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I’m impressed. I think I’m a fairly gutsy guy, but I just do not compare to the merchant - I’m a S&W guy, not a Louisville Slugger fan. He’s lucky

I dont know the exact number but here in Chicago, a lot of hispanic/Arabic store owners have killed on the south side and one near the old Cabrini Green area.

With his back against the wall and the baseball bat near his hand, i guess he figured, why not go out swinging. Im sitting here at lunch watching this and cheering. Glad things turned out well for him and his family.

Dear God help us. The Suffolk pollster was wrong...wrong...wrong.
to anyone that missed..

Original title: Suffolk pollster: We’re not polling Florida, Virginia, or North Carolina anymore, because Romney’s going to win them

Big Jump in Unemployment for Blacks --> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2953999/posts

just saying, Obama phones can only go so far

Boy, 4, killed on birthday at Southwest Side home

Sadly, when I clicked on this thread I thought it was referring to the above story that happened yesterday here in Chicago. It was just another child. RIP, to both.

I'm makin a lil less than that now, i'll take it too. But who manages us? What keeps me and the other 15mil from sitting at home playing Xbox and mailing in a timesheet each week?

And who pays for this?? And where is the cleaning equipment etc going to come from? Wont someone have to pay for that too? Do we all get a free broom?

After a couple weekends of cool, rainy weather. That was the first sunny warm Friday night here in Chicagoland. Weather will be the same tonight so expect another 15 shootings.

Ugh. WTF is a gay rodeo?
and in Texas?

fyi, this exact article was posted earlier ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2786499/posts

It’s obvious. Blacks (Cain) and women (Palin) belong on the liberal plantation

Don't forget Asians. I was surprised with all the racist comments from liberals about Michelle Malkin.

Oh, here it is ~ Obama jobs plan heartens frustrated blacks (SUCKERS!) ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2776382/posts

I had to double check the date on this article. I remember reading that after Obama did his jobs speech, Obama answered CBC's concerns about jobs and the high black unemployment rate, and that was the end of this. Maybe i misread. I'll check those articles again.

I mean, why are they still upset?

If okay to post, saw this pic of a tweet by Gilbert

Crittenton was involved in a December 2009 locker room incident with then-teammate Gilbert Arenas where the two pulled guns on each other.

"22 year old mother of four"?

You know i was looking it up and was going to correct you, but you're right. Its is four. R.I.P.

Am I the only one that came in here thinking they were praising Obama for stopping deportations of illegal immigrants...hmm

Mommy’s boyfriend, especially live in boyfriends, are more dangerous to children than most any other person.

keyword added, unfortunately its a long list ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mommysboyfriend

And another one falls RIP. I live in the city and a lost of these men have been killed working stores on the West and Southside's of chicago.

They do hire local guys for security but, sometimes they've been the killers.

Don’t think I could buy Kevin Bacon as a Nazi......Maybe wait for DVD or skip it all together.

He doesn't play a Nazi, i'll just say his role is the same as Paul Freeman (aka Dr. René Belloq) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Saw it last night, good movie.

"Well thats terrible." "Thats why they call them terrorist Kent" Superman II - RIP.

sad, also happened here in the US recently..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169910/posts

Virginia Tech Student Stabbed to Death on Campus Was Decapitated Posted on Thu Jan 22 2009 19:27:24 GMT-0600 (Central

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A female Chinese graduate student has been decapitated by a fellow student at Virginia Tech, the scene of the worst school shooting in US history in 2007, police said Thursday.

At approximately 7:00 pm Wednesday (0000 GMT Thursday), Xin Yang, a 22-year-old graduate student from Beijing, was killed at an Au Bon Pain cafe on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, university officials said.

Glad to see people getting hired, but not without incident ~ http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-mcdonalds-hiring-arrests,0,6962139.story

Vincent: 17 million people. This is got to be the fifth biggest economy in the world and nobody knows each other. I read about this guy who gets on the MTA here, dies. Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices his corpse doing laps around L.A., people on and off sitting next to him. Nobody notices.

prev thread - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2670809/posts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355080/Claudia-Aderotimi-thought-illegal-implant-make-hip-hop-star.html#ixzz1DXSLPJZw

The woman Braun calls a crack addict is only polling 2% and hasn't been allowed at any of the main debates. What was the purpose...?? sigh

I'm hoping there is a run off, but now. geez.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2623980/posts

Thanks for the update. When I first heard this I figured this was another white Marine with a black wife, because thats how that Marine from 2 years ago was killed. Why this guy start an argument with a woman on the streets he didn't know?

Anyway, good job by NOPD, from the description didn't think he'd be caught.

Well its only been nine years so I’m glad to hear they’re ready to join the fight.

Votes
Kirk (R) 1,309,868 47.6%
Giannoulias (D) 1,293,276 47.0%
Jones (G) 87,233 3.2%
Labno (L) 64,175 2.3%

Voted Kirk, taking this seat and Reid are what I wanted.

bumping to check results Tuesday night. So many to keep track of. I forgot the name of the Az Repub woman in the close race with the established Dem.

No truth to reports, not dropping out, speaking now

I forgot the 'other ones' name. It was Susan Smith, did the same in Oct 1994. R.I.P

Thanks didn't know anything about this expo.

New report here. A fight breaks out between two girls at the 6:30 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s4f_ICCUdA&feature=channel

So, thats why. Oh, I wuz driving East on 55th near the park and did a double take on two men who were. Uh, well one guy wore a mohawk. The other with uh..fishnets and, oh never mind. You're getting the picture.

At least I see where they were going. They usually have these "events" on the north side of the city. Kinda surprised to see that in Englewood. In that park, certainly not the safest one.

More details in earlier story posted here ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2546384/posts

Another discussion on earlier article here ~ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2546240/posts

I’ll wait to see what Fat Guys at the Movies say. They have been a good predictor for me as to whether I will enjoy a movie or not.

Roger Ebert Review: 1/2 star: "The Last Airbender" is an agonizing experience in every category I can think of and others still waiting to be invented.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100630/REVIEWS/100639999

Why is it $33 billion? Unemployment extension for six months alone it that much?

What happened to taking out all the 'aid to the states' (really money to the unions) pork?

yeah, checkin up on story. I figured as well. He met his killers on a sex chat line.

Can i even post a WP link here? anyway just search 'Brian Betts' and Washington Post, pops right up.

bad jack...BAD!!

silent clock??

OH THE DRAMA

Two of the counts against Croslin [Misty] felonies that carry mandatory 25-year sentences if she is convicted

To anyone else who forgotten the couple..

According to this link she was 17 ~ http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_016002418.html

Oh, so these are Afghan civilians and not US.

8 US Military contractors or US State Department workers and not Soldiers? In any case, RIP.

Yuma FRper here, I definately felt that. My very first one ever. First I thought it was the wind, but the entire room was shaking. I mean it was ROCKING. Lasted a good 10 seconds.

There was an after tremor as well

I felt sorry for the 18-year old woman killed, however:

Michelle Chavez dropped out of Trimble Tech High School last year as a junior
her sister said. "She [Michelle] had been hanging around the wrong crowd,"
The incident started about 11:30 p.m. at what police called a "gang party"
http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1285565.html

I intend on saving my hard-earned money and not seeing "Avatar."

I haven't either but it seems everytime I see Avatar discussed lately on the internet. Its about race, I don't get it.

Also - http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Victim-Accidentally-Kills-Robber-79994287.html

Update: One teen charged with murder of the 21yold he killed - http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/robbery-murder-charges-bronzeville-chicago-police.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ChicagoBreakingNews+%28Chicago+Breaking+News%29

...forcibly took a photo of the 7-year-old girl.
What does that mean?

Local Yuma,Az news said: He pulled down her clothes and held her while he took a picture. Before he grabbed and started running with her.