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    Image of ArmCandy ArmCandy
    06/01/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    And if anyone (Foster) is still paying attention, as of about 12:30 today, the trend includes a 27-year-old police officer who was shot in the head but is still alive (in very critical condition).


    In the West Englewood neighborhood, about 10 miles from Oprah but not far from where Jennifer Hudson's family lived.

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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    06/01/09

    @ArmCandy: Jesus, fuck. This is insane. How does this not hit the national press cycle? Why isn't the Obama administration using this during their daily briefings? Has gun control totally fallen off of the Democratic agenda? Sorry, but this kind of violence deserves to be politicized. Less guns = lower odds for gun violence.
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    Image of southernbitch southernbitch
    06/01/09

    @Foster Kamer: i dont know why this shit never makes national news. i live in new orleans, and we routinely have "bad weekends" where five or six people get shot and killed. not to mention the mere "assault with a deadly weapon" shootings that happen on a regular basis. the other night in my neighborhood i heard an entire clip go off, and there was no mention of what the fuck that was all about even in the local news the next day. shit is ridiculous here. recently, a college couple was abducted and murdered, and it came out that the female called 911 twice while in captivity and no one even answered the phone. but no one seems to care...


    and im sure it has NOTHING to do with the race/class of the victims.

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    Image of BlowJoy BlowJoy
    06/01/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    This is what we get for unleashing Kanye on the world.
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    Image of SpacePope SpacePope
    06/01/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    Damn, I'm moving there.


    How much of this is in the south side?


    Also, can't be worse than the city I was raised in going from 0 murders to 24 in a year.

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    Image of BlowJoy BlowJoy
    06/01/09

    @SpacePope: You can easily find out how much of this is on the Southside by reading the words that accompany the headline of this article. There are even links for your convienience. Amazing, no?
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    Image of unfuckwithable unfuckwithable
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    So Chicago is like New Orleans, but without the flooding problem.
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    Image of southernbitch southernbitch
    06/01/09

    @unfuckwithable: it's like new orleans, except with 5 times the population.


    as far as per capita events go, new orleans is number one. go us.

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    Image of forwardmotion forwardmotion
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    Gang initiation? That's my guess if they are related. Disgusting and terrible.
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    Image of EaterLover EaterLover
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    I'm always a little annoyed by national/new york coverage of any news related to Chicago since no one is ever compelled to give specific information. "West Side of Chicago" is about as generic of a descriptor as "west of the Hudson. If there's any commentary to be made about the Olympics in regards to the string of violence--kind of far reaching since most of these incidents would be occurring far outside the zone of athletic housing and events.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    05/31/09

    @EaterLover: Listen, I'd love to get into the neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of Chicago, but I'M NOT FROM THERE. I made the geographical distinctions to show how wide apart they were from each other (or how close together, given certain instances). And of course the Olympics won't be in Chicago's grittier neighborhoods; that doesn't mean there isn't any spillover. To put it New York speak: ten murders in one weekend in Bushwick are still going to affect perception of crime in New York if the Olympics were held, say, on the West Side Highway around 57th Street, though native New Yorkers might know better.
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    05/31/09

    @Foster Kamer: Also, I'm just going to put a [sic] after everything I write. Goddamn keyboard. I'm off the clock.
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    Image of Trulymadlyme Trulymadlyme
    06/01/09

    @Foster Kamer: Figuring out where these neighborhoods are is fairly easy. Ten minutes of research online would take care of it. Really.


    Also, if Chicago does get the Olympics, its more run down neighborhoods will indeed host most of the events, housing, etc. Another fairly easy fact to research.

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    Image of Krashstar Krashstar
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    In other news, the good legislators in Springfield completely gutted a series of post-Blago anti-corruption measures last week.


    Item #1 on the list were improved disclosure requirements for campaign "contributions".


    It's getting to be like the Mississippi of the North up there. So, um, good luck with the Olympic bid. Of course, China pulled it off by making a bunch of empty promises about press freedom.


    So actually, nevermind. You'll be fine.

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    Image of Hockeymom Hockeymom
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    You buried the lead.
    "A petting zoo burned down."


    Dead animals ALWAYS rank over dead people.
    Duh.

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    05/31/09

    In reply to Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts
    Random events tend to cluster. Also, you know, guns.                                                                              
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    11/13/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    Canadian Dexter has suddenly realized that spending a few extra looneys for the brandname garbage bags wouldn't have been such a waste after all.
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    Image of gobblegirl gobblegirl
    11/12/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    They think a lot of them are from suicides and accidental drownings and such. Because they're in shoes, the feet don't decompose as fast as the rest of the body, and once the connective tissues are gone the ankles detach.

    It's gross and sad, but it's probably a huge coincidence.
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    Image of onebadclam onebadclam
    11/12/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    Obviously killer whales won't eat feet.
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    Image of JacquesPaysan JacquesPaysan
    11/12/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    Clearly this is the work of the Armenian gangs in LA. Vick Mackey's already on the case.
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    11/12/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    I'm just giggling at the thought of Mounties saying "foot" over and over again. Eh guys, is dat a fut yougotdere?
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    Image of resonanteye resonanteye
    11/12/08

    In reply to Are You Missing Seven Feet?
    The Northwest will NEVER stop, until the rest of you increase global warming enough to give us some sunshine.
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