Bob Schwartz stops by the Showcase Studio to discuss Chicago's rich history in encased meats... as detailed in his book Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Tonight on WGN
[Saturday 11/15 @ 9p]
Bob Schwartz stops by the Showcase Studio to discuss Chicago's rich history in encased meats... as detailed in his book Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog.
Bob Schwartz stops by the Showcase Studio to discuss Chicago's rich history in encased meats... as detailed in his book Never Put Ketchup on a Hot Dog.
A Nation Unhinged
Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders. There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes....
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Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars. Incidents around the country referring to President-elect Barack Obama are dampening the postelection glow of racial progress and harmony, highlighting the stubborn racism that remains in America.
From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college students and second-graders. There have been "hundreds" of incidents since the election, many more than usual, said Mark Potok, director of the Intelligence Project at the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate crimes....
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Friday, November 14, 2008
thanks for the link go to LoC reader Ken L.
Frank Rich slams the bailout:
Oh wait...that was David Brooks, talking about what Democrats from Barack Obama to Nancy Pelosi want, with regard to General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford. But by all means, if it helps you get your outrage on, imagine that it were Republicans and banks...
Republicans from George W. Bush to John Boehner want to grant immortality to Washington Mutual, Wachovia and AIG. They have decided to follow an earlier $25 billion loan with a $50 billion bailout, which would inevitably be followed by more billions later, because if these companies are not permitted to go bankrupt now, they never will be.
Oh wait...that was David Brooks, talking about what Democrats from Barack Obama to Nancy Pelosi want, with regard to General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford. But by all means, if it helps you get your outrage on, imagine that it were Republicans and banks...
Fung with an Amstel Light...yeah, dude, sure we believe it was Photoshopped...
Eagles rookie Jack Ikegwuonu was identified in a photo on Facebook with what appears to be a "bong" and other possible drug-related items. The photo has since been removed from Facebook, but Profootballtalk has it. Ikegwuonu, who is spending his rookie year on IR, also appears to have a straw and white powder is visible on a glass table in front of him. The photo was on Ikewguonu's sister's Facebook page. She says she Photoshopped it.
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You know your tournament sucks when...
...you have to invite the Huskies.
Great Alaska Shootout struggles to attract elite teams
Years ago, the Great Alaska Shootout was one of the country's premier Thanksgiving basketball tournaments, attracting many of the nation's best teams.
Today, it's struggling to stay afloat.
High-profile teams earning more and more to play at a ballooning number of similar tournaments threaten the 30-year-old Shootout like never before. Since 2004, the number of exempt tournaments has nearly tripled from 28 to 82.
It's why UAF's Top of the World Classic folded last month. And it's why this year's Shootout has its weakest field ever, with San Diego State, Portland State, Hampton, Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech and Western Carolina joining UAA...
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Great Alaska Shootout struggles to attract elite teams
Years ago, the Great Alaska Shootout was one of the country's premier Thanksgiving basketball tournaments, attracting many of the nation's best teams.
Today, it's struggling to stay afloat.
High-profile teams earning more and more to play at a ballooning number of similar tournaments threaten the 30-year-old Shootout like never before. Since 2004, the number of exempt tournaments has nearly tripled from 28 to 82.
It's why UAF's Top of the World Classic folded last month. And it's why this year's Shootout has its weakest field ever, with San Diego State, Portland State, Hampton, Northern Illinois, Louisiana Tech and Western Carolina joining UAA...
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dis figgers
Bring back QT
I have missed QT for the past several days and now find that the column has been discontinued.
QT was one of the highlights of my morning read, and it is inconceivable that your readership will let this pass without comment.
Bring back this wonderful feature!
Kathryn Vanden Berk,
Highland Park
Answer in the print edition: "Thanks for writing."*
*Now go phokk yourself
I have missed QT for the past several days and now find that the column has been discontinued.
QT was one of the highlights of my morning read, and it is inconceivable that your readership will let this pass without comment.
Bring back this wonderful feature!
Kathryn Vanden Berk,
Highland Park
Answer in the print edition: "Thanks for writing."*
*Now go phokk yourself
Thursday, November 13, 2008
jealous Iranians in the news
News item: A Tehran news weekly that featured a smiling photograph of the American President-elect on its front cover last week and asked "Why doesn't Iran have an Obama?" has been closed down.
The Bush effect
Like many others who have served in President George W. Bush's administration -- among them former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Treasury chief Paul O'Neill -- Paulson, 62, will leave office casting a smaller shadow than when he arrived.
Seeya in Hell, old farts
If nobody over the age of 65 had voted, Prop 8 would have failed by a point or two...
The good news for supporters of marriage equity is that -- and there's no polite way to put this -- the older voters aren't going to be around for all that much longer...
The good news for supporters of marriage equity is that -- and there's no polite way to put this -- the older voters aren't going to be around for all that much longer...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Sucking Never Sleeps
This after coming back from a 30-6 deficit.
Cent. Michigan 3 20 7 0 3 33 Final
Northern Illinois 0 3 11 16 0 30 OT
In related news, American Express is asking da gumbint for a few billion dollars... which financial institution will K-Mad try to destroy next?
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BRING IT ON
5 million people to rehearse for California's big earthquake
At exactly 10 a.m. tomorrow, about 5 million people in Southern California will drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a man's voice declaring, "If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake we're practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look around and imagine."....
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At exactly 10 a.m. tomorrow, about 5 million people in Southern California will drop to the ground, take cover under a sturdy piece of furniture and hold on at the same time. Radio stations and school p.a. systems will play a sound track of rumbling and crashing, along with a man's voice declaring, "If this were the magnitude 7.8 earthquake we're practicing for today, you would be experiencing sudden and intense back-and-forth motions of up to 6 ft. per second. The floor or the ground would jerk sideways out from under you. Look around and imagine."....
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[insert own joke here] (cont'd)
With the 2008 election season over, Rep. Jerry Moran wasted little time taking the next step in his likely bid for higher office.
The western Kansas Republican filed paperwork Friday that allows him to accept contributions for a U.S. Senate campaign.
Moran, of Hays, has been telling constituents for months that he plans to seek the seat being vacated in 2010 by Republican Sam Brownback.
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The western Kansas Republican filed paperwork Friday that allows him to accept contributions for a U.S. Senate campaign.
Moran, of Hays, has been telling constituents for months that he plans to seek the seat being vacated in 2010 by Republican Sam Brownback.
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Nationwide Bush Disaster
Did anyone else notice that the backwards Bush clock counts down to midnight? I'm almost certain the handover happens later in the day. Perhaps morning, perhaps afternoon. But it's certainly not at midnight. Anyone want to tackle fixing that? The clock is ticking...
Is she still here?
Palin says she'd be honored to help Obama
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told CNN today that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration if asked, even if he did once hang around with an "unrepentant domestic terrorist."
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told CNN today that she would be honored to help President-elect Barack Obama in his new administration if asked, even if he did once hang around with an "unrepentant domestic terrorist."
That's a tasty cupcake
Huskies getting pummeled on national tv - the weekly series
Central Michigan coach wary of NIU's defense
Football matchup: Central Michigan at Northern Illinois
Central Michigan coach wary of NIU's defense
Football matchup: Central Michigan at Northern Illinois
Woops, I totally fucked everything up for eight years--and you only know the half of it--anyway, sorry! In my defense, I'm a fucking moron...
...i thought i would just be on vacation and cutting brush most of the time...
Bush reveals key moments he regrets
Looks like we'll have to wait for more "insights" as there isn't a publisher that wants to publish his steaming pile of memoirs right now, if you can believe that...
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Bush reveals key moments he regrets
Looks like we'll have to wait for more "insights" as there isn't a publisher that wants to publish his steaming pile of memoirs right now, if you can believe that...
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this is probably nothing to worry about (cont'd)
Obama win triggers run on guns
Buyers said to fear crackdown on their rights, civil unrest, darky
HOUSTON — A week after the election of Barack Obama, gun buyers across the country are voting with their feet, flocking to gun stores to stock up on assault rifles, handguns and ammunition.
Some say they are worried that the incoming Obama administration will attempt to reimpose the ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. Others fear the loss of their right to own handguns. A few say they are preparing to protect themselves in the event of a race war.
But whatever the reason, gun dealers in red and blue states alike say they've never seen anything like the run on weaponry they've been experiencing since Election Day— surpassing even the panic buying in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Massively Brain-Dead:
Gun sales and the paranoid right: A sucker born every minute
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Buyers said to fear crackdown on their rights, civil unrest, darky
HOUSTON — A week after the election of Barack Obama, gun buyers across the country are voting with their feet, flocking to gun stores to stock up on assault rifles, handguns and ammunition.
Some say they are worried that the incoming Obama administration will attempt to reimpose the ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. Others fear the loss of their right to own handguns. A few say they are preparing to protect themselves in the event of a race war.
But whatever the reason, gun dealers in red and blue states alike say they've never seen anything like the run on weaponry they've been experiencing since Election Day— surpassing even the panic buying in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
The Massively Brain-Dead:
Gun sales and the paranoid right: A sucker born every minute
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