Chiraq – October Surprise

Good Morning, Chiraq!!!  From CBS2, “Chicago Soars Past 600 Homicides After Bloody October“.

With 78 homicides, October was the second deadliest month of 2016, and Chicago surpassed 600 homicides for the first time in more than a decade.

chiraq_oct2016_shooting_trend_hjThe last time Chicago had at least 600 homicides in a single year was 2003.

Homicides and non-fatal shootings have skyrocketed in 2016, with 605 homicides and more than 3,600 shooting victims through the end of October.

In October, there were 78 homicides and 427 shooting victims. Only August had more homicides, when 90 people were slain in Chicago. It was the bloodiest month in the city in 20 years.

 

Final October TotalsYear to Date
Shot & Killed: 73Shot & Killed: 585
Shot & Wounded: 348Shot & Wounded: 3117
Total Shot: 421Total Shot: 3702
Total Homicides: 79Total Homicides: 654

**Hey Jackass – Illustrating Chicago Values

Where Was Crooked Hillary on 9/11??

Well, it wasn’t in New York City as she claims here in a stump speech. Liar, liar, pantsuit on fire.

She was actually here, in Washington DC. But, hey, the relationship Hillary has with the truth is like horseshoes or hand grenades. Close counts, doesn’t it. Or maybe the ‘intention’ is what really, really matters.

Daily Darwin – Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places

Darwin is beside himself with mirth after this unlucky suitor failed to find his love by searching a hole in a tree.  It’s a good thing, Darwin notes, that his genomes weren’t involved in the search.  That effort would have, indeed, redefined ‘prickly’.

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Natural selection deems that some individuals serve as a warning to others. Who are we to disagree? The next generation, ever and anon, is descended from the survivors

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