SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:53 P.M. ET: 

GREAT TALES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT – FROM THE LEXINGTON (KY) HERALD-LEADER:   Three people are behind bars after one woman allegedly tried to sell methamphetamine in a Magoffin County courtroom.  Telby Fields, 24, of Mount Olive, Kentucky, was in court on Monday, July 2, for a scheduled court date in an earlier 2018 case in which she was charged with third-degree terroristic threatening. While sitting in the back waiting for the judge to appear, Fields reportedly asked at least three other people waiting in the courtroom if they would be interested in buying methamphetamine from her.  A security officer overheard the transactions and told Magoffin County Sheriff Department Detective Neil Adams.  She should join the Socialist Party, claim victim status, and go right to Congress.

I WANT TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION  – FROM THE SACRAMENTO BEE:  A man tried to light his cigarette with the flames coming from his burning sedan after rear-ending an SUV westbound on Interstate 80, according to the California Highway Patrol traffic incident information page  The collision occurred around 2 p.m. on Sunday west of Antelope Road near Citrus Heights, the CHP said. According to a log published on the incident information page at 2:19 p.m., a witness reported that a shirtless male attempted to light a cigarette with his incinerated car. At 2:26, a log reported that the man tried to run into the fire.
A witness reported to the CHP seeing the male driver and female passenger attempt to switch seats before officers arrived. The man ultimately admitted to being the driver, the CHP said, and was arrested for driving under the influence.  No one suffered serious injuries.  And he should wear a shirt.  No sense of respectability.

July 8, 2018