By Steve Rhodes
The Papers will hopefully return tomorrow, I’m just getting crushed this week. But we do have a full site otherwise, chocked with goodness.
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The Cub Factor: Inside Tarpgate
If Gordon Wittenmyer truly got the story wrong, which I doubt, prove it and demand a retraction. But don’t try to spin it away.
Exclusive! Rahm Yuks Up O’Connor Kerfuffle With Fallon
Another Beachwood Special Report.
WGN-TV Finds Incredible Hulk
On flood patrol in Oak Lawn after epic party.
Outlaws & Angry Cores
In Local Book Notes.
DeRo Vs. Corporate EDM
In Local Music Notebook.
The Legend Of Lisle
In Chicagoetry: Sphinx Of Procopius.
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BeachBook
* Remembering The Defender’s Earl Calloway.
* Remembering The Busy Bee’s Sophie Madej.
* Fermilab’s New Holometer Testing Whether We Live In A Hologram.
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TweetWood
Requires “solid base of Odd News sources.” Do my friends count? MT @jjobs_tweets: Web Reporter, Odd News: Boca Raton http://t.co/x9VVapNE8K
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 26, 2014
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“Racism…you’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine having to live it.” Jon Stewart on the @TheDailyShow, back from summer vacay. #Ferguson
— Denise Flores (@DeniseFlores) August 27, 2014
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Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan accepts the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and challenges all 50 members of… http://t.co/gtOlEhl81f
— Office of Leg I.G. (@OLIGChicago) August 26, 2014
Ugh. Khan is justifiably outraged by the city council’s games, but he seems like a bit of a clown himself. And he’s getting awfully rich while pleading – again, with some justification – that his office has been financially starved by the mayor’s office.
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Click on chart for the funny!
We make > twice as many records available to LE via our ICReach search engine than there are stars in the Milky Way! pic.twitter.com/hx33GQcC8R
— PRISM US Gov (@PRISM_NSA) August 27, 2014
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Live through this.
Posted on August 27, 2014