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By Steve Rhodes
A wintry mix of news and holiday items.
1. The audio version of ‘Twas The Night Before Fitzmas.
2. Where to go for jerk.
3. “Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band will put out a greatest-hits album next month, and the only place to get it will be Wal-Mart.”
The only way this is acceptable is if the Boss then uses the proceeds for union organizing at Wal-Mart.
Posted on December 24, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
I was planning on writing about Elizabeth Brackett’s interview of David Axelrod on Chicago Tonight last night – she did a fine job in the portion I saw – but I really don’t feel like being a buzzkill this morning.
Yeah, I don’t know what’s gotten into me, either.
Maybe it’s the Easy Listening station I’m listening to on Comcast. You know, the Hollyridge Strings doing the Beatles songbook and the Golden Dream Orchestra doing “Try to Remember” from Easy Compilation Vol. 1.
Posted on December 23, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
Posting should be fairly normal through Wednesday, sporadic through the weekend, fairy normal through next week, sporadic through that weekend, and then back to normal starting January 5th.
As always, please take a considerable amount of time to read all the wonderful things tucked away in the nooks and crannies of this site. You won’t be sorry. And if you are, you will get a full refund.
And now, despite what I wrote on Friday, I will present another column in numbered fashion today, because it just seems to fit the sort of items I have.
1. Huh, this is kind of interesting.
Posted on December 22, 2008
By Natasha Julius
We’re tracking all the stories you need to follow this weekend, so you can go on out and finish that pesky holiday shopping you still have left to take care of. C’mon. For real. If you love your country, for Pete’s sake BUY SOMETHING!
Market Update
Observers have long noted that global finances have been hanging on by a thread. It now appears that not only were they right, but that thread just snapped.
Posted on December 20, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
One more day with the numbered format, and then next week I’ll start mixing things up again.
1. Beauty’s World.
2. Stroger’s Stupid Spin.
3. Illinois Ethics 101.
Posted on December 19, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
1. Best Blago Ode Ever.
2. Blago’s Shell Game.
3. Sneed reports (so read with skepticism) that the governor “surprised feds when, upon entering his home, he began jogging in place – and then lying down in the fetal position. He reportedly repeated the frenetic exercise several times.”
Actually it’s a new fitness regime called Bloga.
Posted on December 18, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
UPDATE: 5:06 P.M.: I will also be on the public radio show The Takeaway on Thursday morning at 5:30 a.m. central time.
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If all goes according to plan, you can hear me talk about Ed Genson on WBEZ’s Eight Forty-Eight this morning. The program begins at 9:30 a.m.
Also, I’ll be appearing on CAN TV21’s Political Forum tonight at 7 p.m. and taking calls!
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1. Dr. Blago. Brings state GOP back from the dead.
Posted on December 17, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
It’s still Blago’s world, we’re just prisoners in it.
1. Junior’s Story. What’s he trying to tell us?
2. Blago’s Staycation.
3. More than one letter-writer to the Sun-Times today suggests that the Illinois Lottery hold a sweepstakes to determine who gets to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.
You know what? It’s not such a bad idea.
An ordinary citizen could hold the seat for two years – and compete against the big boys for re-election if he or she has done a good job.
Posted on December 16, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
Because the situation remains fluid, I’ll be with you here all day once again, so here we go.
Blago Framed!
Mulder and Scully investigate.
George Ryan’s Crocodile Tears
Apologizes when nobody is looking.
Sneed Undeterred
Still town’s favorite patsy.
Posted on December 15, 2008
By Steve Rhodes
The Weekend Desk Report will not appear per se, but I’ll have a special weekend edition of Blago updates and observations late today or tonight, running through Sunday.
Posted on December 13, 2008
