By Steve Rhodes
As I mentioned last week, things will be touch-and-go this week because I’m moving next weekend.
Hey, I just got “last week,” “this week” and “next week(end)” into the same sentence!
I still have a lot to do to prepare for the move – mainly in terms of packing shit up – so the column may lag a bit. I have tons of crap to go through in an effort to pare down before the move as well; the new place is pretty well furnished without a whole lot of room for my stacks of papers and decades of reporting notebooks and general newsroom vibe, so there’s still a lot of work ahead of me.
I’ll still be in Logan Square, about six or eight blocks north. More on that later.
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New on the Beachwood . . .
MSNBC In Full-Blown Freakout
“Nazi comparisons, commentators near tears, and even a stunning admission that maybe they don’t understand the country anymore.”
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The Mind Is The Body
Yet more evidence arrives that mental illness is actually every bit as biological as, say, cancer or a diabetes.
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Out Of Broadview: A Breath Sanitizer For Blowing Out Birthday Candles
Protect that cake against spittle!
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SportsMonday: Vacate This Lineup
Yikes.
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And if you missed it Friday afternoon . . .
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #292: Alert Cooperstown, We Have An Idea
Cleaning up Manfred’s mess. Plus: The Unprecedented Nature Of Kris Bryant; Baseball’s New Freaky Rules; Marquee Media Moves; End Of The World According To GarPax?; Bulloney; Ben & Eddy; We’re Confused Too, Breadman; Derek Carr’s Eyelashes vs. Casey Urlacher’s (Alleged) Offshore Gambling Ring; Illinois Hoops Nation Update, and more!
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ChicagoReddit
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Beach Bunny at the Metro on Saturday night.
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BeachBook
Remembering Pop Smoke, A Rapper Who Brought Brooklyn To The World.
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A Supreme Court For The Rich.
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Unlock Congress.
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The Price Of Wells Fargo’s Fake Account Scandal Grows By $3 Billion.
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The Skeptics Movement Can’t Afford To Ignore Racial Inequality.
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U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Sets Price For Ending Lawsuit: $67 Million.
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This Remarkably Ordinary Woman Took Photos With Hundreds of Celebrities – And Her Scrapbook Is An Accidental Work Of Art.
Well, she wasn’t “remarkably ordinary” – she was a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. And her scrapbook isn’t really art, but it is fun to look at.
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Mourning The Missing Memories.
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TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.
‘Virtually every national and swing state poll shows Sanders tied with or beating Trump. Instead of asking if Sanders is unelectable, ask another question: What if Sanders is actually the MOST electable Democrat?’ https://t.co/9dGJmD0Nff #axiosam
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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Bernie Sanders even won the moderate/conservative vote.
Perhaps someone is uniting the party after all. pic.twitter.com/5X5mgRtpap
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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Bernie Sanders is the 1st candidate to win the popular vote in the first 3 Dem primary contests in modern history.
Joe Biden has yet to win a primary/caucus in 3 separate campaigns for president – & had never finished higher than 4th until his 2nd-place finish in Nevada on Sat.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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Amazon says its success owes to being “obsessed with the consumer.” In fact, the record shows the company’s rise was fueled by growth-boosting economic network effects, horrifying levels of labor exploitation, and a fortunate sales tax exemption. https://t.co/abNY4FU5Xn
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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Miracle on Ice team defends decision to appear at Trump rally https://t.co/akoEQusaft via @YahooSports
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
Are CVS Customers Better Than Most at Taking Their Pills? https://t.co/by5e4NAPoa
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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Yelp Publicly Shames Burger Chain for Buying Fake Reviews https://t.co/Jer98WH99I via @Eater
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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BeerAdvocate Purchased by Untappd’s Ownership Group https://t.co/co5k3Whgd0
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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3-D printed chocolate to start reaching consumer market https://t.co/TWAT5rXHkJ via @indytribune
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) February 24, 2020
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The Beachwood Tip of the Spear Line: All dimensions.
Posted on February 24, 2020