By Steve Rhodes
The hard drive has been saved. The rest of the unit is still in the ICU. FEMA has not yet arrived. Here is your abbreviated Weekend Desk Report.
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Beachwood Photo Booth: Summer Ghost
72 and sunny.
Vote For The Lying Neoliberal Warmonger
It’s important.
Sexism In Olympics Coverage
Words to describe men include fastest and strongest. For women, related words reference their ages or marital status.
Fantasy Fix Draft Guide Pt. 3: WRs
One Jet vs. two Bears.
The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Soft Ledges, Mal Intent, Poison The Well, Another Lost Year, Lacey Sturm, and Ladybird.
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The Sound Opinions Weekend Listening Report: “With all eyes turned toward the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the Sound Opinions World Tour makes its next stop in Brazil, a country with an unmatched musical influence on the globe. Jim and Greg explore the rich musical history of Brazil, including the bossa nova, MPB, and Tropicalia phenomena of the 1950s and ’60s. Plus, a review of the new album from Chicago fingerpicking virtuoso Ryley Walker.”
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Weekend BeachBook
UN Admits Role In Haiti’s Deadly Cholera Outbreak.
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U.S. Army Fudged Accounts By Trillions Of Dollars.
I’d call that more than a “fudge!”
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Harley-Davidson To Pay $12 Million Fine For Emissions.
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Local Band Weirdness At The Beverly Arts Center.
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Weekend TweetWood
Dear media: that wasn’t an appeal to black voters, but to whites. #trump
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 20, 2016
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Great Fangraphs piece on Willson Contreras explaining his skill set, improvement: https://t.co/OY1qLtZWbx But what sparked this …
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 20, 2016
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Also from Fangraphs, a persuasive piece suggesting Kris Bryant is the best player in the NL: https://t.co/v6NU3yeqKR | #cubs
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 20, 2016
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Those who want to say that @Gawker didn’t do “Real Journalism” – thus Good Riddance – have to grapple with all this https://t.co/fjNx5AMGsE
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) August 19, 2016
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Conundrum: If CPD changed procedures @ #HomanSquare, #Chicago media couldn’t report it bc they’d have 2 acknldg what was wrong in 1st place.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 19, 2016
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The Weekend Desk Tronc Line: All tronc long.
Posted on August 20, 2016

