Deathly Sunday Reads

It appears once again there is a death watch for old Kim Jong-Un.  He is allegedly in a coma, while his no-nonsense sister is being prepared to take over North Korea.  The rumors started anew since she was promoted last week.

However, there is no official word about Kim's health, so this is yet another unverified rumor.
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The only thing that is news about the Trump family is that Donald's sister Maryanne was recorded as saying the derogatory things about her brother.  Almost all of these things were mentioned in the book by Mary Trump.

They may be true, but it is old news.
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Obituary:  I missed this death of three months ago somehow.  David Brooks, 65, no relation to the columnist of the same name, one of serial killer Dean Corll's two accomplices in his horrendous crimes against runaway or missing boys the in the Houston area in the early 1970s, died in prison of COVID-19 complications.  He died on May 28.

Corll's crimes were among the most heinous in American history.  He was a sexual psychopath into all kinds of violent perversions after luring young boys into his trap.  However, Corll was so nondescript, nobody suspected a thing about him.  People thought this son of a candy store owner and electrician was a nice guy.  He was a vile piece of shit in reality.  In the end, however, accomplice Elmer Wayne Henley had brought a female friend of his and another boy, and Corll lost it.  He raged because there was a girl there and threatened to kill them all.  Henley wasn't having any of that and he shot and killed Corll, saving the world a trial.

The big problem, of course, is the Houston Police Department screwed up when they didn't follow up on missing young boys, thinking they were merely runaways.  Corll's crimes went undetected until Henley shot and killed him.  Then the horrendous truth came out.  Bodies were discovered in a boat shed and other places.  At least 28 boys were murdered by Dean Corll.  His accomplices Brooks and Henley were paid to lure these unsuspecting boys into Corll's trap.

At the time of the slayings, Brooks and Henley, both teenagers, agreed to help lure the boys to Corll for $10 to $200 per child. In some cases, they helped with the torture, killing and burial.

The murders first came to light in 1973, when Henley called police saying he shot Corll in the Pasadena home where Corll was staying. He said Corll threatened to rape and kill him and two other teens during a party.

After that confession, he led police to a boat storage facility where officers uncovered the bodies of 17 slain and tortured boys buried under the dirt floor. Police found at least 11 additional victims at two other burial sites.

The crimes were just unspeakably horrific.  It is the stuff of nightmares.
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The past few days we have had to contend with Rose Gardengate:

The #Trump family did its best to turn the lovely Rose Garden into a neo-fascist parade ground. https://t.co/XTVvqnFzaX

— howardfineman (@howardfineman) August 22, 2020

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