The good and the bad, emphasis on Trib and Sun-Times
“What I’ve said to my campaign is that I would look forward to another debate. I am, you know, anxious, if we can get something set up, to be able to be there. And so let’s try to make it happen,” the front-runner for the party nod said during an excerpt of an interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball” that will air Wednesday night.
She remains the Queen of You-Know, you see. This verbal tic is one of her trademarks, you know.
They seen their duty and they done it, and nailed corrupt inspectors shaking down their tavern: Sun-Times in the ’80s.
Read about it here: “The Mirage” – Pamela Zekman, Zay N. Smith – Chicago Sun Times | Undercover Reporting
Wanna feel sick? Consider the case of the investigative reporters — one of our society’s most noble and acclaimed pursuers of what’s evil in the world — who have been nailed by those who in the narrative always follow up on their findings, vindicate them, and nail the objects of their investigations.
You know the line about how a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich? Well, feature the hoagie that’s been handed up in Houston, where a runaway grand jury has just indicted two anti-abortion activists for going undercover against Planned Parenthood.
No, Virginia, there ain’t no justice.
Source: Press Wheels on Reporters Who Went Undercover Against Planned Parenthood – The New York Sun
CHICAGO — Forty-two people have been killed and 210 wounded so far in January, almost doubling last year’s numbers.It was the most violent January in years, according to DNAinfo Chicago data: In all, there were 199 shootings Jan. 1-25, while there were just 100 shootings over the same period last year.
The data doesn’t include the victims of violence from Tuesday into Wednesday, when three people were killed and another wounded.
Speaking as the guy next to you at the bar or in the beauty parlor if I frequented either, is there a “crackdown” on crime in the offing? Would the communities support it? Would authorities such as they are do it in face of objections?
Various presumptions in that series of qq, but they are legitimate . . .
Solution: Automatic grade-raise, administered by diversity office, for every student who can prove he or she is a person of color.
Loyola leaders vowed to move forward, but said “there are no simple solutions to complex problems.”
Yes, there are simple solutions. I just gave one.
Source for jump-off story is here: Loyola Vows To Make University Better For Students of Color By 2020 – Rogers Park – DNAinfo.com Chicago
. . . Yes, in Iowa too, many years ago:
Trump is not the first Republican candidate to skip a debate.Ronald Reagan skipped the Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucus.Bloomberg reported: Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate.
Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush. Reagan went on to the win the nomination and the presidency.Reagan went on to win in a landslide.
Lesson in how to win big?
Read it here, at: The Gateway Pundit
It’s like the fresh young priest preaching about the joys of marriage, on which one of two ladies, veterans of the married state, observed on the way out of mass that she wished she knew “as little about marriage as that young man.”
After the San Bernardino massacre, The Angelus, the Los Angeles archdiocesan newspaper, carried an article calling for “greater solidarity with Islam.”
The piece by Fr. Ronald Rolheiser [who is widely syndicated] is a particularly egregious example of the kind of nonsense about Islam that passes for wisdom in some ecclesiastical circles. He starts off by observing that “this is …
. . . jumped the shark two short years ago.
Nothing besides a national policy shift on how we create and consume energy will keep our mountains white.
Well, how about waiting a couple years?
My question is, Does Vatican have centrifuges? (To go with its subterfuges, its enemies would say)
At one level, the close ties between Rome and Tehran reflect the often under-appreciated fact that both the Vatican and post-revolutionary Iran are basically theocracies, representing spiritual traditions — Catholicism and Shia Islam — that have a surprising amount in common.
Also, which has the bigger police force?
Source: The bond between the Vatican and Iran is a partnership destined to endure | Crux
What comes around goes around, even for Rahm Emanuel.
One of the first times Tribune reporter David Kidwell interviewed Mayor Rahm Emanuel about the city’s controversial red light camera program, Emanuel reminded Kidwell who was in charge.
The Redflex story, as it unfolded: The Chicago Way on trial – Chicago Tribune
Blithe Spirit 