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The University of Chicago itself, whose noted unofficial tagline is "where fun goes to die," recently found itself at the center of controversy when a professor was arrested for allegedly battering police officers at an anti-ICE rally outside the Broadview illegal immigrant detention center.
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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Time to start checking where these little brainiacs are getting their funding and if it has government ties , cut it
These eggheads are hopeless. This is just another example of the theater kids putting on a worthless show as if they can change the majority public opinion that says that all illegal criminals must be deported. Let’s review all of the theater kid’s tactics that I see in every one of the extremely satisfying ICE arrest videos. 1. Honk car horns 2. Blow whistles 3. Film ICE agents 4. Yell “where is your warrant?” 5. Yell “what is your badge number?” 6. Yell “get out of our neighborhood!” 7. Yell the “F” word As you can see, these are all… Read more »
What’s the difference between tracking Ice locations, and tracking police locations via an app in order to avoid radar traps?
Traffic analogies only work for those who have already convinced themselves that entering and staying in the country illegally are OK.
But to answer your question, the difference is that an app used to avoid radar traps will not also be used to harass, intimidate, and attack traffic cops.
ProzacPlease for the win!
I have never seen a radar cop have to shoot pepper balls at speeders resisting arrest.
The adults also realize that trying to avoid a speeding ticket is quite different from trying to avoid deportation so as to continue to leech the taxpayers dry and, in many cases, avoid prosecution for crimes. Most adults do, anyway.