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By The Beachwood Employment Services Desk
Given that he’s on the verge of being unemployed, we’ve got some suggestions for his next gig.
* Fishmonger.
* Arby’s. He’s a legacy.
* Uber driver. They seem to like creepy characters.
* Next Celebrity Apprentice host. So he can fire people every week.
* Emo band leader. Alienated white guy from the suburbs – perfect!
* Host of Meet The Press. Where, for the first time, he will actually meet the press.
Posted on February 27, 2015
Good Game, Everybody
Highlights from across the Twitterverse.
Rahm’s schedule tmrw: 8am: screaming @ subordinates. 11am: quiet rage. Noon: expensive lunch. 1pm: screaming & drinking #ChicagoElection2015
— Samwise Eisenstein (@SamwiseEyes) February 25, 2015
Posted on February 25, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
A brainwashing battle for your mind. Including: The Chicago Oscars; The Political Odds; How Rahm Did It; National Media Malpractice; The Super Lies Of Rahm’s Super PAC; Deb Mell Wins Patti Blagojevich’s Endorsement; and Bruce Rauner Attempts Murder.
Posted on February 22, 2015
Otherwise Known As The Beachwoodies
And the Beachwoody goes to . . .
Best Actor: Rahm Emanuel, as someone who cares.
Best Actress: Toni Preckwinkle, as someone who just wants to finish the job at County.
Best Supporting Actor: Rahm Emanuel’s bankroll, in a close win over Luis Gutierrez, Bobby Rush and the city’s editorial boards.
Best Supporting Actress: Susana Mendoza, as one of two Emanuel campaign co-chairs (with Gutierrez) who just happen to have Hispanic names.
Posted on February 22, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
The case against this generation’s greatest media reporter and his pals – and what it says about the way we think about journalism. Plus: Adults continue to behave badly in the wake of the Jackie Robinson West scandal – including Rahm, Sneed, Kass, Jesse and Pfleger. And: Why J schools are important.
Posted on February 15, 2015
By Steve Rhodes
Watch the Tribune and Sun-Times pretend the script isn’t already written! Plus: Chicago Whines; Fire Brian Williams; Journalism Under Attack From The Inside; The Lyingest Administration In Chicago History; and Me And My Medicaid.
Posted on February 9, 2015
By The ACLU
“We will never know the names of so many of the CIA officers who spoke out against torture. They were among the brave men and women throughout the government who challenged the brutality approved at the highest levels of government, and they are responsible for bringing to light what so many wanted to keep in the shadows.”
Posted on February 9, 2015
By Michael Golden
Clay Hunt was a 28-year-old U.S. Marine veteran who served his country in both Iraq and Afghanistan. In Anbar province, under ambush, Hunt watched more than one of his friends die on the battlefield – images that would replay over and over in his mind’s eye through countless sleepless nights. In 2007, a sniper’s gunshot narrowly missed Hunt’s head, wounding him in the wrist instead. He was treated for the injury in California and also diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. Yet after recovering, in 2008 this brave soldier returned to the fight – this time in southern Afghanistan. There he watched two more of his friends lose their lives.
When Clay Hunt came home, he began another courageous fight. He started working with other service members to help them try to defeat the mental demons that he, himself, knew all too well. Hunt lobbied Congress on behalf of veterans and appeared in public service messages geared toward educating Americans about mental health and the unseen wounds of war. But in the end, the depression and guilt he felt for having survived when so many others did not, proved to be just too much. Clay Hunt shot himself to death on March 31, 2011. On the wall inside his apartment in Sugarland, Texas, he left behind a shadow box with photos of the four friends he’d lost in the wars, and the medals he’d earned fighting for his country. Clay Hunt is far from alone. Every year, thousands of proud yet tortured U.S. veterans suffer the same, suicidal fate.
Posted on February 8, 2015
By Ryann Grochowski Jones/ProPublica
Last week Uber revealed another way the ridesharing service is revolutionizing travel: Cities that use Uber see a reduction in drunk driving accidents among young people, a company report showed.
“When empowered with more transportation options like Uber, people are making better choices that save lives,” the company declared.
David Plouffe – President Obama’s former campaign manager who is now filling the same role for Uber – e-mailed millions of users to share the astounding news.
Posted on February 4, 2015