In his latest Crain's Chicago Business blog post, Greg Hinz had an interesting tidbit:WASHINGTON--Your blogger is staying home for the holidays, grateful not to worry about whether a flight will depart or not what with the winter weather here. The FAA has a nifty website to help you track the status of flights.
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Tip of the hat to The Brad Blog for this:
Earlier this month, a two-month independent investigation of ACORN, by former Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger, found incidents of mismanagement, but no criminal wrongdoing by ACORN, the favorite whipping boy of Republican scammers such as [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
County Lines
The Beachwood Reporter's Steve Rhodes breaks down yesterday's WTTW debate between the four Democratic Cook County board president candidates.
Arising Debt
The Shriver Center examines the debt accrued by prisoners in Illinois' criminal' [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Discussing The Foreclosure Crisis
Al-Jazeera English explores the consequences of real-estate speculation in Chicago, interviewing Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
Heading To The Supreme Court
Environmental
journalist Scott Dodd explains the latest developments in the battle [...]
Blogging from my Blackberry: I've just been notified that Republican Jim Ryan leads likely Democratic nominee Pat Quinn for Illinois gov. Acc. to Rasmussen. [...]
Wise words from Frank Schaeffer.
I love Crazy for God. I intend to read Patience with God: Faith for People Who Don’t Like Religion (or Atheism).
I like Frank.
Before he’d served even one year President Obama lost the support of the easily distracted Left and [...]
All the details are available at Beer and Blog Peoria.
It’s set for 7 o,n, Tuesday, Dec. 29, at Kouri’s Pup 4421 North Sterling Avenue, Peoria.
I’ll be sipping Diet Pepsi.
Original post by Billy Dennis
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Add this widget to your own blog or website:Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Gitmo Must Be Closed
While they warn that President Obama "must not
simply institutionalize indefinite detention in Illinois," the New York
Times writes that it is "impossible to credibly repair this nation's
justice system while it operates a shameful symbol'" [...]
Click here to read the first blog interview with Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele's first blog interview, which was conducted by John Hawkins of Right Wing News.Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Terrorists In The Heartland? Chill
When the Gitmo detainees arrive
in Illinois, writes the Tribune's Steve Chapman, "I predict,
Illinoisans will pay attention for about five minutes and then go on
calmly with their lives."
Taking Aim
Environmentalists [...]
Some health care reform ramblings.
The Republicans are crying about having to read a 2,000 page bill. Locally, Republican Isaac Hayes, challenging Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. for Congress, has lamented Jackson’s support of health care reform. In a strange move, on his campaign blog, Hayes reproduces a press release from [...]
(Video below) - Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) is married to a scumbag named Robert Creamer. He, in turn, is married to a scumbag member of Congress. Now, regular readers of this blog know this already, but not many people are aware [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Political Ethics
University of Illinois political science professor
Brian Gaines offers his assessment of the state's new campaign finance
legislation.
Voting Habits
University of Illinois at Chicago
professor Dick Simpson analyzed the recent voting records of the Cook
County [...]
Worlee Glover & JP Paulus will be on the radio today.Blogger Liberty Watchman makes the best of what appears to be a done deal between Governor Pat Quinn and Barack Obama, implementing the Chicago Way on the Thomson Prison plan:
Forget the appraisals, Mr Quinn. Figure out how much we paid to build the thing. Then add every dollar we ever [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
The Road To Redemption
The Huffington Post chronicles the story of
Norris Cooper, an ex-convict from Chicago who is turning his life
around with the help of the Safer Foundation.
Blocked Access
Tracy
Siska of the Chicago Justice [...]
Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, a Republican candidate for governor whom this blog has endorsed, is calling for a series of public hearing on transferring Guantanamo Bay terrorists to the Thomson prison in northwestern Illinois.
