Six men were killed and at least 21 people -- including a 6-year-old girl -- were wounded in shootings across the city since Friday night.
Asked Sunday about Chicago's reputation in the wake of another violent weekend, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he's primarily "concerned about the safety and security of our neighborhoods, and our residents."
He again pushed for a three-year sentencing minimum for gun crimes -- calling it the "weak link" in the city's crime-fighting strategy. And he said it's time to replace the "code of silence" with a "moral code."
Yeah, Rahm, three years for a 'gun crime', that oughta do it...
Bloodstains on a concrete roadway marked the site where Donald Lewis, 25, of the 2600 block of West 12th Place, was fatally shot outside a group of boarded-up Cabrini-Green row homes on the Near North Side early Sunday. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he died at 5:35 a.m., police said. A 23-year-old man was shot in the leg and treated at Northwestern, police said.
They were shot about 4 a.m. Sunday in the 500 block of West Pearson. A neighbor who asked not to be named said Lewis was hanging out the street hours earlier with a large group of friends, chatting and drinking beer.
Earlier Sunday, one man was killed and three other people were wounded in a shooting on the Far South Side, police said. They were standing outside with a group of people in the 600 block of East 131st Street about 1:50 a.m. when a fight broke out and someone fired shots, police said.
Marcus Holden, 28, was shot multiple times and was found unresponsive at the scene. Holden, of the 13300 block of South Langley, was pronounced dead at Roseland Community Hospital at 3 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office. A 40-year-old man also was shot multiple times, and a 28-year-old woman was shot in the back. They were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot in the buttocks; he made it on his own to Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island.
About 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Eugene Clark, 25, of the 7900 block of South Karlov, was shot multiple times near 71st and Ashland, police said. He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office.
About 11 p.m. Saturday, William Brown, 34, of the 8700 block of South Essex, was shot in the head in the 8500 block of South Saginaw. Paramedics took him to Stroger Hospital, where he died about an hour later, according to the medical examiner's office.
About 9:30 p.m. Friday, Carlos Barron, 19, was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side. He was on the sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Hirsch when shots were fired at him from a light-color sedan. He was shot in the abdomen and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he died at 11:10 p.m.
The first fatal shooting of the weekend happened about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side. Maurice Gibson, 26, was on the sidewalk in the 8100 block of South Vincennes when an unidentified man approached him and opened fire, according to police and the medical examiner's office. Gibson, of the 8900 block of South Ashland, was shot in the head and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where he died about half an hour later.
At least 21 people have been injured in separate shootings since Friday evening, according to police.
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Yeah, Rahm, three years for a 'gun crime', that oughta do it...
I can see the Headlines now: Blacks Disproportionally Imprisoned Under New Gun Crime Law.
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Since this is mainly young black guys shooting other young black guys, with the occasional innocent bystander taking a round, there is no need to be concerned - judging from the lack of interest from the Usual Suspects and the Media. Me? I find it appalling.
Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout -- with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Shocking, simply shocking I tell you !
Welfare recipients are buying groceries with their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and packing them in giant barrels for the trip overseas, The Post found.
The practice is so common that hundreds of 45- to 55-gallon cardboard and plastic barrels line the walls of supermarkets in almost every Caribbean corner of the city. US Customs Agents must be line dancing.
The feds say the moveable feasts go against the intent of the $86 billion welfare program for impoverished Americans. "Impoverished Americans"...? Those are the obese shoppers who park their Lexus or Escalade in the handicapped spot right ?
A spokeswoman for the US Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service said welfare benefits are reserved for households that buy and prepare food together. She said states should intervene if people are caught shipping nonperishables abroad. Blame the States, blame Bush.... blame anybody but the Regime.
Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, called it just another example of welfare abuse. "I don't want food-stamp police to see what people do with their rice and beans, but it's wrong," Tanner told The Post. "The purpose of this program is to help Americans who don't have enough to eat. This is not intended as a form of foreign aid." Bring back the empty cans and bags. No can - sorry, no refill. Eco- friendly beans & rice, NO ?
The United States spent $522.7 million on foreign aid to the Caribbean last fiscal year, government data show. All money well spent of course.
Still, New Yorkers say they ship the food because staples available in the States are superior and less costly than what their families can get abroad.
"Everybody does it," said a worker at an Associated Supermarket in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. "They pay for it any way they can. A lot of people pay with EBT." "Everybody does it", therefore it must be ok.
Customers pay cash for the barrels, usually about $40, and typically ship them filled with $500 to $2,000 worth of rice, beans, pasta, canned milk and sausages. Workers at the Pioneer Supermarket on Parkside Avenue and the Key Food on Flatbush Avenue confirmed the practice. Workers confirmed the practice, but enjoy the overtime.
They said food-stamp recipients typically take home their barrels and fill them gradually over time with food bought with EBT cards. Here, Reggie, help that lady with her barrel of sausages.
When the tubs are full, the welfare users call a shipping company to pick them up and send them to the Caribbean for about $70. The shipments take about three weeks. Acme Caribbean Cartage Co (ACCC). We also take EBT.
Last week, a woman stuffed dozens of boxes of macaroni and evaporated milk into a barrel headed for her family in Kingston, Jamaica. She said she didn't have welfare benefits and bought the food herself. A likely story, but we'll take her at her word.
"This is all worth more than $2,000," she said. "I've been shopping since last December. You can help somebody else, someone who doesn't live in this country." A man helping her pack the barrel said: "We're poor here, and they're poor. But what we can get here is like luxury to them." Nice of you to share my tax dollars abroad.
CONCORD, N.H. -- Federal officials preparing to sell the New Hampshire compound of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons can't guarantee that explosives and other booby traps aren't hidden on the 103-acre spread.
In fact, they will openly warn bidders that land mines might be planted throughout Ed and Elaine Brown's bucolic property in the small town of Plainfield. And they say prospective buyers won't be allowed on the grounds until they submit a winning bid that frees the government of liability for dismemberment or death.
"It's going to be a very interesting sale," said Chief U.S. Deputy Marshal Brenda Mikelson, who's in charge of the auction.
The Browns, who do not recognize the federal government's authority to tax its citizens, were in a nine-month standoff with authorities in 2007 after they were sentenced to five years in prison for tax evasion. U.S. marshals posing as supporters arrested them peacefully.
They were convicted in 2009 of amassing weapons, explosives and booby traps and of plotting to kill federal agents who came to arrest them.
Ed and Elaine Brown, now in their 70s, are serving sentences of 37 and 35 years, respectively.
Mikelson said she has contacted numerous federal agencies that have explosive detection equipment and dogs, and none could ensure a clean sweep of the property, which is set back from the road and includes acres of storm-damaged trees and other natural debris.
"With the size of the property, there's no way to search it and have any guarantees," Mikelson said.
However, the hilltop house and the grounds up to the tree line have been searched extensively and are deemed free from improvised explosive devices and other booby traps, Mikelson said.
Federal marshals say they are still hammering out the language of the disclaimer, and the auction won't take place before September. Nuke it from orbit
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Edward Brown is scheduled for release on July 26, 2045, when he would be about 103 years old. Elaine Brown is scheduled for release in November 2042; she would also be about 102 years old if released at that time
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I bid $1.00.
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Come for the bucolic surroundings, stay for the death and dismemberment...
[Iran Press TV] Nineteen Colombian soldiers have been killed in attacks by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia FARC or FARC-EP, is either a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization or a drug cartel based in Colombia. It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes, and opposes United States influence in Colombia, neo-imperialism, monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations, and the usual raft of complaints. It funds itself principally through ransom kidnappings, taxation of the drug trade, extortion, shakedowns, and donations. It has lately begun calling itself Bolivarian and is greatly admired by Venezuela's President-for-Life Chavez, who seemingly fantasizes about living in the woods and kidnapping people himself. He provides FARC with safe areas along the border. (FARC), a report says.
According to a report by Rooters on Sunday, the troops were killed in two separate attacks on Saturday. Fifteen soldiers were killed on a road linking two townships in Arauca province near the Venezuelan border.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who traveled to the region, confirmed the army casualties and said 12 rebels were jugged Please don't kill me! during the attack.
"These are the instructions to our forces: don't stop shooting for even a moment until we reach the end of this conflict," the Colombian President said, adding, "All of Colombia must work for peace precisely so that incidents like those that occurred in the last 24 hours never happen again."
Earlier reports said 15 soldiers were killed in an attack by FARC rebels.
The other four soldiers were killed, in festivities with the FARC rebels in Caqueta province in the south of the country, in which six guerrillas were also killed, the army said.
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The Japanese prime minister's ruling coalition won a comfortable majority in the upper house of parliament in elections on Sunday, giving it control of both chambers and a mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reforms.
The win is an endorsement of the Liberal Democratic party's "Abenomics" programme, which has helped spark a tentative economic recovery in Japan. It's also a vindication for Shinzo Abe, who lost upper house elections in 2007 during his previous stint as prime minister.
"We've won the public's support for decisive and stable politics so that we can pursue our economic policies, and we will make sure to live up to the expectations," Abe told public broadcaster NHK after he was projected to win based on exit polls and early results. Official results are not expected until early on Monday.
The victory also offers the hawkish Abe more leeway to advance his conservative policy goals, including revising the country's pacifist constitution and bolstering Japan's military, which could further strain ties with key neighbours China and South Korea, who are embroiled in territorial disputes with Japan.
Controlling both houses of parliament has been an elusive goal for Japanese governments in recent years. With a divided parliament, it has been hard to pass legislation, and voters fed up with the gridlock and high leadership turnover appeared willing to opt for the perceived safety of the LDP, which has ruled Japan for most of the time since the second world war.
Abe said voters supported the LDP to press ahead on his party's economic policies, and said it would be the government's top priority.
"Now that we got rid of the twisted parliament, the LDP is going to face a test of whether we can push forward the economic policies so that the people can really feel the effect on their lives," Abe told NHK.
Japan's stagnant economy is showing signs of perking up, helped by the aggressive monetary and fiscal stimuli that Abe has implemented since he took office in late December. Stocks have surged, business confidence is improving and the weaker yen has put less pressure on vital exporters.
Based on exit polls and early results, NHK predicted that the LDP and its coalition partner, New Komeito, will have won a combined 74 seats, giving them a total of 133 seats in the upper house, more than the 122 needed for a majority. The LDP was projected to have won 64 seats, which together with the 50 it held before the elections would give it 114, short of an outright majority.
The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, which fell from power in December elections, was projected to lose nearly 30 seats.
Voter turnout was low, suggesting a lack of public enthusiasm. According to Kyodo News agency, 52% of eligible voters cast ballots, the third-lowest turnout since the end of the second world war.
The Liberal Democrats' "Recover Japan" platform calls for a strong economy, strategic diplomacy and unshakable national security under the Japan-US alliance, which allows for 50,000 American troops to be stationed in Japan.
The party also favours revising the country's pacifist constitution, drafted by the United States after the second world war, to give Japan's military a larger role a message that alarms the Chinese government but resonates with some Japanese voters troubled by territorial disputes with China and South Korea and widespread distrust of an increasingly assertive Beijing.
Abe has upset both neighbours by saying he hopes to revise a 1995 apology by Japan for its wartime aggression and questioning the extent to which Korean, Chinese and other Asian women were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers before and during the war.
Revising the constitution would require two-thirds approval by both houses of parliament and a national referendum. Polls show the public is less interested in such matters than in reviving the economy and rebuilding areas of north-eastern Japan devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
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Are they sure its only "economic"???
To wit,
* WORLD NEWS > [CBC] A MORE MILITARISTIC JAPAN? SHINZO ABE'S PARTY NOW CONTROLS BOTH [Diet] HOUSES.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > JAPAN ELECTION [Beijing-perceived "hardliner" Abe] RATTLES {worries] JAPAN - BUSINESS WEEK.
versus
* SAME > [Phil Star]GLOBAL SURVEY: TWO IN FIVE FILIPINOS SEE CHINA AS "ENEMY".
* SAME > [Ex-Taiwan Premier] CALL FOR BEIJING TO WORK WITH TAIWAN [not mil conquer it] TO REUNIFY IN "CHINESE-STYLE" DEMOCRACY | SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST.
* SAME > [Chinese]INCURSION IN LADAKH PRELUDE TO COMING [India]WAR WID CHINA, SAYS ANALYST BHARAT VERMA.
RELATED SAME = RIDING HORSES, CHINESE TROOPS VILATE LAC AGAIN, SAYS ANALYSTS BHARAT VERMA - TIMES OF INDIA.
Personally, I think the PLA wants to show to the Indian Boyz that the former are better Cavalry/Horsemen anyway???
* TOPIX > CHINA [Medias] WARN JAPAN OF [overly] AGGRESSIVE POLICY.
versus
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > POSTER THREAD: DO YOU THINK ITS TIME FOR A NORTHEAST ASIAN UNION AGZ {both] THE US + CHINA???
NE Asian Union vs China-proposed/favored Asian Union vs Vladvedev, Russia-proposed/favored
Eurasian Union = Eurasian Customs Union???
* IIRC MARIANAS VARIETY > TOP US MILITARY CHIEF [USDOD = SecDef Hagel] OFFERS NO HOPE ON FUTURE BUDGET CUTS.
Iff OWG Amerika can't looks good like France when it deliberately unilaterally gives up half of the Pacific due to the Sequester, whats the point of going to war???
Crown Prince Philippe has been sworn in as the new Ruritanian Belgian king after the emotional abdication of his father Albert II. The Oxford- and Stanford-educated, trained air force pilot took the oath as the country's seventh king in a ceremony in parliament.
To warm applause, King Philippe, 53, promised to uphold the constitution.
And they only have one constitution, unlike Egypt which has three four ...
Belgium has a constitutional monarchy in which the king plays a largely ceremonial role. One of the duties the monarch does have is trying to resolve constitutional crises.
In his final address before signing a legislative act to step down, 79-year-old King Albert said his country must remain a "source of inspiration" to Europe.
His resignation on the grounds of ill-health came after nearly 20 years on the throne and was timed to coincide with Belgium's national day. He stressed his wish that Belgium - split between the Dutch-speaking north and the French south - remained united.
In a colourful ceremony topped off by trumpet fanfare and cannon-fire, Philippe took his oath in the country's three official languages - Dutch, French and German. This was a reminder of the delicate political task that awaits him - trying to mediate across the divide between French-speaking Wallonia and Dutch-speaking Flanders, where support for independence has been rising fast, says BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris.
In the abdication ceremony at the royal palace in Brussels, the former monarch told his son: "You have all the emotional and intellectual qualities to serve our country well."
He thanked an audience of some 250 dignitaries and political leaders "for all that you have achieved during my reign".
Ex-king Albert also thanked his wife, Paola, for the support she had given him during his reign, and was in turn thanked by Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo for his service to his country.
Mr Di Rupo holds the political power in the 183-year-old parliamentary democracy.
Albert II then embraced his son and signed the official abdication papers, ending his reign.
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[Iran Press TV] A court in India has handed down life sentences to six men over the gang-rape of a Swiss tourist who was on a cycling trip with her husband in the South Asian country.
The gang attacked the couple in a thick area of forest in the Datia district in impoverished Madhya Pradesh state on March 15, and sexually assaulted the 39-year-old woman.
The men, aged between 22 and 30, were all from a village near the scene of the rape. They received their sentences on Saturday.
"All the accused have been convicted and we are satisfied with the judgment," prosecutor Rajendra Tiwari said.
Days after the assault on the Swiss tourist, laws were changed in India to contain stricter punishments for rapists, including the death penalty.
The assault came months after a 23-year-old Indian woman was gang-raped and savagely beaten on a moving bus and thrown out on to the street in New Delhi on December 16, 2012. She succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in Singapore on December 29.
The horrific nature of the crime shocked Indians and sparked mass protests across the country.
Five males were tossed in the calaboose Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! and put on trial for the gang-rape, murder and robbery among other charges after the attack. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... one of them died while in prison from a suspected suicide in March.
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Even the Paks can figure out how to manage their government. Anyone think the U.S. government would even notice if 20 percent of "non-technical staff" were fired?
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Sunday issued letters to all the ministries for the expulsion of 20 percent of the non-technical staff from all public service departments.
According to media reports, the step was taken to reduce non-development expenses, following the austerity policy of the government. All the useless staff would be dismissed through the policy. Resultantly, the government would be able to save a handsome amount of money.
It merits mentioning here that the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Pakistan) also received the letter. According to reports, the corporation has started preparing lists of staff members it plans to dismiss.
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But that'll just drive up unemployment and they'll have to pay them to do nothing! Isn't it better to pay them, and have them do something? THAT's the American way!
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Much better to pay them to do nothing than to do the somethings that governments usually pay them to do.
"In phase one of the Maintain Accurate Geo-registration via Image-nav Compensation (MAGIC) program, Northrop Grumman integrated geo‑registration algorithms in a vision-aided inertial navigation system that can even operate in GPS-denied conditions. In phase two, the contractor will flight-test the integrated system as well as incorporate additional improvements such as highly detailed 3-D map generation in the algorithm."
Unfortunately, GPS can be jammed (My solution? An anti-radiation missile). Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) use an inertial navigation system (INS) to navigate but sensor errors can quickly lead to degradation of position. Fusion models are used to update the INS states using GPS data. MAGIC uses an array of camera sensors to determine ground images which are compared to a library of geo-registered images using Visual odometery to determine distance offsets. The accuracy is unlikely to be as good as real-time GPS fusion but the degradation is smooth.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Crown Prince Philippe has been sworn in as the new 
