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Month: August 2016

Madigan the racist mapmaker

It’s the secret of his success.

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Daley vs. Madigan on redistricting

For Bill Daley in favor of reform, see today’s Trib op-ed.

For Mike Madigan not, see reporting on his lawyer’s role in getting it shot down.

May be old news to some of you guys and there may be flies on me, but when the scion of our once-reigning dynasty bucks the currently reigning dynast, I say it’s news.

Jim Bowman Blithe Spirit Leave a comment 08/28/2016 1 Minute

Next time you rant about Trump, consider this . . .

. . . when Harry Truman, running for reelection, called challenger Tom Dewey another Hitler.

. . . or about Bill’s wife Hill, for that matter.

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Trib investigates at length, finds a war zone in Chicago

Several, in fact, where shootings are concentrated. Nice going. Just as we suspected.

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Don’t cry, Mika, we feel your pain

She can’t be fair to Trump, she said. Her candor is refreshing. We know how to read her and are warned. Would that her colleagues confess to the same impediment.

Meanwhile, she’s a plucky lass in my book. Next step in her path to enlightenment?

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What gives with QB who sits out the anthem?

Good question.

Leads to another: Down on U.S. as he is, where would he rather live?

Jim Bowman Blithe Spirit Leave a comment 08/27/201608/27/2016 1 Minute

Hillary, we hardly knew ye. KKK support? No!

Yes. See here, Hill:

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has received more than $20,000 in donations contributed by members of the Ku Klux Klan, a prominent member of the hate group announced earlier this year.

Nothing sacred? Nothing.

Jim Bowman Blithe Spirit Leave a comment 08/27/2016 1 Minute

Tender souls, avoid U. of Chi

The mean old president warns you.

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SNAP comes a-cropper

Gets chewed out by a judge as lying scoundrels.

Accused priest had stood up and challenged them and won. Another side of the clergy abuse story.

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In the tank for Hillary

Suicide by bias.

Donald Trump may or may not fix his campaign, and Hillary Clinton may or may not become the first female president. But something else happening before our eyes is almost as important: the complete

Source: American journalism is collapsing before our eyes | New York Post

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