Bridge Update 03
Less than two months to go, and D Construction has yet to finish the first half of the Cicero Ave bridge…after a year.
Crime Notes
Couple of quick thoughts on some recent criminal cases, and their developments. AJ Freund For those unaware, last month, AJ Freund's parents reported him missing. He was said to have left in the night, no one knew how or why. That is a red flag statement. By claiming...
Student Loan Forgiveness?
VP candidate Elizabeth Warren is making a lot of noise about forgiving some student loans. Mostly for households earning less than $100,000 per year. Needless to say, this is very popular with a lot of people, mostly those with '__ Studies' degrees. From the right...
Candidates For The Circular Firing Squad
21 people have tossed themselves into the ring for the dubious honor of being the 2020 Democratic nominee. Or, as the DNC has it, Biden’s running mate…
The Smollett Case Keeps On Giving
When we last left the steaming mess that is the Smollett case, Chicago was suing to recoup $130,000 in overtime costs for the investigation, and every suburban chiefs of police organization had voted 'no confidence' in Cook County Prosecutor Kim Foxx. And I thought...
Foundational Beliefs
What are the foundations of Blind Lemur Conservatives? What do we believe? BLC’s foundational beliefs are core to understanding our goals, and hopes.
The Simulation Is Breaking Down
The problem with not doing this as a full-time thing (or with a collection of co-bloggers to pick up slack) is that sometimes reality is so far out of alignment that it takes too long to synthesize a post. By the time it's ready, some other nonsense has happened, and...
And Now The Coverup
So the Cook County prosecutor is trying to back up their fabrication from yesterday - that Jussie Smollett didn't get special treatment. CBS Chicago has an internal memo requesting staffers find examples of cases handled similarly to Smollett. The reason for this is...