They Start So Early

It's just sad how young today's dope addicts start:

• PCP and cocaine was found in a sick 1-year-old baby who was brought to a West Side hospital by its parents early Sunday, police said.

  About 3:20 a.m., the parents of a sick 1-year-old baby arrived at Mount Sinai Hospital where it was discovered that there was PCP and cocaine in the baby’s system, according to Harrison District police. The baby's condition was unknown early Sunday.

  The parents live in public housing on the 3600 block of 5th Avenue, police said.

One-year-old and already strung out on PCP and coke. Probably started out on cannabis at 3 or four months, moved on to heroin by 8 months old and now doing PCP and cocaine. Is there no level to the depravity of mankind?

What's that? Parents' stash? You mean...oh. Oops, sorry. our bad. We were confused. Carry on.

Manpower Again

From Saturday's comments:

• For everyone's information today:13 P.O'S &1 Sgt. only will be on the street in 011 for 2nd Watch. No rapids, and 2 beats will have no car.
  
  
• Same is 003 except 003 is 12 beats with a couple of foot post. and 003 has a higher population than 011
  
  
• 7 one man cars on third watch in 20 on 3rd watch.

Be careful out there.

Ride to Remember

900 bikes and a beautiful day to ride:

• The large showing of support means a great deal to the victims' families, said Donna Marquez, president of Chicago Police Department Gold Star Families, which represents the families of fallen officers.
  
  Marquez echoed the demand that officials made at Bailey's funeral. "We need to help our neighborhoods and our communities. We cannot be afraid, and we cannot be silent," she said.

God Bless all of the Fallen.

An Interesting Take on Things

From a CPD Lieutenant:

• Everyone in Chicago knows it. Almost everyone in America knows it. In fact, a lot of people throughout the world know. Chicago is a city at war with itself - fast tracking to anarchy.
  
  
  Leading us there have been two major root causes - public violence and public corruption. While Chicago has been under attack with its people fearful and hiding, its police department was twisted into paralysis by organizational decimation, incompetent leadership, self-serving politics and corruption.
  
  
  After three dead cops in less than 60 days, the men and women of the Chicago Police Department are saying, "Enough!!!" We are sickened that our world-class police department has deteriorated into ruin in only a few short years. We are tired of a leaderless department. We are angry at an unsupportive mayor.

He names names, blasts Carothers, Masters and Weis, and generally outlines problems with an eye toward solutions. A bit on the "rah-rah" side, but a decent summation of the uphill battle we face.

Don't look for this guy on any exempt orders in the near future.

Tapa nº 189

25.07.2010 - Calígula - Riquelme recibió la última propuesta de Boca vía mail. Insiste en que su problema no es de dinero (cobraría unos u$s 5 millones por 4 años) pero no aclara de qué es y declara que hace esfuerzos para quedarse en el club.

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El fútbol inventado en Paraguay.

25.07.2010 - Calígula - Según el periodista Gainpaolo Romanato, “Los guaraníes inventaron el fútbol”. Así titula su artículo publicado hace unos días en el diario oficial del Vaticano, “L’Osservatore Romano”, basado en el relato de un jesuita catalán, José Manuel Peramás, que pasó unos años en San Ignacio de Miní, al sur de la ciudad de Asunción, una de las 30 Reducciones que había en el Paraguay colonial.

Don José describió en su obra, “De vita et moribus tredecim virorum paraguaycorum” (1793), que los guaraníes con quienes convivía “solían también jugar con un balón, que, aun siendo de goma llena, era tan ligero y rápido que, en vez que lo golpeaban, seguía rebotando algún tiempo, sin pararse, impulsado por su propio peso. No lanzaban la pelota con la mano, como nosotros, sino con la parte superior del pie desnudo, pasándola y recibiéndola con gran agilidad y precisión"...

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Why They Won't Stop Shooting

Big article in the Sun Times pointing out how a weekend in April of 2008 involving over 40 shootings has resulted in zero prosecutions:

• This is the story of why they won’t stop shooting in Chicago.

  It’s told by the wounded, the accused and the officers who were on the street during a weekend in April 2008 when 40 people were shot, seven fatally.

  Two years later, the grim reality is this: Nearly all of the shooters from that weekend have escaped charges.

We'll spare you the anticipation and let you know exactly who's to blame - according to one of the honor-roll altar boys who got hisself shotified:

• Gamble also said authorities should have done a better job of investigating, putting together a stronger case and getting their facts straight since a judge might not believe a guy like him.

The "guy like him" has an extensive rap sheet and a history of not cooperating with the police, but of course, it's our fault he's out there slinging dope and rubbing elbows with other "pillars of society."

And it's funny how we've been sounding the alarm (along with our readers) about the clearance rate and manpower issues for the past few years, but until some shitheads with rap sheets miles long start mouthing off about how the authorities should have done a better job protecting them from their dumbass lifestyle choices, the Sun Times is finally seeing the light? What a bunch of asshats.