Chicago - A message from the station manager

The [Wednesday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes

Monologue . . .
“Chicago, long home to traders of everything from stock options to soybean futures, is increasingly adding cryptocurrencies to its domain,” Bloomberg reports.
Well, we’ve had a cryptomayor for seven years, so . . .


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The term “cryptocurrency” always makes me think it’s money for goths . . .
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The goth economy: Putting the crypt into crypto.
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Goth money: Scrypt.
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Goth mayor.
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Cryptofascist.
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“Fireworks were expected at Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting, as the Fraternal Order of Police was urging all its members to storm City Hall in a protest against Mayor Rahm Emanuel,” NBC Chicago reports.
If the police become protesters, who will become the police in order to kick the shit out of them? Schrodinger’s cops!
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“The police union spent the early morning Wednesday setting up transportation to bring officers to City Hall by the busload because they believe the mayor has turned his back on police.”
Sure, but he’s turned his front on police reform.
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Is there a better local example of male fragility than the police union? The new cop academy should be sponsored by Pampers.
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Maximo, the largest dinosaur ever uncovered, is moving into the Field museum, CBS Chicago reports.
Huh, I thought Ed Burke was the largest uncovered dinosaur.
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Study: Guns In Chicago Just ‘2.5 Handshakes’ Away.
That’s just half a handshake more than it took to wire the Obama Presidential Library Center deal.
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State Rep. Says She’s Facing Retaliation for Speaking Out Against Madigan.
Michael Madigan must be losing his touch; usually he avoids these kinds of problems by engaging in pretaliation.
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ChicagoGram


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ChicagoTube
North To Chicago.

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BeachBook
Sparkly blood diamonds glued to her hat.

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TweetWood
A sampling.


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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Happening.

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Posted on May 23, 2018