If you take a look at Trubisky and Fields' stats, you'll see that the reason Fields is gone is because he is essentially Mitch. The stats lay out the same. While Trubisky would bounce up and down in the pocket, Fields just took off and ran. They did this because they couldn't get beyond their first read and that doesn't cut it in the NFL.
When I first paid attention to Johnson during the primaries, I felt that he was a smart, articulate politician with good ideas. I soon began to believe that despite these positives, he could easily become a stubborn and remarkably poor politician. Chicago knows one when we see one. He forgot to read the Pelosi handbook that reads “you don’t bring it up for voting without the votes”. Worse yet for him , his obtuse defiance has confirmed that he will certainly be a one term mayor.
I proudly voted against that stupid Johnson referendum!
Why? Because I flat out know that the money was never going to go to help the homeless, but was going to mysteriously get transferred to give that huge pay raise to his rotten buddies at that insane teacher union!
Plus there's no doubt, it would cause huge rent increases for people in apartment buildings, when the buildings get sold & must then pay higher taxes. And I own a house & supposedly my tax would've gone down & I don't believe that for a second!
As for renaming Columbus Drive for Obama: Nothing owned by government should ever be named after a living person, ever!!! It should be a law that they must wait until a person has been dead for at least 10 years.
If our otherwise useless city council, which always wastes the first hour of every council meeting giving out congratulatory resolutions for everything & everyone, from the local girl scout troop selling the most cookies to some kid scoring 1590 on his SAT, wants to rename a street, then get rid of Balbo Drive, named after a buddy, buddy of Mussolini, who flew three seaplanes to Chicago in 1933 for the World's Fair & rename it after a noble Italian who left Italy in the 1930s & came to America, to protect his Jewish wife from the Nazis, despite Mussolini's assurance she would be safe.
Who am I speaking of, Enrico Fermi of course, the brilliant physicist who came to the University of Chicago & who led the team that built the world's first atomic reactor on the campus & created the first controlled nuclear reaction on December 2, 1942.
While there's FermiLab way out in the western end of DuPage County, there's nothing in Chicago named after him, other than a part of the physics department at the University of Chicago on Ellis Avenue, near the Henry Moore statue commemorating the location of Pile #1.
Re: Michael Moore's characterization of Trump as a genius, I think a more accurate term would be a savant - he is obviously mentally unwell, a troubled insecure man who has failed at almost everything, but he has a single tremendous, rare talent - tapping into base instincts of a large portion of the US population by using outrageous rhetoric. This one talent, coupled with flaws in our system of government, has allowed him to amass enormous political power, not because he is a genius political or business strategist but only because his twisted selfish instincts happen to perfectly fit in and hack the puzzle of our society.
Court authorities who botched the Perkins case should all be fired. How can you not interview the woman who experienced the danger? We all know orders of protection frequently are not worth the paper they're printed on, but they wouldn't even go that far. It's infuriating and heartbreaking. And I'm glad you talked about Jayden. I found myself wondering if he ever could have been cast as Billy Elliott.
Next: learned a new word today from this sentence: [[If “punching back” involves doubling down on the obloquy during an attempt in November to once again put this question to voters — a possibility he didn’t commit to Wednesday — Johnson will end up with his back on the canvas again.'' (Sorry -- I can't highlight "obloquy.")
And I wouldn't trust any government anywhere with $100 million and no concrete plan.
Don't name a street for someone until after they're dead a number of years.
And finally, I am flummoxed by your method of rooting for teams that ends in "teams from blue states." I completely understand Big 10 first, because I know a lot of people, myself included, who do that. (I put Marquette, my middle daughter's alma mater, ahead of any Big 10 teams that's not Northwestern, though. Then I root for teams that have alums I know -- which means after decades of rooting AGAINST Notre Dame, I know cheer for those Irish (son-in-law). After eight years of working for an association that represents a surgical subspecialty I'll root for schools associated with members with whom I interacted a great deal (Roll Tide!) Everyone knows people who dislike teams (Duke, for good example) for extraneous reasons and hope they fail. But I'm pretty sure I've never heard of someone rooting for colleges/universities based on the politics of the state in which they're located. Go for Baylor or Alabama instead!!
1. This newsletter's readers really hate the Chicago Teacher's Union. The rants are getting old. Which leads me to
2. While I did vote, I can understand low turn out. The constant thrum of political campaigning and political punditry combined with the continual background noise of Donald Trump is wearying for anyone who tries to be a good citizen and keep up with the news. For me, it is this, not divisiveness, which has always been there, that is new. I'm tired. I may have to turn off the spigot.
I'm really getting upset with this carousel of GM/Coach/QB that the Bears go through. When you interview to be a GM or Head Coach, you probably know what you are working with. It would be refreshing if they just come right out and say I'll only take the job if I can put my people in.
I agree completely with EZ assessment of the tragic murder of Jayden Perkins. There is every reason to believe that the government entities involved are routinely making decisions that advantage miscreants over their potential victims. This includes telling the public that electronic monitoring is an acceptable alternative to incarceration, when they know from experience that it doesn't work. It probably could be made to work, but that would take someone that cares and feels responsible.
I also agree with EZ on his assessment of the Bring Chicago Home results and the mayor's response. As to the mayor's remark about 'Trump supporters' we should recall that that was one of his characterizations of Vallas and Vallas supporters. He probably feels that plays well with his base and snows liberal Chicagoans.
The city contributed park land to the Obama Center and hasn't finished paying for the infrastructure improvements around it. Do we really need to name a street for him too? I also thought this was a thinly veiled sop to the progressives that dislike Columbus. Surely there are more important things for the council to do.
So I love everything about Tweet Madness 2024 except the way it’s conducted. I hate having to choose (on the one hand) between two really good tweets and then (on the other hand) between two meh choices. I’d rather have voted for both the good ones and against the two mehs. Next year, how about letting us pick our 16 faves from the 32, our 8 faves from the surviving 16, etc. Surely a surer way of assuring that the best tweet wins.
Real estate interests. 1. Chicago homeless, 0.
First time I had to go to the tissue box reading the PS. God bless Jayden.
If you take a look at Trubisky and Fields' stats, you'll see that the reason Fields is gone is because he is essentially Mitch. The stats lay out the same. While Trubisky would bounce up and down in the pocket, Fields just took off and ran. They did this because they couldn't get beyond their first read and that doesn't cut it in the NFL.
When I first paid attention to Johnson during the primaries, I felt that he was a smart, articulate politician with good ideas. I soon began to believe that despite these positives, he could easily become a stubborn and remarkably poor politician. Chicago knows one when we see one. He forgot to read the Pelosi handbook that reads “you don’t bring it up for voting without the votes”. Worse yet for him , his obtuse defiance has confirmed that he will certainly be a one term mayor.
Enjoyed the Frank Turner song / video, and see that he'll be at the Aragon Ballroom May 31st.
I proudly voted against that stupid Johnson referendum!
Why? Because I flat out know that the money was never going to go to help the homeless, but was going to mysteriously get transferred to give that huge pay raise to his rotten buddies at that insane teacher union!
Plus there's no doubt, it would cause huge rent increases for people in apartment buildings, when the buildings get sold & must then pay higher taxes. And I own a house & supposedly my tax would've gone down & I don't believe that for a second!
As for renaming Columbus Drive for Obama: Nothing owned by government should ever be named after a living person, ever!!! It should be a law that they must wait until a person has been dead for at least 10 years.
If our otherwise useless city council, which always wastes the first hour of every council meeting giving out congratulatory resolutions for everything & everyone, from the local girl scout troop selling the most cookies to some kid scoring 1590 on his SAT, wants to rename a street, then get rid of Balbo Drive, named after a buddy, buddy of Mussolini, who flew three seaplanes to Chicago in 1933 for the World's Fair & rename it after a noble Italian who left Italy in the 1930s & came to America, to protect his Jewish wife from the Nazis, despite Mussolini's assurance she would be safe.
Who am I speaking of, Enrico Fermi of course, the brilliant physicist who came to the University of Chicago & who led the team that built the world's first atomic reactor on the campus & created the first controlled nuclear reaction on December 2, 1942.
While there's FermiLab way out in the western end of DuPage County, there's nothing in Chicago named after him, other than a part of the physics department at the University of Chicago on Ellis Avenue, near the Henry Moore statue commemorating the location of Pile #1.
Re: Michael Moore's characterization of Trump as a genius, I think a more accurate term would be a savant - he is obviously mentally unwell, a troubled insecure man who has failed at almost everything, but he has a single tremendous, rare talent - tapping into base instincts of a large portion of the US population by using outrageous rhetoric. This one talent, coupled with flaws in our system of government, has allowed him to amass enormous political power, not because he is a genius political or business strategist but only because his twisted selfish instincts happen to perfectly fit in and hack the puzzle of our society.
So many thoughts today!
Court authorities who botched the Perkins case should all be fired. How can you not interview the woman who experienced the danger? We all know orders of protection frequently are not worth the paper they're printed on, but they wouldn't even go that far. It's infuriating and heartbreaking. And I'm glad you talked about Jayden. I found myself wondering if he ever could have been cast as Billy Elliott.
Next: learned a new word today from this sentence: [[If “punching back” involves doubling down on the obloquy during an attempt in November to once again put this question to voters — a possibility he didn’t commit to Wednesday — Johnson will end up with his back on the canvas again.'' (Sorry -- I can't highlight "obloquy.")
And I wouldn't trust any government anywhere with $100 million and no concrete plan.
Don't name a street for someone until after they're dead a number of years.
And finally, I am flummoxed by your method of rooting for teams that ends in "teams from blue states." I completely understand Big 10 first, because I know a lot of people, myself included, who do that. (I put Marquette, my middle daughter's alma mater, ahead of any Big 10 teams that's not Northwestern, though. Then I root for teams that have alums I know -- which means after decades of rooting AGAINST Notre Dame, I know cheer for those Irish (son-in-law). After eight years of working for an association that represents a surgical subspecialty I'll root for schools associated with members with whom I interacted a great deal (Roll Tide!) Everyone knows people who dislike teams (Duke, for good example) for extraneous reasons and hope they fail. But I'm pretty sure I've never heard of someone rooting for colleges/universities based on the politics of the state in which they're located. Go for Baylor or Alabama instead!!
1. This newsletter's readers really hate the Chicago Teacher's Union. The rants are getting old. Which leads me to
2. While I did vote, I can understand low turn out. The constant thrum of political campaigning and political punditry combined with the continual background noise of Donald Trump is wearying for anyone who tries to be a good citizen and keep up with the news. For me, it is this, not divisiveness, which has always been there, that is new. I'm tired. I may have to turn off the spigot.
I'm really getting upset with this carousel of GM/Coach/QB that the Bears go through. When you interview to be a GM or Head Coach, you probably know what you are working with. It would be refreshing if they just come right out and say I'll only take the job if I can put my people in.
I agree completely with EZ assessment of the tragic murder of Jayden Perkins. There is every reason to believe that the government entities involved are routinely making decisions that advantage miscreants over their potential victims. This includes telling the public that electronic monitoring is an acceptable alternative to incarceration, when they know from experience that it doesn't work. It probably could be made to work, but that would take someone that cares and feels responsible.
I also agree with EZ on his assessment of the Bring Chicago Home results and the mayor's response. As to the mayor's remark about 'Trump supporters' we should recall that that was one of his characterizations of Vallas and Vallas supporters. He probably feels that plays well with his base and snows liberal Chicagoans.
Eric, I take issue with you when I disagree with your views. So in fairness, when you put out a really good issue, I need to acknowledge that.
Nice job today from top to bottom!
No ez picks in the tweet competition...well done sir!!
The city contributed park land to the Obama Center and hasn't finished paying for the infrastructure improvements around it. Do we really need to name a street for him too? I also thought this was a thinly veiled sop to the progressives that dislike Columbus. Surely there are more important things for the council to do.
So I love everything about Tweet Madness 2024 except the way it’s conducted. I hate having to choose (on the one hand) between two really good tweets and then (on the other hand) between two meh choices. I’d rather have voted for both the good ones and against the two mehs. Next year, how about letting us pick our 16 faves from the 32, our 8 faves from the surviving 16, etc. Surely a surer way of assuring that the best tweet wins.