Buying the blood of a past president. Weirdest news today.

I have heard of pigs fly, but never of someone selling a person's blood!!!!

The Washington Post tells us about this weird news item:

How much is a drop of presidential blood worth?An on-line auction site is hoping to find out by selling a vial that it claims was used to draw President Ronald Reagan’s blood while he was recovering from the gunshot wound that nearly killed him in 1981. To top it off, the auction site says, “dried blood residue” is clearly visible inside the vial.

I wonder why they call it "presidential blood", as if would be a different blood type from the rest of us.

The auction drew the immediate scorn of doctors who treated the president, and the director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation threatened legal action to stop the sale, calling the auction a “craven act.” 

I wouldn't call it a "craven act", more like, "macabre act".

So far, the auction has garnered bids that have topped about $8,000 and ends Thursday. The site, PFC Auctions, is based on the island of Guernsey, an autonomous British protectorate, in the English Channel.

Hopefully they don't get much more than that, but there are always weirdos spending their money on stupid things, while millions go hungry every night.