Range Rover Driver Attacked by Bikers in New York

 

Yesterday an altercation took place in New York City when a driver in a Range Rover hit a biker. The driver's name is Alexian Lien, him and his wife and daughter were driving in between a annual biker's event that took place yesterday. From the video, the biker slowed down in front of the range rover and the driver ended up bumping the biker and all hell broke loose. Moments later the driver ran over a bunch of bikers and speeds off. 30 pissed off bikers go after him. In the end one of the bikers broke the window with his helmet and proceeded to whoop some tail.

The biker was charged though, one biker ended up dying and the driver didn't get charged for running over bikers in the first place. I'm on the bikers side because the driver could have took a different approach when handling certain bikers if that was the case. Supposedly in another article the bikers slashed the man's tires and that's why he speed off.

Sources:

Info: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/video-bikers-attack-range-rover-2324039

Info: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/range-rover-driver-attacked-bikers-2328569

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UpeBccM_IM

Chicago Murder Capital of the US 2012

Chicago is named "Murder Capital of the US for 2012" over NYC and I'm not surprised. The Federal Bureau of Investigation released this report early this week. The report was based on 500 homicides in major metropolitan areas in 2012, New York only having 419 homicides thus Chicago crimes being the bloodiest in the United States.

The US Census Bureau tally up the population in Chicago at 2.7 million versus New York 8 plus million people. But that doesn't mean anything because we have a higher crime rate and our population is less than NY. I know this year has gotten worse so I think we will make this list again for 2013. I used to live on the west side of Chicago and it was terrible, on the corner there was drugs, prostitution and gang activity, on the other corner a young was shot dead. I live in the west suburbs and a lot of gang activity, and drugs moved to where I live now.

I thought I was away from all the madness the city had inherited but it somehow traveled to the burbs as well. Chicago was once a beautiful city but with all the high unemployment rates, tax increases, more people that can't find jobs, stress and desperate;  unfortunately the crime is going to be higher. I would love to stay here in Illinois the rest of my life but I can't live in a state that is rated the "Murder Capital of US". New York was successful at lowering their homicide rate down and under control, why can't Chicago do the same?


Sources:
Info: http://rt.com/usa/chicago-nyc-homicides-murder-032/
Image: http://www.aviewoncities.com/gallery/showpicture.htm?key=kveus9752
Image: http://chicago.bridgesinternational.com/
Image: http://www.atlasls.com/

Most Corrupt States

I was watching the news this morning and they had a list of "Most Corrupt States" and I was a little shock that Illinois made 16th on the list. I've live Illinois all of my life and I believe it should have been at least number 1 or 2 on the list. With all the high crimes that are committed everyday, crooked politicians, crook cops, tax hikes for unknown reasons; we should have been close to number 1. Sure some people can disagree with me on this because of numerous reasons but I've lived here all my life and seen and heard terrible things that took place in Illinois so it's my strongest opinion and a lot of Illinois residents will agree with me.

So this list consist of a number of convictions per population within the 50 states listed and came to a conclusion that Louisiana was ranked number 1 for the most corrupted state. Again I still think Illinois should have been ranked number 1 but that's just my opinion. My question is why just base it off of convictions per population? why not count everything else as a whole like crime, politics etc.? maybe I'm not seeing the bigger picture.




Source:
http://voices.suntimes.com/early-and-often/illinois-is-slacking-now-merely-16th-most-corrupt-state/

CTA Fare Hike

I typically don't ride the train or bus often but once in a blue moon I take it and I know how expensive it is just to ride downtown for half the day. I know people that take the train or bus everyday because that's their only means of transportation to get to work. I have no choice but to drive to work since there is no route from my house to get there. Now I'm glad I drive to work because they are increasing prices to take the train or bus. CTA riders will have to spend a hefty penny to ride, starting today!

A day pass cost $10 instead of $5.75, 3 day pass cost $20 instead of $14, weekly passes cost $28 instead of $23 and 1 month passes cost a whopping $100 instead of $86 that was originally priced. Blue line riders that are traveling from the O'Hare International Airport will have to pay the one-way fare price of $5 instead of the $2.25. The fare hike will generate about $65 million in revenue. Illinois is already raised prices at the Toll booths, parking meters, red light enforcer, license plate stickers, sales taxes to name a few.

It's getting too expensive to live here and not to mention the crime rate here is horrible. I'm waiting for my time to get out of Illinois, it's getting outrageous with the prices, high unemployment rate and the crime. It's not worth living here anymore.





Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/13/cta-pass-hike-begins-mond_n_2467619.html
http://gridchicago.com/2013/first-cta-fare-hike-in-four-years-begins-today/

Taft High School Shooting

A shooting took place at Taft Union High School in Taft, California at around 9am today. A 16 year old male student armed with a shotgun walked into class shot one student, fire at another and missed. The student that was shot is in critical but stable condition. This all took place in the science building on the other side of the campus. The interesting part about this story is that the gunman had a specific target or targets. A teacher and a staff member convince the gunman to put the gun down, he told the teacher he didn't want to shoot them but named the person he wanted to shoot.

As I suspected, the 16 year old gunman was bullied so maybe he snapped. Many people that know the gunman said he was teased a lot by many because of his stature, even the victim teased the gunman at one point. Nobody knows where he got the shotgun but it reminded me of what happened in my high school ages ago. A young man was being bullied a lot at my school, he was very quiet, smart and tended to himself. He used to walk home by himself everyday, I felt so bad for him. One day I heard the police searched his locker because someone overheard that he was going to shoot up the auditorium where the school dance was going to take place at.

Well unfortunately they found a shotgun in his locker, I don't know what happen after that or to the young man but it was so surreal. I couldn't believe that could happen in my school or anywhere else. I'm glad that no one was killed and the police got the gunman.



Sources:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Shooting-reported-at-high-school-in-Taft-Calif-4183357.php
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/01/taft-union-school-shooting-student.html

Happy Holidays

Today in the U.S. is Christmas so Merry Christmas to everyone and Happy Holidays. 2013 is going to be an eventful year, good and bad or indifferent. A lot has happen that past few months or so, the company I work for closed 23 campuses within 2 weeks and now they have to lay off 900 people by the new year... bummer  :( some unfortunately been laid-off and a lot of changes in my department will happen in January. I'm not looking forward to it because I don't know what's going to happen to me. In the past, I've worked at a company that was struggling because of the housing market, which is where their business thrived on. I was the last one to get hired and the first one to get fired, so I'm not too thrilled to hear the bad news before the holidays. I have faith and whatever happens, happen, it was meant to be.

On a better note, I started a little project that will grow into a bigger one later on, I will reveal much later in 2013. Some good movies will be coming out. I saw an official trailer of Man of Steel with Henry Cavill and I was in awe, I thought the first trailer was pretty awesome but this one was way BETTER. It looks like it will be better than the last Superman movie. Will Smith have a movie coming out called "After Earth" and that one looks good too. Will Smith son is in it too and he has to survive the much evolving earth. I think a new Mortal Kombat movie is coming out too but not sure. Brad Pitt has a movie called "World War Z" a zombie epidemic outbreak movie. I'm not so sure about this one yet. And more like; Iron Man, Captain America, prequel to 300?, wolverine and the list goes on.

A lot of people will be removed out of my life, meaning some people I don't talk to or shouldn't talk to will be removed out of my life. I need to surround myself with real people that have a positive outlook on life and want to do something with their lives. A lot of growth and changes will happen. All in all, 2013 will be my year!


Man of Steel Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4

After Earth Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIdBBROlUeM

World of War Z Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk

Connecticut Shooting

Another sad news today, hearing bad news about another shooting that took place this week. We already had the mall shooting in Oregon that took place like 3 days ago; right before the Christmas holiday. The Connecticut shooting took place today around 9:41 am at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. The shooter, Adam Lanza is 20 years old, he has a brother that is being questioned by the police and he is 24 years old; he had nothing to do with the shooting.

He murdered 20 children ages 5 to 10 years old and 6 adults teachers and staff bringing the toll to 26 not including the gunman that killed his own self. Many sources said the gunman shot his mother in the face at home, then went to the school, walked into a classroom where his mother was once a teacher and opened fire, I believe most in the same classroom. He proceeded to another classroom killing 6 adults and killing himself.

Supposedly the gunman wore a bulletproof vest and carried 4 guns into the school. Sources also said Adam Lanza had some issues with other kids growing up. It's clear that this guy is sick and evil to go into a elementary school and open fire let alone killing his own mother as well. If you are tired of your own life or depressed get help, don't go murdering innocent people because you are mentally ill. What gives you the right to take someone else life? and notice all shooters in the world have one thing in common? mental issues!

Instead of celebrating the holidays with your kids, family and friends now you have to plan a damn funeral. It's heartbreaking and my heart goes out to the victims and victim's families that are mourning this tragic day. I'm sick to my stomach and very sad to hear bad news that mentally ill people in this world can go and just kill innocent people like it's a sport. What's the purpose of that? those 20 children didn't have a chance to live their lives and become something great. My prayers and thoughts are with the friends and family of the victims and the ones that lost their lives in this heinous crime.

This is one of the WORST mass shootings in U.S. history.




Sources:
http://gma.yahoo.com/breaking-conn-school-district-locked-down-shooting-report-151955384--abc-news-topstories.html

http://gma.yahoo.com/connecticut-shooter-adam-lanza-obviously-not-well-182011729--abc-news-topstories.html

Colorado Shooting Update

As the days go by I learn more about what may happen at the movie theater and about the shooter that caused a massacre Good Morning America.

We all can say he has a mental problem because there is no way someone can just go into a place, in this case a movie theater and start shooting innocent people. James Holmes dropped out of a neuroscience program, he calls himself "The Joker", unemployed, has an arsenal of weapons and his apartment was rigged with explosive devices. Allegedly he was on medication before the theater rampage took place. Also I heard that a person that sat in the front row answered a text or took a phone call and walked out the exit door to answer or check it, which is strange to take a call out the exit door versus normally taking it into the hallway outside the auditorium. After minutes of that strange individual leaving out the exit door to check their phone, the shooter came in from the exit door shooting.

I found an article saying on June 7, 2012 he purchased a rifle after failing an oral exam that day. The therapist on the article was saying his already underlying mental illness was triggered by the stress from failing and that could cause a dormant schizophrenia, which I predicted anyway just by the actions he took. This loose canon can take it out on people because he was stressed? guess what? stress is a common thing in today's busy world, that doesn't mean to take it out on innocent people by killing and injuring people because you are stressed. PERIOD!!!

So does that means that every time he is stressed out or failed at something he buys more weapons? in my opinion it seems like he can't handle stress very well. Also the guns he was using in the theater required some expertise training and practice. In numerous sources said he was put in a separate cell by himself (solitary confinement) either because the inmates were plotting to kill James Holmes or because he is just a mental ill person with screws loose I'm not sure.

Like I said before I hope they give him life or the death penalty (execution). Those 12 people he killed didn't deserve to die and those 59 people that he injured didn't deserve to get injured.

Sources:

http://gma.yahoo.com/james-holmes-bought-rifle-failing-oral-exam-university-074214315--abc-news-topstories.html

Colorado Shooting

I was shocked to here what I heard on the radio this morning. Hearing and reading about it PISSED me off. Batman: The Dark Knight Rises movie came out Friday (today), so there was a midnight showing for it. It's one of the most anticipated movies of the summer, heck I would have probably seen it at midnight if I didn't have to work today. But I plan on going some time soon. There was a lot people that went to the midnight showing, unfortunately tragic happened. A freaking gunman came into the theater that is located in Aurora, Co and started shooting people.

Shooting 71 people, 10 bodies still in the theater and 12 are dead. What was the 24 year old James Holmes motive? I have no f_ing clue. I mean, there was no reason to go on a shooting spree on people in a freaking movie theater or anywhere, PERIOD!!! This tool was a graduate that withdrawn from a Neuroscience program at a university. Again this tool went into one of the sold out auditoriums dressed like a Call of Duty person and denonated smoke bombs and started shooting four rounds or something like that into the croud; taking place at 12:39am.

The douche bag shooter was arrested within minutes of the shooting, police found 3 guns; a rifle, shotgun and glock handgun. After getting arrested he told officers he was the '"The Joker" and also told police that his apartment was booby-trapped. His apartment had trip wires, bombs, flammable devices, and whatever else they will find. The thing that stuck out the most for me was, I heard a 3 month old was either killed or injured.

The number of casualties in the theater is the largest in U.S. history. I hope this evil jack ass get life in prison or the death penalty for what he did. He'll get a taste of his own medicine.

All of my prayers and thoughts are with the victim's family and friends that are coping with this tragedy.









Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/71-shot-colorado-movie-theater-shooting-suspect-arrested-181201285.html?_esi=1

http://gma.yahoo.com/colorado-batman-movie-shooting-suspect-phd-student-085940589--abc-news-topstories.html

Don't flick your cigarettes out the car

It was brought to my attention that it is illegal to flick cigarettes out of your car.

Again, I'm not a smoker so this doesn't apply to me but I know people who smoke that could use some info on this. Indiana State police will fine you up to $10, 000 if you flick a burning cigarette out of you car. This is precautionary to prevent fires and littering. The reasoning of this fine is supposedly someone threw a cigarette out their window and caused a field fire and on an interstate, since there was a drought in the past few weeks made the fire ignite much quicker.

A few years ago a friend of mine told me she was sitting on the passenger side of her car one day, she wasn't driving at the time and someone in the car in front of her flicked a burning cigarette out the window and it happened to bounce from the ground and into her lap, mind you her window was down at the time. I can't remember if she got a little burned or not but it can be dangerous especially if you are on the highway; driving 60 mph and flicking a cig can bounce pretty high up.

I just think that smokers need to be more considerate when it comes to smoking around children, the elderly and now throwing cigarettes out of windows. It's already bad enough to breathe that stuff anyway let alone hoping not to get hit with one in your own car. This fine should also take effect in Illinois too because people throw them out all the time. That's why the manufacturer build cars with ashtrays.

So smokers if you don't want to get slap with a $10, 000 fine in Indiana don't flick your cigs out your windows, it's not worth it.




Sources:
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Ind-enforces-10000-fine-for-throwing-cigarettes-out-window-162877956.html

Doomsday Virus

Today is the day that thousands of people's internet shut down due to a virus (malware).

The FBI advised everyone to check their computers for malware through a government website to see if they have it. If you have the malware virus on your computer then you'll have to contact your internet provider to get your computer cleaned up and running. The shutdown started at midnight, the hackers planted the virus to several thousands of servers last year.

The FBI found the hackers and pulled the plug thus whoever servers were affected by the hackers virus got disconnected as well. Some people were successful in fixing their computers through the FBI website and some didn't, either they ignored the warning or didn't trust the site. I told a few people to go check their computers and they didn't trust it.

I've check mines and it turned out fine, no virus or anything of that sort, thank goodness! so hopefully they can get this straighten out as soon as possible so thousands of people can get on the internet.

Sources:

http://www.examiner.com/article/malware-on-monday-internet-service-providers-brace-for-shutdown-calls

Bath Salts Ruled Out

Last month I blogged about the Miami face eater that ate a homeless man's face off and was killed by the police for the horrific attack. Well, the toxicology test came back a few days ago, the test showed that there was no bath salts in Rudy Eugene system but marijuana was found in him.

The toxicology laboratory also said that it doesn't rule out other drugs that the test can't detect. I'm not sure if the marijuana was laced with some other type of synthetic drug, I don't smoke so I have no idea. But I do hear that some marijuana get other ingredients mixed in, enhancing the potency? Again I don't know for sure but that's what I've heard. That's why I say no to drugs!  :)

On a lighter note! the homeless man is doing fine and is in recovering. More on the toxicology test findings, click here.



Sources:
www.huffingtonpost.com

Obama Health Care

The Supreme Court upholds Obamacare individual mandate.

President Obama wanted to pass this bill for healthcare because millions of people are without health insurance in the United States, what does this mean to us? we are required to get insurance or pay a tax penalty. Single adult could pay $95 a year or up to 1% of their income; a family could pay $285 a year or up to 1% of their income. Please Note!!! the price of the penalty goes up every year. This mandatory healthcare doesn't take effect until 2014.

I don't know if I'm on board with this only because I have a lot of questions of my own and I need a thorough explanation on how this is going to work. What if a person is out of work, how do they get insurance without a job? what about prescription plans? will it be priced the same as before or will that go up as well? and the same question for co-pay.

Not only we are forced, I mean required to have already pricy insurance but the lower-income families have to dish out more money to keep up with their insurance or to insure their entire family so they don't have to pay the penalty. It's already a struggle to pay for the gauging price of food, gasoline, sales taxes, clothes, education/loans and everything else. I don't have insurance right now and I hope this does not backfire on the United States. For more info on the healthcare bill, click here.

What are your thoughts on the Obama Health Care?

Illinois Cigarette Tax Increase

Illinois decided to pass a bill to add an additional $1 tax on the sale of cigarettes on Sunday.

I'm not a smoker nor do I want to start, I can't stand cigarettes or any sorts of smokes. Since cigarettes going to cost people an additional dollar, will that deter people from buying cigarettes? probably not due to the fact that it's hard to quit smoking and I don't think the price gauge will stop them from buying it either.

The original tax on cigarettes was $0.98 now it'll be $1.98, of course this angered a lot of smokers, they might have to travel long distances for cheaper smokes, who knows. But living in this fantastic city *sarcasm* I wouldn't be surprise if they increase taxes on toilet paper.

R.I.P. Rodney King

Rodney King was famous for the quote "Can we all get along?" after getting beaten by the Los Angeles police back in March of '91 sparking the nation's worst racial riots in history. Rodney King passed away Sunday June 17, 2012 on an apparent accidental drowning. His fiancee found him at the bottom of the pool. I think it might have been suicide because he was a great swimmer and often swim a lot. Others think his fiancee might have something to do with it... I doubt it!

The 47 year old dealt with the physical and emotional aches and pains since the beating resulting in alcoholism and repeated arrests over the years. But he seemed like he turned his life around, King decided to come out with a autobiography "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption" about his life and reliving the LA beating that took place. An autopsy is being performed to determine whether or not alcohol or drugs played a role in his death.

Zombie Apocalypse, Flesh Eating Disease, Cannibalism...WHAT???

Lately there has been an epidemic on the internet about this Zombie Apocalypse thing, having zombie kits/first aid kits just in case of an outbreak of zombies, you can read the article here. All of this came about when a 24 year old ended up with the flesh eating disease here. Also in Miami a 31 year old man name Eugene ate a homeless man's face off. Tearing the man's face off with his teeth up to 75 to 80% of his face chewed off.

There were reports saying that his nose, ear and eyeball was missing. I mean there are gruesome photos circling around the internet of the aftermath, it's pretty gross! Reports also suspect that Eugene might have been on 'bath salts' some potent form of LSD the day of the horrific attack. Nobody knows why this man attack this homeless man, nobody knows the motive. Police shot Eugene because he wouldn't stop attacking the man and the creepy part about this is the man stood up growling at the police like a crazy animal.

So they kept shooting him until he was dead; the homeless man's status is critical condition at a hospital in Miami. If this homeless man makes it through and live he will always be reminded of the horrific thing that happened to him. You can read the rest of the story here. Reading all of these articles scared the crap out of me. Feel free to comment, what's your thoughts.