From Da Tech Guy: A glorious new era of Chicago aldermanic convictions may be upon us

Let the good times roll! From my post at Da Tech Guy:  A glorious new era of Chicago aldermanic convictions may be upon us.

Bloody Chicago: Riding on Chicago's Violent Merry-Go-Round of Sadness

My good friend Victor Maggio--who is going through a tough time right now--uploaded a sad video with John Lennon's "Watching the Wheels Go Round" as its theme music.

Ironically, Vic shoots video in some of the city's most violent parts--but he was recently assaulted in his old neighborhood near Guaranteed Rate Field by some White Sox fans.

From Da Tech Guy, Tales from the Illinois Exodus Part 5: Chicagoans finally awakening to pension bomb

That smelly garbage that you shove into a closet doesn't go away on its own. From my weekly post at Da Tech Guy: Tales from the Illinois Exodus Part 5: Chicagoans finally awakening to pension bomb.

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Nike caves to Colin Kaepernick's request to drop Betsy Ross flag shoes

Leftist marcher in

Chicago last year

As a runner, I'm a prime potential consumer of Nike products. I purchased--well, my parents did for me--my first Nike shoes over 40 years ago.

I'd announce a boycott of Nike had I not been boycotting them already.

From CNBC:

Nike is pulling sneakers featuring an early American flag after former NFL football player Colin Kaepernick told the company it shouldn’t sell a shoe that he and others consider offensive, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday evening, citing people familiar with the matter.

Nike shares were falling less than 1% in premarket trading Tuesday following the news. Shares had closed Monday up nearly 2% and have rallied 15% this year, bringing the retailer’s market cap to about $134.2 billion.

Kaepernick reportedly contacted Nike officials saying he and others felt the “Betsy Ross” flag — featuring 13 stars in a circle — featured on the shoes was linked to a period of slavery. The Betsy Ross flag is one type that was flown during the American Revolution. And the shoes were set to be released in celebration of the July Fourth holiday.

Gay, Asian, but conservative: Mainstream media largely uninterested in attack on Andy Ngo in Portland by Antifa brutes

Andy Ngo is the wrong type of victim. He was brutally attacked by Antifa terrorists over the weekend. Did you hear about it? Maybe not, because while Ngo is Asian and gay, he's also a conservative.

He tells Guy Benson, "I'm not the right type of victim."

Ngo suffered face bruises and brain bleeding from his beating.

More from KGO-TV, who is reporting on this barbarity:

"I have that physical pain and I'm dealing now with the emotional trauma of it as I'm recalling this event," said Ngo.

"As a journalist I've written critically about Antifa's criminal activities in the city and for that I've been threatened and intimidated and doxed multiple times all of which have been reported to police and as far as I know no action has been taken," he explained.

Ngo says right before leaving his home he took off his helmet so as not to appear armed for a battle.

"My mistake was leaving that helmet at home because they went primarily for my head," said Ngo.

Unhinged: AOC claims illegals were forced to drink toilet water

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a whack job.

From Bloomberg:

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused U.S. border agents of conducting a program of “psychological warfare” against detained migrants who were told to drink water from toilets if they were thirsty.

The New York Democrat’s comments on Twitter came amid a report Monday that border agents used a secret Facebook group to share lewd posts about Ocasio-Cortez and at least one other Democratic lawmaker as well as racist comments about migrants.

“Just left the 1st CBP facility. I see why CBP officers were being so physically & sexually threatening towards me. Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, referring to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Just left the 1st CBP facility.

I see why CBP officers were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me.

Officers were keeping women in cells w/ no water & had told them to drink out of the toilets.

This was them on their GOOD behavior in front of members of Congress.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 1, 2019

Mark Dice: Jim Acosta's Dream Comes True

The headline about CNN's Jim Acosta is sarcastic.

Chicago: 4 dead at at least 52 wounded over weekend

The first half of 2019 ended with a lot of bloodshed.

From Fox Chicago:

Citywide gun violence over the weekend left at least four people dead and 52 others hurt.

An outburst of shootings killed one person and wounded 20 others in the first 12 hours of the weekend, which began at 5 p.m. Friday and ended 5 a.m. Monday.

It’s the second time this year that at least 50 people were hurt in gun violence incidents within city limits during a weekend, but police said shootings in the first half of 2019 were at a four-year low.