Archive for August, 2010
Posted in August 30th, 2010
Libertarian makes the ballot for the US Senate, Constitution Party knocked off: The Senate candidates are Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, Republican Mark Kirk, Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones and Libertarian candidate Mike Labno of Oak Brook. Removed from the ballot today were Randy Stufflebeam of the Constitution Party, frequent candidate Andy Martin and independent candidate Corey […]
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Posted in August 30th, 2010
John Hilkevitch has a very good column on high speed rail and the problem with upgrading tracks that freight will continue to share: Union Pacific agreed to allow 110 mph passenger trains on the tracks being rebuilt mostly with federal stimulus funds between Chicago and St. Louis only because it inherited the obligation when […]
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Posted in August 30th, 2010
Effing Brilliant [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6dH7uqK1t0[/youtube] Gen. JC Christian, patriot: Yeah, they don’t know how to take on armor. What you gotta do is get a CCI .22 stinger in your rifle and you shoot right straight down the barrel. What that does is it compresses the [spent] uranium in the round, and it causes a […]
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Posted in August 30th, 2010
God’s pissed about the Ground Zero Mosque*: The forecast track has been nudged to the west again, putting the storm perilously close to the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Thursday and moving less than 300 miles east of New York City on Friday, potentially as a Category 2 or 3 system. […]
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Posted in August 26th, 2010
Eric really identifies the problem with trying to figure out Rod Blagojevich. (Hint: It involves the Princess Bride) The Blagojevich Paradox. Even if it contradicts everything else about his personality, he always does exactly opposite of what he says! Except when he doesn’t.
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Posted in August 25th, 2010
Absolutely correct: The America I know lets other countries hate, lets others discriminate on the basis of religion. It knows how to distinguish between radicals and civilians who are just trying to live their lives and can be our friends if we do not go out of our way to insult them. America is […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Taken before the latest fiasco with his Chief of Staff. The only sort of good news: Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Illinois voters approve of the job Quinn is doing as governor. Sixty percent (60%), however, disapprove of his job performance. Brady is viewed Very Favorably by 19% of the state’s voters and Very […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Mark Kirk’s out there on it–how about the Quinn campaign get with the program and get a message on it…
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Laura Washington gives the Green Party an ego boost they don’t deserve: Alexi Giannoulias is loath to admit it, but LeAlan Jones could become his gnarliest nightmare. === Jones has no political or governmental record, paltry cash and scarce name recognition — plus a monstrous helping of chutzpah. He owns one unmistakable asset — he […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
LOL. Illinois Review is very upset with Mark Kirk: Despite the base of the Republican Party and the Party’s platform itself being staunchly prolife, Congressman Mark Kirk, also the IL GOP’s nominee for U.S. Senate, continues to hold firm on his commitment to despicable and up-until-now non-productive human embryo experimentation. This response sent out by Kirk campaign to the […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Rich points out a fantastic column by Phil Kadner and that he agrees with every word. I’ll excerpt a slight different portion though: I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating: Almost everyone close to Blagojevich in his administration has gone to prison or will in the near future. The former governor is a […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Drunk Beaver found with stolen Ram from gay sheep project
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Joe Berrios! Fox News Chicago and the Better Government Association team up on an investigation of Joe Berrios and his county employees golfing with property tax lawyers instead of finishing their appeal work. Those delayed tax bills cost our schools and local governments more when they have to borrow money to meet operating costs.
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Kent Redfield is spot on here: Kent Redfield,an emeritus professor at the University of Illinois Springfield and director of the Sunshine Project, a nonprofit campaign contribution database connected to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, said it would be more useful to Brady’s campaign to frame it as an issue with Quinn’s managerial skills than […]
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Posted in August 24th, 2010
Without pointing out so much that he’s just that The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Parent Company Trap www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party What’s fascinating about this is the total rubes following Fox around buying this BS. It’s pretty obvious Roger Ailes […]
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