southsider2k5 Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Chicago is freaking awesome. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-...0517-story.html Owner of old main post office was dead when $130M sale closed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Chicago is freaking awesome. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-...0517-story.html Owner of old main post office was dead when $130M sale closed Only in Chicago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 15, 2016 -> 05:05 AM) Trump, $1.5 million per speech...Bill Clinton $750,000 Nobody wants to hear Hillary Clinton speeches, that's why they're remarkably cheaper compared to the big guns. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-do...one-else-2015-8 Although I'm not 100% sure you're going to get accurate numbers. In all likelihood, his accountants write them off as donations to The Trump Foundation or other charities. Lost in the economics of the speeches is many of these are fundraising or publicity speeches for the organization that hires them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 NO Presidential election has ever seen higher negative ratings than this one. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/05/19/f...ember/?mod=e2fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Texsox Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:04 AM) NO Presidential election has ever seen higher negative ratings than this one. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/05/19/f...ember/?mod=e2fb Right after this election we need to have a national discussion on how we can reward better candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Tex @ May 19, 2016 -> 01:14 PM) Right after this election we need to have a national discussion on how we can reward better candidates. Get rid of cable news and get rid of the 3 year election cycle. I'm almost to the point where I wish people would have more apathy towards federal politics. If people stopped caring no one would watch political TV, the media wouldn't cover politics 24/7/365 like it does, and the election cycle would be more reasonable (6 months, max). If political coverage was more C-Span than Fox/MSNBC, we'd all be better off. Edited May 19, 2016 by JenksIsMyHero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pettie4sox Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:25 AM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 17, 2016 -> 02:35 PM) Chicago is freaking awesome. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-...0517-story.html Owner of old main post office was dead when $130M sale closed Whether above the table or not, that was a good thing to finally happen for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 19, 2016 -> 10:25 AM) POTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ May 19, 2016 -> 03:18 PM) Get rid of cable news and get rid of the 3 year election cycle. If political coverage was more C-Span than Fox/MSNBC, we'd all be better off. Yes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Fear the unknown, fear the terrorists, fear Muslims/foreigners/Middle Easterners. Trump hasn't changed at all for the general election. He's just another version of George Wallace, Huey and Earl Long, Joe McCarthy...it's just that ordinary Americans admire his business success story (forget the origins not being Horatio Alger-esque) and his non-political correctness. It's like Bulworth mixed with House of Cards and a little of Scandal for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (Tony @ May 20, 2016 -> 12:52 AM) Trump is now being briefed on security since we are this far along in the process, right? It's fairly terrifying for him to still be making this sort of crazy, unsubstantiated claims about global security. NOTHING has been proven yet. Hillary said it was terrorism too. Do you really think people being briefed on national security don't know this yet? There's literally nothing "crazy" about what he said considering it lines up perfectly with what we do know. Edited May 20, 2016 by Buehrle>Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ May 20, 2016 -> 06:33 AM) Hillary said it was terrorism too. Do you really think people being briefed on national security don't know this yet? There's literally nothing "crazy" about what he said considering it lines up perfectly with what we do know. He said it got blown up. That has been proven to be false. Not sure what is unclear to you. You sound like one of the supporters that will believe anything he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buehrle>Wood Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (ron883 @ May 20, 2016 -> 07:20 AM) He said it got blown up. That has been proven to be false. Not sure what is unclear to you. You sound like one of the supporters that will believe anything he says. Um, the current public theory of U.S. officials is that it was taken down by a bomb, but okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 Buehrle how do you feel about Trump now that he's decidedly not 'getting money out of politics' but is instead pursuing standard GOP fundraising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 20, 2016 -> 10:50 AM) Buehrle how do you feel about Trump now that he's decidedly not 'getting money out of politics' but is instead pursuing standard GOP fundraising? I imagine it's the politcal candidate version of "doesn't matter had sex!". "Doesn't matter got nominated!" is the theme for many Trump (and Bernie) supporters Edited May 20, 2016 by ChiSox_Sonix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 20, 2016 Author Share Posted May 20, 2016 QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ May 20, 2016 -> 12:19 PM) I imagine it's the politcal candidate version of "doesn't matter had sex!". "Doesn't matter got nominated!" is the theme for many Trump (and Bernie) supporters Obama made this flipflop really easily, and no one cared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeSox Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I'm not sure why trump has decided to attack gov Martinez of new Mexico, she's the head of the Republican governors association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 (edited) Because he tries to double down retiring fire at anyone who disses him. Has been trading barbs with Liz Warren all week, calling her "goofy" and Pocahontas, which obviously won't help his standing with Native American voters at 8/10ths of 1% of the US population. You'd think with the GOP conceding Romney's 47% he would think twice, but I guess he imagines it's making him even more popular somehow. And yeah, since the 30+ GOP governors control the election machines/get out the vote apparatus in those states, pretty unwise. Edited May 26, 2016 by caulfield12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cknolls Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Congrats to the Illinois House Democrats on passing a fiscally sound budget. Keep up the good work!! Over to you John Cullerton. Like I have said for years in here. You want your pensions, no problem, but there is no money left for your precious social programs. What are the expected revenues? And what are the outlays passed in their bill? Can't fight math asshole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cknolls Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/25/obamas-a...op-bureaucrats/ Transparency....This clown's middle name. But don't say anything lest you be called a racist. Worst pile of s*** ever to occupy that office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 QUOTE (Cknolls @ May 26, 2016 -> 04:29 PM) http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/25/obamas-a...op-bureaucrats/ Transparency....This clown's middle name. But don't say anything lest you be called a racist. Worst pile of s*** ever to occupy that office. Limbaugh has it right. You can't criticize Obama or you are racist. Hillary won't be criticized in her eight years cause she is the first female president. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 QUOTE (greg775 @ May 29, 2016 -> 03:21 PM) Limbaugh has it right. You can't criticize Obama or you are racist. Hillary won't be criticized in her eight years cause she is the first female president. That sure hasn't stopped anyone from criticizing Obama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkey Posted June 1, 2016 Share Posted June 1, 2016 (edited) The only 'first' we need to worry about is electing the first president to do the damn job right. First women/black/hispanic/trans/etc don't mean s*** if they suck at the job. Edited June 1, 2016 by Alpha Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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