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The [Thursday] Papers

By Steve Rhodes



Flyover Country
“The long-awaited completion of the Navy Pier Flyover along the lakefront has been delayed yet again, this time until late spring of 2020,” the Tribune reports.
“The $64 million pedestrian and bicycle bridge, which will stretch from the Ohio Street Beach to the south side of the Chicago River, was started in 2014 after more than a decade of planning. The city originally predicted it would be finished in 2018, then in the middle of this year, and then at the end of this year, before moving the goal posts again.”
A decade of planning? Chicago magazine Assignment Desk, activate!

Programming Note
Life has intervened. That’s gonna have to be it for today.

New on the Beachwood today . . .
Trump Wants Bush Torture Guy
“As an official in the George W. Bush administration, and a member of what has been referred to as the ‘torture team,’ Marshall Billingslea showed a particular zeal in promoting interrogation methods amounting to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”
So he probably shouldn’t be put in charge of U.S. human rights policy
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How Rihanna Won The Super Bowl
“There’s things within [the NFL] that I do not agree with at all, and I was not about to go and be of service to them in any way.”
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The History Of Blaming Games
“More often than not, the concerns about games were used as a political tool to manipulate public sentiment.”

ChicagoReddit

The First Chicago Marathon in 1905: The Epic Race from r/chicago



ChicagoGram



ChicagoTube
Chicago-Style Sport Mod Racing.


BeachBook
U.S. Sets New Record For Gonorrhea, Chlamydia And Syphilis.

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Why Didn’t Bidets Catch On In The U.S.?

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Yoshitomo Nara Drunkenly Doodled On The Walls Of This New York Dive Bar. Ten Years Later, The Mural May Now Be Worth Millions.


TweetWood
A sampling of the delight and disgust you can find @BeachwoodReport.


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Posted on October 10, 2019