Musings on Economics

Count out four dimes

from the dime pack

representing the last

physical remnants of

the almighty dollar

you have this month. 

Spend it on mail to cheer

both a friend and service member

you’ve never met.

Be grateful for

the  government check

coming Thursday.  Pray that

the money order reimbursing

you for a misshipped order comes

before the van to take you

to too long awaited physical  therapy.

Know that while you’ll miss

a poetry reading tonight;

you’ll beg $5 or maybe $11(optimal goal)

to attend PT and maybe a writer’s social.

Calculate that earning $950 a month   

would mean an end to the perpetual cycle

of barrow/repay/borrow you seem to inhabit.

Earning $1150 would render

you monetarily independent.

Vow to reach at least one

within 365 days.

 

Mass Shooting #8

Authorities say a woman

was killed in an overnight shooting

 in Middleborough

and an armed man

spotted in the driveway of the home

was shot and injured by police.

Police responded

                        to the home just after midnight Friday

and found the woman’s husband

and another person performing CPR.

She appeared to be suffering

from a gunshot wound

to the chest.

Officers were told

                                                there was a man with a gun

outside.

Police

spotted the man with a long-barreled firearm

in the driveway.

 He was ordered

                        several times to drop the weapon

and pointed it at police,

prompting officers to open fire.

He was taken to a hospital

and is expected to survive.

No names were released,

but authorities say the man

was staying at the home where

the woman was shot.

Taking Back What He Took

Source Material:  http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/03/youth-labor-party-camp-reopens-in-norway-two-years-after-mass-shooting/

The youth wing of Norway’s Labour Party 
on Wednesday opened its first summer camp

since 2011,

the year of a massacre

 by Anders Behring Breivik

that left 69

people dead.

People began gathering Wednesday

 for the camp which did not take place in 2012

 but has this year attracted hundreds

m

o

r

e

attendees than in 2011.

In a show of defiance

 by the

youth movement,

around 800 young Norwegians had

signed up, 

compared with a total of 560

participants two years ago.

“The summer camp will be run as normal

to the greatest degree possible,”

AUF chairman Eskil Pedersen said.

“We’re proud to hold a summer camp once again,

and it’s an important step for us to take.”

The camp is not being held on the island of Utoeya this year

but at the nearby hamlet Gulsrud

on the banks of the same lake, as the facilities

where the attack took place are being

renovated.

“People are putting up their tents and…

enjoying themselves and looking forward

to getting started,”

Pedersen said.

To beef up security

, the organisers have been

“in close contact with the police”

 before the event

and officers will be present at the site.

The renovation of Utoeya

was postponed

after some of the survivors

                                                                                                            opposed plans

to tear down

some of the buildings.

Work will begin

at the end of next year

at the former site,

 according to Pedersen.

Breivik’s attack began in Oslo

 on July 22, 2011, where

a massive bomb

outside the main government building

killed eight,

before he travelled

to the island to carry out

a
shooting

spree.

Most of the victims were teenagers.

He claimed

the killings

were a protest

against multiculturalism.

In August 2012,
Breivik was sentenced to

Norway’s maximum sentence

of 21 years in prison,

which can be extended indefinitely

if he is deemed

to continue to pose

 a threat to society.

Mass Shooting #7

Source Material:  http://news.yahoo.com/8-shot-brooklyn-party-expected-recover-115014971.html

Police say

 four women and four men

 have been shot at a party in Brooklyn,

 but all are expected to recover from their injuries.

NYPD Sgt. Thomas Antonetti say

s the condition of a woman previously liste

d as critical has improved,

and she's now stable.

Police say someone

 began shooting at a house party

around 1 a.m. Sunday following a dispute.

 Antonetti says none of the victims

was struck more than once.

They were transported to three different hospitals.

Antonetti says the shooti

ng started after someone was either

asked to leave the party

 or never allowed to enter.

 He says it was unclear how many people fired shots.

Police say no arrests have been made and no suspects identified.

Opening statements are not evidence, more like a lawyers roadmap of case

Mass Shooting #6

Source Material: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4-shot-nc-law-firm-wal-mart-suspect-caught

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A man armed with a shotgun shot

one person outside a North Carolina law firm Friday

before darting across a busy street

 and wounding three others outside a Wal-Mart

 before officers subdued him, police said.

Officers confronted the man

 outside the store and caught up with him

 behind a nearby Toys "R" Us.

He fired at them

and they shot multiple rounds back,

wounding the gunman,

said Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden.

The suspect was expected to survive

 as well as the four others he's accused of shooting,

Aden said.

The gunman's first target

was seated in his car outside the Kellum Law Firm

on the city's south side, Aden said at a news conference.

The firm's main office in New Bern declined comment.

Kellum has nine personal injury offices in the eastern part of the state.

A photographer from CBS affiliate WNCT found

 the first victim down when he arrived

on the scene at the Kellum Law Firm.

The suspect crossed

five lanes of traffic

 after the Kellum shooting

 and injured the three others

before he was caught, Aden said.

 Police are still trying to determine the shooter's

identity and motive.

He is in police custody at a local hospital, Aden said

.

The victims are all

in operating rooms

at local hospitals, Aden said.

He didn't give specifics

 on their conditions

 or their names and ages.

The shooter was using

 a "pistol-grip shotgun"

with an unknown number of rounds, Aden said.

He had a bag filled with ammunition, Aden said.

"He had enough to really do some

significant damage,"

the chief said.

Aden said officers responded

within mere minutes

 of the shooting calls, WNCT reported.

He added that their training

in mass shootings,

"likely prevented a larger crime scene

with multiple, multiple victims."

Aden said police are still sifting

through video footage of the scene.

Greenville is about 85 miles east of Raleigh.