Tuesday Tidbits...

If you enjoyed yesterday's weather conditions, then you will just LOVE today.
But, it's not like we should be calling out the "climate change" brigade.
Back in the very early 70s, we had a Christmas season (in Philly) where temperatures were tickling 70 degrees.
So, what goes around, comes around, hmm?
Our Hoosierland weather for today brings us nicely mild conditions with some breezes blowing through, mostly sunny skies, and temps reaching to around 64 degrees (nope, no rain today, but a chance late tonight). Don't go breaking back out those shorts and tank tops, though.

To peace...

Now, let's all get the show on the road by getting ourselves a nice refreshing beverage to shake off the sleep and get us going...okay?
*** First off of the dining room table is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
NOVEMBER 28 -
---It's National Day of Giving

(another day that SHOULD be taking place every other day as well)
---It's National French Toast Day

(well, I know what I'm having for breakfast)
*** Next, and since it IS a Tuesday, let's break out the police blotter and see ALL the FWPD calls that we never heard anything about, because the media was chasing down all those men causing sexual harassment (like women NEVER do anything like that?)...

SHOTS FIRED ((113)) - ARMED ROBBERY((53)) CALLS - 11/20 - 11/19
((23,113 - vandalism by gunfire))
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NOV 20 -
17F141383 11/20/2017 01:33am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2400 REPTON DR
17F141751 11/20/2017 07:14pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3200 DIPLOMAT DR
17F141785 11/20/2017 09:19pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 300  INWOOD DR
17F141827 11/20/2017 11:52pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 5000 DEVONSHIRE DR
NOV 21 -
17F141978 11/21/2017 11:42am 113 SHOTS FIRED 6300 REED RD
17F142004 11/21/2017 01:07pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 1100 PONTIAC ST E & OLIVER ST
17F142088 11/21/2017 04:39pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 1400 OAKLAND ST
17F142123 11/21/2017 05:50pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 TAYLOR ST
17F141853 11/21/2017 03:21am 23,113         900  MCKINNIE AVE
NOV 22 -
17F142271 11/22/2017 06:39am 113 SHOTS FIRED 1500 STATE BLVD W  
17F142599 11/22/2017 07:20pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 7500 DECATUR RD
17F142645 11/22/2017 10:12pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 1900 BROWN ST
NOV 23 -
17F142756 11/23/2017 10:18am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3700 MEYER RD & OXFORD ST
17F142811 11/23/2017 02:11pm 58 SHOOTING         1900 ANTOINETTE ST
NOV 24 -
17F143314 11/24/2017 08:41pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2500 JOHN ST
17F143375 11/24/2017 11:24pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 4000 HESSEN CASSEL RD
NOV 25 -
17F143397 11/25/2017 12:22am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 BOWSER AVE
17F143408 11/25/2017 12:39am 113 SHOTS FIRED 800  FOURTH ST W
17F143406 11/25/2017 12:43am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2200 WAYNE TRACE E & NEW HAVEN AVE
17F143410 11/25/2017 12:50am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2600 SMITH ST & PONTIAC ST E
17F143435 11/25/2017 02:22am 113 SHOTS FIRED 1000 LEWIS ST E
17F143469 11/25/2017 05:45am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2300 WALLEN RD W
17F143513 11/25/2017 10:46am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2900 KNODE CT & MANFORD ST
17F143624 11/25/2017 05:01pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3400 DALEVUE DR
17F143633 11/25/2017 05:28pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 200  ESMOND ST & BARR ST S
17F143687 11/25/2017 08:27pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 MARCY LN
17F143752 11/25/2017 11:38pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 6500 LIMA RD & LUDWIG RD W
17F143441 11/25/2017 02:38am 23,113         1100 LEWIS ST E
NOV 26 -
17F143763 11/26/2017 12:09am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 MCKINNIE AVE
17F143765 11/26/2017 12:15am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 WAYNE PARK DR
17F144071 11/26/2017 10:51pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 900  MCKINNIE AVE
17F144072 11/26/2017 10:53pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3800 REED ST & RUDISILL BLVD E
17F144076 11/26/2017 11:00pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 6000 GUILD DR
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*** NO armed robberies ALL WEEK?
What about the one at the Meijer station that ALSO resulted in a shooting/homicide???
The FWPD didn't feel the need to POST that??? All the blotter shows is:
17F142888 20:09:39 40H HOLDUP ALRM 63XX LIMA RD
Wonder how the victim's family feels about that?
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Also,  120+ traffic accidents (property and personal injury and including "hit-skips"), 130+ domestic calls (including battery and w/ a weapon), loads of robberies and burglaries, NO stabbings (again), 3 rapes, 5 indecent exposure, 1 pursuit, and 13 narcotics calls.
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FIREWORKS CALLS - NOV 20 - NOV 26
17F141707 11/20/2017 05:08pm 44FW 7800 ABOITE CENTER RD & DICKE RD
17F143723 11/25/2017 10:01pm 44FW 2700 OAK BOROUGH RUN & COVINGTON RD
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Nice to know we STILL have some dipshits out there.
There we are then...safe and sound for another week...right?
*** Next up, Foster Park is undergoing some "work", and here's the photo from the site:
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20171128/ARTICLE/311289951

It was more serene when we were there.

Well, that's sure to make the whole place a lot nicer and quieter...(not).
*** Next, a little more information on the perp who shot and killed a Meijer gas station worker:
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/police-fire/20171128/murder-suspect-idd-by-mother
Heh...MOM went and ID'ed him. That tells you a lot about "what a good boy" he was (not).
Also  a sawed-off shotgun? ILLEGAL (and where the hell did he get it, anyway?)
ALL this crap JUST for a damn carton of Newports...the end certainly did not justify the means.
As for the deceased (victim)...
A GoFundMe campaign, found online at https://www.gofundme.com/wmnnt-funeral-expenses-for-jacob-walerko, was established to pay for funeral expenses. As of 4 p.m. Monday, the campaign had raised just over half its $10,000 goal. It was also said that any money OVER the goal limit was to be donated to an animal shelter.
Rivera denied responsibility for the robbery and the shooting when confronted by police Friday. Be nice to recover the weapon used.
*** Next up, and along the lines of the last item, we have this OP-ED story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/opinion/editorials/20171128/seeking-meaning

Interesting to note we are now at 35 homicides for the year (so far).
Heidi A. Colley, 61, was found beaten to death in her New Haven home Saturday; her 42-year-old son, Chad A. Ingram, has been charged with two counts of domestic battery.
What about charging him with MURDER...or at least manslaughter? Come the hell on, now!
Beating one's mom to death...WTH is wrong with this world these days?

((Homicides, robberies and the overall crime rate are down in 2017, according to FBI statistics. Though robberies are relatively commonplace – there have been 8,059 so far this year – holdup-related killings are rare in Fort Wayne. To victims and their families and friends, of course, violent crime is always devastating and unacceptable. ))
So, robberies are "commonplace"? There are 8.059 chances that SOMETHING could go drastically wrong during a robbery (as was evidenced on Lima Rd Thanksgiving night), so let's not dismiss it as minimalistic in any way.
*** Next, time to stop by "Kitten Corner"...

Next stop - your lap.

The kids were doing very well yesterday, and Gallifrey was actually laying in my lap for part of the evening.

I'll just be adorable...as usual.

Usually, he's roaming all over and never stays still that long. Violet is content to shy away from the camera and wants to be petted on HER terms...not ours...lol.
But, when he's in your lap, he's way too close to get a pisture...I just can't win some days...
*** Next up, let's check in with "Midnight and Company"...

The furry duo were once again at the patio door, and Whiskers always gets on the screen to let you know she's hungry. Midnight is stoic as ever, patiently waiting, unless he's really hungry, then he also come right up to the door.

They stuck by most of the say, too. She was watching our one tree for a cardinal who was coming and going.
Midnight just looks for sunny spots to warm himself (shouldn't be a problem today).
*** Last back to the china cabinet...got some decent TV on of late.

This week is one of those "crossover" shows that is 4 episodes long. It began last night with Supergirl, followed by Arrow.
Tonight is The Flash, followed by Legends of Tomorrow.
it's titled Crisis on Earth-X, and features everyone who is anyone from these four shows.
And I'm a sucker for a good superhero slugfest.

---Next is an ongoing series on AMC titled Bob Kirkman's The Secret History of Comics, and airs every Monday night at 10PM. It's a pretty good series, with one exception.
Last night's ep was about NYC and how it figures into the world of comic books (and we know what Metropolis and Gotham City REALLY portrays, right?). Considering that most ALL the originators of the real comic book world started out in New York City, it's only fitting to feature the city itself.
What bothered me was that they had Van Jones voicing his views, and I'm NOT a fan of Jones (for the obvious reasons). Granted, he's listed as a "comic fan", but I wonder how MUCH of a (real) fan.
Naturally, politics figures into this, especially in wake of 9/11, and the show takes that as a jumping off point.

The show brings up the whole Marvel Civil War issue, painting Iron Man as being representative of the republicans, while Captain America is shown as being on the side of the democrats...that's nonsense (imho).

Cap wants people to be FREE...not "regulated". Iron Man (Tony Stark) sees regulation of superheroes a necessity, which is odd, considering his comment in IM2  - (to Pepper) "I'm tired of the liberal agenda...it's boring". To me, that says Cap and Tony SHOULD be on the SAME side...wanting less regulation and more freedom.

Cap makes his case in The Winter Soldier (to Nick Fury) - "...Holding a gun to everyone's head and calling it security. That's not freedom...that's fear." I always viewed Cap's stance as being LESS political, and MORE human (and humane, as postulated in our founding documents). Tony is all about tech, and in many cases, such things REQUIRE a level of regulation...look at the situation with just the Internet (bullying, spam, identity theft, etc).
Freedom can take many faces, but in certain specific cases, it can be abused to the point where it takes away from any advancement we might enjoy thanks to that freedom.

Perhaps the less we involve politics into EVERY facet of our lives (as it appears we are headed)...the better off we ALL shall become, Let's not take the world as it is when we can work to make it a better world.
Now to me, I think that's a plan we can deal with...just don't settle for the easy way out in the meantime.

Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.