Sunday, September 28, 2014
Weekend Newsbites: Sat. & Sun., Sept. 27 & 28, 2014
Hmm... picked up a new "Hawaiian" shirt for $12 at Kohl's last night, but so far... no luck with finding a light jacket/windbreaker.
The problem is... between my incredibly broad and muscular shoulders, arms, and chest and my... er... belly... I'm now up to minimum 3XLT and frankly - depending upon the cut - a 4XLT.
(One MAJOR problem: Many manufacturers cease making "tall" at 3XLT - and I really need the "tall" as well as the width and breadth.)
Americans are getting bigger and fatter... and yet the clothing seems to be getting smaller and less substantial.
I hate "Big & Tall" stores. They rip you off. JCP has a "big & tall" section as does Kohl's, but while shirts and pants for me were available (at reasonable prices), I simply couldn't find a windbreaker.
(Perhaps they're out of style...???)
Kmart perhaps... (Yeah... Kmart...) Either that or it's time to shop online!
Anyway... on to Newsbites!
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Try Galls online...it's fire/police/ems stuff but there are windbreakers in casual wear up to 6x I think. :)
You might like some of their conceal carry clothing, too!
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ferguson-officer-shot-details-still-emerging/article_21e165ad-1f7f-5ae8-b30a-fb9d9dc40afe.html
A Ferguson police officer was shot Saturday night. The officer, a man, survived the shooting, authorities said.
The shooting occurred in the 1000 block of Smith Avenue in Ferguson, near the new Ferguson Community Center.
* SOUNDS LIKE A NICE AREA... A COMMUNITY CENTER... SHOOTINGS...
(*SNORT*)
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson said Saturday night that the officer was on routine patrol and spotted two suspects trying to break into a business. He said the business was in Ferguson. When the officer confronted the suspects, Jackson said, one of them pulled a gun and fired at the officer. The officer was struck once in the arm, and was expected to be okay.
* AND WHY (APPARENTLY) DIDN'T THE OFFICER HAVE HIS GUN OUT SO THAT HE COULD HAVE SHOT THE BURGULAR FIRST - OR EVEN IN RETALIATION?
At a news conference near the Ferguson Police Department early Sunday, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar gave the same account of the shooting as Jackson. He added that police fired at the suspects at some point during the altercation. But there is no evidence that they were hit. “We have no indication either suspect was shot,” Belmar said.
* SOUNDS LIKE ST. LOUIS COPS NEED MORE TIME AT THE RANGE.
Belmar said he doesn’t believe the incident was linked to the Ferguson protests, and that he knew of no other incidents Saturday night.
* HOWEVER...
In the background, chants could be heard from protesters, including, “We are going to shut this down!”
* FRIGGIN' ANIMALS...
Many in the group of roughly 100 expressed skepticism at the police account of the shooting.
* GEEZUS... 100 ANIMALS...!
Dozens of police cars from numerous jurisdictions converged on the area after the shooting. The shooter is reported to have fled into nearby woods. Police established a staging area near the St. Peters Evangelical Church of Christ on West Florissant Avenue. Officers are still searching for the shooter, according to St. Louis County Police.
* IT'S BEEN WHAT... TWO DAYS NOW?
The shooting came at the end of another week of protests, arrests and violence since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson. Authorities had hoped to avoid further confrontations by canceling the weekly Ferguson Farmers Market on Saturday to prevent a repeat of last week’s encounters between protesters and marketgoers.
* SO... ANIMALS ONE... CITIZENS ZERO. NICE...
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson issued a video Thursday in which he apologized directly to Brown’s family and to protesters who felt the police mishandled the protests that followed. But the move seemed to reignite protesters calling for Jackson’s firing, and tension increased.
* JACKSON IS AN A--HOLE. SO IS BELMAR. THE ANIMALS ARE RUNNING THE ZOO.
Thanks, Michelle! I did. (I sent you a FB message...)
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