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Ok fun lovers, I have a "new" short story available on Amazon.com for only 49 cents!! Obviously I wont get rich off this, but here's your chance to download another Burl Barer original masterpiece of fiction for only forty-nine cents!
This brilliant adventure is entitled "The Treasure of Sir Thomas Conway" and the link to it is right here:
A top female politician ín Holland wants Dutch prostitutes sent abroad with the troops to help them relax.
Annemarie Jorritsma, a politician for the centre-right People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and the mayor of the town of Almere, went on national Dutch TV to demand the 'extra benefits' for soldiers.
She added: "The army must think about how their soldiers can let off some steam."
The ideas has been backed by the Dutch sex workers union which said it thought the idea had some merit.
But an unnamed military spokesman, quoted in the 'Volkskrant' newspaper, expressed reservations.
He said: "I don't think my wife would like the idea very much."
There are currently around 2,000 Dutch soldiers stationed outside of the Netherlands, the majority in either Afghanistan and Bosnia.
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After five best selling true crime books, four of them for Kensington's Pinnacle True Crime series, you might think I'd had enough of psychotic killers, rapists, and nut-cases. HA!
Think again.
The overworked Micheala Hamilton, editor in chief at Kensington Publishing Group, and I just reached an agreement for me to crank out two more true crime masterpieces for that fine publishing company.
The first of these, MOM SAID KILL, will detail the shocking story of Barbara and Heather Opel, mother and daughter, who murdered Barbara's generous employer in front of his elderly mother, made off with his furniture and $40K from his bank account. Heather was about fourteen years old at the time, and Mom promised her a new dirt bike for helping in the murder. The kid never got the dirt bike.
Research begins February -- the manuscript will be delivered in six months.
The second book is about ...well, we haven't exactly decided yet, but I'll keep you informed. In the meantime, buy and read all my previous true crime books from Kensington's Pinnacle True Crime series to get yourself in the mood for more.
Meanwhile, I'm gearing up for a year of deadlines and possible keyboard fatigue.
United States
citizens should be alert to attempts at fraud by persons claiming to live
in Ghana who profess friendship or romantic interest over the Internet.
Correspondents who quickly move to discussion of intimate matters could
well be the inventions of scammers. If they are after your money, eventually
they will ask for it.
Once a connection is made, the correspondent typically asks the U.S. citizen
to send money for living expenses, travel expenses, or "visa costs".
Sometimes, the correspondent notifies the American citizen that a close
family member has suffered an “accident” and is in need of
immediate monetary assistance to cover medical bills. Other variations
of this confidence scam have emerged of late, all with the principle goal
of soliciting money from the U.S. citizen. Several Americans have reported
losing thousands of dollars through such scams.
The anonymity of the Internet means that the U.S. citizen cannot be sure
of the real name, age, marital status, nationality, or even gender of
the correspondent. In the majority of cases reported to the embassy, the
correspondent turned out to be a fictitious persona created only to lure
the U.S. citizen into sending money.
- U.S. citizens may refer to http://uscis.gov for authoritative information
about the immigration process and the true costs involved.
- They may arrange to prepay for a plane ticket directly with the carrier
rather than wiring money for transportation to the traveler.
- If the correspondent provides an image of a purported U.S. visa as proof
of intention to travel, the U.S. citizen may contact the United States
Embassy in Accra at [email protected]
to ascertain the validity of the visa.
Don't be a victim of on-line scammers. If you want to spend you money wisely on the internet, spend it buying all my books!
When I wrote BODY COUNT, the story of the Spokane Serial Killer, the
Homicide Task Force tol
d me that public apathy was a major obstacle to
catching the killer. The reason the public was not more outraged was
because the murderer was "only killing prostitutes" and dumping their
bodies in the brush.
As I write this, the residents of Ipswitch UK have a serial killer of their own, and he also is "only killing prostitutes." 
The
reason serial killers pick on women of "high risk lifestyles" is
because they are easy prey and are considered disposable. They can
vanish and "no one cares." NONSENSE! These women are real .life human
beings with moms and dads and children of their own. The women who
work the streets of Ipswitch, Spokane, or any other city, are in a a
vulnerable position, both figuratively and literally. Their income is
unpredictable, their associations often disreputable, and their clients
range from the kind and generous to the cruel and vicious.
In other countries, prostitution is not a criminal career, and they are unionized for wage standards, health standards, etc.
In
the USA and the UK, these "working women" have no recourse to police
when raped, assaulted, or kidnapped. It is their very lack of
inclusion that makes them the victim of choice for serial killers.
If this interests you, I suggest you read BODY COUNT, and keep up on the investigation in Ipswitch.
Someone has it in for Snoop Dog.
Q: How many Tonight Show guests get their cars stopped and searched when they leave the TV Studio?
A: One. Snoop Dog.
So, tell me, what was the "probable cause" that had Burbank police waiting for Snoop Dog to wave goodnight to Jay Leno before busting him? I haven't seen a music star arrested so many times since David Crosby.
Now, if you or I had b
een busted as often as Crosby, we would be still pleasing Raul, our 600 lb big boy cell mate. Crosby, of course, kept going on tour and has a new book at Barnes and Noble. Nice being a rock star. Not so nice being a rap star.
Snoop has been arrested three times in three months. People are being stopped on "suspicion of being Snoop."
This rapper better wise up. If he is gonna have coke and grass, he better not have it in his car. In fact, he better start riding the city bus -- in the back of course -- and not carry a gun.
Here is a guy who, coming from an admitted background of gangs and violence, now coaches a kiddie ball team and works to promote peace on the streets. Ok, he smokes dope. So does Jack Nicholson. When was the last time Jack got shaken down by the cops after picking up an Oscar? Not recently.
Snoop should know better than to be Snoop. He should be David Crosby.
