Morning Moe: VIC still missing, since 365 days now (0.00 / 0)

A year later, search for Moe continues
It has been a year since Moe went missing, but the search for the celebrity chimp goes on.
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Moe went missing from Jungle Exotics, a Devore company that houses animals and provides them to the entertainment industry, on June 27, 2008.

In the weeks following, there was a full-scale search for the primate, who was raised by the Davises in West Covina, by the couple, the owners of Jungle Exotics and others.
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McCasland said the search will continue until there is closure.

"We are not giving up, because right now we have more questions than answers," he said.

http://www.contracostatimes.co...

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by: Gray @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 10:10:55 AM UTC

Good points by Amanda about Sanford, btw (0.00 / 0)

Yes, it really is disturbing that society seems to increasingly hold the position that "elderly" people should have no love life, and especially no sex. What kind of an inhumane and unrealistic attitude is growing there?

And a good argument about Sanford not being in a good position to demand privacy. Made me think twice. Yes, indeed, if Sanford didn't respect other peoples' intimate communications in his religiously motivated drive to expose adulterers in the past, he sure doesn't have the right to complain about his emails becoming the focus of mediaattention now. However, I think liberals should show more decency and not engage in this, as long as the communication isn't really evidence for any political wrongdoings...

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by: Gray @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 10:52:40 AM UTC

44 plus $6,000 (0.00 / 0)

Sad story.

Monica Conyers, the 44 year-old wife of Congressman John Conyers (who has served in the US House for 44 years) plead guilty to bribery charges in Detroit.  The Detroit City Council member took multiple packages of cash (2 of them at $3,000 each) for her vote on a $1.2 billion sewer processing contract.  She can be sentenced for up to 60 months but is expected to receive a sentence of around 2 years.

John Conyers was not involved and conspicuously did not use his influence as Chairman of the House Judiciary Committe to try to affect the FBI in this case.  The Conyers have been married for 16 years.

Details are reported in the Detroit Free Press (freep.com).  The basic story can also be found at the Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com).

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by: David Kowalski @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 11:31:39 AM UTC

"conspicuously did not use his influence"? (0.00 / 0)

Now, that would have been too much chuzpe if he would have tried that! So, I think using "conspicuosly" in that sentence isn't really fiitted, except if you think Conyers isn't only a crook, but a total fool, too...

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by: Gray @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 13:03:35 PM UTC

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Conspicuously (4.00 / 1)

The reporter for the Detroit Free Press was genuinely surprised that John Conyers did not make phone calls or pull strings to call off the FBI investigation.  I guess he/she expected the Congressman to be a crook.  Surprise.  He wasn't.  Surprise.  His wife, unfortunately, is a crook.

I'm reminded of the aging but well liked Harry Helmsley who had nothing to do with his wife Leona's tax avoidance schemes.  Leona Helmsley and Monica Conyers wind up in jail.  Harry Helmsley and John Conyers wind up alone and sad.

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by: David Kowalski @ Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 15:23:48 PM UTC

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