I was all set to post my thoughts regarding the Abbate case when I realized that there is so much more going on that shouldn’t be neglected. So, suffice it to say that the sentence passed down upon the bar brawler and woman beater really is a non-story as far as Chicago style justice is [...]
from greglawrence
R.I.P. — Koko Taylor has passed away on June 3rd, 2009 at the majestic age of eighty years old and has left this world a better place.
The audio sync problem has been fixed in this wonderful 1967 version of Koko Taylor singing “Wang Dang Doodle” along with Little Walter — a [...]
I don’t know what the weather is going to be like, but it’s not going to stop the spirit of the Annual Blues Fest nor will it put a damper on my attending it. I have waited all year for the arrival of this free event and how it makes me feel so good deep [...]
A funny thing happened on the way to the CPS, it was reported that 1,000 non-classroom positions were to be cut.
This begs the question of whether or not these jobs were necessary to begin with. If not, exactly how much money was picked from the pockets of the Chicago taxpayer to support that many employees, [...]
Here is another in the department of WTF.
An inmate in a Mississippi prison is on trial for conspiring to steal guns while being incarcerated. The prisoner of course refers to his rights and is attempting to block recorded phone conversations implicating his involement with the dastardly deed. Let’s hope that the judicial system allows this [...]
Following is a story that highlights the best in human nature after experiencing the more malevolent forms of it. Here is a pizza delivery gut, making small money and hustling for it, being viciously robbed and assaulted by some thugs and having his car stolen and crashed to boot.
Along comes a man, recently laid off, [...]
from www.voanews.com
By Michael Bowman
Washington
The White House says America’s employment picture is worse than the Obama administration had anticipated just a few months ago. The somber admission follows the latest jobless report showing the highest unemployment rate the United States has seen in more than 25 years.
U.S. unemployment jumped a half percent [...]
Well, here is another bold, brazen and shameless attempt to talk us into allowing a tax increase during a time when the jobless rate is over 9.5% with no relief as of yet. It has been reasonably predicted that the rate will go over 10% before receding to a more managable level. I find it [...]
from whitehouse
“A New Beginning”
The President gives a speech in Cairo, Egypt, outlining his personal commitment to engagement with the Muslim world, based upon mutual interests and mutual respect, and discusses how the United States and Muslim communities around the world can bridge some of the differences that have divided them. June 4, 2009. (public domain)
Please [...]
Anthony Abbate has been found guilty of agravated battery. He can receive anything from probation to five years in jail. Stay tuned.
Abbate, 40, faces probation to up to five years in prison when he is sentenced June 23. He remained free Tuesday after Judge Fleming denied a request to revoke bond.
Abbate has been [...]
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