Police grovelling before money and power
Reading the Herald, a few articles of interest - Cop accused of assaulting wife claims to be "Mentally Ill" - Nice, but we knew that when you wanted to become a cop. Don't buy it for a second. The three cops accused of kidnapping and beating up a suspect, the force springs to their defense with: "All fine, upstanding officers", the cop who was too lazy to check in the drugs he'd been seizing and took them home instead...
All this on one police force for a relatively small town. Really? Really people? Is anyone safer because the police are around? Probably not.
But the follow up to the shooting last year of the wealthy Calgary real estate "developer" was the most intriguing. Obviously a targeted attack, and reasonably well executed (I mean, he lived, but not for lack of trying). Asking around at the old restaurant - lots of people knew him, had a reputation for fucking people over for large sums of money, no shortage of possible suspects. The article explains that a group entitled "Friends of ..." had raised a $250, 000. reward for information leading to the arrest of whoever was responsible. Unbelievable. Your kid goes missing, disappears, you're lucky if the cops take a statement that same month. Take a shot at a dodgy real-estate developer and there's a quarter million dollar bounty on your head. The world is upside-down. Seriously.
And the image of "evidence" they provide is even more telling:
(Bullet Damaged Titanium American Express Card)
This photograph is a work of genius. This wasn't just another attack on a shitty person that could comfortably go uninvestigated and unsolved, this was an attack on their every shitty sacred ambition, the Titanium American Express Card, the Rolls' Royce, the house in Mount Royal....You can bet they won't rest until they find the culprit.
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Cubic Galena
A fine specimen of cubic galena on quartz. Found while hunting crystals, lots more where these came from, now to find a way to turn into cash...
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Winter Closing In
Winter's closing in. The leaves are almost all done turning, the restaurant - without notice and ahead of schedule - has begun closing 2 days per week, layoffs are complete - many wanted the layoff, worked the summer so they could collect EI all winter, maybe work a few cash-in hand jobs. A couple of employees were not so pleased with the layoffs, didn't see them coming, weren't warned, only found out when their names vanished from the schedule - not impressed, and you realize that you're always on shaky ground here, that you're expendable to the needs of the business. We've kept a total of 3 staff - 1 waiter - me, (the other the owners son R#5), and 2 chefs. That's it.
Saturday, cold outside, the restaurant is busy. 10, 11 tables at once, no more tourists, these are the residents of Foon, people in for an herbal tea with extra slice of lemon and honey, party of 4 to share 4 lemon waters and plate of fries, people in for a glass of water and the free wi-fi, we're the heated shelter for people waiting for the Ferry, I do 40 tables to ring out $700.00...unbelievable...
More scrolls from my friend, more humorous rants about R#5, he doesn't like him, once they were friends, but R#5, he has that way of rubbing people ... he's rationed Batshit to the yellow candies only, nobody likes them, and Batshit, he knows, he's bearing a grudge...cryptic instructions to meet with Batshit at 2:00 on the other side of the lake, witness the glory of the Keith Richard's painting on woven teflon, for my eyes only before driving him to a helicopter pad up in Riondel, he's betting I won't make it...
Cold, and I haven't yet confirmed my place for November 1st - I'm hopeful, but the cheques are lean and leaner, the bills keep coming and the tips are scant...I need to reign in my vices, work on other things, always, always keep a full tank of gas in case I gotta get the hell out of here, but Calgary is cold in the winter and it's not the best time to flee the magic Kingdom, time to start looking for more work, another job, find a way to make it to spring when I can start new plans...
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Poesia Sin Fin - Finally!!
Finally, which I had been saving on the computer these several months, the logical sequel to his last "The Dance of Reality" - if you liked the one you'll enjoy this. The subtitle track I had was a bit sketchy, but I figured it out, you will too, and much of it doesn't need words, and none of it needs my recommendation...
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