CM PRESS # 511

A SEPARATE EXISTENCE

A nice column by Pat Buchanan in which Brother Pat touches on some themes that I've written extensively about in my books and national essays.
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WE GOT A MESSAGE FROM A READER WHO WANTED AN EVEN SIMPLER EXPLANATION OF COCAINE OR NO COCAINE IN ONE'S BLOOD

Say you burn an oak tree in your backyard so that all that is left are ashes.  You can tell there was an oak tree there by analyzing the ashes.

Cocaine is a quick high.  This means it metabolizes (is burned up) fast in the human body.  But after it is burned up it leaves its "ashes"--benzoylecgonine.
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WHAT DID THE CORONER'S REPORT SHOW?

In her latest column [HERE], Barbara Venezia and Costa Mesa's Interim Police Chief Steve Stavely both seem to be casting doubts on other news reports that Huy Pham had cocaine in his blood by saying that the coroner's report  didn't say it was cocaine that was found but benzoylecgonine.

Actually, when cocaine tests are done, what is tested for is benzoylecgonine which is the main metabolite of cocaine.  As a metabolite, it remains in the blood after the cocaine disappears.

HERE'S a forum where this is discussed.

Rather than helping tamp down this story, Venezia's column  may lead the city to do a more thorough investigation, using an outside police force, to answer the many questions that the coroner's report raises.
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CMPD RELEASES DESCRIPTION OF A SUSPECT (HE'S WHITE OR AT LEAST WHITISH)

Naturally, one of the suspects is white.  Don't write us and say the CMPD also said the other guy was Hispanic. 

The department had to also give a description of the second guy to justify telling everyone that the other one was white (or whitish).  Our guess is that if both were Hispanic, the CMPD wouldn't have given a description.

Meanwhile, the CMPD has still refused to identify the two guys with a shotgun who robbed a store in north Costa Mesa.  PC types usually try to hide the race/ethnicity of non-whites and there are some in the CMPD who are lefty PC types.
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SANTA MONICA MAY END MALE GENITAL MUTILATION
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CITY CEO TOM HATCH SAYS CITY GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO GROW ON HIS WATCH

Sounds like Hatch is taking his job seriously and wants to right size government. That's exactly what a CEO in the private sector would do when faced with red ink.
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ARE DRUGS BEING SOLD AT CITY HALL, THE CITY YARD, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT YARD?

In light of recent news, the above may be reasonable questions.  Will we get reasonable answers?  Will employees be drug tested?
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