By Steve Rhodes
Ex-Governor and current felon Rod Blagojevich failed this morning in his bid for a reduced prison sentence. You can see my real-time commentary at @BeachwoodReport.
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ChiTown 95
Straight outta Humboldt Park.
Watch WGN Dude Comply With Olympic Branding Restrictions
Pat Tomasulo is Today’s Best Person In Chicago.
Wind Is Weird
Walgreens receipts, Anthony’s Pizza menus, failed
Lottery tickets, blind bats, blond doves,
Maple seeds, broken gods.
In Chicagoetry: Whirl.
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From the Beachwood sports desk . . .
Breakfast In America: Race To The Bottom
“Because only a small handful of clubs have won the English Premier League championship, it’s often more fun to talk about the three worst teams each year that will be relegated – demoted to, confusingly, the Championship league,” our very own Eric Emery writes.
How Do Olympic Athletes Pay The Electric Bill?
To wit: “Fifty percent of track athletes who rank in the top 10 in the U.S. in their event earn less than $15,000 annually from the sport.”
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TweetWood
A (non-Blago) sampling.
Like Chris Sale kept his cuts away from those uniforms.
“But we kept cuts away from the ckassroom . . .” https://t.co/oIwUgO4vk4
— Matt Farmer (@mifarmer) August 9, 2016
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Claypool all but rejects additional revenue proposals at play in @ChiCouncil “We are going with the revenue streams we have available to us”
— Ted Cox (@tedcoxchicago) August 8, 2016
@BeachwoodReport We don’t want no revenue streams nobody sent.
— J.J. Tindall (@JJTindall1) August 8, 2016
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Shouldn’t someone call the police?
Pretty sure CPS is skirting legal requirements on capital budget. Technically need to release plan by May 1 every year.
— WBEZeducation (@WBEZeducation) August 8, 2016
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Burger King just jumped the sharkurrito.
Be afraid. Be very afraid. Or at least very hungry: Burger King rolls out the “Whopperito.” https://t.co/C9F5ACTThv pic.twitter.com/xXXZ1i7HYg
— Philly.com (@phillydotcom) August 8, 2016
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NYT Journalist Wonders Why Politicians Are Putting Their Hands Over Their Hearts All of a Sudden https://t.co/RyxdaPctap
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 8, 2016
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#AbolishTheSystem #Fuck12
By Andy Willis pic.twitter.com/wg8u73wz0T— 2Pac4Ever (@BaburRealer) August 9, 2016
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Jump the shark.
Posted on August 9, 2016