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August 2008

Illinois Congressional Races

Daily Dolt: Mark Kirk

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Was he always this dumb?

KIRK: We have a fundamental choice. We need to get off oil, but for the time being we are still dependent on it. We can either buy 80 billion barrels of oil from the Iranians or from ourselves. And we should buy it from ourselves.

It’s hard to know where to start.  Iran produces about 4 million barrels a day.  It net exports about 2.5 million barrels a day. At that rate, it takes a while to get to 80 billion and Iran has reserves of 136 billion barrels so they wouldn’t be selling much of anything else.

Now, on top of that off shore drilling is expected to produce about 200,000 barrels a day more in many years.  ANWR’s median projection is 1 million barrels a day so even with opening the spigots on those two sources, we don’t even match Iran’s 2.5 million barrels a day.

Of course, oil is sold on a world market and currently we aren’t buying Iranian oil–at least directly so what the hell Kirk is talking about is unknown.

Minor criticism of Adam over at Progress Illinois–it’s not about Kirk owning up to it–he’s lying.  Or really, really stupid.  Take your pick.

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Hysterical Story of the Day

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Aldermen banned from city council’s office supply closet

Because the council uses about $100 worth of supplies per year, it’s easy to tell when things disappear, Davis said, and nothing has gone missing since the lock to the supply closet was recently changed. Previously, Davis, an office assistant, aldermen and security officers had keys to the closet that also worked to open the office door. Now, Davis said, just he and the assistant have access to the supply closet.

Without naming names, Ward 1 Ald. Frank Edwards suggested the prime suspect is an alderman.

Prime suspect? Jeesh…it’s less than $100.

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Kass’s Feelings Were Hurt

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Via Progress Illinois

Kass wasn’t happy to hear suggestions of non-white Legman

Prince alludes to an encounter in the newsroom the day before Quintanilla was fired but doesn’t name the columnist Quintanilla says he encountered — John Kass. Quintanilla heard that Kass had just hired another white legman so he e-mailed him to let him know there were minority reporters at the Tribune who could do the job too. Next thing he knew, Quintanilla tells me, “Kass is standing right on top of me. I can see all of the wrinkles in his shirt, kind of a tan shirt, he was that close to me. His shirt was practically touching me. He said, ‘You’re calling me a racist’ — something to that effect, I said, ‘No, I’m not.’ I said I admire his work. And he was screaming again, I had to hang up the phone and at that point I had to stand up. He was physically intimidating.” Quintanilla says Kass challenged him to step outside. Kass hasn’t gotten back to me with his side of the story.

Quintanilla says he couldn’t sleep that night. The next day he was fired and he couldn’t sleep that night either.

It’s hard to be a white man in America today.

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Jill Stanek Follies

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It’s always hysterical when Stanek gets some attention because then those of us who know her so well around Illinois get to bring out the crazy batshit stuff she spews on a regular basis.

She’s been making the rounds and is even being treated seriously by the New York Times–something local reporters have largely stopped doing because they learned.

Here are my archives of Stanek’s craziness followed by some of my favorites

She discussed how beating your wife was justified when she had an abortion:

That spontaneous slap was the reaction of a real man who a woman had just told she aborted his baby. Compare that to the modern day cowardly male response, “It’s your choice. Whatever you decide, I’ll support you.” Or worse, his threat to abandon her if she does not abort.

It was this fierce devotion to family that strangely endeared us to the Corleone men despite their otherwise heinous behavior.

There’s a rather odd discussion on Mr. Brooks that no one can make any sense of.

She works with Eric Scheidler and his father Joe Scheidler who is a violent anti-abortion activist who was convicted under RICO laws later overturned due to Constitutional issues.  Regardless, Scheidler has a strange coincidence of showing up at abortion protests that turn violent.

She claimed the Chinese eat babies and then when confronted with the point that such claims were debunked, held to the argument that Snopes debunking article was before the new claim so it had no value.

She said of John Fritchey:

Fritchey works toward his Teen Genocide Promotion award

And my favorite, she compared the Illinois Senate Majority Leader to a porn star because she had HPV.

Here, Here, Here, Here, Here

To this day she claims Terri Schiavo was aware

Her claims about Christ Hospital were never substantiated when Pro-Life Illinois AG Jim Ryan’s office investigated her ‘claim to fame.’

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Growing Up In Glenview

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About as interesting as growing up in Normal–only it doesn’t sound funny.

Other fine moments include a truly awful column on the Cubs extolling Murphy’s Bleachers.  WTF?  Maybe we can talk about Excalibur next.

Big credit for getting Dan Johnson-Weinberger and Alexander Russo, but so far, HuffPo Chicago sucks.

Really, stories about under $200,000 condos in Oak Park?  The best pancakes at a north side hip high end pastry shop, a guy saying how fucking cool his Sommelier, and a highlighted story on the Brown Line?  That’s Chicago? What’s next–a discussion of the how cool Treasure Island Foods?

Inspired by Austin Mayor

I wonder if they know there is an Austin in Chicago?  It’s the place you go through with your doors locked and windows rolled up to get to those under $200,000 condos in Oak Park!

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