By Steve Rhodes
Fly Lufthansa B747-8i Business Class Upper Deck Frankfurt-Chicago:
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Blackmarket Democracy, Hellbelly, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Dead Fires, Sam Outlaw, Tobin Sprout, Pissed Jeans, Frank Iero and the Patience with Dave House and Kayleigh Goldsworthy, Unwed Sailor, Treeshakers, Robin Trower, Hammerfall, Joe Lynn Turner, Aimee Mann, Delain, Gorphanage, and Ozzuario.
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The Absurd Amount Of Entitlements That Go To Rich People
“When Medicare and Social Security are both included, the average household in the .01% – those with more than $100 million in assets – receive more in government transfers than the average household in the poorest 50%. Even without Social Security, the multi-millionaires got nearly two-thirds the government transfers received by the poorest 50%.”
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Chicago Family Sues ICE & City Over Raid, Gang Database
“A nightmarish chain of events left Wilmer Catalan-Ramirez imprisoned, in severe physical pain and mental anguish, and fighting deportation.”
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How Crossing The US-Mexico Border Became A Crime
“For most of American history, immigrants could enter the United States without official permission and not fear criminal prosecution by the federal government.”
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Chicago-Based Duracell Sues Alleged Gray Market Dealer
I did not know Duracell was based in Chicago.
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From the Beachwood sports desk . . .
SportsMonday: The Bears’ Dysfunctional Draft
The lesson Ryan Pace missed at general managers school.
The White Sox Report: Outperforming April
Firing on all cylinders – except catching the ball.
The Unbearable Whiteness Of Cycling
“In Chicago in particular, it seems black cyclists have been targeted by the police for unfair treatment.”
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BeachBook
A sampling.
CPS Won’t Say Why It Suspended Activist Teacher Sarah Chambers, Leaving Us To Suspect The Obvious.
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Casinos Bet On Skill-Based Video Game Gambling To Attract Millennials Who Don’t Have Time For Your Bullshit.
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Chocolate Chicago At Macy’s For 14 Years Neither Melted Nor Eaten.
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WCIU – The U – Mascot Engaging In Hijinks.
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Huge Riverwalk Revenues.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
These are the same pic.twitter.com/k47j9VKA54
— buffy but socialist (@no_talent_shan) May 2, 2017
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Maybe Barbara Byrd-Bennett can make pencils while in the pen.
Teachers launch GoFundMe campaigns to help pay for classroom expenses – Chicago Tribune https://t.co/IIkOWB3bS1
— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) May 2, 2017
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Yet I keep seeing headlines everywhere . . .
Major statistical problem with #dietsoda = #dementia & #stroke. When @VinayPrasad82 shouts, people listen https://t.co/E2A2RZ47vO pic.twitter.com/5XYRwO0djP
— HealthNewsReview.org (@HealthNewsRevu) May 2, 2017
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More reactions to Boeing’s decision to thank Trump in a full-page Washington Post ad: https://t.co/4i5L8q0zXJ https://t.co/gSkt9m164Q
— Zoe Galland (@zoegalland) April 29, 2017
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Please come to my lifestyle music festival which is not secretly a trap. We will have Dave Matthews and no guillotines. Tickets are $15k.
— None Pizza Left Imp (@CertainImp) April 29, 2017
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The way to unite America? pic.twitter.com/2NwKIhfH0H
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 2, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: United.
Posted on May 2, 2017