Humpday Happenings...
Good morning you "mobsters", and welcome once again to another mid-week edition of: "WTF is going on and how can I stop it, or at least slow it the hell DOWN so I can take it all in?"
There are some very interesting things occurring these days, and whether you like it or not, you ARE all part of it.
** First off the deck, another NEW show premiered last night on, of all channels...SPIKE.
The show is called SURVIVING DISASTER, hosted by an ex-navy SEAL named Cade Courtley, and this boy's definitely got his collective sh*t together.
The first episode showed what you CAN do if the plane you're flying on is hijacked.
Everything from taking down the hijackers, to emergency medical procedures, to landing the damn plane was covered.
Next week's episode will cover what to do in the event of a high-rise office building fire.
The recreations are as real as they get, and the people/stuntmen portraying the "other folks" are well chosen.
The strategies and tactics are sound, and the knowledge you can glean from this show CAN (and most likely would) SAVE YOUR LIFE (as the host states).
Now, when I think of REALITY TV, shows like THIS come to mind. Considering that, aside from talent shows from the past (G.E. College Bowl and Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour), the show that REALLY kicked off this whole trend was a show called COPS, I'm finally glad to see more shows that deal with ACTUAL, REAL situations (even if they are simulated in nature).
It's liken to the shows such as Real Vice Cops, Police Women of Broward County, DEA, Special Ops Mission, and the several SWAT shows (Dallas, Kansas City, Detroit) being televised now.
It will NOT be a waste of an hour of your time, trust me on this one!
** And speaking of "reality"...
This in today's Fort Wayne paper:
((2 Women Found Shot to Death on South Side -Holly Abrams/The Journal Gazette-
Two women were found dead late Tuesday after police were called to a shooting on the city’s south side.
Police said the victims might have been killed during a home invasion. "There appears to be some forced entry to the front door," said Officer Scott Tegtmeyer, police spokesman.
Police were called just before 11:30 p.m. to 3417 Oliver St., just north of Oxford Street. Both victims appeared to be adults.
Police were waiting for a warrant early today so they could search the home, Tegtmeyer said.
Officers were interviewing witnesses, including two other people who were home at the time. They were not injured.
No one has been arrested.
Police were called to two shootings before they were called to Oliver Street.
Those shootings do not appear to be related to the deaths on Oliver Street, Tegtmeyer said.))
It was also said that this double homicide did NOT appear to be "random", and that this particular house was most likely targeted.
Two black males were seen running from the scene, and no arrest have been made as of this posting.
This should make 15 HOMICIDES so far this year (for those with betting pools at work). I think we can still make 25...IF we get serious.
** Who said women are not being treated "equally" these days in MY part of town?
((Coke bust also nets stolen gun - The Journal Gazette
A Fort Wayne woman was arrested Tuesday on multiple felony charges after she allegedly sold cocaine to undercover detectives, Fort Wayne police said.
Ruby Jewel Lamb, 58, of the 4000 block of Plaza Drive, is charged with three counts of dealing cocaine and single counts of cocaine possession, possession of stolen property and being a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm.
She was being held in lieu of $225,000 bail. Police searched Lamb’s home after conducting previous undercover drug buys. When
officers searched the home, they found a stolen handgun in Lamb’s bedroom. They also found Marquaylon Johnson, 22, of the 4500 block of Kenilworth Street. Johnson faces a felony cocaine possession charge.
He was being held in lieu of $3,250 bail.))
** And just so we don't leave out the WHITE trash of our area:
((Man caught with meth near school - The Journal Gazette
A man was arrested Monday in Kosciusko County after he was caught near Sacred Heart School with materials to make methamphetamine, sheriff’s deputies said.
Just after 1 p.m., deputies were notified that a man was trying to buy pseudoephedrine – used to make meth – from the Walgreens pharmacy in Warsaw.
Douglas Fancil Jr., 35, of New Paris, had several materials with him used to make meth, deputies said.
Fancil was charged with possession of meth within 1,000 feet of a school and driving with a suspended license.
He was being held in lieu of $21,000 bail at Kosciusko County jail.))
"Poverty" sure does STRANGE sh*t to people...doesn't it?
Oh, wait...all these people are probably only FEIGNING being poor...betcha that guy wanted to buy the meth ingredients with that gov't check money he just received. And that would explain the shootings...that gov't check had to have paid for some AMMO!
Or...maybe it was the DRUGS the two males were selling that allowed them to secure a FIREARM and the ammo...yeah, that's gotta be it. See, there's always a "rational" explanation to human behavior.
BTW...I am also the REAL Pope (not bad for a Methodist)...LOL!
** And along those lines...
I am looking into uprating my home and personal defense firepower, and by the end of today, I will have completed that mission. I will fill everyone in on tomorrow's post regarding that. Let's just say it's worth not getting my car's air-conditioner fixed THIS year (again)...!
(I will work on those seat belts though...I promise)
You see, when you live in an area that, thanks to a lot of people, who, for one reason or another refused to STAY in the homes they had that were already PAID OFF, and moved into some long-term debt with another house far from this madding crowd, you find yourself with an ever-shrinking cadre of allies with which to fend off the rising tide of "ghettoesque" human flotsam.
I like to call myself "A Neighborhood Association of One".
Deadbeat landlords buy up these houses for a fast buck (druggies love to pay in CASH for some reason), and that's about all they can see are those dollar signs. Properties get trashed and condemned by the city (but rarely torn the hell down), so they sit...and fester like a boil on Fort Wayne's Southeast ass.
And when you have all of the refuse society has to offer coming to a neighborhood near YOU, you see again that "instant gratification" aspect rear it's ugly head. Hell, even DECENT BLACK people don't even want to live here any longer, and if they already DO, they're just as frightened as YOU are, and they keep to THEMSELVES, just as YOU do.
Besides, I like having some anonymity and keeping to myself (in this area these days).
Makes others wonder WHO I am...and that gives me a tactical advantage in damn near any situation.
They don't know WHAT to expect...I love it.
People do ask me about being scared living here, and I tell them: "You're damned right I'm scared...only an idiot (or another drug dealer or user) would be stupid enough to NOT be scared".
But I never look at that as being a HINDRANCE, but rather a HELP to me.
Being a bit scared keeps you AWARE...on your toes, and vigilant.
It's when you relax your guard that sh*t WILL happen...doesn't matter if you're cruising the inner city, walking in a parking lot, rt in combat in some God-forsaken country overseas.
So, you learn to stop, look, and listen....a lot.
And you NEVER appear like a victim....you appear IN control and confident.
Nevertheless, you HOPE you've done everything you can to protect you and yours...and by the numbers.
You might check those doors and windows a few more times than regular people would...
You check about whenever you hear a noise you should NOT be hearing, and you learn to become accustomed to noises you know the house (and those within the walls) SHOULD be making.
For example, I know every inch of this house, and can find my way about in total darkness. I know which floorboards creak and where to step to NOT make them creak. And believe me, this post-WW2 era house does have it's share of eccentricities, when it comes to ambient noise. It loves to "snap, crackle, and pop" whenever the weather changes seasons...LOL.
If nothing else, it makes me damn glad I paid attention earlier in life when things like this were SOP.
Still, it would have been nice to put it all aside for the "autumn" of one's life. You'd like to believe that as you wind down, you can take it all a bit easier than in decades past.
Yeah, it would have been...real nice.
But 'ya gotta do what 'ya gotta do.
That also, is part of life...like it or not.
And the last time I checked, NO ONE ever said life was meant to be all sunshine and lollipops.
Life IS meant to be LIVED, however.
And live it...I WILL (as will all of you).
In the meantime...
Stay safe out there, America.