19 June 2018

Tuesday Tidbits...
Yesterday sure was a scorcher...felt more like AUGUST than June.
Today, we get some "relief", if you want to call it that.
It won't be AS hot, but it certainly will be HUMID.
If you LIKE having your clothes stick to your body, well THIS day is the day.
Our Hoosierland weather for today brings us partly cloudy skies, temps rising to around 82 degrees, and a chance of some more rain (just like we got overnight).
And that means 100% humidity (...oh, joy...).
Since everything outside is wet, let's get wet on the inside with a refreshing beverage, as we see what else has been happening...
*** First off of the freshly-washed streets is our "What the hell happens today, Bob?" feature:
JUNE 19 -
---It's Juneteenth
I know it's the Emancipation Proclamation gig.
(somehow, this always reminds me of Kwanzaa...wonder why?)
---It's National FreeBSD Day
They got the BS part of computers down.
(it's some sort of computer thing. Feel free to Google it)
---It's National Garfield the Cat Day
More on this below.
(not looking bad for being 40)
---It's National Martini Day
And make it dirty.
(vodka...shaken, not stirred)
---It's National Watch Day
Self-winding ones are now called "kinetic".
(for those of us keeping track of time)
*** Next up, let's take a peek at all the FWPD calls of importance that went out last week...and we were never told about, because the lame-stream media is fixated with illegal alien child separation issues...
JUN 11 - JUN 17:
SHOTS FIRED ((113)) - ARMED ROBBERY((53)) 
((23,113 - vandalism by gunfire))
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18F068308 06/11/2018 09:11pm 113 SHOTS FIRED SHADY BROOK DR & SCHELE AV
18F068369 06/12/2018 01:21am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2200 ABBEY DR
18F068480 06/12/2018 10:54am 113 SHOTS FIRED 7900 OKLAHOMA TRL
18F068728 06/12/2018 09:23pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 FAIRINGTON DR
18F068730 06/12/2018 09:26pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 600 FIFTH ST
18F068743 06/12/2018 09:55pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2200 POINT WEST DR APT 1D
18F068798 06/13/2018 12:23am 113 SHOTS FIRED 100 N THREE RIVERS
18F069196 06/13/2018 10:28pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 7600 COLD SPRINGS BLVD
18F069252 06/14/2018 01:27am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4700 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F069255 06/14/2018 01:40am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4700 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F069274 06/14/2018 03:26am 113 SHOTS FIRED 4300 WAYNE TRACE
18F069276 06/14/2018 03:35am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3500 S HANNA ST
18F069661 06/14/2018 10:53pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 800 GREENLAWN AV
18F069668 06/14/2018 11:10pm 113 SHOTS FIRED REED ST & E PETTIT AV
18F069669 06/14/2018 11:13pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3400 LILLIE ST
18F069676 06/14/2018 11:17pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F069706 06/15/2018 12:43am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 HESSEN CASSEL RD
18F069921 06/15/2018 01:23pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2000 DREXEL AV
18F070132 06/15/2018 09:32pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 1400 ECKART ST
18F070149 06/15/2018 10:05pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 3200 PORTAGE BLVD UNIT 37
18F070166 06/15/2018 10:24pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 500 E TABER ST
18F070196 06/15/2018 11:07pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2900 ELMDALE DR
18F070233 06/16/2018 12:10am 113 SHOTS FIRED CONGRESS AV & S CALHOUN ST
18F070274 06/16/2018 02:01am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2400 E MAPLE GROVE AV
18F070275 06/16/2018 02:02am 113 SHOTS FIRED 5600 ST JOE RD
18F070301 06/16/2018 02:47am 113 SHOTS FIRED GAY ST & E PONTIAC ST
18F070310 06/16/2018 04:11am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2100 HOBSON RD
18F070334 06/16/2018 06:48am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3900 WINTER ST
18F070515 06/16/2018 05:34pm 113 SHOTS FIRED ILLINOIS RD & S HADLEY RD
18F070585 06/16/2018 09:39pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2800 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F070592 06/16/2018 09:52pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 MANFORD ST
18F070618 06/16/2018 10:49pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 2700 W WASHINGTON CENTER RD LOT 30
18F070664 06/17/2018 12:57am 113 SHOTS FIRED 3400 PORTAGE BLVD
18F070676 06/17/2018 01:26am 113 SHOTS FIRED WERLING DR & CAPITOL AV
18F070688 06/17/2018 02:04am 113 SHOTS FIRED E PONTIAC ST & REED ST
18F070704 06/17/2018 03:10am 113 SHOTS FIRED 900 BUCHANAN ST
18F070713 06/17/2018 03:42am 113 SHOTS FIRED 2500 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F070998 06/17/2018 09:57pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 6500 WINNEBAGO DR
18F071018 06/17/2018 10:23pm 113 SHOTS FIRED 4900 NEVADA AV
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18F067995 06/11/2018 07:43am 23,113 S HARRISON ST & W SUPERIOR ST
18F068000 06/11/2018 07:59am 23,113 COVINGTON RD & BROOKLYN AV
18F068059 06/11/2018 11:04am 23,113 1100 SHERMAN BLVD
18F069277 06/14/2018 03:32am 23,113 3800 BRENTWOOD AV
18F069354 06/14/2018 10:01am 23,113 4800 S ANTHONY BLVD
18F070283 06/16/2018 02:26am 23,113 5600 ST JOE RD
18F070788 06/17/2018 11:13am 23,113 2900 KNODE CT
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18F068305 06/11/2018 08:51pm 53 ARMED ROB 4900 BLUFFTON RD
18F068827 06/13/2018 02:58am 53 ARMED ROB 2700 STANFORD AV
18F068901 06/13/2018 09:54am 53 ARMED ROB 5300 ARCHWOOD LN
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18F070916 06/17/2018 06:02pm 56 MOLESTING 900 RIVERMET AV
18F070961 06/17/2018 07:19pm 56 MOLESTING 4000 VANCE AV
18F070955 06/17/2018 07:36pm 56 MOLESTING 900 RIVERMET AV
18F069181 06/13/2018 09:47pm 56 MOLESTING 2200 RANDALLIA DR
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18F069608 06/14/2018 09:04pm 58 SHOOTING 8200 LAKESIDE CT UNIT 2A
18F070048 06/15/2018 06:12pm 58 SHOOTING 4200 COLDWATER RD
18F070605 06/16/2018 10:13pm 58 SHOOTING 2200 RANDALLIA DR
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18F070745 06/17/2018 07:57am 59 CUTTING/STAB 6000 BUNT DR
18F070915 06/17/2018 06:01pm 59 CUTTING/STAB 7500 DECATUR RD
18F068703 06/12/2018 08:25pm 59 CUTTING/STAB 3700 E WASHINGTON BLVD
18F068825 06/13/2018 02:21am 59 CUTTING/STAB 2900 WARSAW ST
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18F068257 06/11/2018 06:33pm 61 RAPE 2100 SHORT ST
18F068588 06/12/2018 03:13pm 61 RAPE 200 W EL DORADO TRL
18F069091 06/13/2018 05:46pm 61 RAPE 5900 DECATUR RD
18F070652 06/17/2018 12:15am 61 RAPE 4300 WINTER ST
18F069941 06/15/2018 02:41pm 61JO 2800 TRENTMAN AV
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18F070329 06/16/2018 06:37am 75 PURSUIT BOWSER AV & E RUDISILL BLVD
18F070407 06/16/2018 01:15pm 75 PURSUIT 5300 COLDWATER RD
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Plus 12 narcotics calls
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Fireworks calls JUN 11 - JUN 17:
18F069635 06/14/2018 09:51pm 44FW LIMA RD & EDGEWOOD AV
18F069637 06/14/2018 10:00pm 44FW 8200 MANOR DR
18F069986 06/15/2018 04:30pm 44FW 2700 HOAGLAND AV
18F070106 06/15/2018 08:27pm 44FW 4000 SHERMAN BLVD
18F070120 06/15/2018 09:08pm 44FW 2300 REHM DR
18F070150 06/15/2018 10:08pm 44FW 7700 HIGHTOWER PL
18F070169 06/15/2018 10:29pm 44FW 2900 SANDPOINT RD
18F070173 06/15/2018 10:33pm 44FW 5700 KIMBERLEY RD
18F070181 06/15/2018 10:34pm 44FW 2500 POINSETTE DR
18F070189 06/15/2018 10:58pm 44FW 2600 GENESEE AV
18F070200 06/15/2018 11:13pm 44FW 1100 LYNN AV
18F070225 06/15/2018 11:54pm 44FW 3200 EASTBROOK DR
18F070230 06/16/2018 12:00am 44FW 2800 HOEVELWOOD DR
18F070243 06/16/2018 12:26am 44FW REYNOLDS ST & HOLLY AV
18F070462 06/16/2018 03:03pm 44FW 3200 LIMA RD
18F070493 06/16/2018 03:35pm 44FW 2400 BROOKLYN AV
18F070582 06/16/2018 09:30pm 44FW 1600 SCHILLING AV
18F070588 06/16/2018 09:30pm 44FW WAYNEDALE BLVD & ORCHARD LN
18F070600 06/16/2018 09:34pm 44FW 5300 GOSHEN RD
18F070599 06/16/2018 09:53pm 44FW 2700 PRAIRIE GROVE DR
18F070596 06/16/2018 09:55pm 44FW 1000 RIDGEWOOD DR
18F070597 06/16/2018 10:00pm 44FW PARNELL AV & SPY RUN AV EXT
18F070602 06/16/2018 10:04pm 44FW 2600 NEPTUNES XING
18F070624 06/16/2018 11:11pm 44FW 7100 SANDYRIDGE PL
18F070649 06/16/2018 11:39pm 44FW 3200 ABBOTT ST
18F070655 06/17/2018 12:29am 44FW 1400 SWINNEY AV
18F070702 06/17/2018 03:08am 44FW 8900 ILLINOIS RD
18F070963 06/17/2018 08:05pm 44FW S HARRISON ST & N SEMINOLE CIR
18F070978 06/17/2018 08:55pm 44FW VALDOSTA DR & MEDICINE BOW RUN
18F070991 06/17/2018 09:05pm 44FW 1800 MARY ST
18F071014 06/17/2018 09:57pm 44FW 3900 E PETTIT AV
18F071020 06/17/2018 10:04pm 44FW 3600 PORTAGE BLVD
18F068340 06/11/2018 11:07pm 44FW 3100 WELLS ST
18F068753 06/12/2018 09:51pm 44FW 3300 DIPLOMAT DR
18F069161 06/13/2018 08:55pm 44FW 1800 HIGH ST
18F069168 06/13/2018 09:15pm 44FW 3200 EASTBROOK DR
18F069521 06/14/2018 05:05pm 44FW 1100 HAMILTON AV
18F069605 06/14/2018 08:57pm 44FW 6400 COVINGTON RD
18F069638 06/14/2018 09:04pm 44FW 1600 LANTERNIER ST
(Cripes, they HAVE to be giving this crap away)
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*** Next, it seems that the shooting at Glenbrook Square Mall was "gang'related"...
Gang-related, huh? Talk about inconvenient.
Guess we DO have a gang problem in Ft. Wayne...a BIG honking one at that.
Next time these mooks start their shit, we might not get off as lucky as this past shooting in the parking lot proved.
*** Next, we've another rubber-stamp steamroller, courtesy of the City Plan Commission. Here's the story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20180619/slocum-apartments-okd-over-objections
Yeah, damn those neighbors and their "quality-of-life". Apparently, the city needs to expand their ghetto from the SE (and is doing a marvelous job in the process) to points north.
((Keller Development is partnering with local anti-poverty nonprofit Brightpoint to develop and manage more than 40 affordable-housing units on Fort Wayne's near-north side.
The proposal does not need to go before the Fort Wayne City Council for final approval.))
Well how about that? There is always a way AROUND the issues that don't want to be discussed by the plan commission, isn't there?
Thing is, if you DON'T deal with these potential problems NOW, then you WILL indeed be dealing with them soon enough  in the future.
((Residents opposed to the project believe their neighborhood will be marred by drugs, crime and violence that they say accompany apartment complexes geared toward low-income residents, driving property values down.))
Yes, THOSE residents "get it", and know the score before the game even starts...but they're all probably racists anyway (because these regular people want to PRESERVE their neighborhood and keep it from the nasty things they mentioned...which is all too true).
And the board gets bigger.
The city seems to believe that to minimize issues that come with such low-income housing, the best "solution" is to SPREAD IT ALL OVER THE CITY...a form of "dilution" as it were, but that's the worst thing you can do, because of the cancerous manner it grows after it's allowed to take root in ANY given neighborhood.
I live this "adventure" every damn day, thanks to city planning.
*** Next up, just another reason WHY I detest the judicial system as it currently is in American in general and Fort Wayne in particular.
Here's the story:
http://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/courts/20180619/wrongfully-released-man-set-to-plead-guilty
((Arnel O. Davis, 29, was booked into the jail in November 2012 for allegedly shooting a man three times after an argument at a gas station on Reed Street. In separate cases, he also was charged with robbing a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint and threatening to shoot up the home of his child's mother.
Davis walked away from the jail a few weeks later.
“Mr. Davis was, due to a clerical error beyond his control, released from the Allen County Jail in January of 2013,” his lawyer, Robert Gevers, said in court documents filed in May.))
Kinda sounds about right to me.
If Gevers is involved, you know there's trouble. Gevers was prosecutor before the blonde phantom, and was notorious for misplaced court records and such. So, he became a defense atty...lol.
See, it's things like THIS that give me serious TRUST issues with the court system in any way, shape or form.
*** Next, lets dump all this stupid in the nearest dumpster, as we stop over to our "Kitten Corner"...
The kids were unusually calm yesterday, and that means lots to do (while asleep...lol).
Another rare "two-fer" photo.
Actually, they were both doing fine being inside (with all the heat outside).
Nothing like acting cute while other cats, not as fortunate have to deal with BEING outside...I think they appreciate their surroundings.
*** Next up, time to check back in with "Midnight and Company"...
I feel a patrol beckoning me...
Our furry twosome started out the day on the patio for breakfast.
Then Midnight chose to go elsewhere for most of the day, returning for dinner.
I mean, we did have shade on the patio, and cool water changed several times.
Can't he be content to STAY here?
Whiskers was ever-present, God bless her little heart. She stays around when he doesn't, and gets the majority of affection.
If he's got to patrol, that's fine, as long as he remembers where the grub's at and where the love can be found.
*** Last back to the litter pan...it's Garfield's 40th Birthday, and that's a pretty big deal (or should be in the state of Indiana).
Here's his WIKI for all the good stuff (like the back story):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_(character)
The only thing you find is the daily comic, seen here.
Now, I've been fan of Garfield from th start, and have a fair share of paperback books with cartoons of the cat.
Jim Davis has managed to capture the heart and soul of what it is to have a cat as a pet...and what might be going on inside the head OF that cat...lol. And he did it all WITHOUT ever uttering a single swear word, off-color humor, or any political nuance.
That, in and of itself is brilliant.
Maybe our cats don't prefer the dietary requirements (?) of Garfield, but every one has his/her own unique personality.
And this cartoon cat has brought that uniqueness to all of us quite well over the last 4 decades.
Maybe the world would be better if more folks took time to read  the funnies every day...might just get more people smiling more and fussing less. That could even catch on and become a movement...yes, we can always hope.
Here's to the first 40 (looking good I might add)...and may there be many more years to follow.
I gave the eagle the day off.
Be well, make a difference to someone, and...
Stay SAFE out there, America.

2 comments:

CWMartin said...

Currently pouring at Casa Martin tonight. Scrappy is not amused.


Juneteenth- another load of steaming pc crap that can go salute itself...


I take it then that BSD isn't the same as BDSM. Don't think I want either one...


Garfield- Fat and 40- don't get him around my Doc or he'll be on Metformin...


Martini- despite the name, vodka and I are not a good mix.


Never knew Randalia was such a rotten neighborhood...


Good grief, the Blonde Phantom is an IMPROVEMENT? SMDH...


I would yak more, but it is "adjusted" dinner time, so...

Bob G. said...

Chris:
---Somehow seeing you and scrappy in pouring rain doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. Better to stay in until it passes (or you get a window of opportunity).
---"Technically", Juneteenth does hearken back to the Civil War era...it's just that it was dug outta "storage" to make people feel equal (when they already have been).
---Nowhere close to BDSM...and why would you even wonder that? LOL.
---He's not fat...he's just UNDER-TALL.
---In small amounts, I can take some of the red bear.
---Well, it WILL become one (it's the "locals" favorite hospital, anyway. And let's not forget those "doctor gangs"...heh.
---A very SLIGHT improvement...and that's being WAY too complimentary.
---Go get yer grub...at least you don't have to feed any "outdoor" cats.

Thanks for dropping by and commenting.

Stay safe (and dry) up there, brother.