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2015-10-17 -Lurid Crime Tales-

75 year old Morton, IL CAT retiree and vet saves children from attacker

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-10-17 03:21|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Another case of mental illness. Knife control! Now!

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-10-17 10:09|| 2015-10-17 10:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Never bring a mere knife to a chess match!

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-10-17 10:52|| 2015-10-17 10:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Here at the Burg we try to keep our commentary witty and intellectual.

Mr. Vernon is a hero, of course. He probably never knew he was until it was called for. ("Army vet" can include unheroic jobs like finance clerk or veterinary specialist. Not everybody is combat arms or combat support.) I do admire him.

19-year-old Brown's life "sucked." My witty and intellectual commentary on him doesn't get any further than "stupid asshole."

Posted by Fred 2015-10-17 11:01|| 2015-10-17 11:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Sorry, P2K. Knives are no match for an armed gestappo, so we will not get the knife control that we obviously desperately need.

Posted by gorb 2015-10-17 11:38|| 2015-10-17 11:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Fred - I absolutely echo your comments.

It is not the "size of the dog in the fight" - it is the "size of the fight in the dog" that matters - even if the hero dog is long in the tooth.

Mr. James Vernon - I salute you - and I will drink to your health tomorrow - in my hometown of Bangkok, Thailand,

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-10-17 13:27|| 2015-10-17 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Tell me Gran Torino is just fiction.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-10-17 16:52|| 2015-10-17 16:52|| Front Page Top

#7 You'd like to think anybody would have done it--except pajamaboi--but having signed the check made out to the USA for any amount up to and including my life seems to have a lasting effect.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2015-10-17 22:30|| 2015-10-17 22:30|| Front Page Top

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