Illinois' champion of the expired ERA resigns leadership post after beinig accused of harassment by woman

Lang's Skokie office in 2006

I've always said that my state rep, Lou Lang (D-Skokie), is a scumbag who reminds of someone selling smoke-damaged furniture at the old Maxwell Street Market.

"Hey you over dere...I got some real bargains here. Follow me, you can barely smell da smoke."

Well, apparently a woman who says Lang harassed her for years agrees that he's a cad.

From the Chicago Sun-Times.

An activist who has worked in Springfield is accusing State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, of repeatedly harassing, intimidating and humiliating her over the years.

The allegations from Maryann Loncar came at a news conference Thursday, the day after Lang helped pass the [my note--expired] Equal Rights Amendment in the Illinois House.

At the news conference, Loncar stood beside Denise Rotheimer, a victim rights advocate whose accusations helped unseat a veteran Chicago senator, and State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton.

“I was harassed. I was intimidated. I was humiliated …” Loncar said of Lang, the House deputy majority leader.

Lang resigned all of his legislative leadership posts today, including that of deputy majority leader in the Illinois House. However, his Facebook page of this posting still is titled, House Deputy Majority Leader Lou Lang.

“I can help you bury her if you want," is something Loncar claims he told her husband. She also says that Lang put his hand on the “lower back below underwear” and he said to her, “Does your husband know how lucky he is to have a wife like you?”

Lang remains as the Democratic committeeman of Niles Township.

He also serves on the General Assembly's Legislative Ethics Commission.

Maryann Loncar: “I’ve been a Democrat my whole life, folks.” She says when she’s asked if it’s a political issue. Rep @JeanneIves rep Margo McDermed and Denise Rotheimer, who are standing with her, are avowed Republicans.

— Hannah Meisel (@hannahmeisel) May 31, 2018

My lame-duck state senator, Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) has also been accused of harassment. He was defeated in the March primary.

I never voted for either of them.

For his part, Lang is accusing Loncar of being angry because she failed to receive a medical marijuana dispensary license.

From my post at Da Tech Guy:

Failed state Illinois creating distraction from pension crisis by trying to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment

Trump says he's considering pardoning Blago

“I’ve got this thing and it’s 

fucking golden."

On this issue, I'm not on the same side as the president. Chicago and the of Illinois are being drowned by corruption. The only cure I can thinks of are long sentences such as the one Blago received for his crimes--or even better, very long ones such as the one that disgraced former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, is currently serving.

From Fox Chicago:

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, who did a stint in federal prison after she was convicted of charges related to a stock sale.

Hours earlier, Trump said on Twitter that he will pardon conservative commentator and Obama critic Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.

As he left Washington to fly to Texas, Trump tweeted: "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today. He was treated very unfairly by our government!" D'Souza, an outspoken critic of former President Barack Obama, had claimed that his prosecution by the Obama Justice Department was politically motivated, but the presiding federal judge said D'Souza had failed to prove it.

Trump later shared with reporters aboard Air Force One his thoughts on Blagojevich and Stewart.

Blago is currently serving a 14-year-prison sentence in a Colorado federal prison, for attempting to sell, what he called "fucking golden," Barack Obama's US Senate seat, among other crimes.

One of the apparent bidders was former US Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr, who later went to prison for campaign finance fraud.

TBS' Samantha Bee calls Ivanka "a feckless c___" in Full Frontal monologue, her show has not been cancelled

Sure, Ivanka Trump is an adult. But so are Barack Obama's daughters.

What if Samantha Bee referred to them in the same manner? Would she still have a job?

Oh, I never heard of Bee or her show until ten minutes ago.

From USA Today:

During Wednesday's episode of Full Frontal, the late night host had a short but striking message for the president's daughter, who she criticized for posting "the second most oblivious tweet we've seen this week."

"You know, Ivanka, that's a beautiful photo of you and your child but let me just say, one mother to another: Do something about your dad's immigration practices you feckless (expletive)," she said. "He listens to you."

She also suggested a way to get President Trump to listen.

"Put on something tight and low cut and tell your father to (expletive) stop it," she said. "Tell him it was an Obama thing and see how it goes."

Bloody Chicago: Memorial Weekend 8 Dead, 30 Wounded in Chicago 2018

"It is amazing how I am able to remember every single shooting I have ever covered in Chicago," Victor Maggio recalls in his latest Bloody Chicago video, this one about the long--but violent--Memorial Day weekend in Chiraq.

Maggio added more shootings into his memory bank.

(PragerU) America's 2nd War of Independence

Brian Kilmeade discusses the War of 1812 and the Battle of New Orleans in this latest PragerU video.

Alt bough I do have to point out that because of communications difficulties, the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, was signed before that battle, which was a decisive American victory. But that battle, and of course the war, forced Great Britain to accept Americans as their peers.

The United States was on its way to becoming w world power.

MSNBC hypocrisy on full display as Al Sharpton and Joy Reid called on to discuss Roseanne

First of all, let me get this out of the way. Roseanne Barr's Tweet about Valerie Jarrett being the baby of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Planet of the Apes was repugnant and completely beyond the pale. The star of the top-rated sitcom on television has paid dearly for that Tweet, as Roseanne has been cancelled.

But the left remains tone deaf. MSNBC yesterday called on Joy Reid to comment on Barr. Reid earlier this year was found to have written many anti-gay blog posts as well as some homophobic Tweets about gays, which, incredulously, she blamed on hackers.

The network also called on Al Sharpton, who hosts PoliticsNation there, to express his outrage about Barr.

And the duo appeared on an MSNBC Townhall together.

Tune in to MSNBC’s special townhall #EveryDayRacismInAmerica hosted by @joyannreid & @chrislhayes. I’m on with Joy, Chris, Valerie Jarrett, and Sherrilyn Ifill discussing racism, Roseanne, and more. pic.twitter.com/HGrH9VtAgf

— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) May 30, 2018

Sharpton's bigoted outburst are numerous. He referred to Socrates and other philosophers as "Greek homos." He accused Mormons of not believing in God. The Reverend Al has made anti-Semitic remarks and brought race relations to a new low by fostering the Tawana Brawley hoax.

When is MSNBC going to cancel Sharpton's show? It already axed Reid's program, but that was only because it had lousy ratings.

Barr was wrong. But had she been a leftist, my guess is that she'd still have a TV show.

Mark Dice: She's Behind It All

Mark Dice is in clean up mode as he corrects the leftist Fake News media over a four year-old photograph of immigrant children behind a chain link fence--cages, said some!--that was tied to the Trump presidency.

Who was president in 2014?

Oh, when it's not President Trump's fault,  then Ivanka is the one to blame.

Chiraq: 9 dead and at least 29 wounded over Memorial Day weekend

The first weekend of summer usually means an increase in the carnage in Chicago. Over the Memorial Day weekend, despite the activation of the "Summer Mobile Unit" of 100 cops, the number of murders over the recently-concluded three-day weekend was higher then Memorial Day weekend last year. For 2018 nine people were murdered in holiday weekend violence and at least 29 others were wounded.

Although the first round of voting won't take place until February, campaigning for the next Chicago mayoral election has already begun, and rampant Chiraq violence is a key issue.

Memorial Day 2018: Palos Heights, Illinois' Veterans Memorial

Yesterday I was in my hometown of Palos Heights, Illinois where I paid my respects to the city's Veterans Memorial. I remember when it was first built, the initial incarnation, funded by a Harlem Avenue restaurateur, was dedicated to the eight might who perished in an aborted mission in the spring of 1980 to rescue our hostages held by Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran.

The memorial was expanded to mark the members of our military who made the ultimate sacrifice in every conflict from the Revolutionary War through Vietnam.

The two Palos Heights soldiers who perished in that last conflict, 2nd Lieutenant Fred Andrew Hartman Jr and Lance Corporal Mark Steven Anderson, are memorialized. Both men were killed in action in the spring of 1969.

All gave some and some gave all.

Memorial Day 2018: St. Germain, Wisconsin's Veterans Memorial Wall

In the Wisconsin's Northwoods' town of St. Germain is the Veterans Memorial Wall, which consists of bricks with the names of area veterans--living and deceased--who served in our military.

The wall is at the corner of state routes 70 and 155.

Remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for our great nation on this Memorial Day. And say a prayer for those who made it home alive but have since passed on.