Sunday, July 19, 2026

How We Can Win vs. China





No matter how we feel about China, their industrial power can no longer be ignored.

In a short time, China has become the world’s largest carmaker, steel producer, electronics exporter, and patent filer.

But not long ago, in the 1980s and ‘90s, China was among the poorest countries in the world.

More than 90% of the country’s population lived in extreme poverty in the early ‘80s.

Friday, July 17, 2026

Great Place for the Bears

 

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unused and hopelessly obsolete 

The Lakeside building is almost 60 years old and has been under-utilized since well before Covid. It's a big money loser. Sooner or later, it will be demolished. 

McPier should build build the new Bears stadium on this site. With just a little

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Billionaire Subsidy Passed, BTW it's just TIF Money

Finance Committee approves $425M subsidy for site that includes Fire stadium

Political pushback preceded a pair of lopsided votes for bankrolling infrastructure for a South Loop project led by billionaire team owner Joe Mansueto. Some questioned using TIF dollars to build a parking garage.




The 78 development site, a stretch land south of Roosevelt Road and west of Clark Street in the South Loop, got the green light from a City Council committee for $425 million to subsidize public infrastructure.

Despite myriad concerns, a City Council committee Monday overwhelmingly approved a $425 million tax increment financing subsidy to bankroll the public improvements needed to support a South Loop development anchored by a new soccer stadium privately financed by the Chicago Fire.

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Suspicious death, hours after returning from Ukraine. Time-released poison?


Midget Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, a man that would gladly have your children march on Iran and Russia, Dead at 71

Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.

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Never saw a war he didn't like.

UPDATE: Circumstances strongly suggest that he was murdered. Russians did it?



 

Friday, July 10, 2026

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - The suspect who shot an Indiana State Police trooper during a car chase Friday morning has been found dead, authorities said.


What we know:

The shooting happened near a Speedway gas station at 2884 U.S. 421 in Michigan City.

Indiana State Police said the chase began around 5:30 a.m. when officers in Berrien County, Michigan, tried to stop a stolen silver Ford F-150. The suspect crossed into Indiana and got away.

A short time later, an Indiana State Police trooper found the truck on Interstate 94 and began chasing it before the two vehicles collided on U.S. 421.

Police said the suspect then opened fire on the trooper, and the trooper returned fire as the suspect drove away.

Thursday, July 9, 2026

WNBA

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Eli5Y5SBK1s

Time to Sell *These* Stocks





BY MATT BADIALI
POSTED
JULY 7, 2026 


On June 25, 2026, the technology giant Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) increased prices for its computer products by $100 to $500. So, a new MacBook Neo went up 17%. And a new iPad Pro jumped 25%.

That, my friends, is inflation. The company cited the rising cost of memory for the need to bump up prices. Effectively passing along the cost increase to consumers.

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Chief Keef to launch 19-date tour with September hometown performance at Northerly Island !!!!!!!!!

Tickets go on sale Friday for the tour, which comes on the heels of an electrifying performance at Summer Smash.





Chief Keef performs last month at the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview and at the Obama Presidential Library.

Chicago rapper Chief Keef will launch his “Chief Keef Live” tour from Chicago in September with a homecoming show at Northerly Island.

The announcement comes on the heels of an electrifying red-light-washed performance at Summer Smash weeks ago in Bridgeview.

Tickets go on sale Friday for the tour, which lists 19 stops, including New York and San Francisco, before ending in Las Vegas. This will be Chief Keef’s first major tour since 2024.



A fan holds up an album as Chief Keef performs on Day 1 of the Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash Festival in 2026.

This is nothing new

Problems Continue


Why? Is it because he think's he can't win?

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson's most ardent City Council adversaries won't seek reelection in 2027

The decision by Ald. Marty Quinn (13th) not to seek reelection in 2027 will deny the renegade group of City Council members who seized control over the budget process one of its most reliable votes and best political tacticians.



Ald. Marty Quinn speaks to reporters after the Chicago City Council meeting was recessed at City Hall, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.


Ald. Marty Quinn (13th), who learned the game of Chicago politics at the feet of now-convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), is calling it a career after 15 years in the City

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Scab Job

 


Reports of structural column issues at 235 E. 42nd St. in New York triggered evacuations of surrounding buildings. (Andria Cheng/CoStar)

Deep Tunnel.....working as intended

Deep Tunnel has never reached its limit. After weekend's heavy rains, it’s almost full. 
The massive system of tunnels and reservoirs was built to contain Chicago’s flood water, protect area rivers and Lake Michigan. Now, there’s a risk that suburbs will flood and sewers will overflow into Chicago waterways.




The Thornton Reservoir in South Holland sits nearly full Monday after a weekend of intense rain.

For the first time in history, Deep Tunnel, Chicago’s massive system of underground tunnels and reservoirs designed to hold flood water, is almost completely full after a weekend of heavy rain.

Built over more than a half-century, Deep Tunnel sends floodwaters from Chicago and nearby suburbs through more than 100 miles of tunnels into three reservoirs located just outside of the city. It was designed to help protect area rivers as well as Lake Michigan.

Monday, July 6, 2026

These people need prayers

Police share new details on what led up to boat crash, drownings of 3 kids in Wisconsin 

New details on what led up to boat crash, drownings of 3 kids in WI Geneva Lake police shared new details on what led up to a boat crash and the drownings of 3 children as WI storm cleanup continues.

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (WLS) -- Geneva Lake police provided more information Monday on a boat crash that led to the deaths of three children last week. On Friday afternoon, a sudden and severe storm system swept across Walworth County and the surrounding area, officials said. 

The National Weather Service said peak wind gusts were between 90 and 100 mph. The Lake Geneva Fire Department said they responded to 75 calls for service, including a dive rescue, two structure fires, two incidents involving trees on vehicles with entrapment and 37 calls involving downed wires or electrical hazards. Police said hundreds of trees were downed, and buildings were damaged. The storm created extremely hazardous boating conditions on Geneva Lake. 

A privately owned 25-foot 2024 Nautique P25 vessel, which features a maximum capacity of 19 passengers, was navigating the lake during the storm, officials said.

Fuel prices are about to surge!

 

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starting this week