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Progress Illinois -: Tribune: Daley Has Gotten "Carried Away" With TIF

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:57:48 -0500

Since the Reader's Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke published their latest report on Chicago's shady tax increment financing (TIF) system, we've noted the increasing media attention being devoted to the issue, with some reporters even going so far as to refer to as a "huge problem" for' [...]

BackyardConservative: Playing Quidditch at Northwestern?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:55:00 -0500

Earthbound, it's called Muggle Quidditch. They have an intercollegiate league of their own, but I somehow don't think it will really catch on: Here's brief look at the game: Each player needs a broom. One hand must be kept on the broom between your legs at all times as' [...]

Illinois Issues blog: Candidates line up in primary races for governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:54:00 -0500

By Nicole Harbour

The close of the filing period for the February 2 primary last Monday left a large pool of candidates for governor, including seven Republicans, four Democrats and two Green Party candidates. They are:

Republicans
Adam Andrzejewski, Hinsdale — Formerly employed by the publishing business he [...]

Change of Subject: Keep a close eye on candidates `looking at' issues

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:50:00 -0500

Here's Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ill. Sen. Kirk Dillard Sunday night during an hour-long panel discussion on WLS AM 890:

We need to look at every incentive the state of Illinois offers.

I clearly believe that Illinois should be a better financial center or hub than we've been in the past... I'm looking [...]

Change of Subject: This won't take long...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:40:00 -0500

If you know or know of CLTV political ace Carlos Hernandez-Gomez, the subject of Carol Marin's column today, head here and leave an uplifting message for him. He needs it and deserves it. [...]

Uptown Update: Trivia Night At Crew On Mondays

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:39:00 -0500

If you've been to Crew on Monday evening when class is in session, you've already met Sister Mary Monistat and her difficult trivia questions. Now the rest of the city is noticing as well:

- Here Comes Treble: We’re confident that even tough critics would [...]

The Sixth Ward: County board president's race 2010

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:27:49 -0500

Read this post at the Capitol Fax. Danny Davis drops out of the race to run for re-election to his west side 7th Congressional District. He does so because he and three other blacks would have been competing for the same base, Black voters. However Rich Miller reports that [...]

Stix Blog: Go Marines

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:26:53 -0500

Number of comments: 1

via Cassandra

Tomorrow is the Marine Corps Birthday. One of the traditions we keep to in the Corps is the Commandant’s Birthday message – it is played at every Marine Corps Ball and at any place where Marines gather all over the world. This is last [...]

Marathon Pundit: Rasmussen poll: Americans still oppose ObamaCare

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:22:00 -0500

Despite the self-salutations given by the Democrats Saturday night after the passage of its "historic" bill that includes government-run health care, more Americans oppose ObamaCare than favor it.

So says Rasmussen:

Over the weekend, Democratic leaders spoke of an historic moment as health care [...]

BackyardConservative: Crime up 30% in Wilmette

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:21:00 -0500

It certainly seemed like the crime rate was rising to me. Now we have more than anecdotal evidence. Wilmette Life:

The Illinois crime rate fell 0.3 percent in 2008, with reports of arson showing the biggest decrease -- by nearly 10 percent [...]

Stix Blog: Free Range

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:03 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Chip in for my golf addiction

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Clout St: Congressman Davis drops run for Cook County president

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:20:02 -0500

UPDATED AT 10:28 a.m. : Davis spoke with Stroger; originally posted by Robert Becker at 10:20 a.m. Veteran U.S. Rep. Danny Davis today dropped his bid to challenge Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and said he will seek re-election...

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Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog: My Article Re Howard Dean At Tenth Dems Made It To Huffington Post

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:09:00 -0500

It can be found here.Dr. Dean said the grassroots was going to have to make the final push for real reform. However, it seems to me that if the grassroots isn't acting independently of congressional leaders and the white house, nothing of any significance will get done. H.R. 3962 proves' [...]

Stix Blog: Pearls Before Swine

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:07:47 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Chip in for my golf addiction

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illinoisreview: IL GOP Gubernatorial debate online

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:59:12 -0500

The IL GOP has made last Thursday's GOP Gubernatorial debate available online.

' [...]

Capitol Fax: Question of the day

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:59:10 -0500

Number of comments: 10
* Mike Lawrence vents about the lack of competitive legislative politics and state gridlock in general… Three dozen of the 118 House members have no foe, and scores have only token opposition. On the Senate side, eight of the 21 seats on the ballot apparently are uncontested, and few races loom [...]

BackyardConservative: An Important Great Lakes Case

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:56:00 -0500

Waukesha, Wisconsin looks for water from Lake Michigan. WSJ, City's Water Problems Test Great Lakes Agreement: Wisconsin City Wants to Tap Nearby Source, but Region's States Can Get in Its Way; Milwaukee Also Must Be Sold.

Wilmette is on the water and sells [...]

Progress Illinois -: House Passes Health Care Bill With Help Of Illinois Dems

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:49:39 -0500

The president's top domestic policy priority is one step closer to being made law. As you've read elsewhere, the full House passed its final health care reform bill late Saturday night by a slim 220-215 margin. Although 39 Democrats eventually voted against the bill, none of Democrats hailing from President' [...]

Stix Blog: The Born Loser

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:48:43 -0500

Number of comments: 1

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The Sixth Ward: Man riding in vehicle critically wounded in shooting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:48:43 -0500

Tribune:
Shots were fired about 11:30 p.m.in the 6700 block of South Perry Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. When police arrived, they found a man in a vehicle who had been shot multiple times, Alfaro said.

The man, described as in his 30s, [...]

Stix Blog: The Duplex

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:45:16 -0500

Number of comments: 1

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Capitol Fax: Campaign 2010

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:41:29 -0500

Number of comments: 10
* Not too much shocks me these days, but I have to admit that this development did catch me off guard… Dan Proft secured the endorsement of Schaumburg Township GOP precinct captains in his Republican primary bid for governor. The Chicago resident with suburban ties called Thursday night’s endorsement a “big [...]

IlliniPundit.com: Palazzolo Indicted

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:41:20 -0500

Palazzolo indicted:

The former executive director of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District has been indicted by a Champaign County grand jury on seven felony counts stemming from his behavior while in office in 2006 and 2007.

State's Attorney Julia Rietz was attending a conference Friday and could not be reached for [...]

CHICAGO ARGUS: Are cornrows truly that subversive to athletic ideals? Or is it just hair?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:39:00 -0500

All too often, I read and hear rhetoric from people who claim our society would be better off if we emphasized our so-called commonalities instead of our individuality – particularly when it comes to racial or ethnic differences among us.

Of course, what that usually means is that the [...]

illinoisreview: Did the Greatest Generation Beget the Worst Generation?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:39:00 -0500

by Sam Pierce

This is not intended to paint the entire generation that followed the "Greatest Generation" with the same red brush. There are certainly patriotic citizens and those who cherish the liberty our founders established among the offspring of the generation who fought World War II. I am related by blood [...]

The South Chicagoan: The fight's not over yet!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:37:00 -0500

As anyone who has read my commentary knows, I am a supporter of the idea of health care reform.

The idea that so many people in our society are uninsured in the event of a serious medical problem is a situation that can drag down our society. It also [...]

The South Chicagoan: Be patient, por favor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:35:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
My "technical" difficulties are not fully resolved. But I'm also not anxious to just leave this weblog (and its sister site) sitting unattended.

Hence, there will be periodic commentary, although not the daily routine you regular readers have come to expect. I hope to resume that daily schedule as' [...]

illinoisreview: Hoffman apologizes to Giannoulias

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:34:44 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman apologized to fellow Democrat Alexi Giannoulias for an accusation that Giannoulias broke a pledge by accepting campaign cash from a corporate banking interest. In his apology, however, Hoffman also challenged Giannoulias to at least five debates. More here.

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CHICAGO ARGUS: Please be patient

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:00 -0500

Capitol Fax: Davis drops out of county race

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:24:44 -0500

Number of comments: 7
* As I told subscribers this morning, Congressman Danny Davis has decided to run for reelection. Davis had filed for both county board president and congress. The AP talked to Davis… Davis tells The Associated Press that he decided to seek re-election because he and three other black candidates running in [...]

Crazy Politico's Rantings: Why Was Hasan In the Army?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:24:00 -0500

It's becoming more and more evident that Major Hasan, the man responsible for the Fort Hood shooting last week was a known muslim extremist. The question then becomes why was he still in the military?

The question is two fold. First, why didn't he, if he was so convinced' [...]

Windypundit: It Was 20 Years Ago Today...

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:22:25 -0500

the Berlin wall fell:

At the end of a plodding news conference, Politburo spokesman Guenter Schabowski offhandedly said East Germany was lifting restrictions on travel across its border with West Germany.

Pressed on when the regulation would take effect, he looked down at his notes and stammered: "As far as I" [...]

Clout St: Hoffman camp apologizes to Giannoulias, but wants debates

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:21:06 -0500

Posted by Rick Pearson at 9:20 a.m. Democratic Senate contender David Hoffman has apologized to rival Alexi Giannoulias for an accusation that Giannoulias broke a pledge by accepting campaign cash from a corporate banking interest. But Hoffman also used the...

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illinoisreview: Proft: The Dillard and Obama Saga Continues

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:21:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1

from the Proft for Governor campaign

Steve Rhodes from the Beachwood Reporter weighs in.

Forget the messenger as Mr. Rhodes is decidedly left of center and apparently ill-informed as to the definition of socialism.

But his message as to Sen. Dillard’s newfound tough talk on Obama is on [...]

Capitol Fax: US Senate race roundup: Hoffman misfires; Giannoulias endorsed; Jackson goofs; DCCC goes off-message

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:17:01 -0500

Number of comments: 9
* This isn’t the first time that David Hoffman’s campaign has made this claim. It’s apparently false. Oops… Former Chicago city inspector general David Hoffman today proposed reforms of the financial industry, including creation of a consumer watchdog agency and curbs on interest rates. But he misfired when he used that [...]

Wilmette: Fall of the Berlin Wall I: "Tear Down This Wall!"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:15:00 -0500

In 1961, following years of East German population loss to West Germany equaling perhaps 20% of its population, a wall was erected through Berlin, Germany, sealing the East from the West. Two years later, US President John F. Kennedy delivered his famous speech in Berlin, saying, [...]

The Swamp: Michelle Obama's Sesame Street party

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:15:00 -0500

by Mark Silva

Big Bird is throwing a birthday party.

And he is inviting some very special guests.

We don't mean Oscar the Grouch.

We mean Michelle Obama, the first lady, who plans to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the children's television program on Tuesday with an appearance' [...]

The Bench: Chicago Boy Shot to Death: How's That Gun Control Working For Ya, Chicago?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:12:00 -0500

Another bloody weekend in Chicago. Here's a sampling of headlines:

Boy dead, 2 hurt in drive-by shooting - ABC7 Chicago
Man riding in vehicle critically wounded in shooting - Chicago Breaking News
2 arrested in South Side shooting -Chicago Tribune
3 men, 1 woman shot [...]

Progress Illinois -: The Early Bird: November 9, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:09:15 -0500

Governor Signs Cook County Veto Bill
In a rebuke to embattled Board President Todd Stroger, Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law yesterday a measure lowering the veto override threshold for Cook County commissioners. The law takes effect immediately and commissioners will likely take another stab at rolling back the controversial sales [...]

BackyardConservative: Don't you know

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:02:00 -0500

First soldier shot from Homewood. Thankfully alive.

Drudge: Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda...

Army Major Used 'Electronic Means' to Connect with Terrorists...

But let's not jump to any conclusions.

Because, don't you know, the enemy [...]

Marathon Pundit: AP: House ObamaCare bill unacceptable to many in Senate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:55:00 -0500

Like cap and tax, the House ObamaCare bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, AP reports. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who caucuses with the Democrats, says he will filibuster the bill. And Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says an ObamaCare vote may not come until next year. And the [...]

Capitol Fax: Morning Shorts

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:53:20 -0500

Number of comments: 2
* Top cop ‘nervous’ about likely retirement surge Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said Friday he is “extremely nervous” that a wave of police retirements next year — after an arbitrator rules on the new police contract — will stretch a burgeoning manpower shortage beyond levels he considers safe. Roughly 1,000 [...]

Stix Blog: Project Valour-IT

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:52:50 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Reminder that the Project Valour_IT campaign is still going on until Wed. Here are a few pics to show what this is all about:

Chuck using his voice-controlled laptop while still at [...]

. . . With Both Hands: Dan Lipinski! Thou Gleeking Flap-mouthed Foot-licker

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:41:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Illinois Congressman Dan Lipinski flipped off every voter in the Democratic 3rd District with his vote on the idiotic Health Care Bill in the House of Representatives on Saturday.

A Cynical Dan might offer - 'Hey, I had to vote that way and show sodilarity' [...]

The Swamp: Hatch: House's health care going Postal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:40:00 -0500

by Mark Silva

There's a little joke that Sen. Orrin Hatch likes to tell about the so-called ''public option'' in the health-care legislation that passed the House by a vote of 220-215 over the weekend.

"One big joke in Washington is, if the government ends up running health care," [...]

Capitol Fax: Protected: SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today’s edition of Capitol Fax

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:36:33 -0500

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. [...]

illinoisreview: Davis decides to run for Congress again

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:31:57 -0500

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Democrat Congressman Danny Davis has finally decided that he'll seek another term in Congress rather than run for Cook County Board president. He'd filed petitions for both races.

Davis told the Associated Press that he decided to seek re-election because he and three other black candidates running in the Cook [...]

The Swamp: Florida: Club for Growth bucks governor

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500

by Mark Silva

The great Republican rift, the one that opened like a chasm in the 23rd Congressional District of New York, is sliding South:

The Club for Growth, the conservative Political Action Committee that plowed television advertising money into the New York congressional race for a Conservative Party [...]

illinoisreview: Gutierrez endorses Giannoulias for Senate

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:27:07 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Ultra-liberal Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez endorsed state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senate yesterday. Gutierrez said he's supporting Giannoulias because he consistently fights for the middle class and puts people before special interests.

So there is honor among thieves.

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illinoisreview: Obamacare Endorsements: What the Bribe Was

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:17:33 -0500

Number of comments: 0

by Dick Morris

As the suicidal Democratic congressmen proceed to rubber-stamp the Obama healthcare reform despite the drubbing their party took in the '09 elections, the president trotted out the endorsements of the AMA and the AARP to stimulate support. But these – and the other endorsements – his package has received' [...]

illinoisreview: Health care plan could be unhealthy for prolife movement

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:12:29 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Concerned Women for America's President Wendy Wright is absolutely right with voicing serious concerns about the health care bill the House passed Saturday night. Single issue prolife groups raved about the Stupak-Pitts amendment's passage with the help of Blue Dog Democrats, but multi-issue groups like CWA were more somber:

"This monstrous" [...]

The Swamp: Post-Obama race relations: Most hopeful

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:05:29 -0500

by Mark Silva

With the election of Barack Obama, the first African American to serve as president, an overwhelming majority of Americans believed that race relations in the United States would improve.

Most still do.

But only 41 percent of those surveyed say relations have improved since Obama's election in November 2008, [...]

Team America's 10th District Blog: IL-10 Race Beginning to Pick Up Steam

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:45:00 -0500

Over the weekend, several campaign events for the race to succeed Congressman Mark Kirk showed that the truncated primary season is putting the pressure on candidates to get out there and get their message heard.

I'm sure there was a lot I did not hear about, but I was' [...]

IlliniPundit.com: Open Thread (11/9/2009)

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:41:01 -0500

Monday, November 9, 2009.

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illinoisreview: Chicago Minutemen Project endorses in US Senate race

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:28:09 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Over the weekend, the Chicago Minutemen Project endorsed Rockford's Robert Zadek as their choice in the 2010 GOP U.S. Senate nominee race.

CMP's head Rick Biesada wrote Zadek of the endorsement, saying the pro-legal immigration group chose the businessman, "...[B]ecause of your recent understanding of illegal immigration, and your" [...]

One Man's Thoughts: Got a twitter notification from the Ryan campaign

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:23:00 -0500

That a blogger (marathon pundit I think) had endorsed Jim....
So blogger endorsements are twitter worthy. I will keep that in mind...
OneMan [...]

illinoisreview: Jackson's Health Care Vote a 'Burden on Middle Class and Small Businesses'

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:15:35 -0500

Number of comments: 0

from the Hayes for Congress campaign

Republican nominee for Congress in Illinois' Second Congressional district, Isaac C. Hayes, today issued the following statement, decrying the partisan vote for health care "reform" in the U.S. House of Representatives by his opponent: "Representative Jackson has once again proven that his liberal ideology is'" [...]

illinoisreview: The States Can Stop Obama

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:11:11 -0500

Number of comments: 0

by Sheriff Richard Mack (Ret.)

By now we have all heard the clichés and seen the posters from the "Tea Parties" espousing freedom, less government, and perhaps most of all, how the federal government had better back off trying to shove their national healthcare down our otherwise healthy throats. The truth [...]

ILLINOIZE: GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - November 9, 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:30:00 -0500

Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Belleville News Democrat, Southern Illinoisan, Illinois Review, Public [...]

sweet: President Obama official schedule and guidance, Nov. 9, 2009. Meeting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:32:01 -0500

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 8, 2009

DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009

In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing, the Economic Daily Briefing, and meet with senior [...]

Second City Cop: Mail Petitions ASAP

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:07:00 -0500

We're coming up on our deadline for the Aldermanic Reduction petitions. There is no mail delivery Wednesday and we need to have enough time to count up signatures to see if it's worth the time of binding and submitting them for the imminent legal challenge that awaits.

Send completed' [...]

Second City Cop: Laws of Physics Suspended

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:05:00 -0500

Only in Illinois:

Many motorists nabbed for speeding by a laser gun, instead of radar, are seeing their tickets thrown out at Chicago's traffic court because of a legal issue that the city's law department has been unable to overcome.

Within the last year judges in Cook County [...]

Second City Cop: North Side Violence

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:03:00 -0500

Hmmm:

Four people were shot this morning near a CHA building in the Old Town neighborhood on Chicago's Near North Side.

[...] A 27-year-old man suffered wounds to both legs and an ankle. He is in stable condition at the hospital. A 28-year-old man, who refused to cooperate with [...]

Ellen's Illinois Tenth Congressional District Blog: Cultlike Devotion to a Pretty Bare Reform Package

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Even more disturbing than the weak to non-existent public option and the anti-abortion provisions of the health politics bill is the cultlike devotion to it. I'm reading the most outrageous things on the Internet from a call to kick Dennis Kucinich out of congress to telling women that they are' [...]

CHICAGO ARGUS: Are cornrows truly subversive to athletic ideals? Or is it just a kid’s hair?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

All too often, I read and hear rhetoric from people who claim we as a society should emphasize our commonalities instead of trying to be individuals, particularly when it comes to racial and ethnic differences among us.

Of course, what that usually means is that the person in question views [...]

Second City Cop: Stick a Fork in Them

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:01:00 -0500

They're done:
The Bears' second pathetic performance in three weeks left us knowing exactly who they are -- and it's not who we thought they were.

The Bears are a team that is capable of being mopped around the field by a slightly [...]

The Bench: Another Uptown Shooting Not Thwarted by Positive Loitering

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:00 -0500

UPDATE with VIDEO by JOE GRAY (below)

At about 10:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, shots rang out at N. Sheridan Road and W. Lakeside Place, one block south of W. Lawrence Avenue. This is yet another Uptown crime story broken by Chicago News Bench [...]

Uptown Update: Ending The Weekend With A Bang

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:46:00 -0500

We are so sick of these incidents....

"Shots Fired at Lakeside and Sheridan at 10:30pm, rumors of one shot and wounded."

"Squad cars galore on Sheridan between Lawrence and Lakeside. Looked like someone in custody in the back of an unmarked - Sheridan/Lawrence, while several cops were" [...]

Black and Red: "Limp-wrist Strong-arm"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:34:00 -0500

“Limp-wrist Strong-arm”
Or
“Rough Trade Revenge”
By: J. Thomas Hunter

Federal hate crimes legislation—such as the Matthew Shepard Act, that expands the definition of hate crime to include violent crimes against gay and transgendered people—unfairly creates a protected class of citizens. Before hate crimes legislation [...]

Critical Thoughts: From the Politburo to Obama -- Twenty Years After the Berlin Wall the Left Still Attacks Western Civilization, But Now from Within

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:11:00 -0500

Musing on the 20 year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the false sense of triumph over communist ideology that it inspired, Melanie Phillips, writing (link) in the Daily Mail, reminds us (not that much reminder is needed) that the far left simply switched tactics and [...]

Turning Left: FDA: No, It’s Not Okay to Market Candy-Flavored Cigarettes

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:04:55 -0500

From ENEWSPF:

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is enforcing the flavored cigarette ban provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) by issuing several warning letters to companies continuing to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to consumers in the United States through their Web sites.

The [...]

Turning Left: Pardon Me, Mr. President?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:55:33 -0500

President Obama may be accused by the weird right of being liberal, but they don’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to presidential pardons.

From the Chicago Tribune:

A lot of things have moved pretty quickly in the Obama administration. Presidential pardons are not among them.

In two [...]

Turning Left: Brighton Park Man Allegedly Goes All Van Gogh on Girlfriend

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:49:10 -0500

Ugh.

From the Sun-Times:

A woman was hospitalized Sunday morning after her boyfriend allegedly bit off part of her ear during an argument in the Southwest Side Brighton Park neighborhood.

About 3:40 a.m., police responded to a domestic-related incident in the 4000 block of South Brighton Place, where a man allegedly bit [...]

BackyardConservative: Not Enough Faith in the Virgins?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:42:00 -0500

Alleged Fort Hood Shooter Frequented Local Strip Club

Some of the 9/11 hijackers hit Vegas before the bloody day. One messed up bunch.

Melanie Phillips, The Spectator: Americans were particularly astounded that Islamists were even being recruited to serve in the British police and other parts [...]

The Bench: UPDATED - UPTOWN SHOOTING, SHERIDAN AND LELAND, CHICAGO

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:37:00 -0500

FIRST PUBLISHED at 10:37 p.m.; UPDATED, 11:59 p.m., Nov. 8:
Another Uptown Shooting Not Thwarted by Positive Loitering
SUNDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IN UPTOWN, CHICAGO

From ChiNewsBench on Twitter (most recent post on top):

Shell casings found 4731 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago - 10:41 [...]

illinoisreview: What Hit Us Last Night?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:37:07 -0500

Number of comments: 1

by Ralf Seiffe

You have to hand it to Nancy Pelosi, the first female Tyrant of the House, for squeaking the health care bill through by just five votes. The news media was agog this morning, telling its diminishing audience that “health care reform” had passed, noting in every story that [...]

Elginite.org: Toom Toom Thai

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:49:20 -0500

DNA Press Release from a few days ago: Toom Toom Thai Opens Today! Be one of the first to experience Downtown Elgin’s newest restaurant - Toom Toom Thai - opening today for lunch and dinner! Toom Toom Thai is owned and operated by Toom Wiitanen, who also owns Thai Zie in downtown St. [...]

Marathon Pundit: Obama and "tea bag"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:40:00 -0500

"Teabagging" refers to a sexual act most people view as disgusting and/or humiliating. Lamestream media big mouths like Anderson Cooper, Keith Olbermann, and the Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn get a giggly adolescent satisfaction by using that term, or "tea bag," to describe people like [...]

Stix Blog: First iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones [WARNING]

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:49:01 -0500

Number of comments: 2

originally posted at 73 Wire Business and technology

via Mashable
Everyone has been “Rick-Rolled” but this is a little much. Sophos has the story about how the new worm changes the user’s lock screen wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley:

Apple iPhone owners in Australia [...]

illinoisreview: Will a fat lady sing in the Senate?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:48:43 -0500

Number of comments: 0

The chances aren't too good, members of the US Senate said on Sunday tv press shows, My Way News writes this afternoon:

"If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a' [...]

The Bench: Action Call Video - Revolution's Eve, Nov. 5, 2012

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:39:00 -0500

Awesome video. Just one criticism: What about November, 2010?

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Where there's a Will, there's a way: Food Inc. November 17

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:00:42 -0500

The next Liberty Brew & View will be a showing of "Food, Inc." sponsored by the Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Food Fantasies.

Food, Inc.
Tuesday, November 17, 7:00
City Nights Theater at Capital City Bar & Grill
3149 S. Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield
Free admission

Food, Inc. Trailer from [...]

illinoisreview: Taking the Hippocratic Oath too seriously?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:06 -0500

Number of comments: 0

Top New York doctors discuss the nationalized health care plan passed Saturday night by Democrats:

The complete transcript of this October 19, 2009 forum is found HERE.

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Clout St: Durbin says health-care bill faces challenge in Senate

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:16:50 -0500

Posted by Rick Pearson at 3:15 p.m. Sen. Dick Durbin said today Senate Democrats have significant concerns about the health care plan passed by the Democratic-led House and while they have the votes to get the issue to the floor...

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Thoughts of a Regular Guy: Comfortably Insane

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:12:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
[guest commentary by Paladin]

Hi, Kids! Welcome to the

Brave New World(!!)

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Marathon Pundit: Marathon Pundit endorses Jim Ryan for Illinois governor

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:06:00 -0500

Lost amidst the Republican victories on Tuesday is that New Jersey Governor-elect Chris Christie and Virginia Governor-elect Bob McDonnell have one thing in common--both are former prosecutors.

Which is what Illinois needs in the governor's mansion--someone with a similar background, former state Attorney General Jim' [...]

Uptown Update: Uptown Movies

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:47:00 -0500

A couple local blogs are talking about Uptown on the silver screen. Read about our cinematic history here:
ChicagoRound: Essanay Studios (NoFo)
Movies Filmed In Uptown: Next of Kin (1989)
Movies Filmed In Uptown II: Backdraft(1991)
Movies Filmed In Uptown III: The [...]

illinoisreview: Priorities Count

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:30:19 -0500

Number of comments: 12

by John F. Di Leo

On the weekend of November 6, 2009, the American people were calling for action from their government. Speaker Pelosi and the Democrat House Leadership had a choice to make -- whether to continue with their planned schedule, or to react appropriately and urgently to the events [...]

illinoisreview: Purcell: Foster's vote will cost him his seat

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:03:11 -0500

Number of comments: 6

from the Purcell for Congress campaign

BATAVIA -- Republican Jim Purcell, one of five GOPers seeking to topple liberal Democratic Congressman Bill Foster next November, said that Foster’s vote for the Obama-Reid-Pelosi Socialized Medicine law will cost him his seat.

“Congressman Foster last night took the side of Barack Obama, Harry Reid [...]

The Bench: Patriots and Snakes - How They Voted on H.R.3962

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:33:00 -0500

The "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H.R. 3962), a truly misnamed and dangerous bill, passed the House of Representatives last night. 3962 needed 218 votes to pass; 220 snakes votes for it, while 215 patriots voted against it. Click here for a breakdown [...]

illinoisreview: Demotivator Nails Our Current ... Err ... Leadership?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:17:21 -0500

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by Sam Pierce

I was perusing the new Demotivators catalog this evening and I saw a poster that perfectly represented the atrocity that is our current crop of political porkers. There can be no plausible denial of the obvious fact that many of what are referred to as our "leaders" (or [...]

sweet: Sam Kass, White House chef; exclusive interview

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:12:04 -0500

Sam Kass in the White House garden (top) Kass with students (below) (Photos by Lynn Sweet)

WASHINGTON -- A lot of lives have changed since Barack Obama won the presidential election one year ago last Wednesday, none so much [...]

sweet: Obama applauds House health care passage; tells Senate to "take the baton"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:08:18 -0500

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release November 8, 2009

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM LEGISLATION

Rose Garden

1:05 P.M. EST

THE [...]

Where there's a Will, there's a way: Where's the cliche?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:00:12 -0500

I wonder how much of the left is too cynical to participate in any political victory. I'm hearing two attitudes often.

"Obama will hurt the progressive movement because his supporters think he's going to solve all our problems for us."

"Obama betrayed us because he didn't immediately pass everything through Congress" [...]

sweet: Saturday Night Live take on Fox News

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:59:30 -0500

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illinoisreview: Vargas: "I will lead charge to repeal government-run health care"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:33:45 -0500

Number of comments: 17

from the Vargas for Congress campaign

“Throughout Aurora, Carpentersville, Dixon, Oswego, West Dundee, and the rest of the 14th District, voters are united against Government run health care,” stated Mark Vargas, Republican Candidate for the 14th Congressional District. Congressman Bill Foster ran as a fiscal and pragmatic [...]

It's My Mind: Joseph Cao was the lone GOP vote for the health care legislation

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:31:34 -0500

Before we get to the man who replaced William Jefferson in the US House of Representatives let's look at what was actually in this legislation:
The House of Representatives Saturday passed, by a 220-215 vote, historic health-care overhaul legislation that would require virtually all Americans to obtain health insurance [...]

Advocate Yourself: Beware of Carle Clinic Association (Urbana, IL)

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:26:00 -0500

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From (IMHO) terrible, dangerous and unaccountable orthopedic surgeons (Chris Dangles, MD) to pediatric physicians who pose as pediatric oncologists (Mark Musselman, MD) and now a medical cancer researcher is suing Carle Clinic because the facility allegedly fired her after she

. . . believed [Dr. Kendrith Rowland] was [...]

illinoisreview: Teri O'Brien: Prolifers, you were had

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:06:04 -0500

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Today radio talk show host and IR contributor Teri O'Brien will be talking at 2:00 PM CST about:

"Bipartisan" health care bill passes, (and reasons not to be discouraged about its passage). Note to pro-lifers who voted for it: "You were had" Another man-caused disaster as [...]