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We don't normally cover stories that happen outside the area here -- But we're going to make an exception here

Irony, it's always the irony. You remember McGruff the Crime Dog (Not Fred McGriff), the cartoon and later foam costumed dog who reminded kids in a very early "If you see something say something" program dealing with drugs and crime to, "Help take a bite out of crime."

OK America, sit down. McGruff has been a baaaaad dog. No, worse than pooping on the DEA Commissioner's floor. McGruff helped take a bite out a few dozen pot brownies it could be inferred:

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- An actor who visited schools dressed up as the famous McGruff the Crime Dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison after police seized 1,000 marijuana plants, 27 weapons and 9,000 rounds of ammunition from his house. John Morales was arrested in 2011 after Galveston, Texas, police pulled him over for speeding and found plans for two indoor pot-growing operations sitting on his front passenger seat.

When they got to his home, they found marijuana plants and weapons.

What a wonderful metaphor for the failed war on drugs. We'll let you have your say on this in comments. Bring your 'A' game...

So, are you someone who is really enjoying the look back at The Beatles 50 year anniversary of arriving in America?

Well then Lisa Rose with the Star-Ledger has a great story for you of how The Beatles hit NJ shortly after the Ed Sullivan gig only because of a snowstorm. A great read on a chilly Sunday morning about a train trip through the Garden State with John, Paul, George and Ringo some 50 years out.

Johnny was always more of a Rolling Stones guy than a Beatles fan, (later this same choice would be made between fans of Led Zeppelin and The Who -- rock is funny that way) but of course loves him some of that Beatles collection. Here's one of Johnny's favorite Fab Four tracks, 'Within You Without You':

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State trivia night:

The state house in this state is the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use. Answer here.

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We should add this to the sign for visitors coming into Jersey City through the Holland Tunnel

Welcome to Jersey City with these words under it:

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Off to bed, Johnny's got to get up early for his favorite event. Athletes cross country ski for 20km then take out their rifles and start shooting slow or clumsy spectators with rubber bullets. A two second time deduction comes with every paying customer plinked.

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Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with MARIANNE FAITHFULL!

Though Johnny knows an awful lot about music and music history he always promised himself he'd never become like those stupid hipster doofus know-it-all boors who played really avant-garde music and thought they got cosmic brownie points in doing so.

So here's Marianne Faithfull kicking off another Music Series with 'Working Class Hero'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with DUFFY!

This song has so much Motown in it Johnny can almost picture W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit. Duffy with a golden soul nugget 'Mercy'

Friday night MULTIMEDIA EXTRAVAGANZA with COCKTAIL SLIPPERS!

From Norway with love it's Cocktail Slippers with 'St. Valentine's Day Massacre'

Ward E Councilwoman Candice Osborne is an emphatic NO on a casino in her ward

Johnny tweeted a question to Councilwoman Candice Osborne if there were any plans she'd support to put a casino in Ward E. Her answer? Absolute NO. The correct answer! Winner winner chicken dinner.

Can't get much more straightforward than that and we appreciate that kind of a no-hedge answer. In reading comments on this idea on the NJ.com website Steve Fulop would appear to have quite a fight on his hands over this idea. The Mayor should either deflate the trial balloon or start building the metaphorical breastworks around his city hall office because we can see right now this is going to be one difficult battle for him.