Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 31 July 2019

The selection from the log of local police activity this week is actually two items from the log.

July 22
A convenience store employee reported that a man wearing a Cookie Monster shirt came into the location in the middle of the night, opened and ate half of a package of cookies, and then left the location without paying. The alleged cookie monster was gone on police arrival.
July 23
The alleged cookie monster came into the FGPD to confess that he had indeed taken a cookie from the convenience store, and that the incident was a misunderstanding. This entry was brought to you by the letters C and T, and the number 3, as in Citation for Theft 3.

I'm grateful I live in a city with a sufficiently low enough level of crime for this to make the police log, as well as that the department has enough of a sense of humor to report it in this manner. I'm also grateful that the perpetrator felt remorse to the point of confessing, and bearing the consequences.

Quote of the Day: 31 July 2019

“Many of the most frequent fallacies in economic reasoning come from the propensity, especially marked today, to think in terms of an abstraction—the collectivity, the ‘nation’—and to forget or ignore the individuals who make it up and give it meaning.” -Henry Hazlitt

Quote of the Day: 30 July 2019

“No axiom is more clearly established in law, or in reason, than that wherever the end is required, the means are authorized; wherever a general power to do a thing is given, every particular power necessary for doing it, is included.” -James Madison, The Federalist No. 44

Quote of the Day: 29 July 2019

“Tigers will do *anything* for a tuna fish sandwich!” -Calvin
[Happy Tiger Day.]

Quote of the Day: 28 July 2019

“We are not born into this world with fixed habits. Neither do we inherit a noble character. Instead, as children of God, we are given the privilege and opportunity of choosing which way of life we will follow—which habits we will form.” -Delbert L. Stapley

Quote of the Day: 27 July 2019

“Sometimes, a truce can create dangers that outweigh any peace.” -Charles Duhigg

Quote of the Day: 26 July 2019

“Most rich people become wealthy and stay that way because they are frugal and are investment, not consumption, oriented.” -Thomas J. Stanley

Quote of the Day: 25 July 2019

“They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.” -Eeyore

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 24 July 2019

The selection from the log of local police activity this week is about watching the watchers.

July 14
A man called the FGPD to advise he had heard an FGPD detective disregard a call over the police scanner that suggested negligence on part of the officer. After providing an incomplete recap, it was suggested to the man that he might not have the full story on which to base his accusations.

So, someone is paying attention. Whether or not he knows what he's doing or observing is a different question. But someone is watching.

Quote of the Day: 24 July 2019

“[I]ntuitions (including emotional responses) are a kind of cognition. They’re just not a kind of reasoning.” -Jonathan Haidt

Quote of the Day: 23 July 2019

“[T]he only unfailing and permanent source of improvement is liberty, since by it there are as many possible independent centres of improvement as there are individuals.” -John Stuart Mill

Quote of the Day: 22 July 2019

“The best you can do is always good.” -Terry Crews

Quote of the Day: 21 July 2019

“The Lord continues to guide and direct all of his children on earth if they will but heed his voice.” -L. Tom Perry

Quote of the Day: 20 July 2019

“Although advocates of the ‘overpopulation’ theory argue that rising population threatens to create more poverty, virtually no one seems able to provide examples of countries that had a higher standard of living when their population was half of what it is today.” -Thomas Sowell

Quote of the Day: 19 July 2019

“[A]n Assassin without style, everyone agreed, was just a highly paid arrogant thug.” -Terry Pratchett

Quote of the Day: 18 July 2019

“Though we may sometimes be forced to choose between different evils, they remain evils.” -F. A. Hayek

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 17 July 2019

The selection from the log of local police activity shows that sometimes slightly more serious matters happen here.

July 10
A caller reported finding the words “I will kill you” written in an unknown substance on the outside wall of her apartment. It was determined to be berry juice and washed off by management.

 So, this could be quite serious, or it could be merely a nuisance. But that's why for a thing like this I would involve the police. They are equipped to perform the investigation where I am not.

Quote of the Day: 17 July 2019

“Your love outlives you—literally—and moves on through your children.” -Gavin de Becker

Quote of the Day: 16 July 2019

“As long as I never encounter a disaster situation, I can keep believing I’m a hero indefinitely.” -Allie Brosh

Quote of the Day: 15 July 2019

“[S]imply because an evil was inescapable was no reason to term it ‘good.’” -Jubal Harshaw, Stranger in a Strange Land

Quote of the Day: 14 July 2019

“The ultimate accountability, including the final cleansing effect of repentance, is between each of us and God.” -Dallin H. Oaks

Quote of the Day: 13 July 2019

“It is always much easier to call other people names than to engage in hard intellectual analysis.” -Milton Friedman

Quote of the Day: 12 July 2019

“[I]t’s competence that makes people as safe as they can truly be.” -Jordan Peterson

Tragicomedy If Ever I Saw It

I follow a few webcomics. One of those is Full Frontal Nerdity by Aaron Williams and another is Use Sword On Monster. Because of this I go to his landing page rather than the pages for the individual comics to see if there is a new installment of either. The author has been travelling through the Western US, and posted about some of the travails of travel. I happened to read it, I feel it deserves a larger audience. So, go read the whole thing.

Quote of the Day: 11 July 2019

“There is nothing a man, particularly an outdoorsman, enjoys talking about more than his scars. Every scar has a story behind it.” -Patrick F. McManus

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 10 July 2019

This week's selection from the log of local police activity involves America's Most Wanted.

July 1
A caller reported that they were suffering from an injury they believed was caused indirectly by police, further adding that John Walsh, from America’s Most Wanted, was very displeased with the situation. The caller hung up on dispatch and wouldn’t answer their phone when officers attempted contact.

 Welcome the the oddity of the small city that is Forest Grove. There's not much else to say about this. I just happen to live in a place that's large enough that stuff like this happens, and small enough that usually nothing more important happens.

Quote of the Day: 10 July 2019

“It's not altruism if you have someone else cover the cost.” -@stonetoss

Quote of the Day: 9 July 2019

“[A] fact is never safe in the face of compassionate outrage.” -Greg Gutfeld

Quote of the Day: 8 July 2019

“[L]et us not be too arrogant about the virtues that we cannot help having.” -G. K. Chesterton

Quote of the Day: 7 July 2019

“[A]s you turn to Him with real intent and full purpose of heart, He will deliver you from everything that threatens to diminish or destroy your life or joy.” -Kyle S. McKay

Quote of the Day: 6 July 2019

“You seldom improve much without giving the task your full attention.” -Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool

Quote of the Day: 5 July 2019

“[I]n consequence of this absence of rule or principle, one side is at present as often wrong as the other; the interference of government is, with about equal frequency, improperly invoked and improperly condemned.” -John Stuart Mill

Quote of the Day: 4 July 2019

“Without the resolution of the people of the Colonies to resort to arms, and without the guiding military genius of Washington, the Declaration of Independence would be naught in history but the vision of doctrinaires, a mockery of sounding brass and tinkling cymbal.” -Calvin Coolidge
[Happy Independence Day!]

Forest Grove Police Log excerpt, 3 July 2019

This week's selection from the log of local police activity is about a pet that escaped containment.

June 24
A caller reported that “Jennifer,” his 5’2” albino California King-snake, escaped overnight, further advising that she was very friendly, loved to give kisses, and was, don’t worry, non-venomous. Jennifer was eventually located and reunited with her grateful owner.

Jennifer seems like an odd choice of name for a snake to me. But what do I know. I'm having a hard time finding a good name for our child that will be born sometime in late November or early December.

Quote of the Day: 3 July 2019

“The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpations, but by the actions of the individual. The strongest city, the largest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals.” -Jim Butcher

Quote of the Day: 2 July 2019

“What anyone might prefer to believe at a given place or time has nothing to do with what the hard facts are.” -Thomas Sowell

Quote of the Day: 1 July 2019

“Following our intuitions is more natural, and somehow more pleasant, than acting against them.” -Daniel Kahneman