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2026-08-25 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Two week electricity blackout sees power crews SHOT AT in notoriously-scary Midwest city where Michael Jackson was born

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-25 00:27|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [378 views ] Top

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Now maybe, the Democrat Northerners understand what the Western NC residents went through with Biden's FEMA arresting residents making their own basic living repairs. But even with the Biden FEMA Politically based BS, I don't seem to remember Bubba popping out a few rounds.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-08-25 05:55|| 2026-08-25 05:55|| Front Page Top

2 At least they had some sort of escort, not that it deterred anything.

Gary is, and has been, a sh*thole for as long as I can remember.

My dad told me that, even when it was supposedly somewhat prosperous, he would still avoid traveling through there.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-08-25 06:17|| 2026-08-25 06:17|| Front Page Top

3 Hire armed vets and give them a very lenient ROF.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-08-25 09:14|| 2026-08-25 09:14|| Front Page Top

4 ROE... need coffee

Posted by DarthVader 2026-08-25 09:14|| 2026-08-25 09:14|| Front Page Top

5 Are there any "minority" majority areas that are not dangerous for the rest of us?

Posted by mossomo 2026-08-25 12:30|| 2026-08-25 12:30|| Front Page Top

6 Gary is just an extension of Chicago; ergo, sh!thole.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-08-25 12:40|| 2026-08-25 12:40|| Front Page Top

7 #5 Those indigenous reservations where 'games of chance' fuel income :)

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-08-25 16:03|| 2026-08-25 16:03|| Front Page Top

8 Shooting at the repair crews, eh? Brings to mind the Rantburg graphic of Amazonian tribesmen shooting arrows at a helicopter.