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Posted by Unpainted Huffhines 3 years ago.
Patsy Parisi isn’t forcing me at gunpoint to post about “The Sopranos” this week. I swear.
And after today’s link dump, no more “Sopranos” posts, unless A) David Chase spills the beans on what it means, B) there’s...
Posted by Johann Drops a Blog 3 years ago.
Congratulations to Phillip Mondor of Wettfahrten, N.J., for being the 1,000th hit here at Johann Drops a Blog! Phillip wins a coveted JDAB.com t-shirt in his choice of three colors- red, blue, or red.
Actually, a JDAB.com t-shirt does not exist. But the...
Posted by honey & quinine 3 years ago.
I’ve declined two well intended invitations to parties this year, and I’m about to decline a third. Rapturous Otter and his very good friend Delphic Gibbon, for years, while waxing flatteringly about some of the songs I’ve written and...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
from Cong. Peter Roskam's office WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) today helped introduce the Tax Increase Prevention Act to remove all sunset provisions of the 2001 and 2003 tax relief packages that have helped spur the recent economi...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 years ago.
During the debate over the clean energy agreement with CWLP, one of the arguments advanced by the Sierra Club was that CWLP could benefit financially down the road by diversifying its sources of energy, should the price of coal go up in the future. I didn...
Posted by Illinois Issues blog 3 years ago.
BY BETHANY CARSON AND DEANESE WILLIAMS-HARRISRepeat after me: We made substantial progress. Every person who emerged from todays meeting between state lawmakers the electric utilities in Senate President Emil Jones office said the same thing, ensuring...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
from the Obama for President Campaign
Chicago, IL- The Obama campaign announced today that YouTube will feature a video of Barack Obama on their website for the next week as part of the YouTube You Choose 08 candidate spotlight. The video features Oba...
Posted by Springfield Photos 3 years ago.
Musician Mark Schultzis bicycling cross country to draw attention to adoption.He recently stopped in downtown Springfield,just North of the Capitol. Wow, that is an impressive Darth Maul sunburn he's picked up.The joys of wearing a bicycle helmet. Map of ...
Posted by Illinois Channel 3 years ago.
[WASHINGTON, DC] U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said that the Senate Appropriations Committee, of which he is a member, has approved $2 million for an Illinois bridge project.
The 2008 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill incl...
Posted by Anonymous Communist 3 years ago.
Attention parents: The RC2 Corp. is recalling various Thomas and Friends trains. Why, you ask
Hazard: Surface paints on the recalled products contain lead. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can cause adverse health effects.
How is it, given...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 3 years ago.
Schoenburg's column in the SJ-R today tells about an issue raised by newly elected SMEAA member Mike Ziri.Ziri's beef is that Stratton, whose firm Stratton and Reichert is paid $1,250 per month by the Springfield Metropolitan Exposition & Auditorium Autho...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
That other tornado hit town. From the National Weather Service:June 14, 1957A tornado moved across the south and southeast sides of Springfield. The tornado destroyed 25 homes and severely damaged 175 others; property damage was around $3 million. On the...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
Ha, ha (well, mostly)...hereFlexing their new-found political muscle, Native Americans the only true Americans have now weighed in on the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill, lobbying Congress to provide for the immediate deportation of all Mayflower de...
Posted by Where Dave Is 3 years ago.
Dave and Dad are
In Krakow.Turns out maybe I shouldnt have asked for the spicy sauce on my kebab as I had a couple really messed up dreams. One which involved Springfield in the middle of a war zone and me having to drive through town at night with bodi...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* Is the governor trying to strong-arm not-for-profits that receive state funding to get in line behind his budget negotiating stance Gatehouse media has the scoop, buried way down in its story about how the gaming bill died in a House committee…...
Posted by The Capitol Fax Blog 3 years ago.
* 8:52 am - The governor has a 10:30 leaders meeting scheduled this morning. His state plane was supposed to take off at 8:22, but according to our new best friends at FlightAware, it’s still on the ground. I tried to bet one of his people $20 l...
Posted by Bradjward.com 3 years ago.
Twosouth Thursday Episode #3: Sledding at Centennial Park
Description: Just another midnight sledding adventure at Centennial Park, thus the realllllly dark video. This was back in 2003 I believe. I borrowed a bunch of UIS lunchtrays and we used them as ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 years ago.
When you have nothing else to blog about, there is always Paris Hilton. Ive withheld any outrage over her legal issues because I knew most of my animosity would come directly from my dislike of her fake and parasitic media persona rather than the merits...
Posted by Jerome Prophet 3 years ago.
Thirty Story High General Electric 3.6 Megawatt Wind TurbinesPlace enough Wind Turbines offshore (30 miles offshore where no one can see them from the coast) and you could generate enough power to electrify the entire nation. In fact there's so much wind...
Posted by Disarranging Mine 3 years ago.
JMDL Library: Stamps honour four music icons: Canada.com, June 11, 2007
Joni gets her own stamp
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