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Friday, Mar 1, 2019 - Posted by Rich Miller * You ever have one of those mornings when absolutely nothing seems to go right? Yeah. That’s me today. Talk amongst yourselves, but keep it Illinois-centric and be nice to each other. Thanks.
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- Jose Abreu's next homer - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:02 am:
Kenny Williams needs to stop talking about losing out on Machado. They were too cheap, so that’s on them. It’s over, moveon.org
- 45th Ward Libertarian - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:03 am:
Good riddance, John Arena!
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/02/28/arena-apologizes-for-text-message-calling-former-challenger-a-cuck/
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:05 am:
So WIU is expected to announce some cuts today, anyone heard anything yet?
- Robert the 1st - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:06 am:
=You ever have one of those mornings when absolutely nothing seems to go right?=
I slipped on ice and fell down my front door stairs this morning. So yes.
- Downstate University - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:08 am:
I think ’some’ is a low estimate. I’m hearing hundreds.
- JoanP - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:09 am:
Metra strikes again: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-metra-delays-computer-amtrak-20190228-story.html
I am so glad I don’t commute.
- very old soil - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:10 am:
Today is supposedly the first day of spring. How far south will I have to drive to see green grass and flowers?
- don the legend - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:10 am:
Heard on the radio the economist for IDOR. She said Illinois could set a growth record this summer for consecutive months of a growing economy.
If we remain in this bad of shape while we are growing, hang on when the downturn hits.
- New Slang - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:12 am:
Eagerly awaiting a regime change at IDOC. ANYONE wanna speculate/dish on the future?
- Nanker Phelge - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:17 am:
I read UIUC is looking to “plant” a second solar farm on campus ground. I wonder if there has been any consideration to using rooftops (the university has lots of those). Maybe they are, but I am just asking. Seems like it would be more “green” to use building rooftops than littering open land with solar panels.
- Behind the Scenes - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:18 am:
TO: ‘very old soil’
Panama should do it…
- JoanP - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:22 am:
=Today is supposedly the first day of spring.=
No, it’s not. Spring starts March 21.
- Steve Rogers - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:23 am:
“Today is supposedly the first day of spring”
Uhh, you have three more weeks of winter, my friend. the Vernal Equinox isn’t until March 20.
- Casual observer - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:24 am:
Is anyone else struggling with the lottery’s new web app? It was supposed to go live on 2/18.
- Lester Holt’s Mustache - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:36 am:
==How far south will I have to drive to see green grass and flowers?==
According to two of my family members, southern Tennessee. My brother was outside yesterday there replacing a belt on his riding mower preparing to cut grass this weekend
- very old soil - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:37 am:
According to the meteorological calendar, today - Friday, March 1, 2019, is the first day of spring.
This calendar states that spring begins on the first day of March and will last until May 31, 2019.
The meteorological season splits the year into four seasons, each lasting three months.
This is to coincide with the Gregorian calendar and aids with meteorological observations and forecasting.
- Commuter - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:41 am:
==Metra strikes again==
This was an issue with Amtrak and their facilities that Metra rolls over (Union Station and associated yards). From someone who does commute on the BNSF everyday, Metra is doing an amazing job given that the track and signals are not theirs. Including the management of yesterday’s unfortunate events. #LoadAndGo
- Anon221 - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:45 am:
Nanker Phelge: I believe UIUC is pursuing rooftop solar.
https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/project/ece-rooftop-solar-pvs
https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/files/project/176/Master%27s%20Report_NK.pdf
https://sustainability.illinois.edu/campus-sustainability/icap/swateams/energy-generation-purchasing-and-distribution/
- Cubs in '16 - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:46 am:
If Spring starts today, it’s identifying as winter.
- historic66 - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:50 am:
Please keep the weather season-fluid. Then it can feel like Christmas in July. I’m dreaming of a White Pulaski Day.
- Demoralized - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:51 am:
==I slipped on ice and fell down my front door stairs this morning.==
Hope you’re ok @Robert the 1st.
- Bobio - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:53 am:
That Alderman Arena text message to his former opponent is astounding. Among the insanity, he actually gloats that the cop pensions are only 20% funded.
- illini - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:53 am:
Thank you @Anon221 - there are currently 18 buildings that are LEED certified and other buildings are in the process of becoming certified.
- a drop in - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 10:59 am:
“According to the meteorological calendar, today - Friday, March 1, 2019, is the first day of spring.”
I see the weather people are as accurate as usual…..
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 11:04 am:
Everyone confident the Afscme workers will get their higher step paychecks on April 25? Backpay sometime between July and October If JB’s proposed budget gets passed?
- XonXoff - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 11:05 am:
Apparently the cannabis demand study is in.
“Demand for legal marijuana in Illinois would far exceed licensed growers’ ability to supply it, study shows”
Illinois Medical Cannabis industry lobbyists commission their own damned, er, demand study.
Source: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-legalized-marijuana-study-20190228-story.html
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 11:08 am:
Very old soil, seasons are dependent on the Earth’s position in its orbit around the sun. So you can call today the start of spring, or Wednesday, or February 28 part 2, but the seasons change as Earth’s position changes.
- @misterjayem - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 11:54 am:
Some tickets are still available to see NRBQ at the Hideout on June 21 & 22.
https://tinyurl.com/NRBQatHO
Do yourself a favor and make plans to make plans to treat yourself to a damn good time.
And yes, I’m looking at you, Rich.
– MrJM
- Chicago_Downstater - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 12:41 pm:
I must say it warms my lil nerd heart to see folks arguing about when Spring starts. Gotta love arguments about definitions–especially the sciencey ones.
But for me, no matter the weather, Spring starts with that first Spring Training Game. I love hearing the sound of a bat crack on the radio while waiting for my car to warm in -11 degree weather.
Let’s go Cubs.
- BCOSEC - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 12:54 pm:
Sectional Finals tonight in boys basketball Classes 1A and 2A.
I see 5 of the 16 remaining schools in 2A are Chicago Public Schools. I suspect Orr is again favored to win it all.
Chicago Marshall beat TTown in girls 2A title game last week. Coach Gaters has had a tremendous career.
Amazing how low enrollments are at many CP Schools. Back in two class system, all were 2A (1970s-1990s).
Can really see demographic changes by just looking at IHSA school enrollments.
- Flapdoodle - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 1:26 pm:
==I think ’some’ is a low estimate. I’m hearing hundreds.==
Those laid off at WIU are supposed to be notified this afternoon, with layoffs affecting all categories of employees. Apparently the layoff list has grown since an earlier round was postponed in anticipation of JB’s nothing burger higher ed budget proposals. This will be bad, folks, very bad, both for WIU and the Macomb area. People will be paying the price of the WIU administration’s ineptitude, the WIU BOT’s obliviousness, the Rauner fiasco, and decades of underfunding higher ed. Not a good place to be, putting it mildly.
- Flapdoodle - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 1:34 pm:
For anyone interested in WIU layoffs, here is link to student-run broadcast site: http://www.news3wiu.com/2019/03/01/wiu-employees-receiving-notices-regarding-layoffs/
130 employees at latest count
- Amalia - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 1:54 pm:
Hope you day is better now, Rich. I had one of those days a couple of weeks ago and i felt positively cursed. could be worse. disease, death, plague of locusts. but irritation is irritation. soothe it with some indulgence later.
- Anonymous - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 2:05 pm:
I reject the meteorological calendar. Spring doesn’t start today and winter didn’t start December 1 either. Go by the equinoxes and solstices.
- illinilaw - Friday, Mar 1, 19 @ 3:30 pm:
I just became aware that the University of Illinois Student Senate recently passed a resolution to name the river otter the mascot of the University of Illinois. “Alma Otter”?
Please someone, tell me this is a joke.