Chicago - Aug. 13, 2018

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Army Of Darkness
ElRey
5 p.m.
A discount-store employee is time-warped to a medieval castle, where he is the foretold savior who can dispel the evil there. Unfortunately, he screws up and releases an army of skeletons. (tvguide.com)

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BWM*: 82/12

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No, but we do do moose stuff, and that can be anything you want it to be. Except Sudoku.

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8, 25, 39

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I am open and receptive to new avenues of income. (louisehay.com)

Ellie
Knowing that a person may be unwittingly in danger of an assault imposes a moral duty to warn them.

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The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Let's catch up from a long weekend.

In An Ugly Election Result, Hate Surges Online
The election of an American president, that is.

Every single Trump voter owns this.

How Arguments In Favor Of The Electoral College Are Dead Wrong
Elitist, racist, and not at all inclusive of rural areas.

Use FCC Auction To Strengthen Local Journalism
Once in a lifetime opportunity includes Chicago.

Beachwood Photo Booth: Pink(ish) Cadillac
Golden.

Is This The Best Yo-Yoer In Illinois?
And one of the best in the country?

Circulating Literacy
Magazines did the job education did not.

From the Beachwood music desk . . .

The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Pigface, WORM, Project .44, Abbath, Conor Oberst, End Result, Animals As Leaders, Marshmello, Oni, Children of Bodom, Exmortus, Two Door Cinema Club, Straight Arrows, Howard Jones, and Oquoa.

Last Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: El Tri, Rata Blanca, Inspector, La Arrolladora, Friendship Commanders, Joe Budden, The Falcon, Hobbyist, Poster Children, Mr. Blotto, Electric Slave, Cashmere Cat, Step Slow, Mukqs, Carlos Chavarria & Ben Billington, Highly Suspect, Beastii, Fine Subterraneans, The Soil & The Sun, JD McPherson, America, and Romancoke.

From the Beachwood sports desk . . .

Beachwood Sports Radio: Sick Of The Bearratives
Jay Cutler, John Fox, the McCaskeys, 1985, Soldier Field, Halas, Butkus, Urlacher, OB, Joniak, Hub . . . sick of it all. Also: The Circus - And The Soap Opera - Has Left Town; Blackhawks Can't Help It If They're Lucky; Oh, The Pageantry!; Dex Knows; Chapman Doesn't; and Selling Sale.

SportsMonday: Nothing To See Here
Moving on from the Bears.

BeachBook
A sampling.

How White Nationalists Learned To Love Donald Trump.

'Trump Will Do To Muslims What Hitler Did To Jews.'

10 Ways To Tell If Your President Is A Dictator.

Chicago Trump Voter Goes On Racist Rant.

Milwaukee Police Chief: Raising Standards Above Criminal Culpability.

New York Passes First-Of-Kind Bill To Protect Freelancers.

Minnesota Law Now Mandates Sex Assault Training For Students.

The U.N. Sent 3 Foreign Women To The U.S. To Assess Gender Equality. They Were Horrified.

The Ranch That Big Macs Built.

TweetWood
A sampling.

Obama expands 9/11 war to Somalia/Shabab+exempts Libyan city from drone rules protecting civilians outside war zones https://t.co/7aKju7EpA2
— Charlie Savage (@charlie_savage) November 28, 2016

Some people were hoping Obama would restrict War on Terror powers Trump will inherit but he is using his last days in office to expand them. https://t.co/2LAIs9J32h
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 28, 2016

"I will give you everything." "I'm the only one who can fix it." Autocrat handbook. (As well as fictionalizing opponent's weak health.) https://t.co/qyQdhyxBYD
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 28, 2016

A Bannon colleague claims he's expressed striking views on limiting right to vote, @ScottShaneNYT reports:https://t.co/EGIRGaa8TF pic.twitter.com/0iqmrXwJSg
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) November 28, 2016

Good example of precisely how *not* to cover the Trump administration's dishonesty. https://t.co/jkx1KbcrT3
— Ned Resnikoff (@resnikoff) November 28, 2016

NBC, CBS and today, the Wall Street Journal. https://t.co/Ae1olGUmuy
— Zoe Galland (@zoegalland) November 28, 2016

From 'How Trump Won Over White Nationalists' (From Politico, pre-election): pic.twitter.com/ahCSOmYGF0
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 26, 2016

Matt Forney: The Alternative Right Infiltrates the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners https://t.co/6AziF48Caq via @rightonnet
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) November 26, 2016

'Holocaust on Ice' sparks outrage around the world; Castro's Cuba, Trump; Turkey; China; Burma; #FreeThem
The Brief https://t.co/DWRJa1B24F pic.twitter.com/LXgIeTe8kZ
— Human Rights Watch (@hrw) November 28, 2016

Pulled Armando Valladares's prison memoir "Against All Hope" from the shelf. First page is especially relevant today pic.twitter.com/Ug9HwE8oER
— Michael C Moynihan (@mcmoynihan) November 26, 2016