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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Governor Milquetoast lied again.

MAY 5, 2011

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

The news as I see it and the views as I want them.

May 5 is … National Hoagie Day

Today is a good day to own a Subway Shop or a Jimmie Johns store.

Governor Milquetoast has lied again and shown his true colors as an out of touch liberal hippie. In March, he said he would review the law going through the Illinois legislature making it legal to secure a concealed weapons permit. The law has not passed but on Tuesday he said he would veto it if it gets to his desk. Way to keep an open mind. I think it is about time you sign an executive order making it illegal to put any person that voted for you in prison. That would at least keep the majority of criminals and the people that travel to visit them in Chicago.

I am getting tired of the Bin Laden story but more keeps coming out. The guy is dead, dead, dead. The Navy Seals that carried out the operation were in Washington DC on Tuesday for debriefing. Some of them have met with President Obama.

President Obama, going against the majority of Americans, has decided not to release the photos of a deceased Bin Laden. He is once again showing more concern for the wishes of non-Americans than do what Americans want him to do. If certain factions of the Muslim world becomes upset with the release of the photos that would seem to tell me those are the folks we should be investigating and watching. With the money we have spent for homeland security and the trampling of many of our Constitutional rights by the increased security blamed on 911, we should be safe enough to release the photos. It also seems obvious to me that these photos will be leaked; everything gets leaked. If we release them at least we get to control the release and take the shock away from when the rest get leaked.

On Monday, the White House said bin Laden was involved in a firefight, which is why the SEALs killed rather than captured him. On Tuesday, however, White House press secretary Jay Carney said bin Laden did not fire on the SEALs. He said bin Laden resisted but offered no specifics. Bin Laden's wife rushed the SEALs when they stormed the room, Carney said, and was shot in the calf.

"Bin Laden was then shot and killed," Carney said. "He was not armed."

That was one of many official details that have changed in the two days since Bin Laden was killed. A White House transcript misidentified which of bin Laden's sons was killed – it was Khalid, not Hamza. Officials incorrectly said bin Laden's wife died in gunfire while serving as his human shield. That was actually Bin Laden's aide's wife, and she was just caught in cross fire, the White House said Tuesday. Carney attributed those discrepancies to the fog of war, saying the information was coming in bit by bit and was still being reviewed. "We provided a great deal of information with great haste in order to inform you, and through you the American public, about the operation and how it transpired and the events that took place there in Pakistan," Carney told reporters Tuesday. "And obviously some of the information came in piece by piece and is being reviewed and updated and elaborated on."

Five people were killed in the raid, officials said: Bin Laden; his son; his most trusted courier, Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, and al-Kuwaiti's wife and brother

If you are Mexican or of Mexican descent or just like a party, today, Cinco de Mayo, is the day to celebrate the anniversary of the 1862 Battle of Puebla. General Ignacio Zaragoza’s troops were outnumbered three to one as they battled the invading French army. They may have been outnumbered but they had the will to win. The Mexican forces defeated Napoleon III’s army and Puebla stood.

Now stand up and join that Cinco de Mayo parade, attend the festival, enjoy the salsa music and the salsa dip with your Margarita. We all salute General Ignacio Zaragoza and his brave contingent. Remember – Tequila!

On this date through history:

1865 1st US train robbery (North Bend OH)

1925 John T Scopes arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee
1925 Ty Cobb goes 6 for 6, (16 total bases)
1925 Yankee Everett Scott is benched, ending his 1,307-game playing streak

1936 - Edward Ravenscroft of Glencoe, IL was sitting at his kitchen table, admiring the piece of mail he had just received from the U.S. Patent Office. It was a patent for the screw-on bottle cap with the pour lip. For those who have always wondered, but maybe were a little shy to ask, now you know.

1942 US begins rationing sugar during WWII
1943 Postmaster General Frank C Walker invents Postal Zone System
1944 Gandhi freed from prison

1961 Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space, on the Freedom 7

1965 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam. It has been downhill for the United States ever since.

1973 - 56,800 fans paid $309,000 to see Led Zeppelin at Tampa Stadium. This was the largest, paid crowd ever assembled in the U.S. to see a single musical act. The concert topped The Beatles 55,000-person audience at Shea Stadium in New York ($301,000).

2000 conjunction of Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Moon

Music at the top of the charts on May 5^th;

1949 Cruising Down the River - The Blue Barron Orchestra (vocal: ensemble)
Forever and Ever - Perry Como
Again - Doris Day
Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams

1957 All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
School Day - Chuck Berry
A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins
Gone - Ferlin Husky

1965 Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman’s Hermits
I Know a Place - Petula Clark
I’ll Never Find Another You - The Seekers
This is It - Jim Reeves

1973 Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony
Orlando
The Cisco Kid - War
Little Willy - The Sweet
Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich

1981 Morning Train (Nine to Five) - Sheena Easton
Just the Two of Us - Grover Washington, Jr./Bill Withers
Being with You - Smokey Robinson
Rest Your Love on Me - Conway Twitty

1989 Like a Prayer - Madonna
I’ll Be There for You - Bon Jovi
She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals
Young Love - The Judds

Just a couple of thoughts I had.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN

DEKALB, IL 60115

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If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us." - Herman Hesse

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

When the levee breaks, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good.

MAY 4, 2011

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

The news as I see it and the views as I want them.

May 4 is … National Candied Orange Peel Day

To save Cairo, Illinois, we blew up a levee that will flood thousands of acres of Missouri farmland. This was OK by a Court that sided with Illinois and enforced an old treaty that authorized the levee destruction. Play this song and just remember, “Now, cryin’ won’t help you, prayin’ won’t do you no good. When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.”

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As further proof that the White Sox are a very bad team, they suffered a no hitter last night, thrown against them by a guy that had never thrown a complete game as a professional. Francisco Liriano, the Minnesota Twins starter, wasn’t sharp to the point that he dominated, but he got the job done. He struck out two and walked six, and he had three-ball counts to three of the four hitters he faced in the ninth inning. Of his 123 pitches, only 66 were strikes.

Making the feat even more unlikely: The no-hitter was Liriano’s first career shutout and complete game in 95 career starts—he hadn’t even gone the distance in 110 minor league starts—and he hadn’t thrown more than 97 pitches or pitched more than 6 1/3 innings this season. Not exactly a no-hitter candidate.

One of the first false reports our government issued about Operation Geronimo is being questioned. The government said one of the helicopters had mechanical failure causing it to land. Apparently the mechanical failure was caused by the bullets being fired into it by the people in the compound. I am sure there is more to come and here is another correction. A woman killed during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan was not his wife and was not used as a human shield by the al Qaeda leader before his death, a U.S. official said on Monday, correcting an earlier description. Now the White House has issued a third version saying Bin Laden was not armed.

The Pakistan government appears to grasp the fact everybody with a brain and many without one know the Pakistan government was providing safe haven to Bin Laden. Although they deny this the government is now claiming some credit for the killing of Bin Laden. According to Pakistani officials, the operation was a joint U.S.-Pakistani operation, but U.S. officials insisted that only U.S. personnel were involved. Apparently to be a leader in a Muslim country or a Muslim leader, you must be convinced you are smarter than everyone in the world and that no one will question what you say and you do not mind being ridiculed by the world for your arrogance and ignorance. Under Muslim law, you are encouraged to marry your cousin to keep the clan going. The centuries of inbreeding has obviously affected the intelligence genes of Muslims. They are a race of people full of imbeciles.

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The short history of breast implants; since the late nineteenth century, breast implant devices have been used to surgically augment the size (volume), modify the shape (contour), and enhance the feel (tact) of a woman’s breasts. In 1895, surgeon Vincenz Czerny effected the earliest breast implant emplacement when he used the patient's autologous adipose tissue, harvested from a benign lumbar lipoma, to repair the asymmetry of the breast from which he had removed a tumor. In 1889, surgeon Robert Gersuny experimented with paraffin injections, with disastrous results. From the first half of the twentieth century, physicians used other substances as breast implant fillers — ivory, glass balls, ground rubber, ox cartilage, Terylene wool, gutta-percha, Dicora, polyethylene chips, Ivalon (polyvinyl alcohol–formaldehyde polymer sponge), a polyethylene sac with Ivalon, polyether foam sponge (Etheron), polyethylene tape (Polystan) strips wound into a ball, polyester (polyurethane foam sponge) Silastic rubber, and teflon-silicone prostheses. In the mid-twentieth century, Morton I. Berson, in 1945, and Jacques Maliniac, in 1950, each performed flap-based breast augmentations by rotating the patient’s chest wall tissue into the breast to increase its volume. Furthermore, throughout the 1950s and the 1960s, plastic surgeons used synthetic fillers — including silicone injections received by some 50,000 women, from which developed silicone granulomas and breast hardening that required treatment by mastectomy.

A breast implant is a prosthesis used to alter the size, form, and feel of a woman’s breasts in post–mastectomy breast reconstruction; for correcting chest wall congenital deformities; for the aesthetic enhancement of the bust; and as a procedural aspect of male-to-female gender transition surgery. There are three general types of breast implant devices, defined by their filler material: saline, silicone, and composite (alternative composition). The saline implant has an elastomer silicone shell filled with sterile saline solution, the silicone implant has an elastomer silicone shell filled with viscous silicone gel, and the alternative composition implants featured miscellaneous fillers, such as soy oil and polypropylene string, et cetera. The pectoral implant is the male breast implant device for reconstructive and aesthetic enhancement of a man’s chest wall, (see gynecomastia and mastopexy). In breast reconstruction surgery, the breast tissue expander implant is a temporary breast-implant device used in staged breast reconstruction. Much of this comes from Wikipedia.

Although they are not too related, have you ever wondered where the concept of marriage came from? It is mentioned in the Bible. Marriage has been around since before recorded history. One obvious reason for it was the creation of offspring. But a far more important reason for marriage was the cementing of alliances. Difficulties abounded in the ancient world, and the more allies you had the safer you were. Marriages were the preferred method for sealing alliances between families, clans, tribes, and ultimately nations.

The idea of marriage based on romantic love is actually a relatively recent innovation. The true purpose of marriage throughout the ages was advancement of family (clan, national -- whatever) interest. That's why throughout history most marriages were arranged. There was no romance or love involved -- this was business. With the growth of pre-nuptial agreements and post-nuptial agreements, marriage is becoming more business like once again.

Just a couple of thoughts I had.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN

DEKALB, IL 60115

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Charity and personal force are the only investments that are worth anything." - Walt Whitman

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The Bin Laden story.

MAY 3, 2011

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

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May 3 is … Lumpy Rug Day

Wasn’t Lumpy Rug in Leave to Beaver? I think Mel Cooley was his dad.

Deaths of famous people on May 1, 2011: Osama Bin Laden. Adolph Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 but it was not made public until May 1, 1945. Good riddance to both of these monsters.

The facts are started to trickle out concerning the Osama Bin Laden death mission. Over the next days and weeks different account, both true and false, will be reported. Some of the ‘facts’ as reported so far;

1. Bin Laden had been living in a mansion adjacent to a military base in Pakistan for the last four years;

2. The mansion was built in 2004;

3. The Navy Seals conducted the raid and suffered no injuries or casualties; 24 Navy Seals participated in the raid;

4. We have known Bin Laden has been living in this mansion, that had no telephone or internet, since August, 2010;

5. The United States government has actually kept a secret;

6. The mansion is in an area where many retired Pakistan military higher-ups live;

7. Bin Laden was shot in the head from close range, twice, once in the left eye;

8. Bin Laden was buried at sea within twelve hours of his death after several Muslim countries refused our offer to take possession of the body;

9. Bin Laden was given the opportunity to surrender and refused;

10. The compound Bin Laden was living in cost over one million dollars to build;

11. The mansion was surrounded by privacy walls 18 feet tall in places, topped by barbed wire;

12. The only entrance to the compound was controlled by two security gates guarded by two guards;

13. The third-floor terrace in the compound had the added security of a seven foot privacy wall;

14. All garbage generated by the compound’s residents was burned rather than hauled away for disposal;

15. The United States did not seek advice from any allies;

16. The United States did not inform any allies of this operation;

17. President Obama authorized this mission on April 29, 2011;

18. Originally, Predator Drones were going to be used but it was determined that the Navy’s elite Team Six could carry out the mission;

19. The operation took just less than forty minutes to complete;

20. The U.S. Special Forces team that hunted down Osama bin Laden was under orders to kill the al Qaeda mastermind, not capture him, a U.S. national security official told Reuters. "This was a kill operation," the official said, making clear there was no desire to try to capture bin Laden alive in Pakistan.

21 President Bush’s shirt ten years ago should have read “Wanted Dead!” instead of “Wanted Dead or alive”;

22. Two helicopters were used to transport the Special Operations team to and from the site of the firefight; one helicopter suffered mechanical failure and a third was brought in to complete the mission;

23. We destroyed the broken down helicopter so it could not be found by the terrorists to try and repair and use in propaganda about how they repelled the infidels;

24. The FBI has updated their Ten Most Wanted List. Bin Laden is now listed as deceased. Check out; http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten;

25. President Obama watched the attack on a live feed in the White House;

26. Apparently President understood the need to prove the death of Bin Laden to the world and insisted on the Special Forces operation rather than the bombing his military advisors wanted to pursue, the bombing would have disintegrated the dead, making confirmation difficult if not impossible;

27. The mission was codenamed Operation Geronimo;

28. Bin Laden, a coward to the end, used a female, probably one of his wives, as a human shield against the attackers;

29. Bin Laden fired upon the Special Forces but failed to hit anyone;

30. The Navy Seal team that conducted Operation Geronimo will not receive the 25 million dollar reward our government offered for Bin Laden’s death or capture.

Famous people who died on this date in 1972:

1972 - Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68

1972 - Dan Blocker, actor (Hoss-Bonanza), dies at 43

1972 - Les Harvey, rocker, dies

Life goes on for the majority of us in a better world today than it was on April 30, 2011.

For fun and challenging facts and problems and brain teasers, go to this web site. It will give you hours of entertainment while teaching you a thing or thousand. http://www.khanacademy.org/#browse

Now, let’s talk about the incompetent and terrible professional baseball team on the south side of Chicago. After Sunday’s game, played on America’s newest holiday, The Bastard is Dead Day; the White Sox were 10 and 19, a winning per centage of .345. They were already ten games out of first place in the worst division in baseball. The baseball season is six months long and one month is in the books. That indicates the White Sox will finish sixty games out of first and win 56 games while losing 106. Buy your tickets now. Plenty of good seats are still available.

Just a couple of thoughts I had.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN

DEKALB, IL 60115

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"Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric." - Bertrand Russell

Monday, May 2, 2011

The bastard is dead! Dead! Dead!

MAY 2, 2011

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

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May 2 is … Fire Day

If this is true and I tend to believe it is thank you Lord. We killed the bastard. Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American forces killed bin Laden and took possession of his body, the president said.

“Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,” Obama said during brief remarks at the White House. In order to avoid making Bin Laden a martyr and provide zealots a burial site to visit, he was buried at sea.

The Kentucky Oaks is Friday. It is the Kentucky Derby for the girls. The 1 1/8 mile race is restricted to 3 year-old fillies. Since today is Fire Day, a hunch bet could be R Heat Lightning, but she will probably be the post time favorite. I am picking Plum Pretty, the name reminds me of my wife and she is ready to win. The race is limited to 14 horses with preference given to graded stakes winnings. She should qualify but the final field will not be set until Wednesday afternoon.

Just to pass the time, I occasionally go to the census web page http://www.howmanyofme.com/. I went to check how many people in the United States are named Barack Obama. There is one. I checked the name Moammar Gadhafi. There are none. There are 1560 people with the first name Bing and one Bing Crosby. There are 73 people in this country named Bruce Brennan. Check your name out or any name.

Walmart, admitting it made a mistake five years ago, is bringing back gun sales to most of its stores. Walmart quit selling guns at two-thirds of its stores five years ago as part of a push to slim its line of merchandise. At around the same time it ceased selling fabric and fishing rods. Those items are coming back too.

Since the election of President Obama, gun sales have increased dramatically although they have begun to slow down. Part of the reason was the belief that the Democratic Congress and President would work together to stiffen gun control and sales. That has proven to be a false belief and in fact the growing popularity in concealed weapons permits across the nation has helped push gun sales up.

Walmart will be reintroducing hunting weapons soon. It only sells pistols in its Alaska stores. This is a smart move by Walmart but it should add pistols nationwide.

No, it’s not Halloween. It was on this day in Tacoma, Washington, in 1904, that Harry Lillis Crosby was born; better known to us as Bing.

Bing Crosby went on to sing well over 4,000 songs during his impressive show biz career which spanned not only hit recordings, but movies, radio and TV, too. What was Crosby’s most successful tune? White Christmas, which was written by Irving Berlin.

Bandleader Paul Whiteman hired Crosby in 1926, along with singing partner, Al Rinker. With the addition of Harry Barris, the trio became The Rhythm Boys and gained quite a following. After leaving the Whiteman organization in 1930, Crosby sang for a brief while with Gus Arnheim’s band. In 1931, ‘Der Bingle’ recorded I Surrender, Dear. The popularity of that song landed Crosby on CBS radio and an unsurpassed solo career was underway. Over the next 30 years, Crosby’s baritone and easy manner sold more than 300,000,000 records.

The consummate golfer, Crosby was host of the annual Crosby Open held at Pebble Beach, Spyglass and, Cypress Point. With Crosby’s passing in 1977 -- on a golf course near Madrid, Spain -- the tournament changed names to the AT&T/Pebble Beach Open.

Bing was featured in over 60 movies, winning an Academy Award for Going My Way in 1944. His good friend and golfing buddy Bob Hope never won an Academy Award, a private joke they kidded each other about for years in real life and in the movies. Crosby won the Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 1962 and has been called the number one recording artist of all time. For those who like Bing’s movies, TCM (Turner Classic Movies) is showing several all day long beginning this morning. Included are three of the Road movies with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. The road movies have some funny bits in them.

Together, we can all croon in his honor: Ba Ba Ba Booo.

More evidence is pointing toward the falseness of Libya’s report one of Gaddafi’s sons and three grandchildren were killed by a NATO air strike Friday. Who lies about something of that nature to get sympathy? Now you have to really kill them so the world doesn’t find out you were lying. Not a good day to be a Gaddafi.

At the Correspondence Dinner in Washington DC Saturday night Donald Trump didn't appear to have many fans at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on Saturday. The Wrap reports that the media mogul was greeted by a round of "boos" upon his arrival to Washington's Hilton Hotel with his wife, Melania.

After giving a brief interview with a group of several of media outlets, Trump, who was invited to the event as a guest of the Washington Post, walked away to a chorus of audible boos from the media members on the press line. And it wasn't because they wanted to hear Trump talk more.

Together, we can all croon in honor of Donald ‘The Joke’ Trump: Ba Ba Ba Booo

Just a couple of thoughts I had.

BRUCE A. BRENNAN

DEKALB, IL 60115

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"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." - Adelle Davis

YOU FIGURE THAT ONE OUT!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

One less Gaddafi in the world ain't all bad.

MAY 1, 2011

BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND

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May 1 is … Mother Goose Day and Save The Rhino Day

Happy Mayday and Law Day!

It has been reported one of Gaddafi’s sons has been killed by a NATO air strike. We didn’t need Viagra for that. The 29 year old student was the Libyan leader’s youngest son; three of his grandchildren were also killed in the air strike. The report comes from Libyan officials leaving its truthfulness suspect. It is also high on the “Who cares?” list.

Next Saturday is the first Saturday in May. We all know what that means-it’s Kentucky Derby Day, the day of the most exciting two minutes and 1 1/4 mile in sports. I have not settled on my pick yet but Stay Thirsty my friends.

This isn’t Columbine but America does not own the patent on school violence. Police say that a man armed with a large knife beheaded an 18-year-old woman at her school in front of her horrified classmates in eastern India. The attacker later told police he was in love with the victim but her parents wouldn't allow them to marry.

Police official Pravin Kumar Singh said Thursday that officers arrested Bijendra Kumar on suspicion of killing Khushbu, who uses only one name. He allegedly attacked her with a ceremonial curved weapon called a khukri as she was leaving her classroom Wednesday in the eastern city of Ranchi.

Authorities say the blade sliced her head off and she died instantly. Kumar was quickly mobbed by the other students and handed over to the police. Singh says Kumar told the police that he had also intended to kill himself. It seems hard to cut your own head off without a guillotine.

Apparently the new ‘reality show’ Mob Wives is not going over well with the no necks crowd. Was it hard to get your men to sign off on doing this show?" asked Wendy Williams, whoever she is. "Like, who approaches a mob wife about doing a reality show?"

"My father has a tough time with it," said Karen Gravano, daughter of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, the former mob boss who helped take down John Gotti. "I mean, I think he feels that this is his lifestyle, but he definitely supports me and understands why I'm doing it ... But I don't think he's 100 percent happy with the show."

Renee Graziano, ex-wife to a high-ranking mobster, and daughter of Anthony Graziano, the reputed consigliere in the Bonnano crime family, likewise said her family had a difficult time with the notion of a reality show. "My father definitely isn't happy with my decision to do it. But my ex-husband, I think he supports me for the simple reason that he knows that I'm trying to come out with my own identity," said Graziano. "So, he went along with it ... after a while of begging. "

Exactly how real can this show be? If it is a reality show that is real, why aren’t we arresting somebody after every show, at least the creator who came up with this crap.

Her father must be a politician or a baseball player or Lindsay Lohan. No matter who her father is, she sure makes our state look good again? Back in December, Stacie Juris said she was looking forward to competing again in the Miss Illinois Pageant later this year, after she placed first runner up in last November’s competition.

In April, she left a department store in the Orland Square Mall with $288 worth of clothing in her purse, according to an Orland Park police report. Officers were called to the mall by security who said she tried to leave a store without paying for the items on April 4 around 1 p.m., police said. Juris, 20, of the 8100 block of Glenbrook Place in Tinley Park, was charged with retail theft.

It was a tough night to live and die in Chicago. Two people were killed and at least eight people were wounded in separate Chicago shootings late Friday into early Saturday.

CBS 2 Chicago reports that a 17-year-old girl was shot in the face while standing in the 6400 block of South Wood Street about 10 p.m. Friday. Shots were fired from across the street, and the girl was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

On the West Side, a man was reportedly shot in the leg about 10:30 p.m., he was also hospitalized in good condition following the shooting. About 30 minutes later, the Chicago Tribune reports that a 15-year-old boy was standing in the 5100 block of South Rockwell Street "when a red vehicle drove by and someone fired shots at him." The shooting was apparently gang related, and the boy's injuries were not life threatening.

Between midnight and 3 a.m., seven others were shot citywide, two fatally.

Kenneth Sims, 20, of the 2700 block of West 26th Street, was shot in the back in the 1300 block of South Blue Island Avenue, the Tribune reports. He was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. About 2:44 a.m., Ismail Robinson, 22, was found shot in the head in the front yard of a home in the 5000 block of South Drexel Boulevard, according to CBS 2 Chicago. Nobody was in custody for the shootings early Saturday. I hope the new mayor to be is paying attention. He needs to get a 9:00 p. m. curfew law passed for anyone under 18 and then vigorously enforce it. Put the man power in crime prevention rather than crime solving, especially since they don’t solve that many of these type of shootings.

Just a couple of thoughts I had.

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