my only hope is the stadium thing proves so ridic in wake of the CPS battles that people get their shit together and run his ass out
probably pointless but it's what I have
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
but hey, bike lanes!
fuck this fucking guy.
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 30 May 2013 18:59 (eleven years ago) link
running his ass out presumes there is someone who replace them that has something resembling broad-based support?
who the fuck would that be?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
feel like kanye could pull a "rahm emanuel doesn't care about black people" and it would be way more pointed
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
but then obama would call him a jackass again
― k3vin k., Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
shame because his brother is one of my favorite people
Ari or Zeke?
― i, norbit (jaymc), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
(Guessing the latter...)
― i, norbit (jaymc), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
ha, i meant zeke, don't really know anything about ari other than the entourage character
― k3vin k., Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
amazingly powerful family though
"though"
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Thursday, 30 May 2013 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
speaking of chicago politics, anyone want to weigh in on the latest from our representatives mark kirk and bobby rush? rahm sided with rush, for obvious reasons and also because he wants to curry favor (win-win for him!) but the fact that a lawmaker is suggesting mass roundup and incarceration of "gang members", that really freaks me out.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 31 May 2013 14:38 (eleven years ago) link
Mark Kirk's a piece of shit.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
^^ trenchant political commentary
Any proposal that boils down to "round up brown people and stick them in prison" makes me too angry to be more eloquent.
marK KirK ifyouknowwhatImean
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 May 2013 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
yes, he is repellent and awfulbut he is an elected representativewhere are we getting these clownsand wtf are they thinking?
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 31 May 2013 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
he'd be fun to kick in the nuts
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 May 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/05/31/two-parking-meter-deals-are-worse-than-one
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 31 May 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
I really don't believe that the city couldn't get out of that shitty parking meter deal. People break contracts all the time. Sometimes it comes with penalties, but the combined clout of all these bozos in city hall should be enough to keep those penalties to a manageable level. It's a lack of will more than anything else.
Also, seriously, if RE could get the city out from under that contract, he'd be heralded as a hero no matter how many public schools he closed. So obviously something deeply gross (even for Chicago) is going on here.
Also also, I really expected RE to be a lot more entertaining. When he won (don't blame me, I also voted for DeValle) I consoled myself with the thought that there would be lots of temper tantrums and hissy fits and other absurd bits of political theater for our amusement but nope. He's just a stealthy creep.
It's like Pat Quinn. He's just as crooked as Rod Blagojevich but without the amazing hair and hilarious public appearances. Fucking depressing.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 May 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Prediction: this Ventra bullshit is going to be as crappy for the city as the parking meter deal.
― carl agatha, Friday, 31 May 2013 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sBXbmT2.png
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Friday, 31 May 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha!
i'm still pissed about mark kirk and the people who voted for him
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 31 May 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
Hadn't heard about Kirk's gang plan. In the wake of his stroke and his subsequent support of gay marriage, I'd softened toward him, but yeah, that's dumb.
― Murder in the Rue McClanahan (jaymc), Friday, 31 May 2013 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Is Mark Kirk up and running again, or he he locked away somewhere, issuing statements from the shadows?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 31 May 2013 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
He returned to the Senate earlier this year.
― Murder in the Rue McClanahan (jaymc), Friday, 31 May 2013 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I wrote this dude off after his request for emergency dictatorial powers in advance of some g8 meeting or whatever was rebuffed
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 31 May 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
what i really really really want to know is what the fuck does mark kirk know about our judicial system that makes him think this is legal, much less a remotely good idea? how out there is this guy?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 31 May 2013 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, May 31, 2013 1:43 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
to be fair the democratic opponent was a joke
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 31 May 2013 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
and also to be frank bobby rush is a useless blowhard these days.
a pox on pretty much every chicago politician.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 31 May 2013 23:29 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I'm with you, but I'm just wondering what it will take for Chicago to demand less clowny representation/leadership.
I am a Jan (Schakowsky) fan. She's good. State rep Heather Steans also good iirc.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Saturday, 1 June 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
he shops at my sister's CVS, she said he's like 4 ft tall
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Saturday, 1 June 2013 00:23 (eleven years ago) link
I too am a major Jan Fan. She is straight up awesome.
Congressman Mike Quigley and State Rep. Anne Williams are also aces. Locally, Toni Preckwinkle seems to be doing the lord's work as Cook Count Board Prez and I hope she keeps it up. There were rumors she might run for mayor and I would actually go out and campaign for her (and not bc I want a city job, as I am done-zo with gov't work in this state/county/city. Barf).
― carl agatha, Saturday, 1 June 2013 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
I heard the Preckwinkle for mayor stuff too. The bossman at my former employer was buddy buddy with her.
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Saturday, 1 June 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Patrick FItzgerald got out while the getting was good I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 June 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link
Jan's been in the house for a long-ass time, since the late 80s, iirc.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 1 June 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
Schakowsky is my mom's district. she's good (except on Israel, which she coddles too much, but maybe she has to in order to retain Rogers Park Jewish vote?). i doubt she's interesting in running the city. i could see her running for senator, although her husband's political scandal would be an impediment.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 04:53 (eleven years ago) link
although honestly who wants to be in the senate?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Saturday, 1 June 2013 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
I'd give it a whirl.
― Jeff, Saturday, 1 June 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.wbez.org/news/take-peek-mayor-emanuel%E2%80%99s-tax-returns-107527
Tax returns!
― Just Elevate... And Decide In The Air -- Above the Rim (dan m), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
State of the city, 2013:
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-spends-tax-dollars-on-sports-arena/Content?oid=9769374
― The End**^ (Eazy), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 18:49 (ten years ago) link
God, I'd totaly run for Senate if ILX financed it.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
what would be your platform?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
Untrammeled sexual relations with Jake Gyllenhaal clones and compulsory Bryan Ferry listening parties
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:03 (ten years ago) link
that might get you Ft Lauderdale
― they are either militarists (ugh) or kangaroos (?) (DJP), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:05 (ten years ago) link
Brooklyn and San Francisco too.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
Think I' ll try for a seat in three states.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 19:20 (ten years ago) link
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/mayor-emanuel-locks-in-parking-meter-deal/Content?oid=9931786
― The End**^ (Eazy), Tuesday, 4 June 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/bennyjohnson/the-most-yolo-congresman-on-facebook
― carl agatha, Thursday, 6 June 2013 21:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.salon.com/2013/06/16/rahm_emanuel_is_losing_control_of_his_city/
― Jeff, Monday, 17 June 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
thread needs:
http://i.imgur.com/JduZ79i.jpg
― http://threeframes.net (gr8080), Monday, 17 June 2013 18:56 (ten years ago) link
this sounds like the worst idea ever
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/08/us/chicago-high-school-graduation-requirement/index.html
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 8 July 2017 20:30 (six years ago) link
it sounds suspiciously similar to what i had to do to graduate high school 25 years ago. i moved to kentucky in my senior year of high school, only to find that someone, somewhere, had decreed that in order to graduate high school there you had to come up with a "portfolio" over your four years of school. i guess so they had something to measure "accomplishment" other than grades? (on the plus side i had plenty of time to put together my "portfolio" as only one of my teachers gave a crap whether i showed up to class or not.)
not really anything new. "hey, our current criteria for success are garbage!" "oh crap, let's make up some new ones quick without first testing to see if they're any more meaningful!"
and that's my uncool conservative idea.
― The Saga of Rodney Stooksbury (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 July 2017 21:26 (six years ago) link
sounds like NCLB in that ostensibly it is designed to not leave children behind and in reality is likely to do just that
Rahm is a bad person
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 10 July 2017 12:44 (six years ago) link
Chance is on the case
https://splinternews.com/chance-the-rapper-turns-up-to-testify-against-rahm-eman-1820257351
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 November 2017 20:51 (six years ago) link
As if #ILMarchPrimary isn’t enough, in 54 weeks #ChicagoMayor19 takes place, today Garry McCarthy holds first fundraiser pic.twitter.com/Vj5zYJ9mw5— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) February 11, 2018
fuuuuuck youuuu
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 12 February 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
Just now at UCLA: after being called out about the cover up of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald's murder by the Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel smugly responded, "I didn't realize there were so many direct flights from Chicago." pic.twitter.com/seRMrkz2Gb— Catharine Krebs (@CatharineKrebs) February 13, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 February 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link
Fuuuuuck youuuuuu toooo
You miserable son of a bitch
I'd tell you to fall in Lake Michigan and drown but I like Lake Michigan too much
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 14 February 2018 01:14 (six years ago) link
Cook County Clerk Dorothy Brown, who is under federal investigation, appears to have issued a news release indicating she will run against Rahm Emanuel for mayor. Only in Chicago.— Bill Ruthhart (@BillRuthhart) April 19, 2018
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
still maybe a better candidate than garry mccarthy?
― na (NA), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:10 (six years ago) link
I read "indicating" as "indicting" and got excited.
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 19 April 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
Emanuel: today, the time has come to make another tough choice, I’ve decided not to seek re-election. This has been the job of a lifetime.— Becky Vevea (@beckyvevea) September 4, 2018
!!!!!
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
Holy. Shit.
Also: Fuck. Yes.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 15:55 (five years ago) link
yesssssssssssss
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-not-running-for-re-election-492400201.html
The mayor’s announcement takes place as Officer Jason Van Dyke’s trial begins in that case. Emanuel said he and his wife decided to "write another chapter together" as their three children have left for college.
Emanuel said he and his wife decided to "write another chapter together" as their three children have left for college.
yes, now that the three children have left the house, it's time to spend more time at home
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
teenagers are awful, totally understand
Yom Kippur coming up, Rahm, it’s a good time to consider your misdeeds
― faculty w1fe (silby), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Wow. But also the story of dude who quit being Chief of Staff to become fait accompli mayor of Chicago. If he's quitting even trying to be mayor of Chicago, no doubt he's got some massive money-making job waiting for him.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
hardly surprising but definitely lolsy in the context of every online chicagoan gloating with joy today
The Rehabilitate Rahm Emanuel PR campaign begins. pic.twitter.com/4S7GpLc5Ze— Haymarket Books (@haymarketbooks) September 4, 2018
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:04 (five years ago) link
I guess you were a little too blitzed on Molsons to have noticed his pre-mayoral employment or this wouldn't have come as much of a surprise to you.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
.....hence "hardly surprising" OL
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
Sorry, blitzed on Molsons rn.
― Digital Squirts (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:20 (five years ago) link
lol
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
JUST IN: Former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley plans to run for Chicago mayor, a spokesperson says. His brother and father once held the office. https://t.co/pOifiThtL3— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) September 14, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZZlQ4Tmrc
― Karl Malone, Friday, 14 September 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
Notorious CPD commander Jon Burge dead at 70 https://t.co/LwENqn9niu pic.twitter.com/Ydqz6TALca— FOX 32 News (@fox32news) September 19, 2018
enjoy being maggot food, motherfucker
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:27 (five years ago) link
if you gotta pee on a grave, his would be a good one to choose
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:29 (five years ago) link
Burge was convicted in 2010 for lying about torturing suspects. He was accused of leading the abuse and torture of hundreds of African-American suspects, some by use of a cattle prodder or suffocation by plastic, forcing confessions from dozens.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link