Geologic time: 426 days since Quinn said he was "put on earth" to fix Illinois pensions

Geology works at its own pace

Later today the Democratic-controlled Illinois General Assembly will meet in a special session called by Governor Pat Quinn to solve Illinois' $100 billion pension shortfall.. The debt grows by $17 million per day.

It was 426 days ago when Quinn said he was "put on earth" to fix the state's pensions. Since then the 2012 and 2013 spring sessions of the state legislature--when most of the work is done--have adjourned.

So what's going to happen at today's special session? Nothing. But a Quinn spokeswoman said that the Chicago Democrat will call another special session in "early July" to work on pensions.

What will happen in July? Maybe Quinn will decide to call for an August special session to solve this crisis.

Perhaps "Earthly" Quinn is working on geologic time.

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(Video) Unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers says his pal Obama should be tried for war crimes

I wonder if unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers regrets allowing the use of his living room as the launch pad for Barack Obama's political career. In a smartly-shot  on-the-road interview, Bill Ayers tells RealClearPolitics' Charlie Stone and Tom Bevan that his pal should be tried for "war crimes."

"Absolutely, Ayers says here. "Every president in this century should be on trial for war crimes. Every one of them goes into an office dripping with blood."

Ayers' former terror group, the Weather Underground, attempted to build a bomb that would have been detonated during a dance at a New Jersey army base. Fortunately, the bomb exploded prematurely and killed only the terrorists.

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Bloody Monday: 8 shot in Chicago yesterday

Despite there being no conceal-and-carry law--and some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. people keep getting shot in Chicago. Eight last night, in fact.

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From Red State, Out of bounds: Another court smacks Obama NLRB’s overreach on union rights posters

A couple of years ago President Obama's radicalized National Relations Labor Board ruled that non-union firms--which of course includes the vast majority of employers--would need to put up posters informing workers how to form a union. But as Red State tells us, a US Appeals Court struck down that rule as unconstitutional: Out of bounds: Another court smacks Obama NLRB’s overreach on union rights posters.

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On this day in 1940: Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech

It was on this day in 1940, as France was about to surrender to the Nazis, that Winston Churchill gave his "Finest Hour" speech.

"Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour."

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ILL-inois: For first time a Chicago alderman found guilty twice in separate cases

Chicago--city of crooked alderman

Since 1972, 31 sitting or former members of Chicago's City Council have been convicted of crimes, the most recent of which is Ald. Sandi Jackson (7th). Earlier this year, another former 7th Ward alderman, William, "The Hog with the Big Nuts" Beavers, a bitter enemy of the Jesse Jackson clan, was found guilty of tax evasion. Sandi pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme with her husband, US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., of illegally diverting funds from his campaign war chest for personal use.

One of those "Dirty 31" is former 25th Ward alderman Ambrosio Medrano. He pleaded guilty in 1996 to accepting a $31,000 bribe from an FBI mole and placing two cronies in no-show municipal jobs. Earlier today he was found guilty of attempting to bribe a Los Angeles County official to win a pharmaceutical contract for a business associate.

This is a first. Until Medrano, no Chicago alderman had ever been convicted twice in separate cases. But can he pull off a hat trick? Possibly. Medrano faces another corruption trial in an unrelated bribery case, this one involves a Cook County-run hospital.

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Media bias: CBS reporter compares Iranian presidential candidates to Tea Party

Last night CBS reporter Elizabeth Palmer compared the candidates for Iranian president to the Tea Party.

This is why Americans keep turning away from the mainstream media.

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