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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

From Illinois Review: AFL-CIO says Keystone XL is not just a pipeline but a lifeline

About the AFL-CIO, I wrote this morning that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Here's the second time, per Illinois Review: AFL-CIO Says Keystone XL Is Not Just a Pipeline but a Lifeline.

Drill baby, drill.

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Nevada AFL-CIO condemns ObamaCare in resolution

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Nevada AFL-CIO condemns ObamaCare in resolution

Red Rock Canyon State Park, Nevada

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. The Nevada AFL-CIO issued a resolution last week excoriating ObamaCare.

From the Weekly Standard:

The Nevada AFL-CIO has released a resolution condemning ObamaCare and demanding that the president and lawmakers change the law.

"[F]or two years we have sought from the Administration and Congress interpretations to the ACA that merely allows us keep the health plans we currently have: nothing more, nothing less. No special treatment. To date, the Administration has postured on proposals to address the problem, but no proposal to date will actually solve the problem. Our health plans only get worse," the resolution in part reads.

"[A]s a result of Administration inaction to fix the problem, the unintended consequences of the ACA will lead to the destruction of the 40 hour work week, higher taxes and force union members onto more costly plans -- eventually destroying the Taft-Hartley Funds completely."

Obamacare "should not threaten the 40 hour week, and the existence of collectively bargained health care plans," the resolution states.

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Gov. Quinn plans to run as an outsider in 2014--outside the realm of competence?

Illinois' failed governor, Chicago Democrat Pat Quinn, who 495 days ago boasted that he was "put on earth" to fix the state's broken pension system, plans to run for election next year as an outsider, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Outside the realm of competence?

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Monday, August 26, 2013

(Photos) My 2009 Yosemite posts

Tuolumne Grove

Yosemite National Park, one of the planet's jewels, is under threat from a wildfire that currently is the size of Chicago. The Marathon Pundit family visited Yosemite in 2009--Tuolumne Grove was one of our stops. The sequoia trees there are near the edge of the fire.

Below are my posts about that trip.

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Bloody Chicago: 2 dead, 15 wounded over the weekend

Chicago's strict gun laws didn't prevent another violent weekend. Two are dead and another 15 were wounded over the last two days.

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Sunday, August 25, 2013

(Photos) 2013 Skokie Backlot Bash Classic Car Show

For a brief period before World War I, Chicago was a center for movie making. And Skokie--then called Niles Center--was used for some backlot filming. And each August Skokie celebrates this heritage by holding its annual Backlot Bash festival, which includes a classic car show. I was there this afternoon with my camera.

Here's a backlot-era car--a 1917 Ford Model T.

Thirty years later this 1947 Coupe rolled off of Ford's assembly lines.

Here's a coupe of a different color, a 1965 Cadillac de Ville.

Now we turn to the vintage car show standards. First a Ford Mustang from 1969.

Followed by a Chevy Corvette--a 1963 model.

Here's a 1934 Ford Pickup--notice the spare tire behind the passenger door.

In 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company and Nash-Kelvinator merged to form American Motors, which was later run by Mitt Romney's father, George. The Nash name carried on in Great Britain. Pictured here is a 1961 Nash Metropolitan built in the UK.