Controller Munger announces she will join forces with a Peoria Journalist in No-Shaving Resolution until hedge funds under the Governor’s control have cornered the market on “junk” Illinois Tax Free Municipal Bonds, er, gasp I mean when a Budget with Union busting poison pills is passed. A spokeperson said the Comptroller will manage now that summer has passed, by wearing long sleeves and long pants and having her beautician bleach her mustache and sideburns.
“Sure, in Springfield, Lincoln impersonators are everywhere. How many people can pull off Edwin Stanton… Stanton… Edwin. Stanton. (Pause) …Secretary of War Stanton… forget it.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 11:58 am:
Chuck Noland, still missing “Wilson”, tours state goverment to feel better.
- Anon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 11:58 am:
Quick! Check the beard for loose change!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 11:59 am:
“”Tie or no tie?”
- the Other Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 11:59 am:
Rip Van Winkle wakes up after twenty years to find that Illinois still has not passed a budget.
- Back to Center - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:00 pm:
Bubble thought Leslie: “Rats. They said this would be Miller”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:01 pm:
“Alan, hurry up and take that picture, we need to find Doug!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:05 pm:
“If you can have your beard stop moving, that would really help… ”
“Mostly” funny last time, Mr. Kaergard?
- D.P.Gumby - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
Demonstration of the only rational reaction so far to the continuing budget crisis.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:08 pm:
“No, I combed the beard… “
- AC - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:08 pm:
Beardman, Wingman
- hot chocolate - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:09 pm:
The most growth Illinois’ newspaper business has seen in a century.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:13 pm:
While the “Blood Moon” had little effect on some, Wolfmen began popping up everywhere days after…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:15 pm:
“Is that your car out front… with the giraffe in the trailer behind it?”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:17 pm:
“Glasses or no glasses?”
- cdog - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:21 pm:
We have all our candles, dehydrated foods, and water ready to go. HAHAHA! Bring It!
(glad to see Munger looking healthier)
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:24 pm:
Boy, is it me, or are Kaergard’s eyebrows bushy?
- illinoised - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:25 pm:
Why are they smiling?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:26 pm:
Beauty and the beast?
- AC - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:26 pm:
Illinoisan Gothic
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:27 pm:
That Grecian Formula in the soap dispenser went really wrong, didn’t it?
- AC - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:29 pm:
Leslie Munger later lamented, they told me the picture would be with Frank Beard, not Budget Beard
- Stones - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:30 pm:
“This is nothing…wait to see what this beast looks like 3 months from now!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:34 pm:
“Hi Rich-
This picture demonstrates that Speaker Madigan and the hair follicles he controls are even distrupting print media.
Thanks!
ck”
- A Jack - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:37 pm:
Chris Kringle and Mrs Claus in their happy years before Govenor Grinch stole Christmas from the needy in Illinois.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:39 pm:
There’s a reason the New York Yankees forbid facial hair…
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:42 pm:
“Leslie, an added bonus is that it cushions my jaw if I fall while rollerblading.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:46 pm:
Although the beard is impressive, all that people were talking about was Mr. Kaergard’s pony tail that went below his waist…
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:48 pm:
Is Beardo standin’ on Wingman’s toes? That is quite the grimace
Good to see Peoria journalism on display for all of IL
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:48 pm:
“Nah it’s not Guiness Book length, but wring this beard out, you’ll probably get a pint or two of Guiness. Fair?”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:50 pm:
If you have a good State,
Don’t let politicians spoil it.
Too much stubbornness
will send it down the toilet.
Burma Shave
- Jocko - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:53 pm:
Desperate for revenue, Leslie Munger waits for Kris Kringle’s change of appearance and arrival of the magic bag.
- Beaner - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 12:57 pm:
Controller Munger announces she will join forces with a Peoria Journalist in No-Shaving Resolution until hedge funds under the Governor’s control have cornered the market on “junk” Illinois Tax Free Municipal Bonds, er, gasp I mean when a Budget with Union busting poison pills is passed. A spokeperson said the Comptroller will manage now that summer has passed, by wearing long sleeves and long pants and having her beautician bleach her mustache and sideburns.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:02 pm:
“You don’t want to know what was the second choice after choosing not shaving, k?”
Mr. Kaergard, you are a good sport and able to laugh at yourself. The “mostly” funny tweet was hurtful last time, not gonna lie, lol.
OW
- pool boy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:08 pm:
Looks like Kili and Tauriel from The Hobbit.
- A guy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:09 pm:
Better go visit this dude before his bangs and eyebrows cover the rest of his face.
- A guy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:09 pm:
Half way to Cousin Itt.
Bet he makes it.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:20 pm:
Wow. Joaquin Phoenix became a journalist. Who knew?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:22 pm:
Are we “rooting” for a budget or not?…
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:27 pm:
“That’s an unusual necklace you’re wearing, Chris.”
“That’s not a necklace, Leslie. It’s a flea collar.”
- Nearly Normal - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:31 pm:
Oswego, we have a governor who drops his “g’s” but we don’t want you to drop the second n and s in Guinness! Where I come from that is sacrilege!!
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:34 pm:
Shinning star spreading a ray of yellow journalism
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:37 pm:
- Nearly Normal -
My sincere apologies. My phone auto correction seems to misguide me. I wasn’t paying attention. I am sorry.
I’m not going to blame it on my 3rd Guinness I’m having right now. Nope. I won’t do that.
I did it, I was wrong, I am sorry. OW
“Caption?”
“The downside?… The beard covers up my sweet neck tattoo… “
- Jake From Elwood - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:43 pm:
Rauner issues photo as further verifiable proof that Right > Left.
- Back to Center - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 1:49 pm:
Bubble thought Leslie to Self: “Smile…..smile…..get off my haannd dude……smile……smile….”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:08 pm:
Munger Games, Part Deux
- Michelle Flaherty - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:19 pm:
I have no idea why the general public increasingly views newspapers as antiquated.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:22 pm:
“Chris, is that thing itchy?”
“Only when I breathe.”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:26 pm:
“Chris, I was just down in southern Illinois, and all the guys down there have budgetbeards.”
“That’s where wearing camo is considered dressing up!”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 2:28 pm:
“Chris, the last time I saw a beard like that, it was a guy on a cough drop box.”
“That was me!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 3:24 pm:
(Tips cap very humbly to @ChrisKaergard)
“Caption?”
Kaergard, “On the way here, all these people… giving me dollar bills and wanting to buy me coffee. Strange.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:28 pm:
Goldberg told me to make to big ALS too
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:36 pm:
Worker comp troller
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:39 pm:
Chris land a big headed carp
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:43 pm:
I ain’t out of money I got plenty of checks left
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 4:50 pm:
I put the less in Leslie
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 5:15 pm:
All that extra time and money your saving could be put on my campaign
- Anonymous - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 5:32 pm:
Roller derby champ”contempt” plays Peoria
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 8:29 pm:
“Yes, Virginia, there is a Budget Impasse”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 8:37 pm:
On the bright side, if the impasse continues, Mr. Kaergard will make one handsome Gimli for Halloween
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 8:51 pm:
“No, you take the ribbons out of the beard, then we take the picture.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 8:55 pm:
“No, those aren’t gray streaks in my beard, I just had 2 powdered donuts… “
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Oct 1, 15 @ 9:34 pm:
“Sure, in Springfield, Lincoln impersonators are everywhere. How many people can pull off Edwin Stanton… Stanton… Edwin. Stanton. (Pause) …Secretary of War Stanton… forget it.”
- Anonymous - Friday, Oct 2, 15 @ 8:02 am:
Enjoying Illinois fall
- Anonymous - Friday, Oct 2, 15 @ 8:16 am:
I’m know hair brain ideas when I see them
- Anonymous - Friday, Oct 2, 15 @ 8:23 am:
We’re cleaning the dirt out of the museums
- Anonymous - Friday, Oct 2, 15 @ 8:30 am:
Growing Illinois with the seed of deceit
- conusone - Friday, Oct 2, 15 @ 2:58 pm:
Hmm, with the beard & all else … he won’t get the CAT job as ’spokesperson’ he has been trying to ‘grow into’.