Morning Paper

Autism in California is on the rise!!

Autism's rates seem to have skyrocket especially in California within the past 5-10 years as the mercury based vaccine preservative has been blamed. Although Thimerosal hasn't been used since 2001, it is still in some flu shots. But a new study shows that there is no substantive link between mercury poisoning and autism, eventhough parents still hold a contrary opinion. Ok, but what is the link if the numbers have been steady climbing, genetic or external? With most children it can be something diagnosed early or it can be an all of a sudden happening, either way urgency is needed not only to answer questions but to tackle/solve this growing disorder. Read

Frozen Pizza recall...not even good pizza!!

General Mills, who owns the brand names Totino's and Jeno's, is having a recall on their frozen pizza with pepperoni topping. The pepperoni may be infected with the E.Coli bacteria as there have been several reports spanning ten states and possibly more, of people becoming ill. I remember having Totino's pizza rolls about 25-30 years ago, come on people, are we really still eating this. Yeah it was good and so was Celentano Manicotti and Mama Celeste supreme pizza, but there are more...current brands that are so much better. For those of you who refuse to change, just becareful. Read

The face of a very sick human being!!

Security guards at Holy Name Hospital caught this sick bastard engaged in necrophilia with the body of a 92-year old-woman inside of the morgue. 24 year-old Anthony Merino works/worked as a lab technician for only two weeks and is potentially facing a 10 year bid for the heinous and inexcusible act of bodily terrorism. A psychological exam will be conducted on him to see what type od risk he may pose. To be so young, he couldn't have been doing this for a long time unless, he has a history of working in morgues or funeral homes. My condolences to the family of the violated woman and to the family of Anthony, how could any parents or family members know or prepare for such a horrible thing.

Hardee's... the problem and the solution to terrorism!!

I have fond memories as a wee one, going with my mom to see my grandmother in Georgetown, S.C., who by the way was recently featured in a Nikon camera commerical. It was the only time when my elderly grandmother could put my mom in her place as I sat back and laughed at her and would tell grandma how my mom would treat me and she would call my mom in the bedroom and would wack her on the backside, oh sweet revenge! Besides some great southern homecooking, was the local Hardee's that would serve the chilidogs with cheese. Being from Manhattan, N.Y. there were no Hardee's fast food anywhere in the five boroughs, so I got my fill/fix once a year. But now that I am all growns up, I am shocked, appalled, and saddened by what they have done and are doing these days. "In 2003 the chain introduced a line of big sandwiches, including the Monster Thick burger. The 1,420 calorie sandwich was made by putting two 1/3 pound slabs of beef, four strips of bacon, three slices of cheese, and mayonnaise on a buttered bun". Oh dear God, is this some kind of sick joke? Now they have done almost the equivalent for breakfast, their new "Country burrito has two egg omelets filled with bacon, sausage, diced ham, cheddar cheese, hash browns, and sausage gravy all wrapped up in a flour tortilla. The burrito contains 920 calories and 60 grams of fat. We could be held accountable, as a country, for housing weapons of mass destruction. Doesn't Hardees realize that we have major healthcare issues in this country? We could use this burrito for good by feeding it to any insurgents we catch, it would force them to give up all secrets and would let them know that we mean business. Could you see their being an impasse in peace talks between Israel and Fatah/Hamas, we could threaten both sides with this nuclear bomb of breakfast sandwiches and we could even throw in the MTB for good measure. No islamic insurgent would ever want to come up against us, nor our allies, it would be a fate worse than death. I think we are on to something.

A little homegrown ingenuity...80 proof style!!

After an attempt to take his life landed him in an Australian hospital, an Italian tourist was in a coma for three days. After the hospital ran out of medicinal alcohol, which is used to treat poisonings, the Doctors used vodka instead. I wonder how many hospitals in the U.S. would have done this if faced with the same dilemma? Read

Bobby Brown has a mild heart attack!!

Singer Bobby Brown and former husband of Whitney Houston, has suffered a "mild heart attack." He is described as having "severe inflammation of the heart" most likely caused by stress. His lawyer, Phaedra Parks says that his prognosis is good and he wants to perform in L.A. this weekend. I guess the reality of Whitney getting that $100 million deal from Clive Davis, when he can't get arrested, sorry not a good example, was too much to bear.

The brutal reality of Postpartum depression...don't ask Tom Cruise for his opinion!!

In Lakeville, Minn Katherine Bodem, a mother of four has been charged with two counts of manslaughter for the death of her 11 month old daughter Ceceila. Apparently, her two year-old son and the 11 month old girl were left taking a bath together, while the Katherine stepped away to get on the internet for shoe shopping. She had left them unsupervised for up to 20 minutes as the laughter and playing between the two children stopped and Ceceila was crying and this was when the 2 year-old alerted the mom who was downstairs and said "CC." Betty Koberoski, mother of Katherine said that 'Last November, I called Dakota County, and I am so scared for those children because my daughter is suffering from Postpartum depression." If Bodem is convicted she would face up to 10 years in prison and 20k in fines. Read

Deadly virus spread through eastern seaboard mosquito bite!!

Michael Nicholson a 35 year-old painter and decorator from Livingston, West Lothken Scotland, was bitten by a mosquito while fishing in New Hampshire. He has contracted the Eastern Equine Encephalitis to which there is no cure and has a 35% mortality rate. "Symptons develop after three to 10 days and include flu-like illness, inflammation of the brain, coma, and death. There is no cure and there is no vaccine, so all you can do is try and prevent yourself from being bitten." Michael is receiving treatment in Edinburgh's Western General Hospital and his family has been informed that if he survives, he will be severly disabled for the rest of his life. Read

A misdirected mother's love...she means well!!

In a suburb of London, England Alison Thorpe, the mother of 15 year-old Katie Thorpe, who has cerebral palsy wants her daughter to have a hysterectomy to keep her from feeling the pain and discomfort of menstruation. I tend to agree with the Executive dir. of Disability Charity Scope, Andy Rickell, who told the Press Association, "It is very difficult to see how this kind of invasive surgery, which is not medically necessary and which will be very painful and traumatic, can be in Katie's interests." What this mother seems to not understand, is that this operation will bring on menopause almost immediately which will be far more traumatic! Mood swings, bone density loss, hot flashes, to say the least. A possible alternative to the surgery would also be for the teenager to take birth control pills, which would regulate the menstruation, just a thought. Read

This is why malpractice insurance is sky high!!

In Pembroke Pines, Fla, Katherine Chambers was scheduled to have a C-Section on 9/11 2001, she did and not more than two weeks later she was readmitted to a different hospital due to sever abdominal pain. A CAT scan was taken and revealed that a foot-long surgical sponge was left in her by her Ob/Gyn, Joseph Becerra. Legal counsel for Mrs. Chambers said that the infection from the sponge not only battered her abdomen and uterus, but now she is unable to bear any more children. A jury took 12 days to deliberate in favor of Mrs. Chambers awarding her $2.4 million, as they were able to see, by way of X-ray, the sponge with the ribbon attached in the area of her uterus.