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posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:08 am

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I saw two interesting articles:

1) Yuengling reached an agreement with Molson to distribute to the entire country. Yuengling in Illinois, finally!

2) A New York Times short article noted “If the [Illinois] Fair Tax had been in place over the past two decades, it would have effectively transferred $50 billion in wealth from the richest 3 percent to everyone else.”

Comment by Steve Rogers Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:11 am
Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me.way too much rain this spring and early summer. Now it’s drier than the proverbial popcorn toot.

Comment by Blue Dog Dem Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:25 am
The Windy City Coop tour is this weekend. There’s sites in Naperville and Darien as well.

https://sites.google.com/site/chicagochickenenthusi/windy-city-coop-tour

Comment by Cheryl44 Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:27 am
Ok, fine. We have to wait one more day for the Sox to clinch a playoff spot. We can handle it.

Comment by Red Ranger Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:28 am
The performance of the White Sox is one of the few pleasures of the pandemic period. None of it fees real, of course, but watching the games is something to look forward to every night.

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:39 am
One angle that wasn’t brought up in yesterday’s Big Ten discussion: What will they do when 20-30 members of a team end up under quarantine? Or when half of the coaching staff is under quarantine? Will they still play? Will there be an asterisk next to the win or loss? Will some teams be forced to forfeit some games?

Comment by Southern Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:42 am
There are never asterisks. The student athlete football mercenaries are here to bring in the money. They get benefits that the other students and “student athletes” in daily testing. I’m so glad the scam of student athletes is finally exposed. And who needs doctors when you have college football coaches that know health better.

Comment by Jose Abreu's Next Homer Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:50 am
Sounds like High School Football is very upset on the Governors decision. Would be nice to see how surrounding states are making their determinations…..what metrics are they using…bet they would share if asked

Comment by 2000Plus Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:51 am
===Sounds like High School Football is very upset ===

Didn’t realize that a game could be upset…

Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:55 am
boysRemember several years ago when concussions were a major issue with playing football? Teams were unable to play due to lack of players. Parents were worried and refused to let the boys play.

Now we have the virus and parents don’t care. Why is the virus not important?

Comment by Big Mike Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:56 am
http://www.kankakeefishingderby.com/bigboard

Big Catfish from Kankakee River - Wins Derby

Comment by Red Ketcher Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 9:59 am
The Illinois Gaming Board has the best Zoom meeting “hold music” in Government. Agree?

Comment by Rob Miller Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:02 am
===Yuengling in Illinois, finally===

I’ve felt like a Bandit moving Coors to Atlanta these past months since Indiana got Yuengling.

Like all good things, the wait is 2021 from what I gather.

Can someone please get a Waffle House to the collar county area? Thanks.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:03 am
I am amazed by both sides on the virus. An educated and generally smart neighbor told me that the virus will disappear the day after the election. Others seem reluctant to recognize that we are better at treating the sick and limiting the spread than we were in March.

My family will stay in lockdown until the vaccine is widely available. Too many other health risks to take chances.

I can see others taking more risks as rapid testing becomes available. The U of I testing seems to have changed the game.

Comment by Last Bull Moose Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:29 am
The question is, will Yeungling taste as good if you can just grab a six pack at the gas station? I always feel like the rarity makes it taste sweeter. Leinies and Coors started to taste like swamp water once they went national.

Comment by NoMoreMC Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:30 am
Does a decent 4th quarter against 3rd string cornerbacks erase the first three quarters of mediocrity for Mitch Trubisky? I don’t think so, but he made it difficult for Nagy to pull him for the moment.

And the defense looked lousy. Hopefully it was just rust, but they made Adrian Peterson look like he was 25 years old on Sunday. Typical Lions collapse. The only way the Bears could stop Peterson was if the Lions stopped giving him the ball. Thankfully, they did.

And don’t forget Stafford’s winning TD toss was dropped inexplicably, but not because the receiver was covered. He wasn’t.

Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:47 am
From the CST article about the death of former Aviation Commissioner Mary Rose Loney: “`What she don’t understand is that 100 percent don’t mean 100 percent.’”

That could be the Sangamon County motto.

Comment by Anyone Remember Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 10:55 am
Willie - Red states got the Waffle House…blue states don’t.

Comment by Captain Obvious Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:06 am
- Captain Obvious -

Illinois has a Waffle House. Virginia and Maryland too.

Google is an interesting thing.

:)

I’d like it in Kendall County. I mean, if I’m wishing and all.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:09 am
===One angle that wasn’t brought up in yesterday’s Big Ten discussion: What will they do when 20-30 members of a team end up under quarantine? Or when half of the coaching staff is under quarantine? Will they still play? Will there be an asterisk next to the win or loss? Will some teams be forced to forfeit some games?===

Check out the green/yellow/red Covid metrics the Big Ten put in place. If these metrics get into red team is shut down for minimum of 7 days or until numbers improve out of red.
The schedule has no off days, so a forfeit is likely, but it hasn’t been directly addressed in the plan.

Comment by Stu Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:18 am
===Mother Nature never ceases to amaze me.way too much rain this spring and early summer. Now it’s drier than the proverbial popcorn toot.===

If you have one foot in a fire and one foot in a bucket of ice water, on average you are comfortable. That’s Illinois weather oftentimes.

Comment by someonehastosayit Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:24 am
Waffle House has the old vibe of a neighborhood diner. In better times you could sit with a stranger at the counter seats and have a good conversation. People who work there are generally nice and decent. What I like best you can see your meal prepared. With a outgoing line cook you could a show too.

The pork chops, hashbrowns smothered and chunked with an overeasy egg are a delight I am wanting to enjoy again.

Comment by FormerParatrooper Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:40 am
=== …I am wanting to enjoy again.===

Same.

Correct on all counts. It’s an experience and a meal to boot. I miss it.

Congrats to the Sox, on the doorstep to clinching postseason play.

Thank goodness the Cubs have had the Cleveland ball club this past series. Their bullpen pitching is worse than the Cubs.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 11:43 am
The suspect in the residence hall shooting at WIU late Tuesday night turned himself in at a Chicago police station yesterday afternoon:

http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=17386

No word yet on the victim’s condition after the shooting.

Comment by Chatham Resident Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 1:00 pm
I am aware of the presence of WH in Il. Was referencing a song that many find amusing. The google shall reveal it to you.

Comment by Captain Obvious Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 1:31 pm
Heck of an Easter egg.

Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 1:45 pm
==I am aware of the presence of WH in Il. Was referencing a song that many find amusing. The google shall reveal it to you.==

Any relation between Waffle House and Huddle House restaurants?

There has been a Huddle House for about 15 years or so just north of Springfield (across the street from the truck stop at Williamsville, west of I-55 Exit 109 exit).

Comment by Chatham Resident Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 1:47 pm
I don’t know if Huddle and Waffle are related but they are similar in menu and atmosphere. Really like both but prefer WH because when we eat there it means we are somewhere in the south on vacation.

Comment by Captain Obvious Thursday, Sep 17, 20 @ 6:21 pm