The "L.A. Daily News" reports that street gangs are getting into social networking ('reminds me of that line from "West Side Story"- "No one wants a fella with a social disease...")...
...But the good news is that law enforcement agents are learning to hack into these nefarious Twitter and Facebook networks. Even representatives from Twitter and Facebook admit they regularly cooperate with police and supply information on account holders - when presented with a search warrant.
The gangs will no-doubt find a way to use Apple's new product, too.
Can't you see it? The iCrackPad.
Yep, "West Side Story" sure would sound different today...
"Dear Officer Krupke, we'll give you a tweet
140 characters, and back on the street
Murder and mayhem, we're in your case book
'What's on your mind today?' Facebook!"
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Perhaps the most important news of the day comes from from Gobbler's Knob (sounds pornographic!), Pennsylvania.
Prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning and predicted six more weeks of winter.
Now, I don't get that. If he saw his shadow, the sun must have been shining, right? So wouldn't that mean Spring is right around the corner...and not the reverse??
Well, anyway...according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil has seen his shadow 98 times since 1887, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years (they probably went underground).
Officially, the vernal equinox occurs at 1:32 p.m. March 20, marking the arrival of spring in the northern hemisphere -- six weeks, four days from today.
Today, however, the vermin equinox has been declared.
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Here's a true Saab story...
The U.S. Government participated in stopping General Motors from selling Saab to a Dutch automaker in December because of a possible Mafia connection. Specifically, the Russian Mafia.
The word is that a Russian investment group owned by the family of billionaire Alexander Antonov that was one of the major shareholders of Spyker when the Dutch automaker made the offer to buy Saab in December. Antonov is highly suspected of Mob connections, so the U.S. government told the the board of General Motors to stop the sale.
Basically, making them an offer they couldn't refuse.
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From the "your tax dollars at work" department...
The Defense Department just released its jumbo-economy-sized budget for the next fiscal year.
Would you believe $708 billion?
It's a pretty detailed shopping list the military has asked for - with specifics such as how many helicopters the Pentagon plans to buy and how many troops it plans on paying.
But I'm intrigued by the $56 billion allocated to “classified programs” - you know, "Black Ops". They are listed on the budget, but only by their code names, like “Chalk Eagle”, Cobra Judy" and “Link Plumeria.”
It sounds like these names were dreamed up by the geniuses who name weird stores here in L.A. 'Some true examples:
"Blood Bank & Scoops and Pints"
"Jesus is Lord Garage and Salvage"
"Phil's Barber Shop and Dance Studio"
"Diesel Fried Chicken"
and
"Fast Cash and Guns"
(ooooh, do you suppose that might be a "Black Ops"-Shop?!?)
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