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Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 - Posted by Rich Miller · UPDATE: This caption contest could get interesting. · Paging Lisa Madigan: Community College allegedly donates taxpayer funds to PAC. · Blagojevich veto surprises Southwest Illinois Development Authority · Torture allegations stepped up - Lawyer for 2 alleged victims accuses Daley, Devine of obstructing probe · Mitchell: Meeks to stop using n-word — but he’s asking for a tradeoff. Editorial: Schools concerns are legit, but Meeks’ gibes are not · Brown: Chicago exporting homeless many miles from their home · Stem Cell Calls Target Swing Voters - Some 6th District Homes Will Receive Recordings · Online Papers Modestly Boost Newspaper Readership · “Web sites like Amazon.com and MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible for many people using public terminals at American schools and libraries, thanks to the U.S. House of Representatives.” Actually, “Nearly any news site now permits these types of behaviors that the bill covers.” · Transcript reveals no new detail on Evans’ health · Some people really need to get over themselves, and maybe even clean up their own minds. Phallic? How about this?
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- Anonymous - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 6:43 am:
Re: SWIDA
Well, there goes the Bond County vote.
I don’t know, and I’m not going to look it up, but either Vallas or J. Ryan must have carried the county in ‘02. Gotcha!
- So-Called - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 6:45 am:
“Chicago area homeowners could see their property tax bills ‘more than double‘ next year unless the Illinois General Assembly renews the 7 percent cap on annual assessment increases, Mayor Daley and Cook County Assessor Jim Houlihan warned Wednesday.â€
I’m glad that the ST is picking up this story but Ben Joravsky of your Chicago Reader has been beating the drum on this issue — in a way that is both comprehendable and interesting even to a DuPage suburbanite like me — for quite some time.
http://tinyurl.com/ne2br
http://tinyurl.com/plxzd
- Pat Hickey - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 8:38 am:
Flint should go back to painting Campbell Soup cans and hanging with avant garde; his daily squeals from Dirkson on T.V. every three or four hours is putting me off my Hungry Man dinners.
BTW - where’s the black turtlenecks these days?
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 10:02 am:
People who don’t get enough action, sometimes have problems remembering what a phallic looks like. If that sculpture looks phallic to it’s critics, there must be something really wrong with mine and all the other guys at the Y.
- NW burbs - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 10:35 am:
From the Daily Herald article on the 6th’s stem cell phone calls — Roskam said Monday he supports research using adult and umbilical cord stem cells, adding that it has resulted in 65 treatments for illnesses. “When you’re looking at limited resources, this puts the money where there’s the greatest hope,” the Wheaton native said. (emph. added)
Why don’t reporters call conservatives out on that lie?
The only reason adult and cord blood research is advancing faster is because Federal funding is flowing to that research. Embryonic research has been hamstrung.
Marni Pyke and any other reporter reading — challenge conservatives when they repeat this lie of omission!
- Skeeter - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 11:22 am:
The Duckworth piece included an interesting line.
Apparently, Roskam does not believe that stem cell research is a hot button issue.
Of course he also does not believe that his work as an ambulance chasing personal injury lawyer, his close ties to Tom Delay, his extreme positions on abortion, and the fact that the NRA has taught him to sit and stay on command are hot button issues either.
C6 voters should think those are important issues, which shows why Roskam is headed for defeat.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 11:42 am:
Purple Heart, I deleted your post because it pasted the entire article into the comment. Please only paste excerpts. Thanks
- Anon - Thursday, Aug 3, 06 @ 7:05 pm:
There are no jobs in Danville. Though the homeless people being placed there will have shelter, I don’t think they have much chance of ever improving their position in life.