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The Weekend Desk Report
For completists, there was no column on Thursday or Friday; reasons and things.
Check out #1Chi4All as well as @BeachwoodReport for my running commentary.
Hundreds of Chicago residents are packed into the UIC forum to listen to the mayoral candidates. Each neighborhood is represented, and seated in its own section acknowledged with signs reminiscent of a political convention. @WGNNews #1Chi4All pic.twitter.com/dqxuzfRqcV
— Mike Lowe (@MikeLoweReports) January 12, 2019
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New on the Beachwood . . .
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #234: Double Doinkage
Worst Chicago sports loss ever? Including: What We Still Don't Know About Cody Parkey's Double Doink; Hero Or Heel?; Hawk Bearelsons; The Other 59:50 Of That Game; The Vic Vacancy; Another Inside Story Of The Bears Blowing It By Drafting Trubisky Instead Of Mahomes; The Meaning Of Mediocre; and Rewriting Robbie Gould!
Plus: White Sox Making Moves!; Dear Cubs Fans: Your Favorite Baseball Team Can Afford Any Free Agent It Wants; Jim Boylen Sucks, What More Do You Need To Know?; Don't Believe The Blackhawks Hype (Apparently There's Blackhawks Hype); and The Four-Part Recipe For The Oily Stew Of Dysfunction That Ousted Tom Thibodeau.
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IL AG: Illinois Dioceses Massively And Abhorrently Failed Underage Sexual Assault Victims
What a sick institution.
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When UW Arboretum Restoration Research Fired Up An Oscar-Winning Disney Doc
1954's The Vanishing Prairie helped spark interest in conservation science - and came with a cool poster.
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Weekend ChicagoReddit
Today is the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin's debut album that was released on January 12, 1969! Here is a 1969 concert handbill promoting the group and others for a concert at The Kinetic Playground once located at 4812 N Clark St. from r/chicago
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Weekend ChicagoGram
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Weekend ChicagoTube
Eagles Mic'd Up Against The Bears.
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Weekend BeachBook
A sampling.
What The Laquan McDonald E-Mails Really Showed.
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Boston's Great Molasses Flood Of 1919.
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Earth's Magnetic Field Is Fucked Up.
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Weekend TweetWood
A sampling.
A lot of reporters revolve into taking PR jobs for pols or corporations. Then there are reporters who would never get hired for those jobs. Those are the reporters to follow.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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Hey intrepid journalists, if you want to see how federal spending is affected by the shutdown, you can use USASpending to look at all federal contracts, where they're received, and filter by federal agency. You can sort by state, district, zipcode. It'll even generate a map.
— Daniel Schuman (@danielschuman) January 12, 2019
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Zanies executive director says he would book Louis C.K. https://t.co/LynF7kPjCY
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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Plus, enough with Sylvia Plath already https://t.co/m8fhNJHpNd
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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Chicago woman moves to Nebraska to start alpaca farm https://t.co/NHMCEefT65 via @heraldcourier
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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Golden State Warriors' 35-point win over Chicago is a historic ode to joy for Stephen Curry https://t.co/TEjjDdFd8f
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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Eagles' Treyvon Hester no longer obscure after blocking field goal at Chicago https://t.co/fzJpVUw1fQ via @mpdailynews
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) January 12, 2019
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The Weekend Desk McRibTipLine: Take care of business.
Posted on January 12, 2019
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