Chicago - Aug. 16, 2017

Must-See TV
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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Tribune: 51/37
Sun-Times: Ferro/McKinney
Weather Channel: 44/41
Ntl Weather Service: 54/43
BWM*: 82/12

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Liberties will be taken.

Do We Sudoku?
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

Editor's Note: The Papers will continue in the abbreviated form you've seen a lot of recently for the foreseeable future, though I intend to still include an item of the day or multiple items on some days when circumstances warrant and I have the time and energy. I will also still write the occasional long column. But on a lot of days, it will be like what it's been lately. I have to pull back. I hope to write about what's happening with me and the site, which will continue, though not as robustly, in the coming weeks. (I'm not dying or anything, it's not that dramatic.) I hope you'll still keep reading, even if the column/site isn't what it used to be. A further explanation is forthcoming. Thanks.

The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Lever, Phantogram, Thigh Master, Colin Hay, Nikki Lane, Lisa/Liza, Panic! At The Disco, SOAP, Joe Bonamassa, Greg Kihn, Cheap Trick, PHO, Sons Of An Illustrious Father, Divino Nino, Sarah Reeves, and Steven Malcolm.

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How Profitable, Billion-Dollar Companies Pay No Taxes, Part One Zillion.

10 Of The Worst Cars Ever Tested By Consumer Reports.

TweetWood
A sampling.

Rand Paul is right: NSA routinely monitors Americans' communications without warrants https://t.co/yNNNZepdgL by @ggreenwald
— The Intercept (@theintercept) March 13, 2017

The NSA routinely reads Americans' communications without a warrant. They only need to say you're not the "target." https://t.co/NU8QFWgXpn pic.twitter.com/SMtFreia67
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) March 12, 2017

Here's ACLU's @JameelJaffer on how NSA can - *and does* - purposely monitor Americans' communications with no warrants (links above) pic.twitter.com/xBaf8uwZuD
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 12, 2017