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  • Joe Biden Knows Nothing About Guns (or Women)

    Ok, yes some of these ladies have poor form and would be fine with some proper training. But the truth is that an AR is far (FAR) easier to hold on target and fire than any shotgun on the market. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafkVM-jnbE]

  • 15 y/o Arrested 19th Time After Armed Robbery

    A 15-year-old boy with nearly 20 arrests on his record has been charged with armed robbery after he held up a man near his home, police said.It was Jesus Castaneda’s 19th arrest, according to police, and his second gun-related charge. He was last arrested in August 2012 for unlawful use of a weapon, police said.…

  • New Manufacturing Institute Coming to Chicago

    Gov. Pat Quinn will announce today in his State of the State speech that the Urbana-Champaign school, in partnership with its National Center for Supercomputing Applications and private companies, will be forming an Illinois Manufacturing Lab likely to be located in the central area of Chicago. The facility will be a somewhat smaller, more applications-based…

  • TSA PreCheck System Flawed – No One Surprised

    “Using a website I decoded my boarding pass for my upcoming trip. “It’s all there PNR [passenger name record], seat assignment, flight number, name, etc. But what is interesting is the bolded three on the end. This is the TSA PreCheck information. The number means the number of beeps. 1 beep no PreCheck, 3 beeps…

  • 30,000 Unfilled Jobs in Illinois

    Say “skills gap” to any manufacturer, and invariably they’ll respond with the number 600,000. That’s the gaping hole of unfilled jobs at U.S. manufacturers — for Illinois, estimates point to 30,000 unfilled jobs. The talent shortfall carries serious consequences. In a Manufacturing Institute 2011 skills gap report surveying more than 1,100 U.S. manufacturers, 74 percent…

  • Then vs. Than

    Then is an adverb referring to a period of time. Than is a conjunction used to make a comparison. I guess no one should be surprised given that 79% of CPS 8th graders are not proficient in reading.