ExiledInIllinois

You know what's really beyond messed up? "Irina and Kevin McCarthy were among the dead victims identified Tuesday. The couple had brought their toddler son to the parade, according to a neighbor, Adrienne Rosenblatt. The boy was found alone after the shooting. Rosenblatt said she recognized him in an online notice and showed it to the boy's grandparents, who brought the boy home from the police station. “It’s just sad,” Rosenblatt said, adding, “Do you call him an orphan?” " How ***** -ing sad is this story! 😞

Goes back to the Capone days. Even before that, the agrarian days. Gangster and guns... Political machine, etc... There's still a mixing of rural/country agrarian values too w/city. There are still places where it's perfectly legal to hunt in Chicago... And yes, on SouthSide, but not the media hyped places. LoL... It's an arms race out there. People can easily obtain guns for protection, outdoors/sportsman activities, etc... And close... Even just miles away.

Does Chicago really depend on tourism like a lot of other places? Maybe a little. I always thought of the area as a place to live and work... You want to be a tourist, you go elsewhere. Unless you wanna see downtown. So many better places to go to.

What's your answer than? More guns? Why is Chicago such a trigger for the gun rights people. Chicago is the "saloon" where you check your gun at the door... Obviously people aren't following the rules. What's the answer? Don't go tough on guns in Chicago? Yeah, that will help. Just like the gangster era... Gun control didn't start to happen until the violence spilled over on Michigan Avenue. Highland Park is that "Michigan Avenue" and the gun control they have been overturning since the 1990s now has to be revisited... Clock needs to be turned back to where it was starting when the police were outgunned by the gangsters. Police, just like 1920s... Need to get the arms race back.

Started in the early 1980s. Cost too much $$$$, cheaper to throw them on the street.

It is pretty shocking... Because it's not in Cook County... But one of the collar counties. On the well-heeled North Shore. When violence starts spilling over into these parts of suburbia, you know we have a a gun problem on our hands.

The horse is pretty late. Barely cracks into 1st 15 animals domesticated by humans. Goals #2: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/animals-who-have-been-domesticated.html

2000, Long Lake, New York general store... Checked out right behind Bruce Willis, his daughters and nanny... Strange, they were buying a crap load of bottled water... Anyway... He's into music too:

Stud fee?

Well... At least Clinton is out of picture. The Republicans blamed him for everything. Clinton Bad!

Maybe it isn't that unpopular after all.

You never been to "Nine-Eleven Tavern" (911 Bloomfield, South BFLo). Like eating candy🍬😋🤪. That's the Gold Standard... And they are culturally snobby in a "working💪man" kinda way... SouthBFLo > EastAurora/Williamsville/Amherst...

Bar Bill wings aren't the best and are NOT the gold standard for wings in BFLo area... Not by a mile. 😏 Propaganda/bougie settings/marketing and groupthink makes them hands down favorite. People haven't tried the best. But, ignorance isn't stupidity, that's all they know! Overrated! Beef on wreck is a "hot roast beef sammich" and should be treated as one. Served w/gravy... Because it was invented by working men... Not pencil pushing closers who dabble on weekends w/the "Salt of the Earth." Gee... I love ❤️😍 thread and emoji use!

The Jets are gonna win AFCeast. "Disco" albums rock... The Rolling Stones really do suck most of the time, except for this cheeseball #13 hit... And it was written and jettisoned years earlier on Goats Head Soup...

The conservatives sure leaked the SCOTUS ruling. Get security in place. Nice... Wonder if Roberts found the leak. OJ Simpson helping?

Were they in 2016. Dems cried but moved on... Didn't cause an insurrection. Since Trump, the demagogue, won in 2016... They need to repeal the 12th and go back to original USC from 1789... Next time someone may put in a VP who is a corporate yes-person.

Tit for tat. Quid pro quo. Now on to regulating the 2nd and that right. Be consistent with the killing process. Prohibition always fail.

Bump this... 😆

The salary cap ruined sports. Thank God Major League baseball doesn't have one. The cap just protects the large market teams from their ownself. It practically ruined hockey. /DuckingForCover

You swayed me. Will download it after I see the new Minions movie! 😃

Thanks... Look... My brother (ironic God rest his soul... COVID-19) paid: $0.79/gallon on the Seneca Reservation during The Pandemic. Filled up his 2019 Dodge Ram for under 20 bucks... He was a teenager in 1980 when it was last that price! ...Hey... This is the free-market you Republicans love. Take the good w/the bad. Should The State regulate it more??? We're paying over a +$1.00/more per/gallon across all grades in the cities... Consumers lining the government coffers for critical infrastructure. You got the disposable income. Think of all the $$$$$ you saved during ThePandemic! It's the way the free-market works. ThePandemic that the Republicans let get out of control can't destroy us with cheap gas. Labor, concrete, steel, asphalt coat money to repair infrastructure... I mean... Who's the one who quoted my post from 4 years ago and now I am getting notifications all over the place. If you feel like you're being trolled, look inward... You're the one doing the trolling... Don't like it... Work from home. Consume less. Forgot things and prioritize fuel... Peace.

That's how I feel about: Titanic & E.T. , I have never seen those movies. Simply too late now. BUT, I have seen The Goonies.

Adapt and overcome. Most people have two feet. Some generations have to take a step backwards. Just be thankful most aren't pissing in an outhouse like my parent's generation...

I don't care. Oil prices do effect everything... What's the price of oil? Suck it up. Cut consumption.