One bad ass Security officer

What's on the sarges mind found out that in 2011 on July 4th two badass mother fuckers from the old housing unit were enjoying a BBQ on th 4th of July excersizing their right to carry while on private property when a idiot on the block brought out an AK-47 to the party. Thinking quickly both off duty and retired security officer's took this man in to custody and took one bad gun off the streets of Summit. We also herd of another badass security officer that works in Chicago and took one offender and his gun off the street. The way it's said is that the officer was entering a store on his beat to purchas something to eat when he noticed a gun pointing at the cashier quick on the draw pulled his weapon and order the gun men to drop the gun and ordered him to the ground. However the gunmen looked at the officer and ran out the door not knowing police were coming to a hold up alarm ran in to one cop and continued to give chase catching the guy in a alley about 5 blocks away and later found the gun with no mag and no bullet in the pipe on the ground by the business about two blocks where the chase started from. What's on the sarges mind found out this is the same badass that took the AK off the street in Summit with his retired Lt. This officer is a former housing unit viper.
The viper unit was a badass get a warrant and that day go serve it. 

Bend over and give it to you in the ass Emanual plans on fucking the city once again

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today named a seven-member panel to advise the city as it explores the possibility of privatizing Midway Airport.

The committee will be asked to represent the public interest in any potential transaction -- clearly a nod to public skepticism about privatization deals in the wake of the highly unpopular parking meter transaction.

The panel includes two urban planning specialists, a parking executive who donated to Emanuel's election campaign and is a close friend of President Barack Obama, two key alderman, a labor leader and one former alderman.

Peter Skosey, executive vice president of the Metropolitan Planning Council, will be chairman of the committee, while James Connolly, of the Chicago Laborers District Council, will be vice chairman.

Martin Nesbitt, co-founder of PRG Parking Management, which has lots near O'Hare International Airport, was named as well. A friend of Obama, he donated $5,000 to Emanuel's campaign.

The committee also includes Ald. Michael Zalewski, 23rd, who chairs the Aviation Committee and represents the Southwest Side ward that includes Midway and Ald. Carrie Austin, 34th, chair of Budget Committee and the longest serving African-American alderman.

Zalewski and Austin both have been reliably pro-Emanuel votes on the City Council.

Former steel executive Frank Beal, now executive director of Metropolis Strategies, was named as was attorney Martin Oberman, a former alderman. Beal donated $250 to Emanuel's campaign.

The panel will select a financial advisory firm with expertise in evaluating transactions to work with it.

The mayor's office said the panel will provide written reports to the public, which will be posted online, throughout the exploration process, and reiterated the city council will have at least 30 days to review any potential deal.

"These civic leaders will be vigilant protectors of taxpayer interests as we explore potential opportunities with Midway Airport," said Mayor Emanuel. "Any potential deal must pass an extremely high threshold and this committee will ensure transparency, integrity and thorough deliberation in this process."

Crain's Chicago Business first reported a panel would be named Friday.

Last month the city decided to retain a slot for Midway in the Federal Aviation Administration's airport privatization pilot program.

Later this month, the city will issue a request for qualifications from firms interested in putting forward proposals. The city will require that any long-term lease be kept to less than 40 years.

The city also will require that proposals include ongoing funding for capital improvements; provisions for sharing revenue with the city; and assurances that costs for parking, food and beverages will be kept reasonable, the mayor's office said.

Animal makes terrorist threat on CTA bus in 'jihad'

 Caleb Russell


A man threatened to blow up a CTA bus and told police he was "jihad against the white devil" this week, causing evening rush hour passengers to flee in fear for their lives, authorities said.

A judge set bail at $90,000 Tuesday for Caleb Russell, 23, of the 4700 block of South Woodlawn Avenue, who was charged with making a bomb threat, a felony, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office and police.

Russell was aboard a CTA bus that was westbound on Chicago Avenue at Orleans Street in the River North neighborhood Monday about 6:20 p.m. when officers on patrol saw the bus stop in the middle of the intersection, according to a police report.

Several passengers told police that Russell made derogatory and racial remarks and threatened to “blow this (expletive) up,’’ the report said.

Russell also began yelling racial slurs at responding officers and said he was “jihad against the white devil,’’ the report said.

After the driver pushed the panic button, numerous passengers who “feared for their lives’’ exited from the rear and front of the bus, the report said.

Russell's next court date was scheduled for Monday.

Millions noticing paychecks lighter today, due to payroll tax hike

Gabriella Hoffman’s paycheck is a little lighter today, thanks to a payroll tax increase that is forcing millions of Americans to make the kind of tough budget cuts their representatives in Washington lawmakers seem unwilling to tackle.
Hoffman, a 21-year-old Virginian who works at a nonprofit, estimates her paycheck will be roughly $30 less this biweekly pay period, or about $780 annually, thanks to the end of a two-year cut on payroll taxes, which fund Social Security. The tax has risen back up to 6.2 percent from 4.2 percent, costing someone making $50,000 annually about $1,000 per year and a household with two high-paid workers up to $4,500.
“As a newly-graduated person, someone coming straight out of college, I don’t like the idea of having less money coming to me due to the selfish interests of people in Congress who don’t have any interest in reducing our financial problems,” Hoffman told FoxNews.com. “This is an impediment for future economic growth. It’s going to make it harder for young people like myself to get married, find a better job, you name it.”
Hoffman admits the hike won’t completely alter her spending, but the University of California-San Diego graduate said she will definitely have it in mind when it comes to leisure activities and entertainment.
“Although it’s a small quantity on a monthly basis, just having less money going into my paycheck will prevent me from doing things and force me to be more frugal,” she said. “I’ll be more cautious with my spending.”

"It’s going to make it harder for young people like myself to get married, find a better job, you name it.”

- Gabriella Hoffman

The looming hit to Americans’ paychecks has been a hot topic around water coolers nationwide, as well as online, where several forums have been created for taxpayers to commiserate with their lighter wallets. On Twitter, #WhyIsMyPaycheckLessThisWeek has been a trending topic as most U.S. workers have either already seen less green or are preparing to do so.
“Well, looks like we're starting to pay back all of the money we've spent, without cutting back spending,” one posting read.
Another user cited the need for the U.S. government to “refill the Social Security ‘lockbox’” before stealing from it again as the reason paychecks are smaller.
Other postings chose to politicize the end of the tax cut that was part of the fiscal pact passed by Congress last week.
“Seems to me that anybody who is paid a check for working is considered ‘the rich’ in Obama's world,” Jeff Hobbs of Texas wrote Wednesday.
Another posting read: “Hey Liberals, #YourPaycheckIsLowerThisWeek because you voted for the job KILLER, not the job SAVER!”
So, what exactly does $40 mean? That’s what the White House asked Americans last year when President Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, which extended the payroll tax cut and emergency jobless benefits through the end of the year and prevented the typical family earning $50,000 a year from losing roughly $40 from each paycheck.
“$40 is 10 gallons of heating oil when the temperatures in winter hover in the negative numbers for months,” Pamela from Fairbanks, Alaska, posted on www.whitehouse.gov/40dollars.
“Forty dollars is a tank of gas, a nicer Sunday family meal instead of hot dogs, the ability to leave lights on instead of turning them off earlier in the evening,” Rita from New Britain, Conn., wrote. “Forty dollars is being able to go to the movies, or having a night out at an inexpensive restaurant, it's also paying co-pays for my meds that I need to live on.”
Priscilla of Kailua, Hawaii, said $40 is the amount “sometimes between paying the electric” bill or not.
“We cannot pay more,” she wrote. “We do not have it.”
Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told The Associated Press that the higher Social Security tax will slow growth by 0.6 percentage point in 2013. But for the average American worker who earns $41,000 – and will receive $32 less on every biweekly paycheck moving forward – the change will not be an “insubstantial hit,” analysts told FoxNews.com.
“And I think a lot of people don’t even realize this is happening,” said Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at Cato Institute, a Washington-based think tank. “This kind of just slid by the wayside with all the talk of the fiscal cliff.”
Simply put, less money “definitely will be” a shock for many Americans toiling in an uncertain economy, Tanner said, adding that many will restrict impulse purchases rather than alter long-term financial planning.
“People will have less money in their pockets, so by definition, they’re going to have to make do with less,” he said. “How they change their behavior remains to be seen.”
For Ryan Ellis, tax policy director at Americans for Tax Reform, the hike represents a chance for young Americans to take a hard look at Social Security as a whole.
“My hope is that people under the age of 40 will start asking serious questions as to why they’re paying more into a Social Security system that they are increasing unlikely to get the full benefit of,” Ellis told FoxNews.com. “I hope everybody does. It’s not a Republican or Democrat thing.”
Hoffman, meanwhile, said she already has all the answers she needs.
“Any tax increase is not good for young people,” she said. “What it does is diminish your hard work and you’re slapped on the wrist. This administration is punishing people who are making money. They don’t like the concept of free enterprise. They think these problems will be solved in Washington by taking away more of people’s incomes.”

Just for show? NRA says Biden group set on gun control despite latest meetings

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  Jan. 10, 2013: Vice President Biden meets with gun owner groups at the White House. (White House)

Vice President Biden was wrapping up a week of meetings Friday as he prepares to finalize his plan to curb gun violence -- but the National Rifle Association claims the meetings are just a show, while the administration presses ahead with new gun-control measures.
The NRA, which sat down with Biden's task force alongside other gun-owner groups Thursday, said it was "disappointed" with "how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment."
While the administration has said the task force will look at a range of issues to address gun violence in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting -- from mental health to the entertainment industry -- the NRA said Thursday's discussion focused "on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners -- honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans."
Separately, NRA President David Keene in an interview said Biden was just "checking a box."
Biden was rounding out the week Friday afternoon by meeting representatives from the video-game industry. The NRA and other groups, pushing back against calls for new firearms restrictions, have urged Washington to take a close look at violent video games and the role they might play in violence among adolescents.
The night before, Biden met with representatives from the entertainment industry. Those groups released a statement late Thursday, without saying whether any legislative proposals had been discussed.
"The entertainment community appreciates being included in the dialogue around the administration's efforts to confront the complex challenge of gun violence in America," said the statement from the Motion Picture Association of America and several other groups. "This industry has a longstanding commitment to provide parents the tools necessary to make the right viewing decisions for their families. We welcome the opportunity to share that history and look forward to doing our part to seek meaningful solutions."
Biden says he plans to have a set of proposals on President Obama's desk by Tuesday.
He gave a glimpse into what was being considered this week, and the list included "universal" background checks for gun purchases. He said this would include not just closing the so-called gun show loophole but imposing background checks for all transactions, including private sales.
He also said, "I've never heard quite as much about the need to do something about high-capacity magazines as I've heard spontaneously from every group that we've met with so far."
Obama and other Democratic lawmakers are already pushing for a renewed assault-weapons ban, but Biden suggested there could be growing support for at least a ban on high-capacity magazines.
At the same time, the White House has dismissed calls by the NRA to draft a national school security plan to install armed officers at every school in the country. The White House has suggested that plan would not be effective.
But the NRA and other firearms group say the same about proposed restrictions on certain weapons types, noting that assault weapons are not often used in the commission of violent crimes -- handguns are more common.
Biden also drew complaints from Republican lawmakers when he suggested Wednesday, while meeting with gun control groups, that the administration might go around Congress to implement some provisions.
"There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken," Biden said. He also said separate legislative action would be "required."
"Vice President Biden would do well to read the 2nd Amendment and revisit the meaning of the phrase 'shall not be infringed,'" Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said in a statement. "Bypassing Congress to implement radical policies is never acceptable."
Keene spoke Thursday on CNN.

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Fairfax, Va. – The National Rifle Association of America is made up of over 4 million moms and dads, daughters and sons, who are involved in the national conversation about how to prevent a tragedy like Newtown from ever happening again. We attended today’s White House meeting to discuss how to keep our children safe and were prepared to have a meaningful conversation about school safety, mental health issues, the marketing of violence to our kids and the collapse of federal prosecutions of violent criminals.
We were disappointed with how little this meeting had to do with keeping our children safe and how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment. While claiming that no policy proposals would be “prejudged,” this Task Force spent most of its time on proposed restrictions on lawful firearms owners – honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans. It is unfortunate that this Administration continues to insist on pushing failed solutions to our nation’s most pressing problems. We will not allow law-abiding gun owners to be blamed for the acts of criminals and madmen. Instead, we will now take our commitment and meaningful contributions to members of congress of both parties who are interested in having an honest conversation about what works – and what does not.

In Honor of our beloved Detective

Detective shaved Longcock has inspired most of us to blog about the fucked up things that happen in and around the city. So to honor the blogger Whats on the sarges mind has now incorperated the following. We call it the Iron Cock Award and we are honoring True News USA & The Raw truth as an American sees it for being out spoken and never holding back. Just Like the detective never held back. Out Standing job guys lets keep it up and " Be Safe out there ".

Couple fighting South Korea to keep 7-month-old girl

An Evanston family will appear in federal court today as they try to keep a South Korean baby they adopted in June from being returned to her home country.

Sehwa Kim, now 7 months old, has spent most of her life with Jinshil and Christopher Duquet, who say they were misled by a Korean lawyer who provided them with bad information and documents for what they believed to be a legal private adoption.

Korean officials accuse the family of criminal action, saying they didn’t follow the country’s procedures for adoption, and question funds the family gave on behalf of the child to a shelter and the child’s birth mother.

The family believes their case is being used as a political pawn in what is really Korea’s objection to all U.S. adoptions.
After hearings this week in which the family tried to prove they are the legal guardians, a Cook County Circuit Court judge declared that they didn’t have standing. A federal judge today may order the child removed from the family’s custody.

The birth mother’s intention to put her baby up for adoption is not in dispute. She and the baby’s grandparents signed papers agreeing to renounce their parental rights so that the child could be adopted by the Duquets.

The number of international adoptions in South Korea and elsewhere has plummeted after years of growth. According to State Department data, almost 23,000 Americans in 2004 looked to other countries to build their families. By 2011, the figure had dwindled to 9,300 adoptions.

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Nuclear plant operator accused in carjacking vanishes

Thats no mistery were he went.

The young woman was sitting in her car in a parking lot in Woodridge last May when an elderly-looking man approached and asked her quietly, almost in a whisper, if she needed help.

"I thought he was an old drunk homeless guy," said the woman, who told the stranger she was fine.

Moments later, the man pointed a pistol at her chin and demanded her keys before driving off in her 2000 Pontiac Grand Am, authorities said. The terrified woman alerted police, who stopped the stolen car minutes later, at about 9:45 p.m.

Police arrested the driver, Michael Buhrman, a 31-year-old licensed senior reactor operator at the Dresden nuclear power plant in Morris, authorities said. They allegedly recovered a pistol from the car, along with a two-way radio and a high-quality latex mask — of an old man.

Authorities wondered why a well-paid nuclear plant operator might steal a 12-year-old car at gunpoint. But an even more pressing question arose when Buhrman disappeared after posting bond. A GPS device that had been attached to his leg was found Sept. 28 in his deserted Coal City house, its strap sliced in half, authorities said.

DuPage County prosecutors presented evidence Thursday that Buhrman perhaps has fled the country and should be tried in absentia. They also revealed that the FBI had been investigating Buhrman for other crimes along with at least one Dresden co-worker, who also might have fled the country.

Assistant State's Attorney Demetri Demopoulos said he could not reveal additional details of that investigation.

Judge Kathryn Creswell set a March trial date and will rule then on whether it should proceed if Buhrman remains missing.

The woman whose car was taken May 9 positively identified Buhrman shortly after he was arrested based on his green windbreaker, dark jeans and black gloves. But his youthful face didn't match the robber's, she said this week. The mask he allegedly wore had thinning hair and encased the head and neck, said the woman, who asked to not be identified.

"You couldn't even tell it was a mask," she said.

On May 11, Buhrman posted $20,000 cash bond, but he was back in court in July. Prosecutors learned he was dating a 20-year-old college student. He told her he planned to flee to Chile and had amassed gold, according to files.

Buhrman was ordered to surrender his passport and was placed on home confinement with a GPS unit strapped to his ankle. He made his last court appearance in August.

His former wife thinks Buhrman is gone for good.

"I don't believe I'll ever see him again," Melissa Gates said Wednesday.

They married in 2005, about a year after they met in San Diego while both were in the Navy. Gates was a hospital corpsman and Buhrman a nuclear engine technician. Both are from Nebraska.

"On the outside, you'd think he was the greatest guy in the world." Gates said. "He was a master at putting up a facade."

Gates filed for divorce in 2007, court records show. By then, both had left the Navy and settled in Coal City after Buhrman was hired at the Dresden plant.

On Sept. 25, three days before he disappeared, Buhrman showed up at his ex-wife's residence with gifts for their 6-year-old son.

That same day, he withdrew $14,000 from his bank account, money that had been wired in the previous day from an international account, prosecutors said.

Exelon Corp., which owns the plant where Buhrman worked, declined to comment. A spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said reactor operator positions like the one Buhrman had require years of training and include a licensing process with ongoing mental health checks and background checks.

The woman Buhrman was alleged to have robbed still wonders why a man with his background would do what he is alleged to have done.

"I would never think that someone like that would pull a gun on somebody and steal their car," she said.