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Friday, Jul 28, 2023 - Posted by Rich Miller * I looked at this pic posted by Andy Manar and my immediate reaction was, “What the heck is in his ears?”…  Pritzker is chatting here with Andrea Pirondini, the CEO of Prysmian Group North America, which is expanding its facility in Du Quoin. Pirondini was born in Italy, so maybe it was some sort of translating device even though Pirondini speaks English quite well? Was the governor listening to tunes? * A dark joke among some journalists goes something like: “The best way to kill a good story is to make one too many phone calls.” Well, I reached out yesterday to Pritzker’s spokesperson Alex Gough who said, “It was quite loud in there and everyone had these so they could hear the mic’d tour guide.” Drat. * Act like you never read the post and only saw the pic.
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- Anon E Moose - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 10:57 am:
Pritzker: “Hold on, the drums are about to come on…”
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 10:58 am:
“Wanna give the new Springsteen album a listen?”
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 10:59 am:
“That’ll be $32.59, please pull up to the 2nd window!”
- Huh? - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:01 am:
Yeah, yeah. I get that, hold on one sec, someone wants to shake my hand.
- Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:01 am:
“I am calling to remind you that your Ameren bill is 90 days past due.”
- Dan - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:01 am:
Just smile and nod. Smile and nod.
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:02 am:
“Sing along with me, When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie, that’s amore”
- Torco Sign - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:03 am:
“I hear there are concerns about McConnell and Feinstein. It’s such a shame when old politicians are pushed out the door.”
- Twitter cat lady - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:04 am:
“I’ve seen enough, we only need to tour the parts of the facility with air conditioning.”
- We’ll See - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:09 am:
Pritzker: explains that all the cool kids are listening to the Walkman these days.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:10 am:
“Governor, this is Ethan Hunt, don’t be startled. Just talk here normal and wait further instructions”
- Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:11 am:
It’s so much easier to get through these things when you have Booker T and the MGs playing in the background.
- Cool Papa Bell - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:11 am:
Bluetooth is going to be a fad.
- Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:16 am:
Gov Pritzker’s body double receives instructions directly from the governor who, ironically, is vacationing on a beach in Sicily.
- Blue to the Bone - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:16 am:
“Have you downloaded Barack’s Summer Playlist? It’s so awesome!”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:20 am:
===Sicily===
As an aside, the wildfires on Sicily are unbelievable.
“Governor, Ethan again, look for the exit by the drill press, it’s on your right, just subtly look…”
- Jocko - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:20 am:
You gotta listen to this Jeff Ross bit on Italians.
- Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:21 am:
The Governor likes to listen to his personal theme song.
(cite: Ally McBeal’s therapist https://youtu.be/dwoHm5oIMJs)
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:24 am:
“Its my wife on the phone, what do you want for dessert?”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:24 am:
I always appreciate when the governor takes the time to listen to my podcast.
- Suburbanon - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:26 am:
JB channels his office mantra: CEJA CEJA CEJA
- Twitter cat lady - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:28 am:
“If I stood on your shoulders I bet I could see my house from here.”
- CentralILCentrist - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:30 am:
Governor updates his awareness of hits from Lollapalooza lineup.
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:35 am:
“It’s not funny, this guy is not from here and doesn’t know you don’t put ketchup on a hog dog.”
- NIU Grad - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:36 am:
Henry Horner speeches on repeat.
- Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:42 am:
The Governor is prepared for the first episode of the “Capitol Fax Podcast.”
- George Ryan Reynolds - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:44 am:
(At first, I thought, man, Jim Edgar isn’t shaving these days.)
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:48 am:
“It’s my friend OW on the phone, he says you look like his old dorm roommate and wants to say hi”
- a drop in - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 11:57 am:
Governor, if you use bluetooth and have the ear pieces surgically implanted like I did, no one would even notice them.
- Jerry - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:02 pm:
“Can you hang on a sec? I’m from the Greater Chicagoland Area and making an appointment at the DMV to get my license renewed. Alexi REALLY screwed this one up!”
- thisjustinagain - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:10 pm:
Rich doing the “None of this ever happened and I was never here”.
- btowntruth from forgottonia - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:12 pm:
“Won’t you flyyyyyyyyy Freeeebird Yeah…..that never gets old.”
- Independent - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:13 pm:
Yeaaaah, man, this is the best part of “Frankenstein”. Rock on Edgar, who needs this Italian dude?
- Tony DeKalb - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:14 pm:
PRITZKER: ::yelling:: “BONJOOORNOO! BOBOLI! DIGIORNO!”
PIRONDINI: “Sir, I told you, I speak perfect English, also two of those words are just name brands of pizza products…”
PRITZKER: ::pauses:: “BONJOOOORNO!”
- Grandson of Man - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:15 pm:
Economic growth is economic growth but c’mon, it’s Taylor Swift.
- Dotnonymous x - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:34 pm:
Elon said to try these temporary implants on the outside …first.
- cermak_rd - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:48 pm:
wow! My factory still uses over the ear wired headsets for this purpose. I always feel like I’m getting out the AV equipment from grade school, which I attended in the 70s.
On the other hand, more enviro friendly than disposable earbuds and more hygenic than non-disposable earbuds.
- NIU Grad - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:48 pm:
*intro music* “This is Stateweek, a program of analysis and commentary..>”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 12:53 pm:
“One ball and no strikes to Willie Foster”
- Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 1:11 pm:
It’s really an old school Walkman in his pocket with a Tone Lōc cassette tape.
- Pot calling kettle - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 1:22 pm:
In a very high voice: “Rrrrrroooooxxxxxaaaaannneeee. You don’t have to put on the red light.”
HT: Eddie Murphy
- Pyrman - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 1:46 pm:
JB is listening to the Cubs-Cards game
- OneMan - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 1:50 pm:
It produces a tone in real time that is tied to public opinion
Or
It was playing a soap opera because JB can’t miss his shows
- don the legend - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 2:09 pm:
Andrea Pirondini: “Yeah, I was gonna wear my ‘Pritzker Sucks’ t-shirt but yesterday’s Capitol Fax convinced me not to.”
- Rabid - Friday, Jul 28, 23 @ 3:41 pm:
Watering the potatoes in my ears