By Steve Rhodes
I have business to attend to today so the Papers will return tomorrow.
Meanwhile, though . . .
The Beachwood Radio Hour #22: Bruce Rauner Loves To Shoot Doves Dead
And then pair them with a nice fine wine.
Plus: High School Culture Still Sucks, I Don’t Care About The Weather, and The Tribune Company Reporter Who Let The CIA Edit His Stories.
SportsMonday: Cutler Flinched
Surly Jay is back!
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Beachwood Radio: Tune in to WBEZ today from 2:20 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. to hear our very own Jim “Coach” Coffman talk Bears.
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ICYMI: The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #16: Double Nickel On The Bears’ Dime.
You Better Bill-ieve It’s A Must-Win! (Oops.)
Plus: The Sky Is Flying; The Derrick Rosercoaster; The White Sox In The Thick Of The Race; and The Pageantry Of College Football: Bring On The Creampuffs.
The College Football Top Ten: The Ballad Of Pat Fitzgerald And The Big Ten’s Last Stand
Bringing a butter knife to a gunfight.
The White Sox Report: Be Like Mike
An idea for Robin Ventura, whose job is surprisingly secure.
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Is in production!
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BeachBook
* Obama Disappoints, Again.
Are there any promises left to break? Only the new ones he keeps making.
* Chicago’s Shifting Grocery Landscape Mirrors City’s Changing Economics.
We’re now an Aldi’s town.
* FOIA Shaming Tumblr.
Let’s start one of these just for Chicago.
* Chicago-Based Gambling Company Has History Of Labor Strife.
Rush Street Gaming, which is Gambling.
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TweetWood
First debate question goes to Mr. Rauner: What’s the best wine pairing with dove? #twill
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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ugh RT @WideAsleepNima: In 2012, @KenDilanianAP assured me gov’t officials aren’t in the habit of lying. http://t.co/waygLbIAGP
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 6, 2014
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If Bruce Rauner’s Trash Van is rocking, don’t bother … oh, nevermind.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 6, 2014
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Let’s just put it this way: Bruce Rauner Loves To Shoot Doves Dead. #twill
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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A Man, His Van, A Dove And His Wine: The Bruce Rauner Story. Next, on Lifetime.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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So let me get this straight: Rauner rents a parking spot worth five times more than his van? #twill
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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Let me get this straight: Bruce Rauner brought $100,000 to a South Side Credit Union in a battered van?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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Yup. He’s with Rahm. RT @Alderman_Pawar: Walking in the Von Steuben Parade. #Pawar2015 pic.twitter.com/ES42qlGtaw
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2014
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Obama Administration Still Keeping Much Secret About Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program http://t.co/q7WBXXMl6X
— Firedoglake (@firedoglake) September 6, 2014
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Obama shamefully won’t bar children from the dangerous, poisonous work of picking tobacco. http://t.co/klQ20aYPxy pic.twitter.com/uVgNFYyVgG
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) September 7, 2014
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This is why @HRW refuses to take one cent from any government. Our independence from all governments matters more. http://t.co/AGILAwplbj
— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) September 7, 2014
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Among the worst conceits of DC think tanks is calling their politicized polemicists “scholars” & using .edu for their websites #BrookingsEdu
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 7, 2014
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US judge says pics of Guantánamo prisoner who was sexually humiliated & made to perform “dog tricks” must stay secret http://t.co/S2BFhlhJLr
— Ryan Gallagher (@rj_gallagher) September 7, 2014
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“Who beheads more people: #ISIS or #Saudi Arabia?” http://t.co/Q6ZpfSeDn3 More on Saudi surge http://t.co/v3hU89CHmm pic.twitter.com/1jWWeiutZU
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) September 6, 2014
Hint: America’s ally.
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#BREAKING: President #Obama Visits Legendary Site Of Spinal Tap Concept Album #Stonehenge #ItsOneLouder #p2 pic.twitter.com/IpxUB2UetB
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) September 5, 2014
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This day last year, US troops tube-fed 27 #Guantanamo hunger strikers. Today? News blackout. @MiamiHerald charticle: http://t.co/pUDFF3TVs6
— Carol Rosenberg (@carolrosenberg) September 6, 2014
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“Taco Bell is Product Testing a Biscuit Taco” | When are they gonna finally make a taco *bell* ?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 6, 2014
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Obama To Delay Immigration Action Until After The 2032 Elections …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 6, 2014
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your mom listens to SLAYER: photography by helenesmith http://t.co/nMOc9AS3hW via @Etsy #cars #Slayer #vintage #art pic.twitter.com/Z9MHicFjh3
— helene smith (@helene_smith) September 6, 2014
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Just like the white-winged dove.
Posted on September 8, 2014

