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posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 9:18 am

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I am just praying for the rain to hold off for the first full game the Comiskey

Comment by Gohawks123 Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 9:27 am
That bear is almost to the Wabash.

http://www.carmichronicle.com/news/black-bear-spotted-tuesday-morning-near-centerville/image_13056386-d464-11eb-b52a-e76378219a88.html

Comment by Bigtwich Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 9:34 am
Bears in Central Illinois, armadilloes as far north as Carbondale, at least.

Exciting time to live in the hinterlands.

Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:06 am
Interesting paper from the Paul Simon institute about where tax dollars actually go in Illinois.

Won’t be believed by most residents down here, but educational.

Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:10 am
==Bears in Central Illinois,==

When I saw your reply I actually thought for a minute that the Bears had just announced they were forgoing both Soldier Field and Arlington Park, and instead returning home to Decatur.

Comment by EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:15 am
Yesterday, Danny Parkins on 670theScore raised $636,000+ to benefit Athletes for Justice and the Austin Harvest food mart in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. #Stick2Sports

https://www.audacy.com/670thescore/give

– MrJM

Comment by @misterjayem Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:20 am
==Interesting paper from the Paul Simon institute about where tax dollars actually go in Illinois.==

Is there a new one? I have the paper from 2018, but would be interested to see an updated version if one is available.

Comment by Dysfunction Junction Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:21 am
Dysfunction-

https://wsiltv.com/2021/06/23/the-simon-review-shows-southern-illinois-heavily-benefits-from-state-help/

Comment by Flyin' Elvis'-Utah Chapter Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:24 am
Excellent - thanks, Elvis (banned punctuation). Can’t wait to see what’s changed since the last version of the report.

Comment by Dysfunction Junction Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 10:37 am
Bears in Central Illinois, armadilloes as far “north as Carbondale, at least.” And don’t forget about the wild boars too.

Comment by Skeptic Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 11:07 am
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lake Shore Drive

Those’ll be some pretty long signs. Just sayin.

Comment by PublicServant Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 11:28 am
The only thing Illinois centric about this is that it will eventually affect all our computers (including the day that we will have no choice but to upgrade), but Microsoft is finally introducing Windows 11. Which will become available later this year.

https://wgem.com/2021/06/24/microsoft-debuts-windows-11-first-major-update-in-6-years/

Comment by EssentialStateEmployeeFromChatham Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 1:51 pm
Regarding yesterday’s Twitter is not real life, if Twitter’s active tweeters were a congressional district, it would be America’s 2nd most D+ district
https://mobile.twitter.com/Brian_Riedl/status/1406665381138386948

Comment by Blake Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 1:59 pm
Anybody else get called by a robopoll today?
Q’s were:

1. 1-4 strong support/oppose alexi giouliannis, 5 = never heard of him

2. 1-4 strong supp/oppo Dan Brady, 5 = never heard of him

3. 1-4 strong supp/oppo Gov. Pritzker, 5 = never heard of him.

4. What’s your party? 1 = dem, 2 = rep, 3 = 3rd party, 4 = independent 5 = prefer not to say

5. What’s your party leaning? 1 = strong conservative … 4 = strong liberal or progressive (are those the same thing now?) 5 = prefer not to say

Comment by Commisar Gritty Thursday, Jun 24, 21 @ 4:33 pm