Stupid Lending….The Rest of the Story
Although belated, I wanted to let you know how the sit-in sadcox originally wrote about on December 8th turned out. In late 2008, The Republic Windows & Doors plant in Chicago closed with no notice and workers staged a sit-in in an attempt to get money and benefits. Local and state politicians pressured one of [...]
Rod Needs Your Help!
Thanks to sadcox for sharing the mic, I’ll try to live up to his standards. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has had a tough week. His approval rating has dropped from 13% (pre-arrest) to 8% (who are these people?), all of his former political allies are trying to distance themselves from him, and President-elect Obama, Lieutenant [...]
And Now I’d Like to Pass the Mic
As you can probably tell, I haven’t had much time for posts lately, which sucks because there is a lot going on right now in Chicago. I’m doing my best to keep up, but my Chicago corruption kung fu is weak. If you read this post from a few days ago you got a little [...]
Live Poker in Chicago (Really Indiana)
Last weekend I was up in Chicago for the finals of the Barclay’s Churchill Cup. Billymac covered most of the trip at his place, so you can get the full run down there–I’ll just concentrate on poker. On Friday, Billymac and I went over to Majestic Star Casino just across the Indiana border to play [...]
