illinois incidents

I haven't seen a thread about the Satanic Sculpture (sorry if there was). I think it is beautiful. Who can be against knowledge? A couple of articles.

Illinois Election Judge caught for voter fraud Can't wait for Donald's reaction about how the election is being rigged!

At first when I was reading the article I kind of thought "who cares": I mean, mileage seems like a kind of slow way to rip off the government. It adds up to a healthy chunk of change; however the timeline in the article says a bit more. Hopefully they'll get someone in office that is a bit...

Breaking news. Doctors say he suffered an ischemic stroke last night and they are doing surgery to relieve swelling of the brain stem.

I looked but didn't see a thread. I apologize if this a duplicate. Amazing especially in light of the fact his campaign was focused in large part on the seemingly systemic corruption in that office.

For some reason, I can't stop chuckling over this.

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/08/14th-day-for-blagojevich-jury.html "A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich of only one count against him: lying to the FBI. Jurors said they were deadlocked on the other 23 counts against the former governor, and all four counts...

...to a black couple. Couple charged with refusing to sell home to black buyers What confuses me about this, even beyond the racist ignorance, is how anyone can be subject to civil penalties for electing not to sell something they own, for any reason. Isn't it their property? They should be...

Politics does indeed make for strange bedfellows. link

Just east of St. Louis in Maryville, IL a man shot and killed the pastor of a Baptist church during the service. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/08/church.shooting/index.html Have these sorts of incidents increased, or is that just a reporting bias (or a bias on my part)?