Trash Survey?

Ummm.......

• Off Topic but more tax dollars spent on BS.
  
  Today I was sitting in my living room and observed an enterprise rental can pull up in front of my house, a m/2 and m/1 get out and put a garbage bag over my garbage can and empty the contents and then place the bag into their van. So I go out there and ask them what they are doing? Of course their is a streets and san suv behind them and some f/1 gets out and hands me a letter that the city is doing research on what we put into our black garbage cans. HHHMMM. So what company is this doing this research? VANECKO Trash Analysis group?
  
  Interesting that the city has money to do trash research but has no money to put towards their pension obligations..
  
  More money down the drain for a well connected company.

Anyone else heard or experienced this? It sounds like a tremendous waste of money.

Otherwise, it sure sounds like a fishing expedition for evidence.

Ferguson Delayed?

Next week maybe?

• Missouri Governor Jay Nixon told reporters the Grand Jury decision on the Michael Brown shooting case is expected in mid-to-late November.
  
  Nixon also said violence and looting will not be tolerated.
  
  KMOX reported:
  
  Nixon said looting and violence that marred mostly peaceful protests will not be tolerated.
  
  “That ugliness was not representative of Missouri, and it cannot be repeated,” he said.
  
  Nixon said that once the decision is announced, the state highway patrol will work with St. Louis County and city police as one unified command. The three agencies are strong enough to work together “exceptionally well,” he said.
  
  The National Guard will also be available if needed.

Gee, who was it back in August who supported a rush to judgement?

• In his Tuesday statement Missouri Governor Jay Nixon demanded that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson be prosecuted.
  
  …Amid all the pain and distrust and anger, we’ve also seen tremendous acts of grace, courage, and kindness as the people of Ferguson try to maintain peace, while they call for justice for the family of Michael Brown. In Ferguson, people of all races and creeds are joining hands to pray for justice. Teenagers cooking meals for law enforcement officers. Community leaders demonstrating courage and heroism throughout the night in standing against armed and violent instigators…
  
  …But we will not be defeated by bricks and guns and Molotov cocktails. With the help of peaceful demonstrators, pastors and community leaders, Captain Johnson and law enforcement will not give up trying to ensure that those with peace in their hearts are not drowned out by those with senseless violence in their hands.
  
  Second, a vigorous prosecution must now be pursued.

Funny how the winds of change blow through the "Show Me" state.

Remember, Ebola

Keep believing the government:

• Twelve people in Illinois are being monitored for potential Ebola exposure, officials said Monday as they called for additional steps to prepare for any possible outbreak — which included a proposal for a fund for health care workers exposed to the virus.
  
  The people who are being monitored have not been quarantined and are considered at low risk or some risk of exposure to the deadly virus, the director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, told state lawmakers at a legislative committee hearing Monday in Chicago, according to a department spokeswoman.
  
  The 12 people were advised to monitor and report daily to health officials their temperature readings and the emergence of any symptoms.
  
  No cases of Ebola have been reported in Illinois, and the chances of it occurring here are low, health officials said. But they warned that more measures should be taken to provide for testing and care of any patients.

You know what would reduce the chances even more? A travel ban. It would probably even reduce the number of "monitored" individuals, thereby saving precious dollars to find/develop a cure.

017 Attack?

Can anyone verify?

• ...everyone hates the police, and no one respects or fears us anymore.... coppers house if 017 shot up by gangbangers

Is there an alert out or anything?

Belated Veterans Day

Hmm. Our auto-post seems to have misfired and we've been out-of-town all day. This should have gone up at 12:00 and some change this morning. Apologies to our vets.

Acquitted? Acquitted?

We're speechless:

• A 92-year-old woman was acquitted Monday of misdemeanor battery to an off-duty Chicago police officer who fatally shot her husband in a dispute between neighbors.
  
  Hazel Jones-Huff had already been found not guilty last month of a misdemeanor count of aggravated assault stemming from the same incident in the Gresham neighborhood.

Those of you who aren't up to speed on this one, the families were having a feud. It went on for years. People got locked up, investigated, etc. A lot of neighborhood nonsense. It escalated over the years and culminated in the 92-year-old woman striking an Officer's wife with a broom in the head. The Officer heard the commotion and came out to do what any husband would do.

The 92-year-old told, TOLD her 86-year-old husband, to go get his gun, which he did and shot the cop's wife with a shotgun. The Officer killed him and when grandma went for the shotgun, he shot her, too, all on OEMC tapes.

But no one heard about this part until Monday:

• Jones-Huff was arrested in April after the argument between her and her husband and the off-duty officer and his wife who lived next door erupted into gunfire. Her husband, Joe Huff Jr., 86, was killed. The officer's wife, [...], 54, had her right arm amputated and was blinded in the right eye as a result of the shooting, authorities revealed for the first time Monday.
  
  Jones-Huff, who recovered from gunshot wounds to her arm and leg, was the only one charged.

And now Cook County Associate Judge Matthew Carmody found this elderly offender not guilty?

Pardon our French, but what the fuck? The Officer's wife lost and arm and an eye due to this woman telling her husband to get a gun, and no responsibility is assigned to anyone? Are you fucking kidding us?

Well bet some blame ends up being assigned when the inevitable civil suit is filed.

Does everyone see why we vote "NO" and encourage voting "NO" on all Cook County judges?

Dems Think You're Idiots

Amazing video one of the main architects of Obama-care:

In case you didn't understand the context of that little clip, here's Ace of Spades explaination:

• This was the guy who earlier claimed that the Obamacare law's drafters never intending to apply subsidies only to people buying insurance off a state exchange.
  
  He was later exposed as a liar, because his even-earlier statements made it plain that this was in fact completely intentional, as a spur to force states to set up state exchanges.
  
  Now he's caught admitting in 2013 that he's willing to lie in any context necessary to get, and and maintain, Obamacare.
  
  He admits in this clip that the text of Obamacare was deliberately written in a "tortured" way to conceal the fact that the mandate was in fact a tax, because if it were perceived (accurately) as a tax, the American public would not have abided it.
  
  He also admits the law was written in order to hide from the public the fact that the whole point of Obamacare is a forced subsidy from the healthy to the sick -- that is, a tax.
  
  And he's proud of this. He says that given the choice between transparency and no Obamacare, on one hand, and deception and Obamacare, on the other, he'd choose the latter every time.

But it's those obstructionist republicans and nasty tea party people who lie to appeal to low information voters? And here's this asshole bragging about it. So-called "progressives" count on lying, slippery syntax and keeping voters in the dark to pass the biggest piece of legislation in history, affecting one-sixth of the US economy, and admit that keeping your health plan, your doctor, and saving $2,500 per year were all lies to get it through Congress and past the Supreme Court.

Wait until that employer mandate kicks in next year - everyone on the left will act surprised, but they planned it that way.

What's The Point of This?

Like all reporters, do thy master's bidding and bring in all sorts of non sequiturs to cloud the issue:

• Nine months after a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, not a single cop has been disciplined for letting Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko get away for nearly 10 years with killing David Koschman.
  
  And many of them can’t be punished because they no longer work for the city.
  
  Dan K. Webb, the court-appointed special prosecutor who won Vanecko’s conviction in January, identified 53 police personnel involved in two botched investigations of Koschman’s death.

Fifty-three people bearing some form of blame? That's a lot of blame spread pretty thin.

• After Webb wrapped up his investigation, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration asked City Hall Inspector General Joseph Ferguson to determine whether any police officers should be disciplined for their roles in the Koschman case. Police Supt. Garry McCarthy is awaiting Ferguson’s recommendations.
  
  But only 21 of the cops and other police officials identified by Webb remain on the city payroll, still subject to possible disciplinary action. Their salaries total more than $2.2 million a year.
  
  Twenty-eight others have retired and are collecting pensions totaling $2.6 million a year. Another has died, one is on disability, and two others have left the department.

And just who are these fifty-three? Go see the article for the list, but get a load of these names that Fusco and Novak pin the tail on:

• Cmdr. William O’Donnell
• Cmdr. Michael Chasen
• Cmdr. James Gibson
• Supt. Phil Cline
• Thomas Epach (Cline Assistant)
• Dep. Supt. Hiram Grau
• Chief of Detectives James Molloy
• Deputy Chief of Detectives Richard Kobel
• Supt. Jody Weis
• General Counsel Debra Kirby
• Chief of Staff Michael G. Masters Masters Masters
• Deputy Supt. Steven Peterson
• Chief of Detectives Thomas Byrne
• Deputy Chief of Detectives Constantine “Dean” Andrews
• Cmdr. Gary Yamashiroya
• Cmdr. Joseph Salemme
• Deputy Supt. Ernest Brown

And that's just the civilians and exempt ranks. Good luck pinning any blame on those folks. The Dicks and Sergeants and Lieutenants listed are like a "Who's Who" of meri-clout-orious favors granted. Together, their clout must outweigh several pods of oceanic whales. And why exactly does their salary or overtime or pension have anything to do with the investigation? Or is that just extraneous information included to prejudice and inflame the public?

Everyone Keeps Their Jobs?

Five minutes of your life you'll never get back:

Bears

The Cubs of the NFL.

Thanks to the e-mailers who sent this one.

The over/under was 54 and Greenbay covered that by themselves.

Ferguson Rally in Chicago

Downtown at State and Jackson.

Flyer can be found at this site.

Preparations continue.

By the way, this isn't pro-justice...in case you wondered.

Fudging Numbers Sort Of

Story in the paper:

• Two people were killed — including a 15-year-old boy — and at least ten others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night, police said.
  
  The most recent fatal shooting happened Saturday evening in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Typical fall weekend we suppose. But no mention of this:

• Police are investigating a fatal stabbing in the city's River North neighborhood, officials said.
  
  The victim, a 29-year-old man, was found around 2:20 a.m. Sunday on a sidewalk in the 800-block of North Orleans, police said.

And if that big fire up north turns out to have been an arson, there's another one that won't make the books.

Dart Getting Smacked Again

This time by the Teamsters on behalf of the sheriffs:

• One of the nation’s largest local unions is berating Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in a full page ad in the Chicago Sun Times on Sunday.
  
  WBBM [...] reports Teamsters Local 700 is accusing Dart of providing more protection and care toward inmates and leaving officers in the lurch.
  
  The ad alleges that when an officer does something wrong, it becomes a news headline, but when an inmate attacks an officer, it is underreported.

Not surprising. Most people (and folks) in jail don't have anything to lose, so attacking a guard has no downside. Conversely, and perversely, claiming abuse by the guards leads to payouts. Win-win from the offender's view.

Bears in Cheeseland

Packers favored by 7? That's down from midweek.

Let's see in the bye-week led to any improvements.

Ferguson Grand Jury on Monday?

You want the latest on the Ferguson Grand Jury and preparations, check out GatewayPundit. The link is in the right hand toolbar. This guy operates out of St. Louis and has contacts everywhere.

The web-protestors "Anonymous" are leaking info about Monday afternoon:

• On or about November 10, 2014 the Grand Jury decision will be announced. Darren Wilson will NOT be indicted on ANY charges related to the murder of Mike Brown.
  
  All local police Chiefs and jail commanders have been notified to begin preparing for major civil unrest.
  
  Governor Nixon has been notified of the impending announcement and has ordered the Missouri National Guard to begin preparations for a possible re-enstatement of the martial law that was declared at the beginning of the Ferguson protests.

The town is boarding up anything that can be broken or looted, The National Guard is staging around Ferguson:

• Ferguson businesses are preparing for the worst.
  
  Several businesses are boarding up before the anticipated Michael Brown grand jury decision.
  
  Local banks have extra guards put in place.
  
  High-end St. Louis jewelry stores have plywood ready to put in place.

Places as far away as Atlanta are mobilizing riot teams:

• The grand jury’s decision on the police shooting that killed an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri last August is expected any day now.
  
  Among those keeping a close eye on the decision are police departments all across the country, including here in Atlanta.
  
  The scene in Ferguson in the days after Officer Darren Wilson killed 18 year-old Michael Brown was both frightening and dangerous. Police patrolled the streets in riot gear, confronting angry demonstrators who converged by the thousands.
  
  The scene was eerily similar in Atlanta back in 2011. Police donned riot gear at that time to confront angry demonstrators from the Occupy Movement, who defied an order to leave the tent city they had built at Woodruff Park.

We heard the Department ran a "drill" mobilizing Incident Teams from Districts across the city last Sunday on the second watch. No word on how it went, but given the alleged time frame, there ought to be a few more drills taking place. Just in case.

Rules for Rioting

Amazing:

• Tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, have simmered since black teen Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white police officer in August.
  
  And with a grand jury expected to soon deliver its decision on whether to indict the officer, a group that represents protesters says it wants 48-hours notice before the decision is announced so it can help prevent the St. Louis suburb from once again boiling over with anger, violence and confusion.
  
  A group of community members calling themselves the Don't Shoot Coalition this week released 19 "Rules of Engagement" that touch on major points of contention between protesters and police since Brown's August 9 killing.

Among the "rules:"

• Some of the coalition's "rules" ask that police provide information that makes clear law enforcement's chain of command, who is making what decisions and why, and assurances that neither police nor the government will interfere with the flow of information. That means, according to the "rules," there will be no unwarranted wiretapping or attempts to interfere with internet and cellular access. The rules ask the police not to use rubber bullets, armored vehicles, rifles and tear gas.
  
  The organization also has written stipulations about how it wants police to present themselves, including a request that officers wear attire "minimally required for their safety" and that "specialized riot gear will be avoided except as a last resort."

They also demand that the police not respond to thrown objects - like water bottles and similar. Of course, what they fill the water bottles with....well, that "rule" ought to be right out the window.

Quick Hits

Another example of why you should never deal with tow truck operators:

• Police on Friday evening raided a Bridgeport towing operation that was featured in a CBS 2 report this week about one motorist’s claims the firm illegally towed her car from a public street.
  
  Chicago police were serving a search warrant at Rendered Services Inc., 3611 S. Iron St., and collecting records and tow trucks for the cameras and data they may have inside.

Crooked as the day is long.

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Polar Vortex coming:

• Shivering in the biting-cold wind, never leaving home without the gear of an Antarctic explorer, spending more time with the snow shovel than with your family. Didn’t we just get done with all of that?
  
  Ready or not, winter is on its way back. Thanksgiving is weeks away, but below-freezing temperatures and, yes, snow are forecast beginning Tuesday through late next week.

Global warming....remember? Here's a clip of John Coleman, former Chicago weatherman, actual meteorologist and founder of The Weather Channel telling anyone who would listen that he is a Climate Change Skeptic and backs it up with actual arguments just last week.

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Rahm's "Fuck you" look:

• "I get in a cab and the driver recognizes me," said the politician. "And he asks me, 'What do you think about Rahm?'
  
  "I told him, 'Well, it really doesn't matter what I think, does it? It's what you think that counts,' " said the wise politician. "So what do you think about Rahm?
  
  "And the cabdriver says: 'Well, it's like this. Every time I see Rahm's face on TV, I get the feeling he just told me to go (bleep) myself.' "
  
  It's true, isn't it? Emanuel has that go-(bleep)-yourself facial expression. And it could cost him re-election.

Well, Rahm's the smartest guy in the room you know. He sucked the right ass and made $18 million for doing nothing except being a friend of the connected - Clinton, Obama, Rauner. Why shouldn't he tell everyone else to go fuck off?

Officers Stripped

The case of the sergeant who got beaten takes another weird turn:

• Two Chicago Police officers have been stripped of their arrest powers and placed on desk duty pending an investigation into a racially motivated fight that left a sergeant with severe head injuries, a department spokesman said Friday.
  
  On Oct. 30, the officers [...] entered an elevator with the sergeant when he made a racially disparaging comment to a group of African-Americans going to a wedding at City Hall, witnesses alleged.

Everyone notice how the word "allegedly" is added into the last part of the sentence - almost as an afterthought - as if there's already been a finding against the sergeant at the start of that paragraph. Stripping two witness officers though? This thing is getting smellier by the hour.

Honeymoon Over Already?

Based on the "transition team," Rauner is very in-touch with his "inner Combine:"

• Governor-elect Bruce Rauner added some familiar faces to his transition committee.
  
  Speaking publically to the media for the first time since his Election Night win, Rauner on Thursday revealed the committee's full team, which includes former White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, former Governor Jim Edgar, Rev. James Meeks, former Congressman Glenn Poshard, Congressman Aaron Schock and Pastor Corey Brooks.

Bill Daley? "Rev" Meeks? And the full list covers an entire rainbow of ethnicities, special interests and has-beens....like Ron Huberman - a police officer for ten minutes before being promoted to Assistant Deputy Superintendent, head of OEMC, Daley's Chief of Staff, President of the CTA and head of Chicago Public Schools - without leaving a notable achievement or positive memory behind.

Hey, Remember Ebola?

Kind of disappeared pretty quickly, didn't it? That's because it was affecting the election:

• At the urging of the Obama Administration, the Associated Press and other news outlets have agreed not to report on suspected cases of Ebola in the United States until a positive viral RNA test is completed.
  
  The administration and liberal activists were upset with coverage in the run-up to the midterm elections.

They've done a good job burying it. No one has seen or heard from the Ebola "czar" since he was appointed. But a little digging reveals this:

• Forty-eight travelers who have returned to Minnesota from Ebola-stricken nations in West Africa are being monitored by state health officials for 21 days to make sure they don’t have any signs of the deadly virus, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Wednesday.
  
  [...] Minnesota — with its large population of Liberian natives — receives the seventh most travelers and was next in line. Monitoring in the state started when Gov. Mark Dayton announced the program Oct. 27. The state will provide weekly updates on its monitoring activities.
  
  Wednesday’s report cited an additional 12 people who either returned recently and still are being contacted, or haven’t been located yet because of inadequate or incorrect contact information.

25% of the monitored cases have disappeared. That isn't to say they're out spreading the disease, but no one is watching them any more. But that isn't the only story:

• The number of people under “active monitoring” for Ebola symptoms has increased from 117 on Monday to 357 people Wednesday, health officials said.
  
  The vast majority of those being monitored arrived in New York City within the past 21 days from the three Ebola-affected countries, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation said in a statement.

Again, no active infections (as far as anyone knows), but from a three known positive cases, over 400 people are now being actively monitored...at least 400 that they can find. Anyone think that shutting down air travel from infected regions might be a good idea yet?