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According to the U.S. Palestinian Community Network Chicago, protesters first gathered in front of Dick Durbin's house, "because of his unequivocal support of Israel." Protesters then moved to DuSable Lake Shore Drive, between Addison Street and Belmont Avenue, leading to a temporary shut down.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Shoot to kill. Period.
Whynl don’t they move to Gaza and fight for their sandbox?
I find it pathetic when new world immigrants fight the ethnic battles of their grandparents’ grandparents. Get over it already.
These types of protest don’t do anything other than turn people against you. Most people would prefer to see snowplows clear the road when this type of thing happens. Nobody told them to partner with Hamas. Now you see it’s a lot harder to catch a bomb than it is to throw one. Tough lesson to learn.