By Steve Rhodes
The Papers will return on Monday, June 2nd, in part because I’m preparing to move this weekend eight blocks up Milwaukee Avenue to the California stop. If anyone wants to help, let me know; many hands make light work (as Cameron Poe once said). I really don’t have much besides books and files.
But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any new Beachwood content over the next few days. To wit:
* Did Comcast Refuse This Chicago Cannabis Conference Commercial?
Organizers: “We are not understanding how killing cancer or stopping seizures in epileptic children are too controversial.”
* House Committee Puts NSA On Notice Over Encryption Standards.
Spy agency deliberately lessened standards and willfully diminished American citizens’ and businesses’ cyber-security for their own purposes.
* Fantasy Fix: Astrology.
How is it that this starting pitcher was still available in more than 30% of Yahoo! leagues as of Monday?
* The Cub Factor: Yeah, the CF might not happen this week. I’ll make it twice as good next week.
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ICYMI: If you haven’t yet, I highly encourage you to listen at least to Angela Caputo’s segment on this week’s Beachwood Radio Hour (starting at 23:51) for the harrowing story that is Chicago’s Mortgage Street.
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Also, The Beachwood Radio Criminal Justice Hour called it . . .
.@CJPJustProj Just as we discussed on The Beachwood Criminal Justice Hour! http://t.co/CwrCvsppvs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 27, 2014
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* There’s A Hero Replacing Chicago’s Horrible Potholes With Mosaics.
Reminder: Potholes aren’t just a Chicago problem. I’m actually not into blaming Rahm on this one.
* Summer Programs Facing Cuts In Federal Dollars.
The exact programs we need to help curb violence.
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The NYT’s own public editor condemns both Michael Kinsley and the NYT itself for his notorious “book review” http://t.co/htUtknmX3U
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) May 27, 2014
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Greenwald to release list of Americans under illegal NSA surveillance http://t.co/2R8RhESFkv
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) May 27, 2014
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SURPRISE: 9,800 US troops to remain in Afghanistan, including Special Ops forces for hunt and kill missions
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) May 27, 2014
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CPS to Remove Lead Paint From Gale School After Years Of Complaints | Will be given safe passage to a welcoming school
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 27, 2014
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.@CrainsChicago the renderings of the new #Wrigley look amazing! You can even see the #Cubs hitting into a double play!
— Michael Luce (@chi_luce) May 27, 2014
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As part of this season’s 100th year of Wrigley celebration, the Ricketts family will present 100 renovation plans that will never get built.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) May 28, 2014
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The Beachwood Tip Line: Soon with expanded clubhouse.
Posted on May 28, 2014