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They sure did have us target democrats, which took the pressure off of me. I just made it personal with why I would suggest Casten is a better choice, that his tax plan would return the current corporate tax rate but gives businesses who invest in their employees or give them higher wages tax relief. So there are targeted tax benefits as opposed to a blanket corporate tax reduction policy. I also mentioned how he would work restore the standard deduction that the taxpayers had stripped from the new tax plan. I also mentioned how he would push legislation to reward businesses for innovation that leads to jobs and allows people to get new jobs with automation impacting old jobs. I only had two republicans push me away immediately, which I thought was fair because they were leaning or strong republicans. It’s really interesting how much information is available about a person, their age and their voting records. The campaign was pushing vote by mail, but I didn’t get that far with people. An effective thing to do would be to have small packets of flyers and vote by mail letters in a small envelope for voters to have in their door or when materials are handed out. I hope the campaign considers phone banks from home since more people would likely do that.

I think the political landscape is shifting as the population is aging but lots of young families are moving in so maybe that’s why they voted for Clinton. I’m surprised more people here aren’t in the district, but if they are they should vote Casten. This is definitely a winnable seat. I’m canvassing for him tomorrow, we will see how it goes. I’ll just remember the talking points and to keep my cool with those who don’t agree. I would agree that phone banks from home would be effective and I’ll mention it to them tomorrow.

People on that board really hate Spiegs. They comment on his weight, rip on him for his honesty during “Can’t Do It” and overall display hate towards him. He and Parkins sound so much more natural together over McNeil and Parkins. I actually got more sports out of their segments than I do with McNeil.

If any of you lives in Illinois’ 6th district, have you paid attention to the race between Peter Roskam (incumbent GOP) and Sean Casten? There have been some solid debates and even though Roskam has quite the war chest, there are lots of constituents that have been pissed about how he doesn’t hold town halls, is against the ACA and wants it repealed, voted for the tax cut and doesn’t acknowledge the impact on the deficit it creates, and doesn’t agree with climate change’s existence or acting on it (not pro green job creation or environmental regulation). Is anyone voting in this election? I’m surprised that since it covers a broad area that it isn’t being talked about here. The locations where the sixth district is in include: Algonquin, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Burr Ridge, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Cary, Clarendon Hills, Crystal Lake, Darien, Deer Park, Downers Grove, Elgin, East Dundee, Forest Lake, Fox River Grove, Gilberts, Glen Ellyn, Hawthorn Woods, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Kildeer, Lake Barrington, Lake in the Hills, Lake Zurich, Lakewood, Lisle, Lombard, Long Grove, Naperville, North Barrington, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Oakwood Hills, Palatine, Port Barrington, Rolling Meadows, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Elgin, St. Charles, Tower Lakes, Trout Valley, Warrenville, Wayne, West Chicago, West Dundee, Westmont, Wheaton, Willowbrook and Winfield.

My wife and I had dinner at Noodles and Company recently and I wondered if instead of having paper cups, plastic tops and straws, if they could get people who are eating in to use a reusable cup they could wash. Then they could do without the straws that could be kept behind the counter and could be made available upon request. What I would like to know is what is mankind’s plan to get the plastic out of the ocean, solve our garbage problem for when landfill space is gone, what to do with cars when gasoline is gone and how to combat the issue of plastic not being able to be recycled 100% of the time.

Fuckers. McConnell didn’t let Garland go for a vote before the election, but they’ll let Kavanaugh. It’s BS political gambit.

Yes, but when will he be confirmed is the question.

Does a sitting President mean one in his first term, with a chance of a second term, as opposed to Clinton, who was a lame duck president at that point? That’s one thing I couldn’t understand. Technically, Kavanaugh hasn’t been seated yet, what happens if he can’t get confirmed, the GOP loses the house and there’s a 4-4 split between justices?

They will also say that Manafort only was convicted of 8 of 18 charges and won’t aconowledge that the 10 other charges were because of a mistrial.

Seconded.

When Mueller b**** slaps Trump with charges or a nice report that puts the GOP in a pickle and decide if they want to support the buffoon.

Do it and watch them somehow fall out of the playoffs because Jimenez goes nuts. Let Eloy stay down to finish his development and still fall in the super two rule.

Dumb move, but some of the meatball fans will love this. Hopefully they get their asses out to the park as paying customers in August and September.

Now that is something I can get on board with - Spiegel and Parkins together again! I wish they could get the final track of the Mitch album completed. I can’t listen to the Score as much wth all of the Cubs talk. When the Sox are relevant again I hope that they get more air time to keep things interesting. I switch back to TuneIn podcasts when it’s just Cubs talk and switch back when they talk football.

Why is she doing that? She may not even win.

And brett05?

His Twitter account and Facebook mentions something about Sirius XM.

What’s the problem with registering on the same day and bringing current bills to show where you live? Why not register people automatically once they get their driver’s license at 18?

One thing I was curious about was if radio contracts are guaranteed. The reason being is that Spiegs and Goff has mentioned they were still on the Score’s payroll and were just in the bullpen. I think what’s got to be tough for Spiegs is that he had been on air in the slot for so long that when he was the odd man out he lost his job. Unlike Goff, I don’t think Spiegs had lots of political conversation. They did some discussion after the Las Vegas shooting but that was about it. Goff went after some dumb ass callers over some social issues in which he was right to call out bigotry and racism. I understand it is a sports station, but the anthem discussion and racist tweets have a place in a discussion, especially in the age that we live in. Entercom has 670 and the other stations working in concert to do whatever DeCastro desires. I wish I had a good question to ask about DeCastro to make the hosts uncomfortable about him as their boss, but on the surface McNeil and Parkins are unaffected. I do think Bernstein definitely got neutered with the change, which is too bad because he and Terry were on fire when they were together. At least he is analytical in his older age, Mac seems to have lost a step in his discussions with Parkins. That could also be rust, though. Where’d you see that about Goff? I thought he was contributing to Fox 32 and working on Sirius XM radio.

Does Palka have a spot on the team going forward? God I hope so with how hard he hits the ball and the power that he has. Hopefully management can work out a contract with Boras and Rodon before they lose control of his contract. Especially if he keeps pitching like this.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/09/politics/trump-rudy-giuliani-russia/index.html So, do we think Mueller’s investigation will be wrapped up by the midterms? Or will it drag on while he waits to interview the president? I bet the investigation continues beyond November and Trump gets subpoenaed to talk to Mueller, starting a battle that will go to the Supreme Court.

I haven’t watched a lot of games this year, but I would ask what all of you were expecting this year. I expected regression from Covey, although I thought Lopez, Giolito and Moncada would have better years. There’s so many prospects (lots of arms) coming up and there’s reason to believe there will be improvement next year that we should be optimistic. I didn’t think they would be a .500 team this year, although I thought they’d get at least 65-70 wins, so if people are judging by their record then I’d get it, but we would have to think there would be some rough patches and development with the young players up this year.

When we are talking about baseball and the state of the team, how does it turn into a conversation about the Cubs, fans in Chicago and if the Sox will move or not? It sounds like a conversation for after the Cubs win their next World Series.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/21/mitch-landrieu-2020-democrats-473648 Mitch Landrieu likely wouldn’t win, but he would be an interesting voice against Trump in the 2020 primaries. Maybe he could be a VP choice for whoever wins the Democratic nomination.

I hadn’t thought about his contract but now I agree with you. I will be curious to see who eventually ends up in the White Sox bullpen when the prospects arrive.