Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

He added, leaning close to the mic, "I am attempting something illegal, is that clear? I am committing a felony right now."

xp

You're right. 3G iPhone has GPS. Hmmm. This will give me more to think about over the next 9 months.

When is the big Mac convention where they release new crazy crap?

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1321300,rod-blagojevich-illinois-governor-custody-120908.article

what an idiot! this is all the fun i miss when i move west.

illinois is probably the only state that can't laugh at cali's governor

He added, leaning close to the mic, "I am attempting something illegal, is that clear? I am committing a felony right now."

LOL That was so funny, I actually emailed it to my mother.

Also from the Trib (their caps):

ROD BLAGOJEVICH agreed it was unlikely that the President-elect would name him Secretary of Health and Human Services or give him an ambassadorship because of all of the negative publicity.

ROD BLAGOJEVICH said that the consultants (Advisor B and another consultant are believed to be on the call at that time) are telling him that he has to "suck it up" for two years and do nothing and give this "motherfucker [the President-elect] his senator. Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him." ROD BLAGOJEVICH states that he will put "[Senate Candidate 4]" in the Senate "before just give fucking [Senate Candidate 1] a fucking Senate seat and I don't get anything." (Senate Candidate 4 is a Deputy Governor of the State of Illinois).

Later in the conversation, ROD BLAGOJEVICH said he knows that the President-elect wants Senate Candidate 1 for the Senate seat but "they're not willing to give me anything except appreciation. Fuck them."

For some reason, him calling Obama a "motherfucker" is the part that is giving me the vapors.

Oh wait, those are quotes from the full criminal complaint - http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/acrobat/2008-12/43789434.pdf

http://www.cinemaisdope.com/news/films/sonatine/sonatine-kitano.jpg

The Union representing workers occupying Republic Windows requests that all supporters come to workers aid ASAP.
The press has left the plant to cover the Governor's arrest.
The cars parked on the street of the plant have all been towed during the night.
A plant raid may be imminent.
All hands are needed at the factory located at 1350 N. Hickory!
In solidarity,
Tim Bell

Tim Bell
Executive Director
Chicago Workers' Collaborative
Tel: 773-230-0351, Fax: 773-542-5069
77 W. Washington, Suite 1402
Chicago, IL 60602

The numbered paragraphs and capital letters should have given it away, but what the hell do I know? I'm no lawyer.

xp Hey, I know that dude.

Some reasons I sometimes want more than network tv:
* Battlestar
* HBO
* Comedy Central
* TLC

So, I just had 99 friends on Facebook this morning, and now I only have 98. That means that in the past couple of hours someone decide to unfriend me. So sad.

sometimes i see that and i spend an inordinate amount of time wondering who it was and i never figure it out, which means something i guess.

Oh weird, I have never noticed such a thing, but I'm sure it's happened. Well, Sarah, it wasn't me.

Battlestar is definitely a key draw, and the reason why we have the cable package we have now, but it will be over soon. (SOB) Most of the other stuff you can get on iTunes or the network website, can't you? Just not contemporaneously to its air date, but with the DVR we never watch anything at its regular air time.

I probably just sent out one too many Word Twist game requests to someone. ha ha

WOAH. I figured out who unfriended me, just an ex-coworker. Well, screw 'em.

tv and phones are lame

Mostly, I've been wanting bustracker lately.

we can watch lots of tv on our computer but we just have a laptop so the screen is small. plus we just got that big new fancy tv. we can hook up the laptop to the tv if i get the necessary cable but it never looks that great, just looks digitized and weird

Ahhhh that makes sense - I forgot you had a laptop and a fancy TV. Well, I will offer this: DVR is pretty awesome and satellite breaks when the weather is bad. Alternative, we can trade TVs.

SARAH - bus tracker changed my life.

Oh, hte other thing: G1 is on TMobile, which has the Fave 5 thing, so you can get unlimited calls to your F5.

And b/c of this, you can get a smaller minute plan.

lol Blago. God bless Illinois.

I probably just sent out one too many Word Twist game requests to someone. ha ha

If it was me, don't worry -- I always play them, but usually only on the weekend or late at night.

AT&T you get free calls to other AT&T users.

I suck at Word Twist. I miss faux-Scrabble!

i emailed ben and max trying to recruit them to our pub quiz team

Still, Dan, it might not hurt to read up on the Simpsons Christmas episodes.

I'm on this.

Something key to remember about the first Christmas ep? -- Several of the scenes were laid out by Eric Stefani, brother of Gwen Stefani.

Also, on AT&T you get roll-over minutes. It really is a draw. It comes down to details.

I miss faux-Scrabble!

There's real Scrabble, and there's Wordscraper, which is from the makers of faux-Scrabble and is v. similar.

speaking of which, sarah you need to play your turns on our scrabble games

I'm on this.

I keep thinking it probably won't be Simpsons-related, that it's just an amusing anagrammatic coincidence, but then I think of how there's a Simpsons question in General Knowledge every fucking week.

Press conference is on live on the radio and TV right now.

yeah, dude is a big simpsons geek, i think your guess might be right

I know, Nick. I'm on it. I was waiting for a family member to stop by first and to find out if the boss would be in (he won't). I managed to get scolded for something over the phone. I fedexed a package to him he requested and stuck in another fedex he'd just received which was related to the rest of the stuff and required his sig's, but it turns out it was supposed to be reviewed by someone else in the office first. Fun!

And John, I was joking that maybe my game requests turned someone off to the point of un-friending me.

if you want to win you really need paul G

Holy shit has anyone actually under investigation been this UNCAUTIOUS about what they say on the fucking telephone!?!?!? What a dumbass.

especially when he knew he'd been under investigation for years. goes beyond dumb, it's pathological. fitzgerald seems sort of dumbfounded by the degree and nakedness of it.

I got so excited about my boss getting arrested that I missed the pub quiz conversation. When/where are you going?

Pat Fitzgerald is a fucking action hero and I love him.

Also he was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me once.

I like that this is the de facto Blago thread.

When/where are you going?

Tonight. Globe Pub. Quiz starts at 8 (get there early for seats).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Be_Not_Proud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Evergreen_Terrace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayored_to_the_Mob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grift_of_the_Magi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner%27s_Sense_of_Snow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_of_Little_Faith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Tis_the_Fifteenth_Season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Christmas_Stories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Gil,_Volumes_I_%26_II

This is all I can find as far as Christmas-themed episodes. Unfortunately they started doing them more regularly after I stopped watching the show religiously, it seems.

Tonight. Globe Pub. Quiz starts at 8 (get there early for seats).

Ah. I would very much like to come along one night, if you'll have me, but tonight is not that night.

my dem family in IL is sort of in picard.jpg mode right now

I don't get that joke, but I would like to.

me neither. and me too.

http://masculinists.org/images/picard.jpg