By Steve Rhodes
I still have some personal and business issues to take care of, so I’m just going to take the week off instead of doing a half-assed job just to get a column up every day. I’ll still be posting the work of our other contributors, and some social media recaps. Otherwise, I’ll plan to re-start the Papers on March 13.
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Turning Stamps To Jobs
A WPA-type program should be the one of the first violent crime reduction strategies.
The Pace Of The Game
Maybe it’s time that MLB sheds its inferiority complex and celebrates the three hours that folks can spend at the ballpark with friends and family, watching a ballgame, eating a hot dog, and drinking a beer.
The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Screaming Females, AJR, TrollPhace, Mind Over Mirrors, John San Juan, The Lacs, Demun Jones, Uli John Roth, Dokken, Goatwhore, Sting, Lethal Shock, Overlords, The Radio Dept., Surfacant, Fee Lion, and Spa Moans.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
How much will the white working class save?
GOP bill’s two main tax cuts for the wealthy would save the top 0.1% $195,000 annually, for a cost of $300b/decade. https://t.co/yvZc852moi pic.twitter.com/cSWaz62Bwk
— Taniel (@Taniel) March 7, 2017
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The GOP health care bill would save @BruceRauner over $7 million/year based on his 2015 tax returns. I wonder where he stands on this issue. https://t.co/KbeTUqYSFU
— Daniel Biss (@danielbiss) March 7, 2017
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But when spinning/dissembling/lying is normalized, even praised when well-executed, isn’t a Trump inevitable? Just dispensing w/etiquette.
All presidents spin/dissemble/lie. What’s diff about Trump is the frequency, sloppiness, and disregard for facts https://t.co/HWBdWH2tSY pic.twitter.com/Ugx6zUlXZo
— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) March 6, 2017
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How about a travel ban that would limit the movement of gentrifiers throughout the country?
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2017
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Chance the Rapper Donates $1 Million to Chicago Public Schools | Also, changes name to Community Chest the Rapper
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 6, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Minus the etiquette.
Posted on March 7, 2017