Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Ward Map Gerrymandered
Really? We didn’t know. Residents in this area had hoped Chicago’s new ward map would put homogeneous communities in the same ward. Those hopes were dashed on Jan. 19 when the Chicago City Council passed one of the most gerrymandered maps in its history. Second Ward resident Barbara Burchjolla summed up local frustration when she…
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1 Block Away 2 Arrested
The wife and daughter head over to the Walgreens about 3 blocks away. The daughter wants to walk; the wife insists on driving — smart move. Two men have been arrested in connection with the robbery of a man’s iPhone outside a dry cleaning business in the Wicker Park neighborhood, authorities say. … The Thursday…
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Let’s all Welcome ThyssenKrupp to Chicago
As ThyssenKrupp plans to dramatically increase its presence in Chicago it’s finding out just what life here is really like: … [T]he German-based ThyssenKrupp manufacturing company is facing allegations that company supervisors in the city created a hostile and intimidating work environment for an African-American employee. A superintendant at ThyssenKrupp used the N-word “routinely” around…
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ThyssenKrupp (w/ 100 jobs) Coming to Chicago
We actually rock (and we kinda know it.) Germany-based ThyssenKrupp, a diversified manufacturing company that makes elevators, auto components and carbon steel, will establish a regional headquarters for North America in Chicago this summer…. The company did not seek financial incentives as it considered more than 20 cities around the U.S. for the regional headquarters.…
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Illinois, the Greece of America
It all started with this story: Even though the legislature and Gov. Pat Quinn last year imposed a temporary 67 percent state income tax increase, Quinn’s office expects to have a $500 million budget deficit this year. Quinn is calling for a 9 percent cut in most areas of state government, except education and health care. But…
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Occupy Chicago Gets a Home
Occupy Chicago has secured a new home base to coordinate its winter activities. The group is leasing two units on the fifth and seventh floors of Riverfront Work Lofts at 500 W. Cermak Road. … The fifth-floor unit is nearly 3,400 square feet, while the seventh-floor unit is about 2,500 square feet. Kaunert said protesters…
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Ward Remap: Round Two
Alderman Bob Fioretti 2nd Ward, one of eight alderman to vote no on the map, stated in his email newsletter on Thursday that he has no intentions of dropping the issue. “I believe that new map breaks up communities of interest and includes deviations in population from ward to ward, which may subject it to…
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Ron Paul Predictions from 2002
http://youtu.be/zGDisyWkIBM
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Church Groups Getting Public Money
Here’s something: Faith-based groups that have become the face of community support for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s controversial plans to lengthen the school day and close failing schools also receive millions of dollars in grants from his administration. … One of the key players touting grass-roots support for Emanuel’s agenda is the Rev. Roosevelt Watkins, a…
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#OCCUPYCHICAGO
I found a post on Second City Cop about the madness coming this spring. SCC was concerned that the kids were going to “live without dead time for a month in May and see what happens.” Hardly a threat. What I found interesting was their claim that: On May 1, 50,000 people from all over…
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