Saturday, August 31, 2019
Take a pill
A Pennsylvania man broke the law when he pretended to point a gun at his neighbor, using his thumb and index finger to create the shape of the weapon, an appeals court has ruled. Stephen Kirchner was convicted of disorderly conduct last fall, but appealed the decision. This week an appeals court upheld his conviction, ruling that pointing a "finger gun" is in fact a criminal offense in this case.
The incident occurred in June 2018 and involved neighbors with a history of bad blood. When Kirchner and another neighbor, Elaine Natore, walked past Josh Klingseisen out mulching in his backyard, Kirchner made eye contact with Klingseisen, "then made a hand gesture at him imitating the firing and recoiling of a gun," according to court documents.
The gesture was caught on Klingseisen's surveillance cameras, which
I hate it when women fight
Lightfoot ripped into Preckwinkle for rebuffing her efforts to work together, saying “a lot of that is up to her.” But Preckwinkle fired back that she has sought to meet with Lightfoot and her top cop to discuss Chicago’s street violence, but to no avail.
By Rachel Hinton and Michael Sneed Aug 30, 2019, 2:37pm CDT
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Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, left, in March; Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, on Friday. File Photos. Sun-Times photos by Colin Boyle and Rich HeinMayor Lori Lightfoot may have her first 100 days and her initial “State of the City” address under her belt, but former mayoral rival Toni Preckwinkle is still getting under her skin.
The bad blood between the mayor and the Cook County Board president boiled over yet again on Friday in Lightfoot’s meeting with the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board — and Preckwinkle showed
Friday, August 30, 2019
Now she can write that book
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| former trump aide madeleine westerhout |
Said a "former official," quoted in "Trump's personal assistant Madeleine Westerhout abruptly resigns"
Paid Kennedy Advertising
Why Joe Kennedy must run for Markey Senate seat
The people of Massachusetts keep buying this crap. WTF
Niall O'Dowd @niallodowd Aug 30, 2019
Young Joe Kennedy III is a talented politician who has been active and made an impact in his community, especially that of Irish America. The same can not be said for Ed Markey
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts woke up to his worst nightmare last week when it was reported that Congressman Joe Kennedy who is 38, was likely to run against him.
It was probably inevitable given that Markey, despite being in national politics since 1976 first as a congressman, has only a 44 percent favorability after all those years. Amazingly, 14 percent of Massachusetts voters have never heard of him.
Little wonder that Kennedy is interested. He as much as committed in a Facebook post.
The people of Massachusetts keep buying this crap. WTF
Niall O'Dowd @niallodowd Aug 30, 2019
Young Joe Kennedy III is a talented politician who has been active and made an impact in his community, especially that of Irish America. The same can not be said for Ed Markey
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts woke up to his worst nightmare last week when it was reported that Congressman Joe Kennedy who is 38, was likely to run against him.
It was probably inevitable given that Markey, despite being in national politics since 1976 first as a congressman, has only a 44 percent favorability after all those years. Amazingly, 14 percent of Massachusetts voters have never heard of him.
Little wonder that Kennedy is interested. He as much as committed in a Facebook post.
Patriot or Taitor?
ILHAN OMAR DEMANDS UN TAKE CONTROL OF US BORDERS IN MIRROR OF EUROPEAN MIGRANT CRISIS
“We have to bring in the United Nations high commissioner on refugees.”
Rep. Ilhan Omar is demanding that the United Nations take control of the U.S. border with Mexico in a mirror of how Europe was inundated with migrants following lobbying from international bodies.“We should do what any other country does by dealing with this situation in a serious way,” Omar said during an immigration forum in south Minneapolis.
“So, we have to bring in the United Nations high commissioner on refugees, an agency that has the expertise and the training to handle massive flows of refugees humanely.”
Thursday, August 29, 2019
One Billion $$$$$ Shortfall !
WTF
mayor-lori-lightfoot-budget-deficit-state-of-the-city-address
A bankruptcy filing is probably appropriate at this juncture.
Advice to Mayor Lightfoot: you didn't create this mess, don't wear the jacket.
mayor-lori-lightfoot-budget-deficit-state-of-the-city-address
A bankruptcy filing is probably appropriate at this juncture.
Advice to Mayor Lightfoot: you didn't create this mess, don't wear the jacket.
THE VERY LIBERAL IN AMERICA ARE DIFFERENT
Liberals are creating echo chambers online. Samuel Adams writes:
To many, those on the extreme left appear to be more politically radical, insular, vocal and politically active than their moderate or even extremely conservative counterparts. It turns out that this is entirely correct.In addition to a host of new studies and reports showing that liberals live in a digital bubble and have less diverse social media networks than moderates or conservatives, new data from the AEI Survey on Community and Society adds another layer to the story: Extreme liberals are notably more active on social media generally and are far more politically engaged than their moderate and even very conservative counterparts.
The AEI data reveals that social media has helped created an echo chamber around extreme liberals at rates significantly greater than other ideological groups. While 25% of very liberal respondents stated that social media made them “a lot” more involved with like-minded others, just 13% of moderates and very conservative identifiers believed that the internet increased their connections to similar people to that degree.
In other words, extreme liberals are almost twice as likely to interact with those who share similar outlooks to themselves online compared to conservatives and centrists.
Going further, progressives are also far more dominant online when expressing their views. Forty-eight percent of very liberal Americans report posting online about their politics, such as publicly supporting causes and campaigns, compared to just 23% of moderates and 30% of very conservative Americans. Once again, very liberal Americans are twice as likely to engage digitally compared to moderates. Such behaviors can further radicalize those in these echo chambers.
[Samuel J. Adams, “The Very Liberal in America Are Different,” The Washington Examiner, August 16]
Lightfoot vows to show ‘path forward’ in Thursday’s ‘state of the city’ address
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As she looked back on the past 100 days on Wednesday, the mayor was cryptic about the days ahead. “We’re not going to be laying out in specific detail: here’s what our costs are, here’s what our finances are, here’s what the resources are going to be for different departments,” Lightfoot said Wednesday.
By Rachel Hinton Aug 28, 2019, 5:09pm CDT
Though Mayor Lori Lightfoot has dismissed the first-100-days tradition as a “Hallmark holiday created by the media, not us,” the first-term mayor spent Wednesday touting her record of accomplishments — in her first 100 days.
But no matter who is responsible for pushing the custom actually created by President Franklin Delano
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
2,400 Employees? WTF do they do all day?
Rival challenges Evans for chief judge spot in closed-door race for job with $272 million budget
Despite not having a vote, Cook County residents have a big stake in the outcome. The chief judge has a $272 million budget and an army of 2,400 employees, which doesn’t even include the 400 judges the office oversees.
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Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, whose 18-year tenure in the job is the longest in county history, is facing the second serious challenge to his leadership in three years — this time from an opponent who is promising to term limit the
Imagine, you send your kid away to a college with this going on
Iowa college ‘accepts’ resignation of Antifa professor who wants to kill all Evangelical Christians & clock Trump with a bat
Amidst the wasteland of Left-infested colleges and universities, a small college in Iowa is standing tall — Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Last Thursday, August 22, 2019, reacting to complaints about an adjunct English professor at Kirkwood Community College, Jeff Klinzman, KCRG TV9 contacted Klinzman. Klinzman told KCRG, “I affirm that I am Antifa,” and said in an email he makes no apology for what he has posted online:
- On the Facebook page for “Iowa Antifa”, Klinzman posted a litany of far-left statements and conversations, including a threat to “clock” President Trump “with a bat”.
- On his Facebook page, in 2012 Klinzman stated his desire to “stop evangelical Christians,” including a poem that said, “Kill them all and bury them deep in the ground“. because of
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Foxx plans to wait out Dan Webb by busying herself with silly shit.
Suffering from misplaced priority syndrome, Foxx unveils plan to erase ‘tens of thousands’ of pot convictions in Cook County
“When it was time to, in essence, flip the switch, we didn’t want to be like other jurisdictions who were months and years out, trying to figure out how to provide relief,” said Foxx.
One would hope that Kim Foxx would put as much time into trying to avert the killing of 6 or 7 people this coming weekend. What about the shooting of 30 or 40 people this coming weekend? Does she even give it a thought?
By Tom Schuba Updated Aug 27, 2019, 10:28am CDT
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announces her pot expungement plan Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced plans Tuesday to team with a San Francisco-based
the model of incompetent and inefficient government
One would hope that Kim Foxx would put as much time into trying to avert the killing of 6 or 7 people this coming weekend. What about the shooting of 30 or 40 people this coming weekend? Does she even give it a thought?
By Tom Schuba Updated Aug 27, 2019, 10:28am CDT
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announces her pot expungement plan Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced plans Tuesday to team with a San Francisco-based
Chicago Sun Times Letter to the Editor....more cries of wolf
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| I get the feeling that Rev. Jackson didn't pen this letter. Somebody is just using his name. |
Violent white supremacists threaten basic civil rights — and our lives
The federal government can largely stamp out domestic terrorism — or fan the flames.
By Jesse Jackson Aug 26, 2019, 3:22pm CDT
Karina Cardoso and Linda Nevarez hold their cellphone flashlights up during an Aug. 4 vigil in El Paso for the victims of the Walmart shooting. Lola Gomez/American-Statesman.
Every right we have fought for and won since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his monumental “I Have a Dream” speech 56 years ago this Wednesday is under unrelenting attack and in grave peril — from the right to drink fresh water and breathe clear air, to the right of workers to organize for better wages and safer conditions to the right to vote without interference from “enemies foreign and
Chicago Tribune Editorial
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| the justice system is counting on him to determine who did what |
Good. That invitation ought to assure the people of Cook County that Webb won’t make what should happen to Smollett the primary point of his probe. Many people in metropolitan Chicago now are
Hillary is Lurking
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| running? |
By Richard K. Davis
Hillary Clinton, the Ma Barker of American politics, is still out hustling, still staying one step ahead of the law as she tries to weasel her way into the presidential sweepstakes. She says she isn’t running in 2020, but, as we know too well, truth is a fungible commodity to a Clinton.
The signs don’t look good. She just announced a fundraiser for the DNC at her Washington D.C. mansion with tickets as high as $50,000 (scraps for the homeless in the dumpster out back).
A couple of weekends ago she was at de Rothschild’s estate on Martha’s Vineyard -- go socialism! -- to celebrate Bill’s birthday, which included “quite an A-list cast of characters, including many Democratic party stalwarts.”
Recently she and Chelsea announced they were publishing a book in October about “gutsy women,” no
Monday, August 26, 2019
Trump is controlling Tralee
Now Donald Trump taking over the Rose of Tralee?
I’m beginning to think Trump is God as he seems to be everywhere.
Tired from reading about the latest feud with the Chinese, the fight over Greenland (I think he wanted to move ICE there... get it?).
Then there were the allegations against Jews who dare to vote Democratic, the schmozzle over the
Sunday, August 25, 2019
P&G Stock Price is down big time, heads need to roll
Gillette’s ads to feature firefighters after ‘toxic masculinity’ backlash
Early this year, Proctor & Gamble’s Gillette joined “woke” corporations like JC Penney and Dick’s Sporting Goods (whose CEO Ed Stack said he’s okay with Dick’s $150M loss from the company’s gun control policy) in mixing “progressive” politics with business:
- In January 2019, Gillette launched the #MeToo “The Best Men Can Be” ad campaign against “toxic masculinity,” portraying boys and men as prone to bullying, violence, and sexual harassment — all of
Many young Americans warm to socialism,
By ELLIS RUA, ASSOCIATED PRESSMIAMI — Aug 25, 2019, 1:56 PM ET
Andy Vila's mother remembers her son as a bright, rebellious child who enjoyed Harry Potterbooks and dressing up as the U.S. president. But when he began to embrace the same ideology his family had fled in socialist Cuba, she pleaded in vain for him to stop his political activism.
His socialism made Vila an outlier in his Miami community and opened deep rifts with relatives. He was briefly exiled from home, and his mother entered therapy to bridge their differences. To mention socialism at family dinners, "that's a no-go," Vila said. Relatives would "look at me funny and say,
Andy Vila's mother remembers her son as a bright, rebellious child who enjoyed Harry Potterbooks and dressing up as the U.S. president. But when he began to embrace the same ideology his family had fled in socialist Cuba, she pleaded in vain for him to stop his political activism.
His socialism made Vila an outlier in his Miami community and opened deep rifts with relatives. He was briefly exiled from home, and his mother entered therapy to bridge their differences. To mention socialism at family dinners, "that's a no-go," Vila said. Relatives would "look at me funny and say,
Saturday, August 24, 2019
The aide is onto something, he only said what everyone has been thinking
Joe Kennedy pretends to be furious over family mental health tweet by Senator Markey top aide
Senator Markey's top campaign aide apologized for retweeting a message about the Kennedy family's mental health
As Representative Joe Kennedy III reportedly eyes a run against incumbent Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, the Senator’s top campaign adviser has apologized for retweeting a message that questions the mental health of the Kennedy family. Kennedy was said to be furious.
On August 18, James S. Henry, Esq tweeted:
@EdMarkey, co-author of the green new deal, is a great Senator. @joekennedy should focus on his family’s considerable mental health issues. twitter.com/vgmac/status/1…
Democrats Embrace Socialism
The media is urging the democrats to trust their instincts and voters and run on full-bore socialism. This is a bad development for our country’s future.
I was greeted this morning by an article in The Week suggesting democrats should embrace their inner socialism and go all-in on this destructive philosophy.
The author points to a 52 percent approval rating among democratic voters and the excitement
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