Monday, July 28, 2014

7-28-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:








Ten minute drawing. What’s that noise.

Madigan’s Iron Dome.
Mike Madigan has been Speaker since 1983. Remember Lee Elia? All this debate about whether we should vote for Quinn or not. Save your breath. When November’s election rolls around, the most powerful man in Illinois will be re-elected to office. And you won’t be voting for him. That would be the State Rep from the 22nd House District. He will get the votes of a few thousand people, out of couple m

John Dillon. A Bitter Pill: Illinois Supreme Court’s decision and Chicago corporate media.
- John Dillon is a retired teacher, pension activist and blogs at Pension Vocabulary. Bitter Pill is an idiom that arises from usage nearly a century ago or in some lexicons even earlier.  Imagine a time when medicine was less than palatable or manageable, and you have a start.  Later on, during the malaria infestations of the Panama Canal  (1880 – 1920) project, “bitter” became the operative adj




7-27-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: An ethnic slur.A few days ago, in my continuing sadness about what is happening in Gaza, I posted on Twitter. “One Palestinian child is killed every hour in Gaza.” People all over the world have taken to the streets to call for an end to Israel’s military assault on what is the prison called Gaza. I a