Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
With all of the problems the Chicago Public Schools face, you might think I’d find this little tussle just a silly sideshow: After the initial sit-in last year, CPS agreed to the parents’ demand for a library and agreed to spare a nearby field house from demolition. However, the district said, the library would […]
Census: Number of black children living in 25 biggest US cities drops by half-million Last year’s census found that the number of black, non-Hispanic children living in New York City had fallen by 22.4 percent in 10 years. In raw numbers, that meant 127,058 fewer black kids living in the city of Jay Z […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1-7io3OBoDQ[/youtube] It’s not calling the President a dick that’s a problem. It’s a problem that the entire analysis of the press conference yesterday by the President was dickish because he pushed back at the bullshit Republicans have been pushing during the stand off over the federal debt limit. Dicks like Boehner, Cantor, and The […]
At least we know this streak in Governors going to prison is going to end at 2.
There was a gadfly juror last time that stopped a number of counts. This was always a solid case overall and it shows today. Judy Baar Topinka’s release: CHICAGO – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka released the following statement Monday in response to a jury finding former Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of 17 […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PsLfL9vMaUY[/youtube] Washington Times Mrs. Bachmann grew up in Waterloo, and used the town as the backdrop for her campaign announcement, where she told Fox News: “Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That’s the kind of spirit that I have, too.” (Someone has already posted the […]
Including all of the charges on the Senate shakedown. Guilty on race track and hospital verdicts No decision–Ari Emanuel and the school and one on the tollway. One not guilty on the tollway charge. Justice is sometimes slow, but it usually comes along. He will receive a long sentence most likely and will likely not […]
While I don’t assume anything at this point, that can’t be a good thing for Rod.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3cvAjIdEy0[/youtube] Not quite as good as this one from last cycle though: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDwwAaVmnf4[/youtube]
Via Rich as well In some cases, the freshmen are being pitted against each other, creating political enemies among rookies who should be spending their first term bonding with fellow home-state newbies. For example, in Illinois, Republican Joe Walsh may have to run against freshman Randy Hultgren, meaning one of them will end his career […]
Rich runs down the efforts by people running for Congress with new entrants. One of the more interesting races puts Tammy Duckworth against Raja Krishnamoorthi. Raja ran a decent campaign for comptroller and probably was better off by losing in the primary. He also has the requisite name that is damn near impossible to spell […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ3B8WvVjL4[/youtube] Or not. Jeebus.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XiAxgdAcsU[/youtube] He might get to be judge–calling Mike Bilandic. But more to the point, he has the same game for anytime he’s called on his bullshit. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufm8fhLjAlM[/youtube] I’m not big on caring about using state helicopters or planes for a variety of reasons so I don’t care that he took the helicopter so […]
When the same schtick could have been on air and paying Murdoch for time: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIb4Ho24Jg[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM0DjOC74zI[/youtube]
Glenn Greenwald has an excellent post about the stupidity and incredible hypocrisy going on over Weiner. What makes the Anthony Weiner story somewhat unique and thus worth discussing for a moment is that, as Hendrik Hertzberg points out, the pretense of substantive relevance (which, lame though it was in prior scandals, was at least maintained) has […]