As Mike pointed out in a comment a couple of posts ago, it seems that finally, despite the Edmonton Police Service's attempts to make sure absolutely no headway was made regarding the problem of dead women being found in the outskirts of Sherwood Park with chilling regularity, the RCMP stepped in last week and announced that a
serial killer is preying on the sex workers of Edmonton.
The news was met with a resounding "well, no fucking shit" from the public at large here in Edmonton, seeing as the bodies of 12 hookers have been found dumped and occasionally burned in the pretty much the exact same area of town over the last 17 years--and, well, no fucking shit, indeed. It's amazing that the EPS was so unwilling to come to this conclusion and actually start treating the murders as being perpetrated by a repeat offender--or hell, it's amazing that they were able to get away for so long with not caring so openly about the murders at all. Were there ever any measures taken to try and protect the people being preyed upon? Did the EPS set up any surveillance in Edmonton's easily identifiable sex trade districts, looking for any unusual activity? If they did, they sure as fuck didn't tell anyone about it, and it sure as fuck hasn't had any affect.
But I suppose the EPS is pretty busy with other things these days--like
intimidating crash witnesses, for example. Or launching yet another internal inquiry into why they seem to be so
completely retarded.
On other notes, everyone wish a happy 30th birthday to Mr. Dave Alexander! Seriously. Right now. Do it or I'll kill him. Then you'll be sorry.
And to Mikey: rest assured that come October this space will be practically drowning in my complaints about the Oilers and their tragic inability to put together a cohesive team. And indeed some comics will be in order, so we should figure out how to do that. But until then, here's
yet another instance of our blog's title out there on the interthing, this one in a riveting conversation as to whether jbrules's sister's cat is too fat.
And pictures coming soon, we promise.
