Fallen Star
I've had the radio on this morning and heard all about Kwame Kilpatrick's first night in jail. Apparently, he's currently on his way to another hearing at the courthouse. As the mayor of Detroit, Kilpatrick went to Windsor, Ontario, just across the Detroit River, to meet about the tunnel connecting Detroit and Windsor. I was in clinic yesterday when the news broke that the judge had sent Kilpatrick to jail for breaking the rules of his bond without court permission. Most of the people in the clinic were pleased and not sympathetic. He's done a lot in the last 7 months to make people think he believes he's above the law.
This all stems from revelations last January that Kilpatrick and his former chief-of-staff, Christine Beatty, "lied at the whistle-blower trial last summer when they denied they had a sexual affair and gave misleading testimony about the firing of Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown." (From The Detroit Free Press; full article here. There is also a lot about the various Kilpatrick controversies here.) He's since been charged with perjury and the Detroit City Council approved a resolution to remove him from office in May, but the resolution carries no real authority - it's just symbolic. Apparently, while I was on vacation, there was some altercation with a police officer and I heard on the radio this morning that he's expected to be charged with felony assault in addition to perjury.
So it wasn't surprising yesterday that this hit the national news within minutes. And, now I see that it's also being covered in the international news by the BBC. Way to go, Detroit!
While I was there on the BBC News website, I checked out their entertainment news page. There will be a Torchwood radio drama broadcast on September 10. It will feature Jack, Ianto, Gwen, and Martha Jones. The drama will be part of the BBC's coverage of scientists performing a "Big Bang" experiment in Geneva. The end of the article says. "As part of the day's broadcast, the show's star John Barrowman will join Ben Miller and Alan Alda on a panel of celebrities who are fans of particle physics." (See the story here.) I find the idea of being a "fan" of particle physics very funny! I mean, I can understand being interested in it, but being a fan of it? *lol* (Hopefully, they'll have some actual scientists, too!)
This all stems from revelations last January that Kilpatrick and his former chief-of-staff, Christine Beatty, "lied at the whistle-blower trial last summer when they denied they had a sexual affair and gave misleading testimony about the firing of Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown." (From The Detroit Free Press; full article here. There is also a lot about the various Kilpatrick controversies here.) He's since been charged with perjury and the Detroit City Council approved a resolution to remove him from office in May, but the resolution carries no real authority - it's just symbolic. Apparently, while I was on vacation, there was some altercation with a police officer and I heard on the radio this morning that he's expected to be charged with felony assault in addition to perjury.
So it wasn't surprising yesterday that this hit the national news within minutes. And, now I see that it's also being covered in the international news by the BBC. Way to go, Detroit!
While I was there on the BBC News website, I checked out their entertainment news page. There will be a Torchwood radio drama broadcast on September 10. It will feature Jack, Ianto, Gwen, and Martha Jones. The drama will be part of the BBC's coverage of scientists performing a "Big Bang" experiment in Geneva. The end of the article says. "As part of the day's broadcast, the show's star John Barrowman will join Ben Miller and Alan Alda on a panel of celebrities who are fans of particle physics." (See the story here.) I find the idea of being a "fan" of particle physics very funny! I mean, I can understand being interested in it, but being a fan of it? *lol* (Hopefully, they'll have some actual scientists, too!)