There’s no reason to continue the healthcare debate. We should just give a(nother) pile of money to the insurance industry and have done with it. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/18/maddow-public-option-dyin_n_261811.html
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The Freecycle Network
The Eleventh Commandment to Mica Swyers handy hints for moving day: Honor thy Freecycle.
John Hughes is dead at 59
Heart attack, morning walk in New York, 59 years old. We are left without anyone to make movies about future Illinois undergrads.
A view to a gridiron
Ron Zook (in white, in the end zone) watches Juice Williams (in red, don’t hit him) line up the squad Thursday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
The Viper returns…
About a decade ago, there was a band living here in C-U that wiped the slate clean in order to build it up again right. That band was The Viper and His Famous Orchestra. They return this weekend.
Safe Haven Tent Community must vacate Saturday morning
It turns out there are rules about this sort of thing. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2009/07/31/homeless_must_vacate_champaigns_tent_city_after_tonight
Quiet in Lincolnland
If being a member of a community means having to “love it or leave it,” then Rob wants no part of it — and he’s staying.
Nepermann eludes death penalty
Mark Nepermann’s life was spared today by a judicial establishment immune to the pressing need for blood. Sentenced to a measly year of court supervision, Nepermann won’t even have a criminal record 366 days from …
Well, there goes Richard Herman…
The earlier reports about clout seemed… well, not surprising… par for the course. Maybe that’s true about the Maarten de Jeu affair, also. But I suspect the temperature is going up. http://www.chicagotribune.com/ news/local/chi-clout-shah-hiring-22jul22,0,406122.story
No more drinks. Sorry.
Pat Quinn expressed his disapprobation about the new alcohol bill for Illinois. Then he signed it. Sorry, an extra $8.50 per gallon tax on spirits = you aren’t drinking anymore. Perhaps a nice cup of …