Monday, November 18, 2013

The Pride of Lions - A Team of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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Leo High School defeated the undefeated Crusaders of Ottawa Marquette 32-27 Up Next: CLASS 1A Leo at Lena-Winslow Maroa-Forsyth at Do...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Forrest Contemplates His Next Government Appointment Amid Outcry -" Ventra is ObamaCare for CTA Riders

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CTA President Forrest Claypool listens to complaints about Ventra during a budget hearing in Chicago. Well, Ventra Cards are sure not do...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Pulitzer Prize Cartoonist Jack Higgins Defines the Quinn Campaign

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My Legion of Reader will note that Paul Vallas was my neighbor and boon chum. I love Paul and his family. Pat Quinn is no Paul Vallas.  ...

Paul Simon & Sting? How about Ella Fitzgerald and Spike Jones?

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Hope and Crosby, Bartles and James, Currier and Ives, Smith and Jones, - these I get.  They are combinations that make sense like the yel...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

In the Face of Changes, I Confess!

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" Wenceslas!  Good King Wenceslas! You look out on the Feast of Stephen . . . OUT!  Around, See what's happening!   Jesus, you...

IHSA Football Quarter Finals in Class 1-A: Leo v. Ottawa Marquette

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St. Laurence High School, operated by the Irish Christian Brothers will host the Class 1-A Quarter Final game between Leo and Ottawa Marqu...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Leo Veterans Observance - Facta Non Verba: Honor in Deeds Not Just Words

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The Marines of Chicago's Own - 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines carried 1903 Springfield rifles in tribute to the late James Durkin, USMC...
Friday, November 08, 2013

The Loud and Stupid Have Had the Floor Far Too Long - Dan Savage e.g.

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 Overdue. Had to be done. We have been far too nice to the people who make time stand-still: the vacuous, lite-enlightened, shifty, gree...
Thursday, November 07, 2013

Tales of the South Side: My Favorite Year 1959! That Was Some Birthday!

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Seven year old Pat Hickey tickles the genuine whiskers of El Jefe in the living room of Granpa Hickey's bungalow at 7535 S. Marshfiel...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

This Could Not Wait! Celebrate!

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Few things make me more happy than a Life Affirming Celebration  Yesterday, after months of set-backs, false hopes, mystery and deep, de...
Friday, November 01, 2013

Ventra Cards - Why Can't We See (Hear) Forrest for the Fees?

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You got that right, my brother! Career Grifter and Government Job Hopper, CTA Boss Forrest Claypool, is invisible in today's...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Career Grifter CTA's Forrest Claypool' s Bull Durham Sack Management by Voyeurism

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  CHICAGO (CBS) — The CTA admits it is using hidden cameras to crack down on employees who should be working, but some employees say th...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

This Important Little Man Gets It! So Does The Pope.

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We enjoyed a visit from Cardinal George on Monday here at Leo.Cardinal George stayed way past his appointed schedule talking and joking w...

Beef, Or You Die; Try This! Guinness Braised Beef Ribs

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There's a Little Nip in the Air!  No, it's not Pearl Harbor Day.  'Tis Fall.  The leaves are past their ruby/amber seasonal m...