Tuesday, July 29, 2014

(Video) The anti-Obama: Reagan stands up for Israel in 1984 synagogue speech

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In 1984 President Ronald Reagan gave a speech , yes it's fair to also call it a campaign address, to a New York state synagogue. ...

(MSNBC video) Time's Halperin says Hillary lacks "strategic vision" in foreign policy

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All presidential candiates have strengths and weaknesses. You would think that after four years as secretary of state  international affairs...

Global warming news: Illinois towns struggle to buy road salt

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Winter is coming "Winter is coming," as they say on Game of Thrones . And many Illinois towns are finding it difficult to bu...
Monday, July 28, 2014

(Photo) Northern leopard frog

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When I moved to Palos Heights from Chicago's South Side in the late 1960s, northern leopard frogs were everywhere. Some were green, some...

Warning: Illinois Freedom PAC is a union front group

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Illinois flag on right The Illinois Freedom PAC uses flag imagery and of course the word freedom in its name. So it's a conservative...
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On this day 100 years ago: World War I begins

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Doughboy monument, Morton Grove "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana The old o...
Sunday, July 27, 2014

Feds pay nearly $3K monthly rent to house poor in luxury Chicago apartments

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You too can live here! Always believe your spouse. My wife told me that a friend of hers lived in a very expensive apartment, the Aqua ...
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ILL-inois: Over 7,800 state employees made over $100K last year, up by 1,200

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The State Journal-Register, Illinois' oldest newspaper, is reporting today that 7,800 state employees made over $100,000 last year --w...

From Da Tech Guy on DaRadio: Gerrymandering, identity politics, and amnesty

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John "Lee" Ruberry My latest Da Magnificent Seven entry on Da Tech Guy and DaRadio blog takes a look at Chicago, the border cr...

Study: Graft costs residents in most-corrupt states $1,308 each

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Corruption is not cheap, as Sauk Valley.com tells us: Two professors recently performed that service for Illinois and other corruption-pla...