Strangers knocking on the door

From the Minneapolis Police Precinct 2 Update:

The Precinct received two calls this week from relatives of elderly people in the precinct. One of the seniors lives in Prospect Park and the other in Windom Park. In each case, the relative was told that two people dressed in uniforms had knocked on the front door. When the door was answered, the resident was asked if he/she had an emergency. When they answered no, the two parties asked to be let in to use the telephone. At this point, we do not have a clear discription of the uniforms, so it could be a service company, police, or other type of uniform.

And the advice:

* Do not let strangers into your home.
* Install good locks on doors and windows and use them.
* Install peepholes on front and back doors at your eye level. This is especially important if you use a wheelchair.
* Ask for identification from service or delivery people before letting them in to the property. If you're the least bit concerned, call the company to verify.
* Call your crime prevention specialist for a free home security survey to help identify your individual security and safety needs. In the second precinct, the Crime Prevention Specialists are Rick Maas (673-2797) for the area north of Broadway; and Carol Oosterhuis (673-2874) for the area south of Broadway.
* Get involved in your block club. Watchful neighbors who look out for you as well as themselves are a frontline defense against crime.

Just because someone is in a uniform doesn't make them who they say they are.

Faith Healing....didn't

Parents Prayed While Daughter Died

An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

Because miracles happen every day(not really) and god will answer your prayers, ignoring the billions of other people with needs.

Maybe, just maybe, god answered your prayers decades before you asked him to, by allowing science to outrun superstition and letting the good doctors develop treatment for common illnesses and diseases.

Idiot.

And the police in that town aren't any better.

The girl has three siblings, ranging in age from 13 to 16, the police chief said.

"They are still in the home," he said. "There is no reason to remove them. There is no abuse or signs of abuse that we can see."

Neglectfully allowing your daughter to die because you don't like doctors is abuse.

Teenagers?

Two Red Wing teenagers arrested for impersonating cops
Impersonating a cop is a good way to get shot. If you are pulled over, and you aren't positive it is a cop, keep driving and call 911. The real cops really don't mind.

Interesting bit:

Deputies tracked the vehicle down and pulled it over in Welch Township. They arrested an 18-year-old man from New Brighton and an 18-year-old Lakeland man.

Eighteen is the legal definition of adult in the US. Why does the headline refer to them as teenagers?

We're the only ones qualified enough....

From Tam.

"You should give the fire what it wants to avoid getting hurt."

"We're the only ones qualified to use fire extinguishers safely."

"Just get to a safe place and call 911 and let the experts come take care of it."

"Try and reason with the fire."

"The fire will just take the extinguisher away from you and use it against you."

What has the world come to?

If you're going to protest government action, why would you get a permit from the government to do it?

Remember the sixties? I don't.

People would protest what they saw as injustice, regardless of the government's approval. They had the courage of their convictions, even if they were wrong, and were willing to go to jail to defend said convictions.

That's real protesting. This is just whining.

That said, I hope they protest in the street in front of my car. Pacifist cowards.

Pacifism is defined as the courage to let other people do violence on your behalf while you condemn them for being your savior. If you're a pacifist, do you call offer your throat to the predatory burglars, or do you call 911? Calling 911 is delegating your responsibility for yourself to the police and their guns. If you call the police for defense, you are not a pacifist, you are a coward. Do you support taxation, in any form, for any reason? Do you understand how taxes are collected? If I don't pay taxes, I go to prison. If I refuse to go to prison, the police will take me away, at gun point. If you support taxation in any form, you are not a pacifist, you are just willing to give away your rights.

Remember
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. " -George Orwell

This means you. The rough men and their actions allow you the opportunity to fly your yellow flag for the world to see. If your betters didn't support your rights, you would be beaten, raped and served for dinner by the bad men who aren't being allowed to destroy you.

Boss's Sick Day

Wayback Memery

Via Jay G, I find Scaryduck has started a meme.

Post your oldest email.

First, I've had a hotmail account since 1996. Yes, that long ago. I also have a 5 digit ICQ number.

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I let the hotmail account lapse, and it went inactive, killing my archaeological treasure trove of early spam and joke forwards. It's been resurrected, but only as a dumping ground for questionable website registrations and MSN Messenger.

So, going back to my last un-backed-up computer crash, my earliest email is dated 11/20/2001. Here it is:

I sat, as did millions of other Americans, and watched as our government underwent a peaceful transition of power. I was proud as Mr. Bush took his oath of office.

I was sad as I watched Mr. Clinton board Air Force One for the final time. It may surprise you that this made me sad, but watching this part of the days festivities, I saw 21 United States Marines in full dress, with M-16s, fire a 21 gun salute to the outgoing President.

It was then that I realized how far America's military had deteriorated.
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Every last one of them missed.....

More from Minneapolis

Here's one from the Juvenile Unit of the MPD.

Investigating: ROBBERY of PERSON: 15th/Park Av: Victim approached another victim, asked to walk with him because group that were loitering around grocery store at 15th/Chicago were following her; she thought they may rob her; group approached then robbed them both; checking for video or any other info on group from store.

Carry a gun if you are planning on protecting the damsel in distress.

Minneapolis 4th Precinct Highlights, WEEK 529 –MARCH 11 - 17, 2008

This kicked over my giggle box:

26th & COLFAX MONDAY 2010 HOURS 08-075393

15 year old female and long time friend, whose last name, physical description or address she didn’t know, were walking down 26th when she was shot in the buttocks. Victim said they crossed paths with a large group of males who stared them down and then she heard shots fired. Related – Weapon Recovery 08-075403

Vicious pack of thugs this week:

20XX RUSSELL WEDNESDAY 1758 HOURS 08-070114

31 year old male severely beaten and numerous of his items had been taken. Suspects fled and after a foot chase two of five were caught

29TH & JAMES THURSDAY 2000 HOURS 08-071607

27 year old male jumped by four or five males, one with a knife, who beat him and took $15.00 from him.

So much for avoiding problems by locking your doors.

BROADWAY & PENN SATURDAY 0300 HOURS 08-072914

36 year old male in town from NY working at the MOA got lost after dropping off a security guard and stopped to ask four males at the intersection for directions. As he did one male broke out his van’s passenger side window and jumped inside and another reached in and held him down while the first suspect took his laptop.

Why turn in the freebie? It should be a perk of any new home purchase.

35XX COLFAX THURSDAY 1200 HOURS 08-070975

Officers flagged down by a male who’d recently purchased a house and upon cleaning it out found a 22 caliber revolver.

Reason #2679 to carry a gun

Goth clothes 'prompted killing'

A 15-year-old boy kicked and stamped to death a woman because she was dressed as a Goth, a court heard.

As I said on an email list:

This is getting to be more common. I was going to say "more common in
the UK", but it's not just there. I run a website tracking home invasion in Minnesota, and I see lots of crime reports. There isn't a week that goes by that doesn't include a pack of thugs stomping someone during a mugging. It seems to be standard procedure for a mugging in some areas.

There is a certain subset of civilization(not race/religion/nationality based) that holds life to have no value, because they apparently don't value themselves in any way. Stomping someone to death over the $10 in their wallet, or the color of their
lipstick is somehow acceptable, because they don't consider their own lives to be worth that same $10.

There's a reason I carry a gun and teach carry permit classes.