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‘(The) former Illinois governor plans to write a book “exposing the dark side of politics.”‘

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

 I thought he had already done a good job in achieving that goal.
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Publicist: Ousted Illinois governor to write book
2 hrs 17 mins ago
CHICAGO – A publicist for Rod Blagojevich (blah-GOY’-uh-vich) says the former Illinois governor plans to write a book “exposing the dark side of politics.”
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Posted in Books, Personal Products, Illinois, Politics |

Whatever way they’re sliced, the New York Time graphs show that Illinois is far from the most corrupt state in the union. And–in the inimitable words of Detective Tony Baretta–”You can take dat ta the bank.”

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

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Please find entire story in The New York Times.

Image: (Robert Blake as Baretta) via michaelmanning.tv (Governor Blago) via huffingtonpost.com;

Posted in Graft, Television, USA, Illinois, Politics, Sleaze |

I could see the protest for a Rite-Aid…but Walgreens?

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Bikers back Spindle
2,000 hit streets hoping to keep famed car stack standing
July 28, 2007
BY DAVE NEWBART AND NORMAN PARISH Staff Reporters/
Chanting “Save the Spindle,” about 2,000 bicyclists took to the streets Friday night to protest the proposed replacement of a Berwyn art piece — made famous in a “Wayne’s World” movie — with a Walgreens.
The […]

Posted in Art, Automobiles, Illinois |

Quick, call Fox!

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Cave Near Chicago Full of Ancient Wonders
Corey Binns
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com Fri May 18, 6:30 PM ET
North America’s oldest conifer tree and some ancient scorpion parts are among the fossil treasures found in a newly discovered cave in Illinois.
The new discovery also unearthed fossils of plants that may be new to science and revealed evidence of […]

Posted in Television, Movies, Books, Illinois, Paleontology, Beer |

• New Chicago laws ban smoking, foie gras

Monday, July 24th, 2006

Does that mean ‘just in restaurants or at ballparks, farms and bars?’ How are farmers going to know what the geese do at night or when they’re at a bus station waiting to migrate?

Posted in Health, Illinois, Cuisine |

At least, Denny looks the part of an obese, crooked politician. That is not to say he is one.

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

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Dennis Hastert’s Real Estate Investments

Written by Bill Allison on June 14, 2006 - 2:16pm.

House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert has used an Illinois trust to invest in real estate near the proposed route of the Prairie Parkway, a highway project for which he’s secured $207 million […]

Posted in Congress, Republicans, Illinois |

Just give every man, woman and child a tongue depressor and a bumper sticker, Bill.

Monday, May 8th, 2006

Frist and Hastert Let Vaccine Industry Write Its Own Multi-Billion Dollar Giveaway
Last December, Senate Majority Leader Bill First (R-TN) and House Speaker Dennis Hastert inserted a provision in the Defense Appropriations bill that granted vaccine manufactures near-total immunity for injuries or deaths (even in cases of “gross negligence”) caused by their drugs during a viral […]

Posted in Business, Congress, Law, Health, Illinois, Tennessee |

Who can we blame for this? Mexicans? Let’s get serious; it’s Bill Clinton.

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Mumps Hits Midwest, More Vaccine Promised
By MIKE WILSON and MIKE STOBBE
The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 19, 2006; 9:17 PM
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This 1957 photpgraph has a surrealistic quality about it. The actual circumstances and caption are found below. At first sight I thought it represented the humiliating placards which accompanied the Chinese Cultural Revolution a decade later. […]

Posted in Health, Iowa, Illinois |

When George “Kingfish” Stevens or Sergeant Bilko pulled stunts like these, we laughed and would tune in the next week. In reality, the authorities would have invented a law to put the Mystic Knights of the Sea member in jail and a jealous corporal would have ended the motor pool sergeant’s scheme. Not today. Congress can simply use or invent a loophole. It is a shame they didn’t employ the old fine-tooth comb on the Patriot Act, the hare-brained rationale for Iraq and the Medicare Drug law. These folks will force us to find a new meaning for ‘venality.’

Monday, April 17th, 2006

Donations for a Congressman, Profits for His Wife
By Thomas B. Edsall and Zachary A. Goldfarb
Sunday, April 16, 2006; A05

On Capitol Hill, there is widespread agreement that the annual congressional salary of $165,200 just does not go far enough on today’s dollar. The clamor for ethics reform will likely make things tougher, forcing congressmen to pick […]

Posted in Congress, Abramoff, California, Illinois |

These two pieces from the Chicago Tribune certainly add mortar to the brick wall the Roman Catholic Church is building to protect itself. In all fairness, after 16 years of Catholic education, I have met no relatives or friends who recall even the slightest incident of priestly abuse. I know that my parents reared us with a peaceful humanism and a healthy anti-clerical base. Gentle as my Father was, he would have responded to any inappropriate behavior with action from which no wall could protect the evil-doer; and this would be the better option for the perpetrator. Had my Mother become involved, I hesitate to imagine the outcome.

Monday, March 27th, 2006

Parish Fights Archbishop to Keep Parish AliveBy Manya A. Brachear
Chicago Tribune staff reporterMarch 26, 2006
ST. LOUIS — On a recent Sunday at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, the file of faithful streaming up to receive Communion stretched from the nave to the back pew.
Hands clasped and heads bowed, the parishioners returned to their seats reverentially after […]

Posted in Religion, Illinois, Missouri |

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