Something's not quite right in Kansas City

    Talk about a modern miracle.  It's a super computer that fits in your pocket.  We can take them everywhere.     Everywhere .    I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few people buy the waterproof versions for they can use them in the tub.  Why not?  You never know when a life or death call might be placed to you.    What if you missed that call?    I have the sneaky suspicion that law enforcement feels the same way about them.    What kind of temptation would there be to take advantage of a device everyone carries?  One that spells out a person's life literally in words and sentences?    What if that temptation wasn't resisted?    If only some justification could be found to tap into it.    Then they'd need a database of some sort to associate and aggregate all the data.  A few filters and search parameters later and cell phones could do an otherwise impossible job on their own.    What's a easy justification to use?    Everyone should know their cell phones ar

    Recently there were quite a few people who must have thought they'd won the lottery.  They had been moved far from their homes and isolated from friends and family.  Supervised and watched they were given tasks and a schedule to follow without question.    Why'd they have reason to think they'd won the lottery ?    Because their isolation was ended.    They were returned home in the relative blink of an eye.    Questions should have been asked about that and answers given.  Except no on knew what questions should be asked.  If they had it's doubtful they would have been so quick to return.    Why do I say that?    Because it was a ruse.    Here's the definition of a ruse:       ruse : an action intended to deceive someone; a trick.    synonyms : ploy ~ stratagem ~ tactic    So what is the situation I've been describing?    Inmates from certain prison institutions were released years before their sentences had been served.  They were allowed to go home and st