Chicago - A message from the station manager

The [Monday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

It’s happening – this Friday!
You don’t need to be invited to attend! It just means you’re not a Facebook friend of me or the site, and/or not on any of my other contact lists. You are invited! You are also encouraged to RSVP directly to me so we can get the best sense possible of how many folks to expect. (We have several different RSVP mechanisms, so the number of attendees you see on the Facebook page or EventBrite are drastically underreported! It’s gonna be . . . possibly big. You won’t want to miss it!)
Featuring: Take Your Photo With Adam West. (We’ve arranged it.)
And: The Blue Ribbon Glee Club will perform a couple of choice selections.
Also: Door prizes!
Finally: Bring a map. Of anything.


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The White Sox Report: Pelfrey’s Proof
Motivating Mike – and Matt.
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Wisconsin’s Penokees Are A Geologic Gem
“Billions of years of geologic processes, a cataclysmic meteor impact and changes in Earth’s atmosphere all contributed to shaping a land with striking visual and physical properties.”
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Self-Regulation Protects The Wolves Of Wall Street
“The dozen FINRA flags examined by Reuters include regulatory sanctions for misconduct, employment terminations after allegations of misconduct and payments by firms to settle customer complaints. They also include brokers’ personal financial troubles, such as bankruptcies or liens for nonpayment of debts.
“Last year, a FINRA official told Reuters, the regulator identified 90 firms as posing the highest risk to investors and flagged them internally for higher scrutiny. But FINRA declined to name the firms publicly or to release statistics showing the concentration of brokers with a history of FINRA flags within each firm.”
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Pie: Papering Over Poverty
“I assume the $370 million you’re about to spend on Buckingham Palace includes a sprinkler system.”
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BeachBook
A sampling.
The History Channel Is Finally Telling The Stunning Secret Story Of The War On Drugs.

My biggest complaint about the Gary Webb fiasco is that his editors worked on the story and eagerly signed off on it, only to escape their own accountability while Webb was hung out to dry.
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Desegregating Libraries In The American South.

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Some Cities, Villages Opt Out Of Cook County’s Minimum Wage Increase.

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A Property Tax Increase Does Nothing For The Poorest Towns In Illinois.

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Putting Profits Ahead Of Patients.

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What Will It Take?

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TweetWood
A sampling.
Why We Need Many Voices!


And that means more than two. Especially two that draw from the same pool of people. Extrapolate to all areas of coverage.
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The paper isn’t failing because of market conditions, but because of shitty management.
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Thank you, Chelsea Manning.


Manning and Snowden: Heroes for our time.
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Shoutout especially to the hard-working dad whose kid didn’t get into Payton because you made that phone call . . .


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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Packages available.

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Posted on June 19, 2017