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* We talked about this earlier in the week

State Rep. Tom Demmer, R-Dixon, on Monday was named deputy House minority leader, giving him the second highest ranking in the House Republican Caucus.

* Leader Durkin’s hard-working second in command most certainly deserves some special recognition. Here’s a screen cap from a House Republican video entitled: “State Rep. Tom Demmer Premiers Google Glass on House Floor”

* The Question: Caption?

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 2:53 pm

Comments

  1. Look mom I’m wearing my google glasses.

    Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 2:57 pm

  2. “I can play Xbox One on the Floor, how cool is this guys….guys?”

    Comment by Waffle Fries Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 2:59 pm

  3. We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile

    Comment by Anon Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:00 pm

  4. I saw this promotion coming.

    Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:00 pm

  5. The reason I need eyeshade — Madigan.

    Comment by Keyrock Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:00 pm

  6. Not only do I get to be the Number 2 guy in the House GOP, I also get these special glasses that let me see into the future and the November election. I don’t like what I see.

    Comment by Give Me A Break Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:02 pm

  7. “I. Am. My. Own. Person. … No. One. Is. Controlling. My. Thoughts. … “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:02 pm

  8. Ready Player Two

    Comment by Baloneymous Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:02 pm

  9. “Governor. Rauner. Is. Mis. Understood. … We. Need. Reforms. Not. Budgets. … “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:03 pm

  10. Dixon sure looks a lot cooler through this lens.

    Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:04 pm

  11. Tommie Mneumonic

    Comment by unclesam Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:04 pm

  12. Shh. I’m communicating with Reagan.

    Comment by A guy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:05 pm

  13. “Rep. Andersson was always smarter”

    - Michael Corelone.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:05 pm

  14. “I’m. Supporting. The. Taxpayers. … If. Youn. A. Verse. A. Tees. Close. … So. Be. It. … “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:07 pm

  15. “Each Raunerite will get these glasses. You will obey what is told to you. We don’t want any $&@#% problems. These glasses will stop you from thinking for yourselves. Believe me.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:09 pm

  16. “I’ve seen the future. Speaker Madigan still has no cell phone”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:10 pm

  17. “By wearing these glasses, my hands get bigger.”

    Comment by d.p.gumby Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:11 pm

  18. Thumbs up for this …

    We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

    Comment by I MIss Bentohs Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:13 pm

  19. Crack that whip
    Give the truth, a slip
    Cash Bruce’s check
    It won’t break his back

    When a problem comes along
    You must whip it
    Before the budget sets too long
    You must whip it
    When something’s going wrong
    You must whip it

    So whip it
    Into shape
    Shape it up
    Get straight
    Go forward
    Move ahead
    Try to detect it
    It’s not too late
    To whip it
    Whip it good

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:17 pm

  20. Children of the Corn 2049

    Comment by AlfondoGonz Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:20 pm

  21. “Let me introduce you to the only thing less relevant in 2018 than the House Republican Caucus…..Google Glass”

    Comment by McGuppin Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:20 pm

  22. O.K. Glass, Google Oswego Willy’s real name.

    Comment by The Colossus of Roads Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:21 pm

  23. “Nope. No Rauner EFT… check the other account… nope… no Rauner EFT… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:22 pm

  24. It’s a beautiful world in Dixon
    A sweet romantic place
    Beautiful people everywhere
    The way they come their hair
    Makes me want to say
    It’s a beautiful world
    It’s a beautiful world
    For you
    For you
    For you

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:25 pm

  25. “It even makes the red lights on the board look green.”

    Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:25 pm

  26. I came here to kick @$$ and chew bubble gum, and I’m all out of bubble gum.

    Comment by SAP Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:25 pm

  27. Making the ILGOP more welcoming to poindexters.

    Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:27 pm

  28. Full frontal nerdity.

    Comment by Don Gerard Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:27 pm

  29. I thought you had to be at least 15 to get elected. What a depressing picture I am sooo old

    Comment by DuPage Saint Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:28 pm

  30. Romper, stomper, bomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me do. I can see Arizona Bob.

    Comment by pool boy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:31 pm

  31. Do these glaases make me look smarter?

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:31 pm

  32. Can you believe I still get carded - at Chuck E. Cheese?

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:32 pm

  33. How much cooler does this make me look, especially since you can see that I’m growing out my beard?

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:34 pm

  34. Think of it. Three…count them, three supervillains. Each one with the powers of Superman. They’ll need a contact here on Earth. Someone with the same wonderful contempt for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  35. His new identity within the HGOP collective is 2 of 51.

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:36 pm

  36. Please stop asking me when your nacho bell grande is ready.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:37 pm

  37. Obviously I’m a big part of the Republican party’s diversity outreach.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:41 pm

  38. I’m only requesting the honorable Mr. Speaker give me a new nickname, as “Frosty the Snownerd” is my already my nickname in Dixon.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:46 pm

  39. VanillaBoy - I am your father.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:49 pm

  40. Guess where I hid my Google Glasses’ batteries.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:51 pm

  41. “…And so, HB12 does the following things. First, it…wait, dang it. Hold on, I got a call coming in.

    Mom? I’m on the House floor for crying out loud. You’re embarrassing me. What? Which remote control are you trying? Is it on channel 3? You have to turn the power on both the TV and the cable box. I really don’t have time for this right now. I’ll call you later. I don’t
    know, after we adjourn, like six o’clock. Yeah, yeah, love you too.

    Thank you Mr. Speaker. Where was I? OK, to the bill, I urge an aye vote.”

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:56 pm

  42. Not only am I wearing Google glasses, I’m also wearing the new Google Dental Retainer, the new Google Undies, an a cool new Bruce Rauner microchip, permitting me access to his new Italian wine cellar in Florence.

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 3:59 pm

  43. Trey Gowdy looking younger in goofy glasses, but the same old Gowdy stuff.

    Comment by wondering Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:05 pm

  44. All of the above and much, much more.

    “Honest, I’m older than I look.”

    Comment by dbk Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:12 pm

  45. I am leaving soon, and you will forgive me if I speak bluntly. The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom except the freedom to act irresponsibly. Your ancestors knew this when they made laws to govern themselves and hired policemen to enforce them. We of the other planets have long accepted this principle. We have an organization for the mutual protection of all planets and for the complete elimination of aggression. The test of any such higher authority is, of course, the police force that supports it. For our policemen, we created a race of robots. Their function is to patrol the planets—in space ships like this one—and preserve the peace. In matters of aggression, we have given them absolute power over us; this power can not be revoked. At the first sign of violence, they act automatically against the aggressor. The penalty for provoking their action is too terrible to risk. The result is that we live in peace, without arms or armies, secure in the knowledge that we are free from aggression and war—free to pursue more profitable enterprises. Now, we do not pretend to have achieved perfection, but we do have a system, and it works. I came here to give you these facts. It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet. But if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder. Your choice is simple: Join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer; the decision rests with you.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:12 pm

  46. With all the rapidly changing technology it’s time Illinois takes a long look into the future: and yes it IS a balding, white, conservative male

    Comment by Zeep Bow Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:12 pm

  47. You want a piece of this Sponge Bob?

    Comment by 37B Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:14 pm

  48. Tintin arrives in the 21st century

    Comment by A Young Person Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:16 pm

  49. “Blue Lagoon” was a movie about how my parents met on a desserted Pacific island

    Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:19 pm

  50. “This is so cool. I can stand here looking like I’m working, while I’m really checking the CapFax Question of the Day.”

    Comment by Six Degrees of Separation Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:21 pm

  51. I see the future and the future says: Stubby Clapp. Go with Stubby

    Comment by SOIL M Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:26 pm

  52. Would it look weird if I did one of the Fortnite dances on the House floor?

    Comment by SaulGoodman Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:26 pm

  53. “Taking online graduate courses couldn’t be easier…”

    - 47th Ward - is the leader in the clubhouse. Hysterical.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:34 pm

  54. My kids call me a ‘geek ‘ sometimes. Is this what they mean?

    Comment by BlueDogDem Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:36 pm

  55. “I’m going to read this back, everyone… 2 with everything, 15, just mustard, 8 just ketchup, 21 mustard and ketchup, 31 mustards, ketchup, mayo, lettuce, 9 mustard, ketchup, mayo lettuce, and peppers, 6 just mayo, and 19 plain… “

    #NationalHotDogDay

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:39 pm

  56. ===#NationalHotDogDay===

    Don’t forget: one strawberry shake.

    Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:41 pm

  57. Rise of the Nerds.

    Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:43 pm

  58. ===Don’t forget: one strawberry shake.===

    “Uhgggggg. Ok. Lemme start over. Sorry. Can you just void that whole order…. thanks… 2 with everything, 15, just mustard, 8 just ketchup, 21 mustard and ketchup, 31 mustards, ketchup, mayo, lettuce, 9 mustard, ketchup, mayo lettuce, and peppers, 6 just mayo, and 19 plain… and one strawberry shake… large… yes, the name on the card is Citzens for Rauner… “

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:46 pm

  59. I’ve got these glasses, and they’re bleepin’ golden.

    Comment by Quizzical Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 4:55 pm

  60. “8 just ketchup”

    What is this heresy? Everyone knows that ketchup on a hotdogs is forbidden.

    Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 5:09 pm

  61. ===Everyone knows that ketchup on a hotdogs is forbidden.===

    Oh, I totally agree, no ketchup, period. But, people… ya know.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 5:17 pm

  62. Google, look up Dan Quayle is awesome.

    Comment by P, Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 5:42 pm

  63. Do these glasses make ReTrumplicans seem better?

    Comment by Amalia Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 6:19 pm

  64. “Dennis, give Mister Wilson his glasses back right now”

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 6:37 pm

  65. So that’s Christy Canyon…

    Comment by Commonsense in Illinois Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 8:31 pm

  66. ‘Welcome to Chucky Cheese?”

    Comment by BlueDogDem Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:19 pm

  67. Speaker Madigan had Google Glass 35 years ago. Oh no, those were rubber bands holding his broken glasses together.

    Comment by justacitizen Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:24 pm

  68. hacked russian monocle

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:27 pm

  69. Definitely briefs.

    Comment by McLincoln Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:28 pm

  70. People’s pride, boyhood representative

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:31 pm

  71. Two term rep signs the two term pledge, doubling down on term limits

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 9:38 pm

  72. Teen titans go

    Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 10:04 pm

  73. Sorry I misread 8 for statewide 10 for Legislators. It still means you are done on remap. Your a young guy hope there’s another deal for you out there. Could have had a long future in the chamber.

    Comment by Frank talks Wednesday, Jul 18, 18 @ 11:13 pm

  74. Hey there’s sandack, what’s he doing to himself

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:08 am

  75. Long term pain is worth a billion

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:11 am

  76. Term limits fix everything, bye-bye

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:16 am

  77. Side effect of Rauneritis, blindness on the right side

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:19 am

  78. Seeing eye lap dog

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:38 am

  79. I see the 70th consolidating with the 71st

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:44 am

  80. You know what I’m not voting for madigan

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 6:53 am

  81. Rauner just dedicated an underpass, that’s a new low

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 7:05 am

  82. The glasses are half full

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 7:12 am

  83. The last famous person from Dixon was Rita crundwell

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 7:24 am

  84. I can see the future. Jeez, Mike Madigan is still in it.

    Comment by Grandson of Man Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 8:44 am

  85. The turnaround agenda I’m floored

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 8:55 am

  86. Boss Rauners eyes and ears

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 9:05 am

  87. When you look across the rock river from the Lincoln statue, you see a republican horses rear end

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 9:16 am

  88. Dimmer switch

    Comment by Rabid Thursday, Jul 19, 18 @ 9:35 am

  89. Rauners brainchild

    Comment by Rabid Friday, Jul 20, 18 @ 8:27 am

  90. Number 2 in the republican movement

    Comment by Rabid Friday, Jul 20, 18 @ 8:43 am

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