trump in a new interview asserted presidents don’t have to go through a formal process to declassify sensitive documents and can do so “even by thinking about it.”

The former president’s comments came as he has repeatedly argued that he declassified secret and top-secret documents he took with him to his Florida home after leaving the White House in 2021 amid a Justice Department investigation into his handling of classified materials.

“There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying, ‘It’s declassified.’ Even by thinking about it.”

“There can be a process, but there doesn’t have to be. You’re the president. You make that decision. So when you send it, it’s declassified,” Trump added. “I declassified everything.”


The frightening part is some people will support him on that statement.
This man was president and wants to run again in 2024.

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Nobody does it better...
The queen's funeral was yesterday. Joe Biden and the first lady were the only American diplomats invoted. Yes, I know it's invited.

Anyway, Joe sat in the 14th row. Was it a big deal? Were seats assigned?
It's suggested Biden's late arrival may have been a factor in not getting better placement.
I don't really know. But I do know that Trump claimed it was a lack of respect for Joe and he commented he would have insisted a better spot "If I were president."
Well, it's good Donald. You're not the president, so it's a moot point.

One story referred to Trump's comment as Biden's placement being 'Nose Bleed Seats."
Well, that sums up the relevance of her majesty's funeral and a baseball game.