"He Got Nothin'

So far this year, 1/4 of all gun deaths in the US have occurred in Chicago. Maybe the Lucas Museum will have a special murder room to honor its host city.* From Neil Steinberg in the Chicago Sun-Times,April 22, 2016: Re: Rahm "If he hits his head doing a flip turn in the pool at the East Bank Club tomorrow and drowns, he'd be remembered for mishandling, at best, or covering up, at worst, the Laquan McDonald killing, which jarred him from unpopular to despised. The big problems: the pension, school and violence crises got worse under his watch. Without a Lucas Museum, he got nothin'."

Changed

"Steinberg: Chicago Police are too quick to shoot" by Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/neil-steinberg/7/71/1213056/steinberg-chicago-police-shootings-bettie-jones


   "Because of this, the police in urban areas are accustomed to doing whatever they like, without consequences --- again, for them --- lying their way out of the rare tight spot. Like all unchecked power, it corrupted them, so that when Mr. iPhone Camera came along, the public didn't like what it saw, while it is all the police can do not to ruffle indignantly that their terms of employment had changed."

Meaningful Change

"Opinion: A moment that could bring meaningful change"
by Michael Eaddy
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/1205038/opinion-moment-bring-meaningful-change

"ISIS is to Islam as the Ku Klux Klan is to Christianity"

"Gene Lyons: Death cult like ISIS cannot prevail", Chicago Sun-Times, Opinion
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/1115360/gene-lyons-death-cult-like-isis-prevail


"Theologically, ISIS is to Islam as the Ku Klux Klan is to Christianity, ie. a crackpot, deviant sect."

Reading and Writing

Monsanto's mutated seeds sell nothing more than one season's growth. Monsanto is the opposite of what humanity needs to survive. Yet here it still is, part of the TPP and bullying small farmers.
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The Koch brothers' Freedom Caucus,
A big empty except for its raucous
And harsh voice
Which promotes anti-people choice,
And requires deadening by the rod of whine, Mr. Baucus.
(sometimes there are no sentences and no verbs)
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"'Freedom Caucus' Really Chicken Little Brigade" by Gene Lyons, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/1025198/gene-lyons
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"We Can't Address the EU Refugee Crisis Without Confronting Global Capitalism" by Slavoj Zizek, In These Times
http://inthesetimes.com/article/18385/slavoj-zizek-european-refugee-crisis-and-global-capitalism
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"Incitement that fuels terror"
Entitles the marching flag pin bearer
To a secret bonus
With no tax onus
And room for nothing but error.
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Sometimes a weekend pass entitles a person to
lots of reading and writing.

Wrecked Everything

"Trump on the border" by Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/neil-steinberg/7/71/824667/trump-campaign-philosophy-baseball-cap


"   Once America was Eden. The country was filled with white Protestant pilgrims and they ran the show and everything was fine. Then came The Fall, the arrival of the people who didn't belong and who wrecked everything."

The Punts

". . . Bernie Sanders was a local chapter leader of the Congress for Racial Equality while a student at the University of Chicago in the 1960's and protested racist, unfair housing policies."
 by Michael R. Jones, Crystal Lake, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/761452/letters-Monday
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"Leadership strategy" or pickled brain farts
Mad ravings or seditious state of the arts
Take your pick
Carry a big stick
Glare and brilliance taken to hearts.
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If you accepted a "gift" 10-15 years ago, for the question's sake let's say from one of the Clintons, for how long are you obligated? Until somebody finally gets what they want, or for eternity?
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The kick off! The thrill of the hunts!
The pick off! The crills and the runts!
Corporally weighted
Immoral and debilitated
The slick off! Get a chill from the punts!

A Bigger Percentage

"Why is religion like a hammer?" by Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times
or "Religion isn't adequate cover for atrocities humans commit"
http://chicago.suntimes.com/neil-steinberg/7/71/750413/religion-hammer-cowardice-bias-prejudice
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Multiple core spentities and their eager conduits
Did years perfecting their ensembles, none on their wits
Winding paths
Lost all the maths
Artificially soft is the road to the pits.
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3 stores are responsible for 20% of the guns found at crime scenes
in the Chicago area. Come on, don't those 3 stores want to grab
a bigger percentage?

August Spectacles

It was a white letter day wearing a pink slip and designer flipflops. Pink minx hoodwinks made "good" inks and lots of blinks.
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"A guy can be a gal, but white can't be black. Yet." by Neil Steinberg, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/neil-steinberg/7/71/691852/rachel-dolezal-race-identity-change
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A woman with a stainless steel spine may expose a daughter
When the north wind is in the veins & no teeter in the totter.
Hungry ghosts of a deal
Or live fake to be in the real
Hearts & flowers & kids - thanks Moms. We caught her.
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Actuary-maced gray dems
Were parched wan with sun-kissed tentacles.
Faerie-based rays-n-rems
Harshed the sun with a fist in the ventricles.
It wasn't easy.
But it was breezy.
January-faced May hems
Marched upon August spectacles.

Las Quimbambas

With a one-way directional viewfinder
And its daily protocols of reminder
To be photo-ops of p r
But never carry freedom too far
Anyways, who wants our world to be kinder?
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"Counterpoint: Snowden Asks Only For a Fair Shake" by Trevor Timm, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/7/71/666350/counterpoint-snowden-asks-fair-shake
That reminds me to paraphrase an old movie -
Truth often sickens people. If they can keep it down,
they will be better for it.
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The marvel of backside economics
Is that kicks are no longer kicks,
Plan A gives the runaround:
Down is not down.
But everywhere becomes la quimbamba sticks.

Purposes

"Taking parkland for Obama Library is not the only choice" by Cassandra J. Francis and Charles A. Birnbaum, Chicago Sun-Times
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/356046/taking-parkland-obama-library-choice
"The University of Chicago commissioned a study about the library's economic impact; funded a poll showing overwhelming support for taking parkland; and all while controlling an 11-acre site across the street from Washington Park that they would likely develop for commercial purposes.

"Asking about Ferguson: Ain't I a man?"

"Asking about Ferguson: Ain't I a man?" by John W. Fountain, Chicago Sun-Times


http://www.suntimes.com/news/fountain/31344954-452/asking-in-ferguson-aint-i-a-man.html#.VHt7FZV0yM9

Whines to Wines

"Why I don't like Bruce Rauner. Hint: It rhymes with funny" by Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/30681669-452/why-i-dont-like-bruce-rauner-hint-it-rhymes-with-funny.html#.VFSlN5V0yM8
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Whines and dines
Pre approved fines
Choice of lines
Air water land mines
Dressed to the half past nines
Smell the pines
Old egg signs
Shopping/security/snooper tines
Mind your vines
Red white and blue wines

Of Course He Too is a Liar



Hillary dear, your ambition is showing, and right at the start of shark week!
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Lindsey paid for a study to boost Lindsey-caring in the hearts of millions. What a ham. What a liar.

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Dire Predictions

Mr. Studebaker Granville Cumberbun the Third

Believes half of what he says and a third of what he heard.

Of course he is a liar.

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"Five Layers of Separation" is a 2-act semi rehearsed reality play. It centers on a charming audience being hustled by the antagonist, Ruse Browner. Ruse claims to be a friend to the children and a planner of plans. The audience must decide which act is fake and which is rehearsed.



"Rauner's business reputation takes a blow in fraud case" by Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times


http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/rauners-business-reputation-takes-blow-fraud-case/fri-dsey paid for a study to boost l08082014-849pm


Of course he too is a liar.

You Know They Will

One no trump, two no trump,
he ain't got no couth no culture,
but he does buy big letters.
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"Can Hillary be herself and win?" by Roger Simon, Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/simon/28134486-452/can-hillary-be-herself-and-win.html#.U6GWX5VOWM8
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We have received 2 or 3 letters from people doing 2014 "business." They want us to pay protection money to keep our water pipes safe, only they don't call it that. No return addresses are ever required on their envelopes.
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I know how to break everything! Oh! Oh, oh! I know how to wreck everything!



How great is that? Would you care to be our resident expert on pretending you know and care about putting everything back together again?


You know it!
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"All sides vow to stay vigilant" because cell phones are everywhere. Who knows when all sides will be captured,
and you know they will.

He Made Her Do It

Big boy "business" is conducted in a deceitful and shameful way and yet for some reason it leaves the perps feeling unfulfilled and yearning to mess up public schools and public governments in the same manner. Where did we go wrong?


"Company that made deal with Rauner's firm has buyer's remorse" by Dan Mihalopoulos, Chicago Sun-Times
http://politics.suntimes.com/article/springfield/company-made-deal-rauner%E2%80%99s-firm-has-buyer%E2%80%99s-remorse/tue-05132014-623pm
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Yes. Global Climate Change really is the fault of our government and other governments who foolishly follow our lead by allowing the very wealthy to be as ugly as they please.
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Dear Ma'am or Sir:
   Good manners in the digital age demand all parties employ the mode of interaction preferred by the persons with whom one wishes to communicate.
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The lady said the super old dude on dangerous anti-psychotic tranquilizers made her point out his pre racial beatitudes.
He made her do it.

Them

Is this the new old way of doing what they like to call "business"?


"Under Emanuel, principals have no voice" by Troy A. LaRaviere, Principal of Blaine Elementary School, Chicago Sun-Times


http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/letters/27339293-474/under-emanuel-principals-have-no-voice.html#.U24g3ZXjiM8


". . . to reject these backward ideas and to oust the politicians
who peddle them."

The Bully Wedge of Ownership

"Bruce Almighty meets Quinnocchio! Entertaining and informative"
or
"Bruce Almighty's education agenda faces tough crowd" by Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/26790130-452/bruce-almighty-meets-quinnocchio-entertaining-and-informative.html

More Power

If you are going to the World Cup in Brazil, it is recommended you get the following vaccinations: Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Rabies, Typhoid, and Yellow Fever. That is one for each arm, one for each leg, and one for your abdomen. Go team!
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On a positive note: People are having
Good Riddance Phelps parties and loving them.
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"Rauner's term-limit plan looks OK, until you read it"
or
"You must read the fine print of Rauner's term limits plan:Brown"
by Mark Brown, Chicago Sun-Times


http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/26364834-452/you-must-read-the-fine-print-of-rauners-term-limits-plan-brown.html

Pretend To Steal It

"Dem powers stoop to smear tactics" by Carol Marin, Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/25899635-452/marin-dem-powers-stoop-to-smear-tactics.html
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What should I do today besides shovel snow? I know. I'll invest some real money in some pretend money on my computer screen. That has to be profitable, right? I hope nobody will pretend to steal it.