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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on March 01, 2023, 02:39:25 AM
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Chicago says "Bye, bye, Baaaaybee" to Lori Lightfoot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2023/2/28/23619711/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-vallas-johnson-april-4-runoff
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RACIST! RACISM! THAT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION FOR VOTING OUT THE GREATEST MAYOR OF ALL TIME!
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One runoff candidate was CEO of the Chicago public schools, corrupt and poorly run even back when I lived there.
The other runoff candidate was a union boss in Chicago's teacher's union, a truly odious organization.
Don't expect to see much of an improvement in the Windy City.
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One runoff candidate was CEO of the Chicago public schools, corrupt and poorly run even back when I lived there.
The other runoff candidate was a union boss in Chicago's teacher's union, a truly odious organization.
Don't expect to see much of an improvement in the Windy City.
The floaters.
She still got 17% to the top two's 33 & 20% so she almost stayed in the race.
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RACIST! RACISM! THAT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION FOR VOTING OUT THE GREATEST MAYOR OF ALL TIME!
Yep
Following her concession speech, a reporter asked her if she was treated unfairly because of her race and gender, with Lightfoot answering: 'I'm a black woman in America. Of course.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11805697/Chicago-polls-close-leaving-Mayor-Lori-Lightfoots-future-risk-amid-soring-crime.html
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I'm cracking up that she's placing partial blame on Time magazine for not putting her on its cover. :rofl:
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I'm surprised she didn't throw in her sexual orientation as a reason for her defeat, as well.
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I am surprised the articles even mentioned the names of the two runoff candidates.
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I am surprised the articles even mentioned the names of the two runoff candidates.
I'm surprised the white guy got the votes.
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This just in
Lost ballots found in the back of a station wagon
Lightfoot wins by a landslide!
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(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/x383/WLJohnson1/Screenshot_20230301_122933_Facebook.jpg)
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Does she think voters didn't know she was a black chick when they elected her?
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I feel sorry for the white guy, running on law and order, in Chicago, is he crazy? Lawlessness is the culture of Chicago, he will fail miserably if elected.
The black guy, well Lightfoot 2.0 but 2x worse.
bob
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"They stole it from us!!" wailed Ms. Lightfoot. "Nasty, tricksy little hobbitses!!"
Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss On 'Tricksy Hobbitses'
https://babylonbee.com/news/lori-lightfoot-blames-election-loss-on-tricksy-hobbitses
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"They stole it from us!!" wailed Ms. Lightfoot. "Nasty, tricksy little hobbitses!!"
Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss On 'Tricksy Hobbitses'
https://babylonbee.com/news/lori-lightfoot-blames-election-loss-on-tricksy-hobbitses
My precious! (office)
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this becomes partially obsolete
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"They stole it from us!!" wailed Ms. Lightfoot. "Nasty, tricksy little hobbitses!!"
Lori Lightfoot Blames Election Loss On 'Tricksy Hobbitses'
https://babylonbee.com/news/lori-lightfoot-blames-election-loss-on-tricksy-hobbitses
We actually have audio of her comments (starts at 2.30)
https://youtu.be/MxjD1-D_El0
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Considering Vallas and Johnson, Chicagoans should be afraid.
Johnson is an avowed marxist and Vallas is too closely aligned with the Chicago Teachers Union. the CTU was one of the biggest supporters/instigators for the recently passed "Amendment 1" that gives union bosses more power that the state legislature.
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The most liberal of the two won
And the first thing he wants to do is raise taxes.
Democrat Brandon Johnson is elected as Chicago's new mayor: Former union organizer WINS tight race while calling for new taxes and more social programs - after Lori Lightfoot lost re-election
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11940329/Brandon-Johnson-community-organizer-backed-Chicagos-teachers-union-Chicago-mayor.html
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Indiana should mandate state workers pack boxes and drive trucks for any businesses leaving Chicago. Any business that stays deserves everything.
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The most liberal of the two won
And the first thing he wants to do is raise taxes.
Democrat Brandon Johnson is elected as Chicago's new mayor: Former union organizer WINS tight race while calling for new taxes and more social programs - after Lori Lightfoot lost re-election
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11940329/Brandon-Johnson-community-organizer-backed-Chicagos-teachers-union-Chicago-mayor.html
So . . . let's go Brandon?
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Quote:
"Following her concession speech, a reporter asked her if she was treated unfairly because of her race and gender, with Lightfoot answering: 'I'm a black woman in America. Of course."
Doesn't matter what color, race, sex, gender, height, weight, profession, or sexual preference etc. she has/is, that attitude alone automatically makes her a loser.
Woody
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So . . . let's go Brandon?
It seems like at this point, 90% of the people who live in Chicago want to live there. As long as it doesn't cost me any bailout money, I'll just sit back and enjoy the show. Yay for socialism.
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Chicago elections usually have two choices - bad and worse.
Chicago chose the latter - again.
I no longer feel sorry for the people who live there, and I thank my lucky stars I left for good decades ago.
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Quote:
"Following her concession speech, a reporter asked her if she was treated unfairly because of her race and gender, with Lightfoot answering: 'I'm a black woman in America. Of course."
Doesn't matter what color, race, sex, gender, height, weight, profession, or sexual preference etc. she has/is, that attitude alone automatically makes her a loser.
Woody
The voters will be really upset when they learn the mayor they just elected is one of the blacks.
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Chicago elections usually have two choices - bad and worse.
Chicago chose the latter - again.
I no longer feel sorry for the people who live there, and I thank my lucky stars I left for good decades ago.
Getting exactly what they voted for, good and hard.
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Quote:
"Following her concession speech, a reporter asked her if she was treated unfairly because of her race and gender, with Lightfoot answering: 'I'm a black woman in America. Of course."
Doesn't matter what color, race, sex, gender, height, weight, profession, or sexual preference etc. she has/is, that attitude alone automatically makes her a loser.
Woody
She was someone who was obliviously promoted, probably for purely equity reasons, well beyond her abilities. But pointing that out is racist of course.
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The voters will be really upset when they learn the mayor they just elected is one of the blacks.
Why? That's the reason - the only reason - many Chicagoans voted for him in the runoff.
Actually, had he been white, there's a good chance Lightfoot actually would have made the cut for the runoff, if she didn't win outright.
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Why? That's the reason - the only reason - many Chicagoans voted for him in the runoff.
Actually, had he been white, there's a good chance Lightfoot actually would have made the cut for the runoff, if she didn't win outright.
That's the joke.
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Sick Of Same Old Crime And Violence, Chicago Tries Electing A Democrat This Time
https://babylonbee.com/news/sick-of-same-old-crime-and-violence-chicago-tries-electing-a-democrat-this-time
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This approach worked so well the first, second, third and fourth time it was tried.
Lori Lightfoot 2.0! Chicago's new liberal mayor blames BUSINESSES for spiraling violent crime because 70% 'don't pay corporate tax' and low investment has caused poverty
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11950187/Chicagos-new-liberal-mayor-blames-spiraling-violent-crime-BUSINESSES.html
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With all the red light cameras in Chicago (one camera alone garnered over $4 MILLION in fines last year!), wouldn't it be ironic if this happened to Lori on her way "out of town"?? >:D
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This idiot:
https://rumble.com/v2htmfu-dm-clip-brandon-johnson.html
Didn't assign homework to students, to "rebel against the system." I don't even know what to say.
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This idiot:
https://rumble.com/v2htmfu-dm-clip-brandon-johnson.html
Didn't assign homework to students, to "rebel against the system." I don't even know what to say.
That was brought up during the election. The electorate didn't seem to care.
You could run a turd for mayor in Chicago and it will win as long as it has a d next to it's name.
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That was brought up during the election. The electorate didn't seem to care.
You could run a turd for mayor in Chicago and it will win as long as it has a d next to it's name.
Kind of a long time thing with Chicago isn't it? Electing walking, talking turds as mayor?
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You could run a turd for mayor in Chicago and it will win as long as it has a d next to it's name.
Someone will come along and claim that "turd" is a racist term.
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Someone will come along and claim that "turd" is a racist term.
Of course they will !! It's BROWN !! :rofl:
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Of course they will !! It's BROWN !! :rofl:
Except for the guy here who made that post about crapping white...
Who the hell was that?
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Except for the guy here who made that post about crapping white...
Who the hell was that?
Ned Hamford
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Yes, Ned.
I wonder how he's doing...
I think he got married and was expecting a kid last time I saw something from him. But that's been awhile.
Oh wow. He was last on APS about a week ago. I thought he had been gone for years.
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My Twitter feed is full of videos of Chicago rioting last night.
Did something happen, or is it just a boisterous Sat night?
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My Twitter feed is full of videos of Chicago rioting last night.
Did something happen, or is it just a boisterous Sat night?
Chicago street party
Hundreds of teenagers flood into downtown Chicago, smashing car windows, prompting police response
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hundreds-of-teenagers-flood-into-downtown-chicago-smashing-car-windows-and-prompting-police-response
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In other Chicago news Walmart is closing 4 of their 8 Chicago stores.
Sounds like the other 4 aren't doing so good either.
The stores being closed “lose tens of millions of dollars a year, and their annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years,” the company said in a news release. “The remaining four Chicago stores continue to face the same business difficulties, but we think this decision gives us the best chance to help keep them open and serving the community.”
"annual losses nearly doubled in just the last five years"
Gee, I wonder why
Walmart closes half of its Chicago stores, signaling urban struggles
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/04/12/walmart-store-closings/
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Video from last night's festivities
https://twitter.com/rawsalerts/status/1647457314494971910
Going to be a long summer I fear.
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I hope this was just a warmup for the democratic national convention!
Or a welcome party for the new mayor?
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1968 says hi.
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I hope this was just a warmup for the democratic national convention!
In so many ways I hope so. [popcorn]
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Of course they'll be in there blaming republicans and saying they're (the Ds) the ones who need to be elected to fix it.
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"Everyone is welcome and encouraged to enjoy all that Chicago has to offer including the popular downtown area, but criminal activity will never be tolerated," police said in a statement. "Those engaged in criminal activity will be arrested and held accountable."
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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"Those engaged in criminal activity will be arrested . . . "
Since when? If this continues, you'll see CPD functioning as a security detail to protect the rioters. Chicago will not tolerate rooftop Koreans or anyone else protecting their homes & businesses from rioters, arsonists, and looters.
" . . . and held accountable."
Let me guess - this came from the office of Cook County State's Attorney Kim Fox? :rofl:
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Says something when i feel the need to tell you the below is the Babylon Bee
Chicago Mayor Warns That If Local Walmart Locations Close People Will Have Fewer Places To Shoplift
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-chicago-mayor-warns-that-if-local-walmart-locations-close-people-will-have-fewer-places-to-shoplift
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Says something when i feel the need to tell you the below is the Babylon Bee
Chicago Mayor Warns That If Local Walmart Locations Close People Will Have Fewer Places To Shoplift
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-chicago-mayor-warns-that-if-local-walmart-locations-close-people-will-have-fewer-places-to-shoplift
How else are they going to get their stuff?
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/eric-scheiner/homeowner-shoots-burglary-suspect-family-asks-how-he-going-get-his-money
Speaking of which, does anyone know what happened in that case? I can't find anything about the outcome, which I guess means she wasn't charged.
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Three "thugs" break into a home armed with knives and brass knuckles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAk0FNH7RS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfehDON_hqA
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Looting in Compton as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiDdU1W_gA4
(of course, reporting looting in Compton is akin to reporting the sun rose this morning)
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Three "thugs" break into a home armed with knives and brass knuckles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAk0FNH7RS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfehDON_hqA
Good stories . . . but looking at the dates, they are pretty old.
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It was a response to Perd's link about "where he gonna get his stuff"
The dad had stated in another interview (that I can't find) that the invaders "only" had knives and didn't warrant getting shot.
one of my nieces went to school with the shooter.
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Three "thugs" break into a home armed with knives and brass knuckles.
B-b-b-but he used an AR-15! The devil's own rifle!!
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It was a "a political act" :O
sure it was :facepalm:
Since I’m a glutton for punishment and I’m sure I’m gonna get the most unhinged, crime weirdo replies but:
I would look at the behavior of young people as a political act and statement. It’s a mass protest against poverty and segregation.
Rest in peace to my mentions.
— Robert Peters (@RobertJPeters) April 16, 2023
State senator tells ‘crime weirdos’ Chicago riot was actually a protest against ‘poverty and segregation’
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2023/04/17/state-senator-tells-crime-weirdos-chicago-riot-was-actually-a-protest-against-poverty-and-segregation/
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Round two Sat
Forecast is for rain, maybe that will put a dampener on the festivities
Chicago aldermen say teens on social media already promising a 'part two' after downtown chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfks4ATGLYA
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I really wonder what will happen if some of those... mostly peaceful yutes... *expletive deleted*ck with the wrong person and one or more of them sprouts a few extra holes.
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I really wonder what will happen if some of those... mostly peaceful yutes... *expletive deleted*ck with the wrong person and one or more of them sprouts a few extra holes.
Ask Daniel Perry, or Kyle Rittenhouse.
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I'm not talking about what will happen to the shooters.
We both know that.
I'm wondering what will happen in the city in response.
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I'm not talking about what will happen to the shooters.
We both know that.
I'm wondering what will happen in the city in response.
But isn't there precedent to look at?
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My daughter is going there with her summer college program. I'm looking for an A-10 modification for my AR.
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I really wonder what will happen if some of those... mostly peaceful yutes... *expletive deleted*ck with the wrong person and one or more of them sprouts a few extra holes.
If they're scattered about or stacked up inside the threshold of the locked door they just smashed their way through, successful prosecution of the person(s) who unloaded on them will be problematic, even in Chicago.
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You get what you vote for
Progressive allies of Mayor Brandon Johnson have released a financial blueprint titled – and I'm not joking – "First We Get the Money" calling for $12 billion in new taxes, including:
"Head tax" of $33 per worker for companies with 50+ employees
Quadrupling the tax on jet fuel.… pic.twitter.com/lRoQOZP58a
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) May 17, 2023
New Chicago mayor’s economic blueprint is… something else
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/17/new-chicago-mayors-economic-blueprint-is-something-else/
The plan also calls for eliminating all current vacant positions at the Chicago Police Department AND cutting the CPD budget by 9%.
— Tom Bevan (@TomBevanRCP) May 17, 2023
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You get what you vote for
New Chicago mayor’s economic blueprint is… something else
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/17/new-chicago-mayors-economic-blueprint-is-something-else/
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
[popcorn] [popcorn] [popcorn]
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Is O'Hare actually inside Chicago city limits?
Raising the price on Jet Fuel there could really help out Detroit's shiny new airport.
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Is O'Hare actually inside Chicago city limits?
Apparently so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Hare_International_Airport
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Is the "head tax" a one time thing or monthly or annual? Great incentive to keep a small business from growing or to downsize to 49 employees.
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They want to cut the police budget by 9%.
A year.
For four years.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with that scenario!
AND they want to cancel implementation of ShotSpotter.
Well, I guess if you "prevent the criminalization" of target audiences, there's no need for such a system. Right?
Part of me hopes that this passes, and passes quickly.
Chicago needs to burn again, and this will go a long way toward making that happen.
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Is O'Hare actually inside Chicago city limits?
Raising the price on Jet Fuel there could really help out Detroit's shiny new airport.
I grew up in Chicago, and if memory serves me right, though it was technically opened before my time, I was a youngster when they were building up O'Hare and remember reading a story that the airport was "connected" to Chicago via a relatively narrow strip of property in order to make it part of the city. Now AFAIK, Midway airport has always been in the city proper - my childhood home was about 1 1/2 miles east of it, and I remember it being pretty busy when I was a kid. I flew in and out of it frequently in the '80s. I then went through it again circa 2016 and was shocked at just how much the terminals and other facilities had been expanded.
They want to cut the police budget by 9%.
A year.
For four years.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with that scenario!
AND they want to cancel implementation of ShotSpotter.
Well, I guess if you "prevent the criminalization" of target audiences, there's no need for such a system. Right?
Part of me hopes that this passes, and passes quickly.
Chicago needs to burn again, and this will go a long way toward making that happen.
Nearly all my relations have moved out of the city proper, I've been watching how "the people" of the city vote, so I have a hard time taking issue with what Mike wrote above.
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I can hear the mayor now, "Reparations would fix this"
A "flash mob" of about 400 teenagers descended on a suburb outside of Chicago during the Armed Forces Carnival on Saturday and began fighting with each other, forcing the event’s cancelation, officials said.
The mayhem broke out in suburban Tinley Park after the hundreds of teenagers responded to a call on social media to gather at the carnival at the 80th Avenue train station and began running around the parking lot fighting with each other to "cause chaos and disrupt the event," town officials said. A Facebook post from the village on Sunday said the last day of the event was "cancelled due to safety concerns stemming from a flash mob incident at Saturday’s event."
Chicago suburb cancels Armed Forces Carnival after ‘flash mob’ of 400 teens devolves into fights, chaos
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-suburb-cancels-armed-forces-carnival-flash-mob-400-teens-devolves-fights-chaos
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. . .
Chicago suburb cancels Armed Forces Carnival after ‘flash mob’ of 400 teens devolves into fights, chaos
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-suburb-cancels-armed-forces-carnival-flash-mob-400-teens-devolves-fights-chaos
I have a cousin who lives in Tinley Park . . . just sent her a text for an update on what her take is on what happened.
Edited to add: OK, my cousin didn't know anything about it - Tinley Park isn't that big, but she didn't see or hear any disturbances, and so far she hasn't seen anything about it on the local news. So maybe it wasn't that big a deal after all.
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I have a cousin who lives in Tinley Park . . . just sent her a text for an update on what her take is on what happened.
Edited to add: OK, my cousin didn't know anything about it - Tinley Park isn't that big, but she didn't see or hear any disturbances, and so far she hasn't seen anything about it on the local news. So maybe it wasn't that big a deal after all.
Some local news with video. I don't know you be the judge. Looks crazy to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BStK6XAsLI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2sIt-XIvMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEDNLF1jMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMlzDtSwPYU
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And speaking of O'Hare
Video captures wild brawl at Chicago's O'Hare airport, leading to 2 arrests
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-wild-brawl-chicagos-ohare-airport-leading-2-arrests
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Some local news with video. I don't know you be the judge. Looks crazy to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BStK6XAsLI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2sIt-XIvMI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEDNLF1jMc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMlzDtSwPYU
Disorderly, but only five or six arrests - one cop had a minor injury. No reports of arson, looting, stabbings or shootings, so it didn't rise to the level of 2020s MostlyPeacefulProtestsTM. (Maybe because the local cops did their job rather than standing down?)
Still the kind of thing I'd try real hard to avoid.
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(Maybe because the local cops did their job rather than standing down?)
They didn't just stand there and watch this time.
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And speaking of O'Hare
Video captures wild brawl at Chicago's O'Hare airport, leading to 2 arrests
https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-captures-wild-brawl-chicagos-ohare-airport-leading-2-arrests
Random observation number 5,432. Whenever a "brawl" makes the news because of the location or number of people it is overwhelmingly blacks involved. Maybe there is a lot more truth in the statement that many conservative blacks have made pertaining to lack of fathers in the community to provide moral guidance than people want to admit.
bob
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The governor is sending "peace keepers"
This weekend, Chicagoans should expect to see yellow-vested Peacekeepers on the streets.
As part of the state's anti-violence strategy with a community-focused approach, these outreach workers will help de-escalate and keep our neighborhoods safe. https://t.co/Qu1cquGaHB
— Governor JB Pritzker (@GovPritzker) May 25, 2023
Will have about the same effect as the Walmart door greeters do on shoplifters.
How long before one or more of these "peace keepers" are shot?
Gov. Pritzker hopes Chicagoans feel safer with ‘yellow-vested Peacekeepers’ on the streets
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/27/gov-pritzker-hopes-chicagoans-feel-safer-with-yellow-vested-peacekeepers-on-the-streets/
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Random observation number 5,432. Whenever a "brawl" makes the news because of the location or number of people it is overwhelmingly blacks involved. Maybe there is a lot more truth in the statement that many conservative blacks have made pertaining to lack of fathers in the community to provide moral guidance than people want to admit.
bob
Some locates have "solved" that issue by banning the inclusion of a suspect's race in their description
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Maybe there is a lot more truth in the statement that many conservative blacks have made pertaining to lack of fathers in the community to provide moral guidance than people want to admit.
Maybe... but the rates of homicide committed by blacks was actually much higher in the earlier part of the 20th century when bastardy rates were much lower. There has got to be a lot more going on.
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Maybe... but the rates of homicide committed by blacks was actually much higher in the earlier part of the 20th century when bastardy rates were much lower. There has got to be a lot more going on.
Do we have actual hard data on that?
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Do we have actual hard data on that?
Yes... look at table 1. I was pretty surprised to learn this was the case as well. The black illegitimacy rate in the 1930s was around 20% I think, around what the white rate is now.
https://cjrc.osu.edu/sites/cjrc.osu.edu/files/AHSV-American-Homicides-Twentieth-Century.pdf
The white homicide rate is interesting. It has varied from around 2.3-8, and has not shown a constant trend one way or another.
The black rate has jumped around some, but is still less than it has been historically.
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The governor is sending "peace keepers"
Will have about the same effect as the Walmart door greeters do on shoplifters.
How long before one or more of these "peace keepers" are shot?
Gov. Pritzker hopes Chicagoans feel safer with ‘yellow-vested Peacekeepers’ on the streets
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/27/gov-pritzker-hopes-chicagoans-feel-safer-with-yellow-vested-peacekeepers-on-the-streets/
Keeping the peace
A Chicago man wearing a neon yellow “peacekeepers” vest helped a group of people beat and rob a motorist in Little Village on Friday night, according to a Chicago Police Department report. The allegations come after city and state officials lauded the use of “peacekeepers” as a tool they would deploy over the Memorial Day weekend to tamp down violence across the city.
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/chicago-man-wearing-peacekeeping-vest-charged-beating-robbing-victim-little-village.html
After officials said a man wearing a yellow “peacekeeper” vest was among a group of offenders who severely beat and robbed a driver in Little Village on Friday, a proponent of the anti-violence programs argued that the accused man had simply “mishandled the stress” of working as a peacekeeper.
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/chicago-parolee-beating-robbery-charge-mishandled-stress-of-peacekeeping-federal-offical.html
Got that? He "mishandled the stress of working as a peacekeeper"
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But the other "Peace Keepers" did a great job.
Data from Chicago police show that from 6p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Monday, at least 11 people were killed and at least 53 others, including two 2-year-olds, were wounded in shootings across the city.
According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, it was the deadliest Memorial Day weekend in Chicago in eight years.
Chicago Sees Violent Memorial Day Weekend With At Least 11 Killed, 50 Wounded in Shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-weekend-shootings-memorial-day-weekend-violence-2023-mayor-brandon-johnson/3151194/
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About that peacekeeper:
Montes, who “complained of back and neck injuries, as well as PTSD,” was treated at St. Anthony’s Hospital, according to the CPD report.
His defense attorney on Sunday said he has a 14-year-old child and is a certified emergency medical technician. He volunteers “when he can” and goes to church, the lawyer said. But neither the public defender nor Golaszewski mentioned any peacekeeping activities that Montes might have been involved with.
Montes is on parole for a 2012 case in which he pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied vehicle. Golaszewski said those allegations stemmed from an incident involving a rival gang member of Montes in Little Village. Court records show Montes was originally charged with attempted murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge.
He was released on May 6, 2022, after serving a little more than ten years of a 12-year sentence, according to Illinois Department of Corrections records. State officials are reviewing his parole status in light of the new allegations.
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/chicago-man-wearing-peacekeeping-vest-charged-beating-robbing-victim-little-village.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cxRnz0G14
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Guess who's Harvard’s new ‘Health Policy and Leadership’ teacher?
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s next chapter will take her to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she will teach a course tentatively titled “Health Policy and Leadership,” drawing heavily on her experiences steering the city through the COVID-19 pandemic and grappling with health equity issues.
Lightfoot will be the Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel senior leadership fellow at the school for the quarter beginning at the end of August.
Eric Andersen, director of the Senior Leadership Fellows Program and studio programming at the school, said in an interview, “we reached out” to Lightfoot because “I think as mayor and as a leader she faced many pressing public health issues, most notable navigating the pandemic.
Can't make this ____ up
Byron York checks mayoral resume of Harvard’s new ‘Health Policy and Leadership’ teacher
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/06/02/byron-york-checks-mayoral-resume-of-harvards-new-health-policy-and-leadership-teacher/
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Guess who's Harvard’s new ‘Health Policy and Leadership’ teacher?
Can't make this ____ up
Byron York checks mayoral resume of Harvard’s new ‘Health Policy and Leadership’ teacher
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/06/02/byron-york-checks-mayoral-resume-of-harvards-new-health-policy-and-leadership-teacher/
Even the Babylon Bee couldn't come up with anything THIS absurd - this is just another indicator that reality has overtaken satire, and the inmates really ARE running the asylum.
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Remember how while calling for defunding the police Lightfoot had 90 police officers assigned to protecting her and her family?
Well not to be out done "defund the police" Mayor Johnson now has 149
Ninety cops apparently aren’t enough to keep the current mayor and his family feeling safe and secure, so Johnson has upped the protective detail by 65%. The guy who presided over a 38% increase in major crimes in his first thirty days in office, now has 149 sworn officers to keep him safe. He has more cops on his personal protection detail than all but 10 police department in the rest of the state
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Surrounds Himself With 149 Police Bodyguards While ‘Defunding the Police’ For The Little People
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-surrounds-himself-with-149-police-bodyguards-while-defunding-the-police-for-the-little-people/
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More Mayor Johnson
Don't used the word mob to describe a ... well...mob
Large youth gatherings downtown have vexed Chicago police and other city leaders for the last decade, often springing up via social media flyers during warm summer months and sometimes turning violent. The mayor, who despite pushback has continued to vow that he will never demonize youth, elaborated Wednesday that his administration has “intercepted” other attempts at large gatherings that “could have been even more severe,” while also taking umbrage with the teens being described as a “mob.”
“That’s not appropriate. We’re not talking about mob actions,” Johnson said. “We have to be careful when we use language to describe certain behavior. There’s a history in this city, and, I mean, to refer to children as like baby Al Capones is not appropriate.”
Mayor Brandon Johnson defends response to teen gatherings, migrant crisis: ‘My administration is different’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayor-brandon-johnson-defends-response-to-teen-gatherings-migrant-crisis-my-administration-is-different/ar-AA1eI08I
Okay, how about mostly peaceful gathering?
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Babylon Bee BTW
Chicago Mayor Says That Due To Negative Connotations We Should Stop Using The Word 'Chicago'
https://babylonbee.com/news/chicago-mayor-says-that-due-to-negative-connotations-we-should-stop-using-the-word-chicago
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Not the Babylon Bee but it reads like it.
A North Side community group is calling for people to refrain from shooting guns in Chicago between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. to reduce the risk to people “not involved in high risk activities.”
Time clocks next?
Chicago group wants gangbangers to refrain from firing guns between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/08/chicago-group-want-gangbangers-to-refrain-from-firing-guns-between-9-a-m-and-9-p-m.html
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Chicago suing Kia and Hyundai for what their seemingly favorite demographic (criminals) is doing
The City of Chicago is suing two major automakers amid a growing car theft crisis.
Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson's office announced that the city filed the lawsuit against automakers Kia and Hyundai, alleging that both companies have failed to include "industry-standard engine immobilizers" in several models of vehicles, which resulted in a "steep rise" in crime.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sues automakers as car theft 'crisis' gets worse
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sues-automakers-car-theft-crisis-gets-worse
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Even the Babylon Bee couldn't come up with anything THIS absurd - this is just another indicator that reality has overtaken satire, and the inmates really ARE running the asylum.
Sounds to me like someone owed her a favor and set her up with a do nothing job. Harvard gets a donation to its endowment.
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Chicago suing Kia and Hyundai for what their seemingly favorite demographic (criminals) is doing
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sues automakers as car theft 'crisis' gets worse
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sues-automakers-car-theft-crisis-gets-worse
Actual news is sounding more and more like satire. "Rapist sues victim for being too attractive:
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Chicago suing Kia and Hyundai for what their seemingly favorite demographic (criminals) is doing
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sues automakers as car theft 'crisis' gets worse
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-sues-automakers-car-theft-crisis-gets-worse
St. Louis mayor trying the same tactic. :facepalm:
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:rofl: :facepalm: :rofl:
Chicago news crew robbed at gunpoint while covering armed robbery
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/08/28/chicago-news-crew-robbed-at-gunpoint-while-covering-armed-robbery-n74218
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The governor is sending "peace keepers"
Will have about the same effect as the Walmart door greeters do on shoplifters.
How long before one or more of these "peace keepers" are shot?
Gov. Pritzker hopes Chicagoans feel safer with ‘yellow-vested Peacekeepers’ on the streets
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2023/05/27/gov-pritzker-hopes-chicagoans-feel-safer-with-yellow-vested-peacekeepers-on-the-streets/
Didn't a guy named Curtis Sliwa start something like this a couple of decades ago?
In fact, the Guardian Angels has (or had) a chapter in Chicago. Why does the city need a competing group? Why not support and revitalize the Guardian Angels?
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Didn't a guy named Curtis Sliwa start something like this a couple of decades ago?
In fact, the Guardian Angels has (or had) a chapter in Chicago. Why does the city need a competing group? Why not support and revitalize the Guardian Angels?
That's a rhetorical question isn't it?
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why?
BECAUSE GOVERNMENT IS HERE TO HELP YOU, YOU FOOL!
Remember the reception that the Guardian Angels got when they were formed?
Ed Koch's NYPD essentially said "No, we have no interest in criminals, we're going to go to war with YOU, Sliwa."
And go to war with Sliwa they did.
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Because they weren't a government controlled agency.
What the government doesn't control the government fears. What the government fears they want to destroy.
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Sad state of affairs when I feel like I have to tell you the below is from the Babylon Bee and not real.......yet
City Of Chicago Sues Murder Victims For Not Getting Out Of The Way Of Bullets
https://babylonbee.com/news/city-of-chicago-sues-murder-victims-for-not-getting-out-of-the-way-of-bullets
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That goes for this one too
:rofl:
Lori Lightfoot Teaches Harvard Course On How To Catch Raw, Wriggly, Delicious Fishes So Tasty Sweet, Yes Good Precious
https://babylonbee.com/news/lori-lightfoot-teaches-harvard-course-on-how-to-catch-raw-wriggly-delicious-fishes-so-tasty-sweet-yes-good-precious
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Remember the uproar when Walmart among other retailers had either announced they were closing a bunch of stores in Chicago or had already pulled out because of.. well reasons? Well the mayor has a solution, city owned stores.
“All Chicagoans deserve to live near convenient, affordable, healthy grocery options. We know access to grocery stores is already a challenge for many residents, especially on the South and West sides,” Johnson said in a statement. “A better, stronger, safer future is one where our youth and our communities have access to the tools and resources they need to thrive. My administration is committed to advancing innovative, whole-of-government approaches to address these inequities.”
But not everyone is having it
Sam Sánchez, a prominent Chicago restaurateur, tweeted the intent was noble but that the idea wasn’t good, as the city would be “operating in the red and (losing) tax payers money.”
“Control crime and business will come,” Sanchez tweeted.
What a fascist far right wing crazy will never work idea!
Mayor Brandon Johnson explores city-owned grocery store in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-owned-grocery-store--20230913-qru4pig5tjghlbtfolnhdkijxa-story.html
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Jesus Christ! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Could you imagine shopping there?
Welcome to Piggly City of Chicago Supermart! How can we help you?
I need to buy some groceries.
OK, please fill out this form, in triplicate. From there it will go to our social services department for order approval and payment to be deleted from your welfare account. Please note that if any item is denied purchase, you won't receive it but you WILL be charged for it as a penalty, so please order carefully.
When the social services department is done your order will be forwarded to the provisioning department. Your order will be bundled with other orders to ensure that we receive the very best prices.
Uh... that sounds like it's going to take more than a few minutes.
Oh, much more! After the order is received, it will be sent to our central city location for sorting and packaging. Then it will be shipped back here to the store, and someone will reach out to you to let you know that your order is ready for pick up. You will be assigned a pickup time. If you cannot pick up your order at that time, your order will be returned to the central city location. You will receive no reimbursement. So make sure you can come at your assigned time!
Really? How long will it take for my order to get through all of that?
Only 6 to 8 weeks! Our speed ensures that you have the freshest produce and other products available! Hardly out of date or spoiled at all!
But what if I need groceries now?
Now? NOW? Why didn't you think of your needs sooner? We're a government social services grocery store! We don't have the time or inclination to prioritize your needs! We serve the welfare of all, NOT the individual!
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Government owned grocery store? Sounds great! It's never been tried before, so it will be interesting to see how much better it is than those stupid free market stores.
(https://external-preview.redd.it/Eevmg2-FTCgS8OY6fT50g8IpFWaq3hWUmX_r6WOq8zk.jpg?auto=webp&s=b3f6c27be2fa63aa4ff7a14c3a8116915b77d727)
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^^^^^
Nothing to shoplift would certainly cut down on shoplifting. See another Dem success!
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Chicago's "contamination" flows freely.
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Of late, at both my local supermarket and at the Super Walmart where I occasionally stop, it's all I can do to get through the food aisles because they're full of store workers backing bags and boxes for customers who call in their orders and then just show up to have an employee bring the stuff out to the parking lot and put it in the car.
It shouldn't be a quantum leap to just eliminate customers in the stores entirely have make the whole operation a curbside pickup operation.
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God, tell me about it. And I think my local groceraterium hires the most brain dead people possible to do order picking.
One of those arseholes ran me down with a cart a couple of weeks ago. Literally slammed into me without even as much as a "get the *expletive deleted*ck out of my way, customer scum!" I snapped at her and she just looked at me, so on my way out I lit up the manager.
I don't think he was much more with it.
Those morons, along with the "PUT THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA! DON'T REMOVE BAGS FROM THE BAGGING AREA! YOU MUST PUT THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!" from the checkouts and just the miserable quality of the produce has really got me rethinking my patronage of that chain.
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Of late, at both my local supermarket and at the Super Walmart where I occasionally stop, it's all I can do to get through the food aisles because they're full of store workers backing bags and boxes for customers who call in their orders and then just show up to have an employee bring the stuff out to the parking lot and put it in the car.
It shouldn't be a quantum leap to just eliminate customers in the stores entirely have make the whole operation a curbside pickup operation.
I've been running into more and more of that at my local HEB store. (HEB is the largest grocery chain in the Austin, TX area.) I can see potential for boxed and canned goods, but when it comes to fresh foods like meat and produce, I really would rather pick out my own. I'm not sure whether or not they get refrigerated/frozen items for pick up - if they do, I can see issues.
My register tapes usually have a "fill out online survey and you might win a gift card" message on them. I always complain about "HEB Shoppers" clogging the aisles - so far, to no avail. (No surprise there.)
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And stores will miss out on the impulse buying business. I don't know how many times I've run across items I needed that I forgot to put on my shopping list, or found other "goodies" I gotta have out of the corner of my eye.
I remember in the supermarket impulsively picking up a package of three ping-pong balls of all things, remembering how my cats used to love them. (Especially in the bathtub.)
I gave them to a cat owner friend of mine and she never failed to mention how much her cat loved them. She and her cat and the ping-pong balls moved away recently.
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Fun Fun Fun
Bet some lefty DA in Chicago will try to prosecute the guy.
Tesla driver plows into crowds and other cars in desperate attempt to escape an unruly takeover mob in Chicago - as police stand by doing nothing
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12634055/Chicago-Tesla-Lower-Wacker-demonstratoions-car-smash-video.html
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Another Chicago Anti-Violence Activist in the news for being....well...violent
All too often, however, those “former” offenders haven’t really left their old ways behind. Just a few weeks ago the head of an anti-violence program in New York pled guilty to drug and weapons charges after authorities accused him of being a part of a major cocaine trafficking operation in Orange County, for instance, and in Chicago a number of Ceasefire workers have been arrested over the years, charged with everything from selling heroin to possessing a gun after a felony conviction.
The most recent example also comes from Chicago, where a 49-year-old man who told police he works as an anti-violence activist is behind bars in Cook County after a local business owner accused him of attacking him with a baseball bat during a robbery of his store. As CWB Chicago reports, Fontane Lewis is currently facing charges of armed robbery and aggravated batter in connection with the incident.
Well what did the store owner expect when he missed his $250/week anti-violence payment?
Chicago Anti-Violence Activist Accused of Violent Armed Robbery, Shakedown
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2023/11/13/chicago-anti-violence-activist-accused-of-violent-armed-robbery-shakedown-n77210
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Getting what they voted for
Let's Go Brandon! New Approval Polls for Chicago's Mayor Are Absolutely BRUTAL
https://twitchy.com/coucy/2023/11/15/brandon-johnson-chicago-n2389832
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Getting what they voted for
Let's Go Brandon! New Approval Polls for Chicago's Mayor Are Absolutely BRUTAL
https://twitchy.com/coucy/2023/11/15/brandon-johnson-chicago-n2389832
Indeed.
When it came to the runoff election, Chicago had bad and worse to choose from - and decided to go with the latter.
I grew up in Chicago, and all my old friends and relatives - those who still live in Illinois - have fled the city. I'm a little sad to see the city decline - which I believe is deliberate, intentional, and malicious - but I stopped feeling sorry for the people who live there a long time ago since they keep pulling the D lever no matter what.
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Musk To Put Cybertruck’s Bulletproof Armor To Ultimate Test With Trip Through Downtown Chicago
https://babylonbee.com/news/musk-puts-cybertrucks-bulletproof-armor-to-the-test-with-trip-through-downtown-chicago
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Indeed.
When it came to the runoff election, Chicago had bad and worse to choose from - and decided to go with the latter.
I grew up in Chicago, and all my old friends and relatives - those who still live in Illinois - have fled the city. I'm a little sad to see the city decline - which I believe is deliberate, intentional, and malicious - but I stopped feeling sorry for the people who live there a long time ago since they keep pulling the D lever no matter what.
Have there been viable R candidates?
I'm not going to pretend Chicago leadership is good. Chicago's successes are made in spite of its leadership rather than because of it. But bad D leadership doesn't imply existence of viable R candidates.
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Have there been viable R candidates?
I'm not going to pretend Chicago leadership is good. Chicago's successes are made in spite of its leadership rather than because of it. But bad D leadership doesn't imply existence of viable R candidates.
How do you define viable?
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How do you define viable?
Occasionally or ever getting elected is a good metric for viable.
What you attribute to the stupidity of the 12 million people in Chicago, I attribute to the worthlessness of the Republican party. This sort of denial of failure has to stop if the Republican party is ever to reform itself.
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Occasionally or ever getting elected is a good metric for viable.
What you attribute to the stupidity of the 12 million people in Chicago, I attribute to the worthlessness of the Republican party. This sort of denial of failure has to stop if the Republican party is ever to reform itself.
Illinois R.s are pretty worthless.
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Occasionally or ever getting elected is a good metric for viable.
What you attribute to the stupidity of the 12 million people in Chicago, I attribute to the worthlessness of the Republican party. This sort of denial of failure has to stop if the Republican party is ever to reform itself.
So you’d like to see the Republican Party improved by running on a platform that appeals specifically to Chicago voters?
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Democrats count the votes in Chicago, so Republican candidates often don't even run for mayor. Some years back, the D's wanted "an investigation" of the GOP for not running a candidate for mayor in Chicago - they were upset that the GOP put ALL their Illinois campaign money into places where they could - and sometimes did - actually win. The D's got the bright idea of making the GOP waste money in rigged Chicago races instead, but they couldn't actually come up with a way to force that.
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Meanwhile
Shocking moment woman is robbed by rifle-wielding gang on busy Chicago street - before suspects stick up three other people and cops REFUSED to follow them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12797245/Chicago-robbery-rifle-woman-video-police-suspects.html
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Meanwhile
Shocking moment woman is robbed by rifle-wielding gang on busy Chicago street - before suspects stick up three other people and cops REFUSED to follow them
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12797245/Chicago-robbery-rifle-woman-video-police-suspects.html
The gun guy in me notes: I watched that video a bunch thinking that maybe the weapon was a PGO shotgun, but I think it was a sidefolder of some type. You can clearly see when the guy gets out of the car and one hands it there is nothing protruding back from the receiver. What I took at first watch to be a small mag protruding down from the middle I know think is a folded stock. I don't actually see a magazine in that admittedly blurry video.
Which begs the question: what was it really? I wonder if these robbers just brandished an unloaded, LAW Adapter equipped and folded AR? Or was it something else? Doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, I'm just curious.
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Chicago public schools has apparently lost a few laptops and iPads.
Guess how many.
77,000 in one school year.
Yeah...........
The Chicago Sun-Times reported this week that while 3 percent of CPS's "technology assets" went missing in the 2018-19 school year, the figure was 8 percent in 2020-21 and 11 percent in 2021-22. Either students have gotten almost four times more careless, or somebody has found a juicy new revenue stream.
Notice I did not say that students lost 77,000 laptops and iPads, although surely a few careless students really did misplace their equipment. But a couple of things don't add up.
Where there is smoke there is fire
Chicago Public Schools 'Lost' HOW Many Laptops and iPads???
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2024/01/11/chicago-public-schools-lost-how-many-laptops-and-ipads-n4925382
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77,000 in one school year.
Wow, that's almost one for every four students. Sounds like organized crime.
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This surprises me not one bit. CPS is notorious for blatant mismanagement incompetence and corruption, just like the city and county government.
My step daughter taught high school in an urban Chicago public school for 5 years. The place is full of people who won’t be fired for not doing their jobs.