Fix Wilson Yard Shelves Lawsuit … But Keeps the Door Open
By LORRAINE SWANSON, Editor
Blaming limited financial resources, Fix Wilson Yard withdrew its lawsuit against the City of Chicago and a private developer on Thursday, putting further litigation on hold for one year.
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For those fallen in Fort Hood and all over the world. We must never forget that it is the soldier that gives us our freedom.
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An 86-year-old man went to his doctor for his annual check-up…
The doctor asked him how he was feeling, and the 86-year-old said, “Things are great and I’ve never felt better. I now have a 20-year-old bride who is pregnant with my child! So what do you think [...]
1. If you are choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat. Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.
2. Avoid cutting yourself slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting [...]
I really do hate Hootie, but they do a good cover of Led Zeppelin
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A reader writes: "Letting you know that the streetlights have been out around the intersection of Hazel and Windsor all night. If more people can call 311 for this, it would be great (I was told by the operator that the fixing of streetlights will take" [...]
South Park on Scientology.
Enjoy the video. This is what Scientologists really believe.
I know some may consider this harsh coming from Turning Left. However, it all seems to be true.
This is what Scientologists really believe.
I have yet to hear differently.
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Although many view Michigan's Upper Peninsula as paradise, there is even a town on the U.P. named Paradise, but that doesn't guarantee an easy living up north.
That's tomorrow at the St. James Lutheran Church @ 8000 S. Michigan Ave between 12 Noon -1:30 PM. Here's the flyer embedded below!
Earlier this week, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the Wal-Mart Foundation kicked off a $32 million holiday giving initiative. 
Am listening to the Illinois GOP candidates for governor debate on WLS radio--and looking at these recipes. The Pioneer Woman Cooks! (Maybe tomorrow:) [...]
Some clarification today from the ACLU:
Dear ACLU Supporter,
Acts of courage on civil liberties should be rewarded. In 2001, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. courageously voted against the Patriot Act—a significant political risk at a time when few others dared to stand up for constitutional rights.
In an email yesterday, through a [...]
WASHINGTON--You betcha, she's coming. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin--on book tour to promote her memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life" will headline the Gridiron Club winter dinner here--along with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.).
Palin, the outspoken 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, will be the Republican speaker at the Dec. 5 [...]
by Mark Silva
Those East Coast media who are always "making things up'' may not be the best friends of Alaskan Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican nominee for vice president, but Palin is expected at one of the Washington media's most elite gatherings:
Parents who breathed a sigh of relief last month, thinking they were rid of union thugs knocking on their doors and calling them at home shouldn't relax yet.
SEIU is back. And with a vengeance.
This week, Illinois' Service Employees International Union (SEIU) filed a complaint with the American Arbitration Association saying [...]
by Jim Tankersley
Perhaps nothing illustrates the challenges of government efforts to curb global warming more than the chain of events that unfolded this week on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
In Washington, the Senate environment committee approved sweeping limits to the United States' emissions of the heat-trapping gases scientists blame' [...]
Two weeks ago, state lawmakers wrapped up the fall veto session and headed home with hopes that Illinois' financial crisis wouldn't follow them back to their own districts. So far, the bad budget news has trickled in slowly enough that many have been able to distance themselves from the severity of [...]
from the Dundee's Stop Light Camera
East Dundee resident Allen Skillicorn is tired of local government corruption, lack of fiscal transparency, and the encroachment of civil liberties. In response, Skillicorn founded Grassroots Revolution, an organization designed to enable average citizens to take back control of their government, including the removal of' [...]
An all too common sight in American politics these days is the fiscal conservative who works diligently to protect the interests of the wealthy -- no matter how costly those protections are. The fight over the estate tax (imposed on the assets of a deceased person) perfectly embodies this phenomenon. And that [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
A Little Less Choice
Prairie
State Blue's Jeff Smith writes about the exit of progressive activist
Andrea Raila from the Cook County assessor's race.
Stalling Justice
The lead editorial in The Nation
this week criticizes the [...]
Earlier this week I blogged on the movie "Call Northside 777" and touched on the true story behind the 1948 film classic shot in Chicago.
On that post, the son of the real-life prison inmate on whom the story turns, left an extended comment, which I'll re-publish here along with [...]
I may not be posting as much here, due to the fact that I will be the Editor for all things Geeky at 73 Wire’s Business and Tech blog. So do not be alarmed of the lack of posts here.
Also go on over and check out [...]
from the Dodge for Comptroller campaign
Thursday night, the Schaumburg Township Republican Organization unanimously endorsed Jim Dodge, Republican candidate for the Office of Illinois Comptroller. Michael Adelizzi is the township chairman.
“An official nod from this highly respected organization over my opponents (Judy Baar-Topinka and Bill Kelly) is more [...]
Evidently serial sex killer Brian Dugan is taking a pass on the opportunity to testify at his own sentencing hearing. Tsk. After he tried so hard to speak out at one of his court dates, after he had a note slipped to the media, after he tried to arrange for [...]
There are two new campaign ads out this afternoon.
First up, Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias' campaign has a new web video slamming GOP frontrunner Mark Kirk for seeking Sarah Palin's support:
On a related note, the Sun-Times editorial board criticized the North Shore Republican this morning in a piece headlined' [...]
Let Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL 9) know how disgusted you are with the Democrats' attempts to force Americans to buy sub-standard, government run health insurance. Tell her how upset you are that she and her party have been secretive about the 2,000+ pages-long health "reform"' [...]
We're hearing from readers:
"Gunfire rang out in front of Lakeview Towers (4550 N Clarendon) [shortly after noon Friday]. A security guard had just come back inside after asking a group of males who were loitering to disperse. They refused.
Shortly afterwards, a car drove by and'" [...]
Via the Instapundit:
EXPLOSIVE: Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’. (Via The BlogProf). On NPR I heard — I can’t find the story on their website yet — that he had given a presentation on the Koran at a professional conference where he claimed that unbelievers [...]
Just one week after President Obama signed into law a measure that adds sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes under hate crime statutes, gay rights advocates were back on Capitol Hill yesterday pushing for additional civil protections. Among them was Illinois' own Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who testified in favor' [...]
Enjoy a beautiful autumn evening by joining the other positive loiterers gathering at Sheridan & Leland tonight from 7-8 PM. Depending on the number of folks who show up, and their wishes, we may split up into groups and/or head for different locations. The weather should [...]
And the people overran the wall. Remembering the fall of the Berlin wall.Right on schedule, President Obama signed into law this morning H.R. 3548, a federal extension of unemployment insurance. The bill extends jobless benefits to unemployed Americans set to exhaust their insurance by December 31 in states (like Illinois) where unemployment rates are high. According to the Illinois Department of Employment Security, 28,000 [...]
In the Pelosi bill. Jill Stanek round-up. The Ellsworth amendment is a phony fig leaf, an attempt to placate pro-lifers, but it merely masks the federal funding of abortion. The Catholic Bishops remain opposed to it. [...]
This is slightly out of our area, but many Uptowners have attended Edgewater Community Council events in the past, so we'd like to draw attention to its 49th Annual Gala, to be held tomorrow evening, November 7th. Just $50, and for a good cause.by Mark Rhoads
Former State Sen. Cecil A. Partee (D-Chicago) was the first African American to lead any state legislative chamber in the 20th Century when he was elected State Senate President in 1971. Sen. Partee made famous a saying that is now part of political language everywhere when he often [...]
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The Tea Party movement, which of course was born in Chicago, heads to the city's culturally-conservative bungalow belt on Saturday.from the Garrido for Cook County Board President campaign
SCHILLER PARK – John Garrido publicly addressed the Cook County Board Finance Committee on Tuesday, November 3, urging them to adopt a budget which holds true to the principles of integrity and efficiency. He made the following statement:
My name is John Garrido, [...]
by Mark Silva and updated
The president today ordered flags flown at half-staff until Veterans Day in respect for 13 killed and 30 wounded in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
"We don't'" [...]
from the House Republican Organization (HRO)
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois. Joined by House Republican Leader Tom Cross, Schaumburg Township Republican Committeeman Mike Adelizzi, Bloomingdale Township Republican Chairman John Dabrowski and local elected officials, Ryan Higgins officially launched his campaign for State Representative from the 56th District.
“Ryan Higgins represents the next generation of leaders [...]
While traditional values conservatives are often ridiculed for continuing to decry abortion as a national disgrace, it appears that touchy issue of abortion has become the tipping issue for Democrat Blue Dogs. These conservative Democrats in Congress don't want to be hung with responsibility for taxpayers being forced to fund the killing of the' [...]
by Peter Nicholas
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.
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The national unemployment rate has broke into double-digits and stands at a 26-year high of 10.2%. This troubling news comes as Democrats, including Bill Foster, continue with their absurd claims that the stimulus package is working:
“’I am pleased that the stimulus continues to spur economic activity [...]
Longtime progressive activist Andrea Raila has folded her campaign for Cook County assessor. In a letter to friends and supporters last night, Andrea said, "This decision was made for personal reasons, with the understanding of the challenges and expense of pending legal objections to our petitions." Raila thus joins [...]
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama plans a stop today at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where some of the most wounded casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated -- and where the Army psychologist accused of killing 13 and wounding 30 at Ft. Hood, [...]
U.S. Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Egan, joined the Bachmann-Levin Overdrive rally Thursday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, to denounce the Democrats’ 1,990 page health care bill, which Speaker Nancy Pelosi will call for a vote Saturday.
(Bachman is U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minnesota, and Levin is neocon radio host Mark [...]
If he's to survive the rough-and-tumble Republican gubernatorial primary, State Sen. Kirk Dillard is going to have to appease his party's conservative base. That includes providing justification for his appearance in the first biographical television ad produced by then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama. "Sen. Obama worked on some of the deepest issues we had, and [...]
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