Money, Money, Money

Silvio Berlusconi unaware dancer he paid for sex was underage, court rules The Guardian

Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was found guilty in 2013
A Milan appeals court overturned Berlusconi’s suspended seven-year prison sentence

Mischief

  

Pasadena: Bear cub falls into dumpster. Mama bear is frantic. Humans come to help with ladders. Bear cub escapes the dumpster without help

Chulalongkorn the Great, King Rama V

Considered by many the greatest Thai monarch, he saved Siam from being colonized and is credited with modernizing the country.
He died on 23 October 1910 at the age of 57.
23 October is a national holiday in Thailand

The golden goose has flown the coop

PM wants quality tourists to visit Thailand  Thai PBS English News
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has wanted the Sports and Tourism Ministry to screen incoming tourists to make sure they are of quality.

Tourist arrivals drop 10.28 percent  Thai PBS English News

Democracy Delayed

Thai leader says polls could be delayed until 2016 AP

Thailand's Leader Hints At Putting Off Return To Democracy  WGCU

We already know how this will end, no crystal ball needed

Yingluck impeachment case file reaches NLA - Thai PBS English News

Former Pheu Thai MPs petition junta chief Prayut over impeachment - Thai PBS English News

Senior Citizens

Two elderly ladies are sitting on the front porch in Punta Gorda, doing nothing.

One lady turns and asks, 'Do you still get horny?'
The other replies, 'Oh sure I do.'
The first old lady asks, 'What do you do about it?'
The second old lady replies, 'I suck a lifesaver.'
After a few moments, the first old lady asks, 'Who drives you to the beach?'

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Three old ladies were sitting side by side in their retirement home in Cape Coralreminiscing . The first lady recalled shopping at the green grocers and demonstrated with her hands, the length and thickness of a cucumber she could buy for a penny.

The second old lady nodded, adding that onions used to be much bigger and cheaper also, and demonstrated the size of two big onions she could buy for a penny a piece.

The third old lady remarked, 'I can't hear a word you're saying, but I remember the guy you're talking about.

Friday at Apples

On June 15, 1992, then Vice President Dan Quayle was visiting Munoz Rivera School in Trenton, New Jersey. In front of a classroom full of kids, Quayle spelled 'potato' with an 'e' at the end. William Figueroa informed the VP that he had spelled it wrong