What the ...???

Reverse Segregation?

Heard on the news about this black bus driver in Louisiana who ordered nine white kids to sit at the back of the bus. One of the mothers complained about this to the principal. Principal told the driver that either the seats be assigned to the children, or they be allowed to pick whatever seats they want to sit on. Well ... guess what the bus driver does?

Yes ... he makes nine black kids sit at the back, with small kids sitting on the laps of older kids. What the . . . ??? Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the picture?

Ordinary Objects Displaying Religious Images?

Okay. Here's another "what the . . . " - this having to do with the appearance of religious images on various object. Every single day this week on the NBC local news, which I watch in the morning, there's been a report of the image of Virgin Mary showing up on turtles, a piece of toast, and other objects which I just can't recall. The reporters are having fun with this during their banter as they transition to other news. Now . . . aren't people reading just a bit too much into seeing patterns that look like a religious figure? The Orthodox Church, of which I'm a member of, tends to take a very sensible approach with incidents like this. They simply don't automatically believe every single report like this.

Usually, what happens is the priest will question the person or people who reported this, and then if he finds it credible, will report to his bishop, who may then come visit the parish, question everybody, and have a look at the object, say a prayer over it. It may take months, or even years, before it is recognized as authentic. Remember . . . Jesus said that there would be others who would claim to be prophets after him.

Pluto, We Hardly Knew Ye.

Apparently because Pluto crosses Neptune's path and it has not completed its circuit around the Sun, it's no longer a planet. I wonder if astronomers will revisit the issue if they discover a planet with sentient, living beings in a distant solar system that has the same orbital path as Pluto.

JonBenet Ramsey Murder

There are so many things that just rubs me the wrong way about the case. First off, Karr's family has hired an agent so they can pursue movie and book deals in order to pay for a fancy lawyer who will do all he or she can do to keep him out of jail. Let's connect the dots, dear readers . . . child pornography + big money deals = stay-out-of-jail. At the ultimate bottom line, a child is still dead and child pornography is still around and the murderer (whoever it may be) is still walking free.

And now there's a former classmate who claims that Karr confessed to the crime to him/her 10 years ago. Yes, 10 years ago when JonBenet was killed. If this turns out to be true, maybe the classmate should be persecuted for obstruction of justice. All those 10 years that police were chasing dead-end leads and focusing on the family who adamantly stated their innocence (to be true, they lawyered up almost immediately after the incident, thus causing the spotlight to focus on them).