Archive for April, 2009
Posted in April 28th, 2009
Goodbye Arlen! This is change we can believe in. Bush, in his infinite poor judgment, backed him against Pat Toomey back in 2004. Polls show Tommey beating Specter easily in a Republican primary in 2010. Like any self-serving rat- he jumped ship to save his useless political hide. Will help the amnesty/pro open border advocates […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
Pot legalization passes Senate Public Health Looks like George Soros has to be pleased with the progress of SB 1381 — legalizing pot for medical use in Illinois. SB 1381 passed the Senate Public Health Committee today with Amendment #5 on a 6 to 2 vote. Delgado (D)- yes Noland (D) – yes Schoenburg (D) – yes Sterns (D) […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
Toobin on Burris: During his long career in Illinois politics, Burris has encountered many of the state’s most influential figures, some of them principled risk-takers and some corrupt rogues. And it’s been clear that Burris belongs to neither category. He is a conventional politician, one guided far more by cautious self-interest than by ideological […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
Really, that’s who Schock wanted to get intereviewed by? Details? Even Weller wasn’t that dumb.
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
Really: Sneed has learned Chris Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy, may be this/close to entering the U.S. Senate sweepstakes from Illinois. • • To wit: “Right now, it’s an 85 percent chance Chris is going to do it,” a top Kennedy source tells Sneed. • • Poll ’em: Sneed is told Kennedy, who runs […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
Bill Daley’s Motto: And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. Rumors suggest he is coming up with a coherent recount strategy for Florida though!
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
To: Interested Parties From: Lake Research Partners Subject: The 2010 Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois Date: April 24, 2009 Findings from a recent survey of likely Democratic Primary voters in Illinois show a wide open race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Senator Roland Burris, with Congresswoman […]
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Posted in April 28th, 2009
The judge seemed surprised that Rod Blagojevich wasn’t taking the charges seriously the other day. From Eric’s column today: The most telling new detail comes from Bob Arya, Blagojevich’s senior adviser from 2006 to early 2008. Arya, who confirmed Brackett’s account in an interview Monday, said all major speeches needed the OK of a Washington […]
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Posted in April 22nd, 2009
Testing Twitter Feed
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
Sun-Times: “I don’t think this defendant in all honesty … fully understands the position he finds himself in,” said U.S. District Judge James Zagel. He never has, he never has.
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
There is some good in Chicago: Many Chicago streets are not designed for cyclists, said Sadowsky, and need engineering changes, such as more lighting, fewer parked cars and lane adjustments to reduce collisions. And particular intersections present safety issues, Sadowsky said. The one where Fabeck was killed has an overpass. Another problematic intersection with heavy […]
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
Not terribly surprising. . CHICAGO (CBS) ? District Judge James B. Zagel said NO to giving former Gov. Rod Blagojevich permission to travel to Costa Rica for TV show. Blagojevich appeared in court at 11 a.m. Tuesday, asking for permission to travel to Costa Rica to appear on the NBC reality program “I’m a Celebrity… […]
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
It’s so painful to read this garbage: Communist dictator Fidel Castro siezed power by force fifty years ago and never faced the voters in an honest election since. He now likes to pretend to be “retired” so that little brother Raul can call himself “El Presidente” de Cuba. Yet that didn’t stop Fidel from recently receiving a delegation […]
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Posted in April 21st, 2009
Stupid or lying—who knows at this point. Now we know what last Friday’s national public school “Day of Silence “ was really all about. It was to get us all prepared for intellectual duct tape over our mouths when it comes to certain topics. A Congressional vote is expected this week that would eventually silence any and […]
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