Stay off the pipe!

... and do something about sucking on those nicotine sticks!

* It is being called the worst fire season of the decade *

This is when it gets disheartening to see workers with cigarettes hanging from their mouth.  Why can't they wait to take a break?  Hiring cheap labor isn't always the best answer, but that is how some of the old Santa Barbara privileged like to roll. Old families like tradition and they've made hiring under the table to escape labor costs a way of life.  They do it year after year and it works for them.  They don't seem to mind if they depend on henchmen to keep the crews in line, some sick stories are told in the hills of beautiful Santa Barbara.  Everyone else is not as happy with that arrangement, most of all during fire season.   Sure methheads need work too, but can't you find a foreman that can stay off the pipe?

It hasn't been that long since evacuating a large part of town was reality.  Yes, it could be worse if a fire sweeps down into our little tinder box of a town, no one is that safe.  And here we sit at the mercy of faulty equipment, wealthy cheapskates full of pride with how they play their slave labor games.

Red flag fire warning issued; 

lightning, gusty winds possible

Southern California fire danger to rise Wednesday

Memories are short.

    2009 Cody Duncan:  Here’s a few more pics of the Jesusita fire

 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- Firefighters struggled Friday to get ahead of a raging wildfire that has moved dangerously close to heavily populated areas around this idyllic coastal city and forced the evacuation of an roughly 30,000 people.


Larry Williamson saved his Mountain Drive home from the Tea Fire. He was unable to save his Electric Truck.

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The Bad Girls of New Castle

Child mugshots of the 1800s were like a depressing episode of The Little Rascals

During the Victorian era, kids as young as eleven received adult sentences for minor crimes. Here's an assortment of children's mugshots taken in Newcastle, England during the early 1870s.

 from the Tyne & Wear Archives and Museums'
Life in Newcastle in the 1800's

Ann Burns 18 convicted of stealing a waistcoat sentenced to 1 month

Jane Farrell, 12, convicted of stealing 2 boots, sentenced to do 10 hard days labour












Mary Catherine Docherty 14 convicted of stealing iron sentenced to 7 days hard labour

Isabella Smith 60 convicted of stealing poultry sentenced to 6 weeks

"Pep, The Cat-Murdering Dog" was a black Labrador Retriever admitted to Eastern State Penitentiary on August 12, 1924. Prison folklore tells us that Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot used his executive powers to sentence Pep to Life Without Parole for killing his wife's cherished cat. Prison records support this story: Pep's inmate number (C-2559) is skipped in prison intake logs and inmate records.





1871-1873

Victorian morality and Women in the Victorian era

Beginning in the late 1840s, major news organizations, clergymen and single women became increasingly concerned about prostitution, which came to be known as "The Great Social Evil." Although estimates of the number of prostitutes in London by the 1850s vary widely (in his landmark study, Prostitution, William Acton reported that the police estimated there were 8,600 in London alone in 1857), it is enough to say that the number of women working the streets became increasingly difficult to ignore. When the United Kingdom Census 1851socio-economic one. The 1851 census showed that the population of Great Britain was roughly 18 million; this meant that roughly 750,000 women would remain unmarried simply because there were not enough men. These women came to be referred to as "superfluous women" or "redundant women," and many essays were published discussing what, precisely, ought to be done with them.


2012: Not all of the bad, bad lawless fiends of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties have received their appropriate scold or just deserves.  Stay alert and a vigilant citizen.  Meth Heads and chronic frauds are still out there. 

There are more "axles to grind."  A well concealed thriving criminal element with connections to the DMV can produce or alter paperwork that is very convincing.  
August 14, 2012  Auto Theft case  By Roger the scanner guy

Been fighting extradition from Mexico since 2007

'Queen of the Pacific' 

Mexican officials extradited the suspected drug trafficker known as the 'Queen of the Pacific' to the United States on Thursday.

Sandra Avila Beltran was handed over at the Toluca airport outside Mexico City to U.S. Marshals who took her to Miami to face federal cocaine-trafficking charges, the attorney general's office said.

She told the cops she was just an innocent housewife

 who dabbled a little in the rental market.

  

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Imagine this: You're out drinking when the bartender lets you know it's last call. But you're not quite ready to go home yet – in fact, you'd actually like a few more drinks. 
Illegal little houses: The dangerous underground club scene of South LA

33 arrested in Anaheim gang crackdown ~ More than 250 law enforcement officers target the Eastside Anaheim gang at 54 locations in Orange County and elsewhere.
A year-long investigation into one of Anaheim's most entrenched street gangs has resulted in 33 arrests and the seizure of dozens of guns, a crackdown that comes on
 the heels of weeks of street protests triggered by the fatal police shootings of two men. LATimes August 11, 2012

Southland body armor business is going ballistic
With strong international sales bolstering steady U.S. law enforcement demand, Cerritos body armor makers Stephen and Jana Armellino 
strive to maintain innovations in design and materials.

 Nationwide Drug Bust Includes SJC, LN

A Continuously Updated Global Display Of Major Drug Interdictions

Raging Panga!

July 28, 2012  Thirteen people were arrested early Thursday morning after U.S. Border Patrol and other authorities intercepted a Mexican panga-style boat carrying more than 6,600 pounds of marijuana along the Santa Barbara County coast.

About 1 a.m., border patrol agents observed the boat just off the shore of Las Flores Beach near Gaviota, according to the San Diego sector of U.S. Border Patrol.

Agents responded to the area and allegedly found the 27-foot boat with three outboard motors, which had come ashore.

A total of 300 bales of marijuana, totaling 6,620 pounds, were allegedly found on board, according to officials.  Read more:  COUNTY IN BRIEF    

 "Santa Barbara's Panga problem isn't going away anytime soon."  

Panga boats are commonly used to smuggle illegal drugs and people

KEYT PANGA NEWS (video) July 26, 2012

COAST GUARD NEWS

Mysterious Panga Boats Washing Ashore in Santa Barbara County
February 14, 2012

Man tied to drug smuggling panga sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison

A Panga in Trouble Could Be Trouble

Ongoing Maritime Invasion Leads To More Drug Busts

Pangas and Isthmuses

"Pangas-r'us" by John Thomas

 BREAKING BAD

BREAKING BAD

With 2.9 million viewers, ratings are up 14% over the Season 4 premiere. 
Episode 501: Breaking Bad Season 5, Episode 1...  Watch episode 501,
“Live Free or Die” in its entirety for free on AMCtv.com: Walt faces the aftermath of the blast.

"Breaking Bad" may be the best argument against drug dealing TV has ever made.

BREAKING BAD FACEBOOK

Bleak, Brutal, Brilliant 'Breaking Bad': Inside the Smash Hit That Almost Never Got Made

Breaking Bad Wiki is a collaborative website built by fans about the "best show on television," Breaking Bad. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so anyone can help create this site.

REVIEWS

NEWSDAY Remains a marvel

METACRITIC Breaking Bad: Season 5
Chicago Sun-Times ~ People Weekly ~ Entertainment Weekly ~ Salon ~ Boston Herald et al

The Bottom Line:  Fresh from his season four "victory" over Gus Fring, Walter White is now in charge. And he's loving it. Jesse is back, Mike is sort of back, wife Skyler's early fears may be masking what she really feels inside and series creator Vince Gilligan appears to have done it again. It's not a matter of wondering if Breaking Bad will be great, but where in the pantheon it will ultimately reside.  THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

AMC will live stream 'Breaking Bad' season premiere for Dish subscribers

RICH MAN, POOR MAN SANTA BARBARA METHAMPHETAMINE

BAD, BAD GIRLS

Bad Girl: convict and escapee extraordinaire ~ 1786

“I was 17 from a fishin’ family, a family that was starving.  I was always a bit wild.  I should have listened to my father.  I should have listened to my mother.  But I didn’t.”

Mary Bryant, convict, was baptized on 1 May 1765 at Fowey, Cornwall, England, the daughter of a mariner named Broad, whose family was 'eminent for sheep stealing'. On 20 May 1786 at the Exeter Assizes she, referred to as Mary Braund, was charged with assault and robbery, convicted and sentenced to death. Her sentence was commuted to transportation for seven years, and she was taken from Exeter jail to the hulk Dunkirk off Plymouth, where she remained until transhipped to the transport Charlotte in the First Fleet for Botany Bay.

This original bad girl, Mary, turned her life around like no other.  In 2005 a miniseries from Oz, The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant,  brought to life an amazing story as well the wit and endurance of one of histories most fascinating heroines and media sensations.  

 Australian Maritime History

After a voyage of sixty-six days, Mary, her children and the eight men reached Kupang, in West Timor on the island of Timor, a journey of 5,000 kilometres (appx 3000 miles)   . This extraordinary voyage became part of seafaring history, and has often been compared with William Bligh's similar epic journey in an open boat of only two years earlier, after the mutiny on the Bounty. Bligh's voyage had also ended in Timor. The trip involved navigating the then uncharted Great Barrier Reef and the Torres Straits.

V i d e o:  The Incredible Journey of Will & Mary Bryant, Song: When You Believe by Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey

Historical Romance

Season 1 Episode 1 Part 1
 It's been a while since we've had a big miniseries focusing on Australia's colonial times and the remarkable story of Mary Bryant - convict and escapee extraordinaire - is perfect TV fodder. Another plus is having the stunning young English actress Romola Garai in the title role, and a support cast that includes Sam Neill and Garry McDonald. 

WIKI ~  MARY BRYANT

WIKI ~  WILLIAM BRYANT

WIKI ~  THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF MARY BRYANT  

Bad Girls: NarcoModelo and Mobster's elderly lover

Bad. bad girls

Sheriff's Narcotics Detectives Arrest Six in Drug Bust bad, bad boys ~ William Paxson ~ William Konrad ~ Jerry Boeff ~ Paul Woellert ...

Bad Girls: NarcoModelo and Mobster's elderly lover

Angie Sanselmente Valencia trained other models to move “beeks” (cocaine) across various borders.

"I am thinking facebook or twitter posts would be a bad idea for a wanted drug dealer!"
March 26, 2010 Angie Sanclemente Valencia: Wanted Drug Dealer Posts on Facebook!

Las fotos de Angie Sanclemente en Facebook

WIKI ~ Angie Sanclemente Valencia

INTERNATIONAL 'Narco Queen' busted

Angie Sanclemente Valencia – Fotos – video

Thursday 3 November 2011 Colombian beauty queen jailed for role in drug smuggling racket

Angie Sanclemente Valencia, nicknamed narcomodelo, sentenced to six years and eight months in prison in Argentina

Angie is possibly the sexiest real criminal in the history of mankind. 

Lindsey Lohan eat your heart out.

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How the War on Drugs Hurts Women:  The report argues that the US-backed military and police in Honduras, Mexico, and Guatemala, which are ostensibly being funded to fight drug cartels, are actually part of the problem, “committing abuses and stirring up more violence.
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CATHERINE GREIG

WIKI ~ Catherine Greig

June 20, 2011  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking to elderly women to help them locate one of the country’s most wanted criminals.  The agency announced yesterday that new pleas for information in its search for 81-year-old James “Whitey” Bulger will focus on his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig.
Apprehended on June 22, 2011 - After 16 years on the run from law enforcement, Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger, was arrested in Santa Monica with his longtime companion, Catherine Greig, 60, who fled Massachusetts with the gangster in late 1994.

August 11, 2011 Crime boss "Whitey" Bulger's girlfriend indicted 

4-19-12  Greig’s sister (Margaret McCusker) wants US lien on home lifted
May 22, 2012 Judge lets Greig’s sister access frozen account to pay bills
JUN 11, 2012 Whitey Bulger’s girlfriend faces sentencing

Whitey Bulger’s Women: Inside the Terror and Glamour of His Ex-Girlfriends

Jun 12, 2012 Judge indicates that longtime girlfriend of Boston mobster Bulger will get longer prison term.  Judge mulls long sentence for Mass mobster's lover.

Catherine Greig called ‘cold-hearted criminal’ by Timothy Connors, whose father was murdered 37 years ago today.  “You are as much a criminal as Whitey, and you ought to be handled as such,’’ Connors said to Greig at her sentencing hearing in US District Court. “You are a cold-hearted criminal.”

Catherine Greig was sentenced to eight years in prison, and was admonished by the judge for her loyalty and support of wanted mobster James 'Whitey' Bulger. Catherine Greig posed as Bulger's wife, picked up his medicine, and helped him while he evaded the FBI for 16 years.
June 21, 2012 1 year after mobster’s capture, few changes for some of alleged victims’ families

JULY 01, 2012 Greig’s role in Bulger’s flight merits no romanticism

Bad. bad girls

Sheriff's Narcotics Detectives Arrest Six in Drug Bust 

bad, bad boys ~ 

William Paxson ~ William Konrad ~ Jerry Boeff ~ Paul Woellert ...