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Gov. Quinn plans to run as an outsider in 2014--outside the realm of competence? 27 Aug 2013 | 10:06 am
Illinois' failed governor, Chicago Democrat Pat Quinn, who 495 days ago boasted that he was "put on earth" to fix the state's broken pension system, plans to run for election next year as an outsider,...
(Photos) My 2009 Yosemite posts 26 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
Tuolumne Grove Yosemite National Park, one of the planet's jewels, is under threat from a wildfire that currently is the size of Chicago. The Marathon Pundit family visited Yosemite in 2009--Tuolumne...
Bloody Chicago: 2 dead, 15 wounded over the weekend 26 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
Chicago's strict gun laws didn't prevent another violent weekend. Two are dead and another 15 were wounded over the last two days. Technorati tags: Politics democrats illinois politics government pol...
(Photos) 2013 Skokie Backlot Bash Classic Car Show 26 Aug 2013 | 06:25 am
For a brief period before World War I, Chicago was a center for movie making. And Skokie--then called Niles Center--was used for some backlot filming. And each August Skokie celebrates this heritage b...
(Video) DNC chair won't touch Weiner controversy 25 Aug 2013 | 10:56 pm
US Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schulz (D-FL), the chair of the Debbie Wasserman Schultz, wouldn't directly a question from a C-SPAN interviewer if her former House colleague Anthony "Carlos Danger" Weiner s...
If Obama had a white grandfather, he'd look like Delbert "Shorty" Belton 25 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
A different WWII vet "If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon." Barack Obama in 2012 about Trayvon Martin. And if Obama had a white grandfather who was also a World War II veteran, he's look like Del...
"The Colonel." James Pritzker, says he is now a woman 25 Aug 2013 | 08:04 pm
A couple of months ago I wrote about a proposed Evanston lakefront land grab so billionaire James Pritzker, cousin of Obama crony Penny Pritzker, can rehab an old mansion, the Harley-Clarke home, and ...
Red line crossed in Syria, Hamlet dithers 25 Aug 2013 | 07:23 pm
A little over a year ago, President Obama said that the use of chemical weapons by the vile Assad regime in Syria would cross a "red line." Well, that red line has been crossed--a year and a day after...
New ILL-inois scandal centered on stealing from poverty programs 25 Aug 2013 | 06:35 am
Jim Dey of Champaign's News-Gazette writes about another Illinois scandal that is still developing. At the center of the allegation is the police chief of Country Club Hills and two unnamed persons, o...
(Photos) Morton Grove Classic Car Show 8/23/13 24 Aug 2013 | 09:19 am
Summer is winding down and sadly that means it was time for the final Morton Grove Classic Car Show. DJ Alexus James provided the 1950s and 1960s tunes. Let's start with an iconic classic--a Chevrol...
