#PJNEt #Obama golf pal called ‘hostile’ witness in #Chicago fraud case

By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

One of President Obama’s close friends and regular golf buddies is caught up in a steamy legal case that dates back to the pocket-padding Blagojevich days, as prosecutors accuse him of being a hostile witness.

Prosecutors are trying to speak with Eric Whitaker in connection with a Chicago fraud case involving millions of taxpayer dollars from the former Blagojevich administration to a businessman who allegedly spent it on vacation homes, luxury cars and more.

But court documents claim Whitaker, a 49-year-old physician and former hospital administrator who frequently is photographed with Obama hitting the links, has stopped cooperating with the U.S. District Attorney’s Office.

Federal prosecutors now want to treat him as “a witness clearly hostile to the government” the next time they question him, according to documents filed by the prosecutor’s office at the U.S. District Court in Springfield, Ill.

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Surprise ~> Why the Obamas' REALLY lost their law licenses...

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Because I live in Chicago, one of the questions I get asked a lot via email or comments on this site is if I know why the Obamas both lost their licenses to practice law in Illinois (not that a lack of license can really stop a Democrat from practicing law…just ask Elizabeth Warren about that). I think I know why they lost their licenses, but the answer may surprise (or disappoint) you.

According to people I know who worked with Michelle Obama when she was employed by the City of Chicago, Michelle hated being a lawyer. The work was too hard and she was not very good at it. The reason Michelle went to work for the City is because she was hired via a recommendation from Jesse Jackson which then qualified her as a “Jesse Hire”; this is slang here in Chicago for an “untouchable hire”, meaning this is someone on the City payroll who can never be fired or even disciplined in any way because their employment was a political favor to someone. In Michelle’s case, that someone was Jesse Jackson and Michelle was thus one of the many black people working for the City at Jackson’s insistence who were not expected to actually do their jobs and instead could read newspapers, shop in catalogs, play Minesweeper on their computers, or just spin aimlessly around in their swivel chairs all day. Michelle reportedly took two or even three lunch breaks a day, would disappear for hours, went on constant “personal appointments” and treated her work space at the City like it was an airport lounge: a place to go for a while to kill time where she could snack, peruse magazines, gossip, and talk loudly on the phone with girlfriends and laugh and laugh and laugh.

No one could say boo to her and a LOT of resentment developed, of course, but this is how Chicago operates and even Mayor Daley (who ruled the city as a king) was terrified of angering Jesse Jackson because Jesse’s big threat was always to find some excuse to dispatch the Rainbow Push Coalition to the streets to rant, rave, scream, and protest that Daley was…wait for it…bet you can’t guess…RACIST!

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FAA - Chicago Terror Atrack was thorough

By Alan Levin

The first radio links with pilots were lost just as the pre-dawn crush of flights into Chicago began.

Air-traffic controllers in a nondescript Federal Aviation Administration building about 40 miles from the city switched to backup channels. Then those failed. They tried emergency connections, which also went dead.

Within minutes, radar feeds, flight plans and other data controllers rely on to direct more than 6,000 aircraft a day above five U.S. states had vanished as a fire was being set in a communications room one floor below. The attack was thorough and carried out by someone who knew the system intimately -- down to removing steel sheathing on data cables to destroy them, according to three people with knowledge of the incident.

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Of course Chicago's Useless Media had not and will never

make any mention of Terrorism, but We KNOW!

Obama's South Side Chi Salute

Sans Coffee Cup, BO has done it again, at home here in Chicago.

Illinois 4th most Corrupt State in US

When we think of government corruption (as one tends to do),  our biased minds often gravitate to thoughts of military juntas and third world governments. But, of course, corruption is everywhere, in one form or another. And it’s costing U.S. citizens big time.

A new study from researchers at the University of Hong Kong and Indiana University estimates that corruption on the state level is costing Americans in the 10 most corrupt states an average of $1,308 per year, or 5.2% of those states’ average expenditures per year.

The researchers studied more than 25,000 convictions of public officials for violation of federal corruption laws between 1976 and 2008 as well as patterns in state spending to develop a corruption index that estimates the most and least corrupt states in the union. Based on this method, the the most corrupt states are:

1. Mississippi
2. Louisiana
3. Tennessee
4. Illinois
5. Pennsylvania
6. Alabama
7. Alaska
8. South Dakota
9. Kentucky
10. Florida

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Clergy call for end of violence in #Ferguson, MO and Chicago

Republicans compare Quinn to Blagojevich

3:40PM Monday
August 18, 2014

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                                                                                            Photo credit:  Nick Gale, 89 WLS

(Chicago) As the situation in Ferguson, Missouri continues to play out, clergy in Chicago held a prayer service in Daley Plaza Monday, calling for an end to violence in Ferguson and Chicago.

"Bless the parents of Michael Brown, that they may feel your comfort as they grieve the loss and death of their son," said Rev. B. Herbert Martin of the Progressive Community Church in Bronzeville, as he led a prayer.

At least 100 people took in the service. The demonstration is one of many that have been taking place since Brown was shot August 9th.

Nick Gale, 89 WLS Chicago

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While the CNN is having a Mediagasm in #Ferguson and Holder prepares to take charge, even Obsma has forgotten all about Chicago.

One might think that since he maintains a residence here and this is the City that helped him in his bid for State Office which then led to the White House that Chicago may play a role but not at all:

OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING TO HELP END THE GANG WARFARE THAT HAS KILLED SO MANY IN CHICAGO

HOLDER HAS DO NOTHING AND HAD SENT NO ADDITiONAL RESOURCES

There is no political capitol to be had and the networks would ignore it and they continue to ignore the warfare that murders so many - but #Ferguson can get TV TIME while Chicago's Very OWN JESSE (HIGH) JACK*** raises money and recruits more agitators for His Operation Push.

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU OBAMA?

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU  HOLDER?

The Natives are Restless - Seven injured--two critically--in city shootings Wednesday

Posted: Aug 14, 2014 5:59 AM CDTUpdated: Aug 14, 2014 5:59 AM CDT

 

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -

At least seven people were injured--two of them critically--in shootings on the South and West Sides Wednesday.

The latest shooting happened about 11 p.m., when two men were wounded in a drive-by attack in the Gresham neighborhood.

The men, ages 23 and 33, were standing with a group about 11 p.m. in the 1100 block of West 80th Street when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots at them, police said.

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Ferguson is Chicago 1968 re-visited

The rioting taking place in Missouri reminds us of the Dark Days of 1968 - a year that will live in Infamy here in Chicago.

Chicago Police confront rioters

The city had been experiencing the normal amount of violence from the West and South Sides but the sudden assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King gave the drunken and doped up gang bangers and their syophants a good reason to Burn Baby, Burn.  The slogan had been championed in other disturbances and was a hallmark of the violent Communist-loving Black Panther Party.  Since most membets of the Black Panthers were ex-cons and/or current street gang members and drug dealers the Chicago Police had kept a close watch on this dangeous group so nothing was a surprise.

The rioting began around 1:00 PM and by 4 was going full throttle.  CPD was overwhelmed so Mayor Daley (the Boss) Called in the Illinois National Guard.  

Since we had Legal Business that day we drove right through it - the hostile stares and gestures were alarmingit but fortunately no one was injured.  The insanity continued:

The riots resulted in over 125 fires and 210 buildings being damaged, totaling $10 million worth of damages. Power lines and telephone lines all around the city were knocked out. In the first two days of rioting, police reported multiple civilian deaths but were unable to determine whether they were caused by the riots or other crimes. No official death toll was given for the riots, although published accounts say 9 to 11 people died as a result. Almost 300 people were arrested, and a thousand people were left homeless. The destruction was mostly on the west side. However, there was some damage in the south side ghetto and near the north side.

Following the riots, Chicago experienced a food shortage, and the city's needs were barely met by volunteers bringing food to the area. Results of the riots include the increase in pace of the area’s ongoing deindustrialization and public and private disinvestment. Bulldozers moved in to clean up after ticghe rioters, leaving behind vacant lots, many of which remain today. No clashes of this magnitude have happened in the United States since 1968.  1.

The West Side Burns

The end result of this tribal orgy of violence and mayhem was to scare legitimate business away for good.  The financial life of the West and South Sides was devasted for decades.  The Vacant lots where beautiful buliding once stood can still be seen on the West Side of Chicago.  They got just what they deserved.

So if the barbarians of 2014 want to repeat the same mistake, let them. Only it will be different this time:  for, if they do BURN BABY BURN -

Today there are Reports that the Black Panthers are in Missousi and encouraging the same sort of KILL THE PIGS rhetoric they used here in Chicago.  Our Cops knew the danger and blasted a few of their leaders to Hell so let's hope that the Cops in this sistuation do likewise.

After it's over, the damage will be re-built.

And OBAMA WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT11!

1.) 1968 Chicago Riots, Wikipedioa.org, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Chicago_riots, last visited Aug 12, 2014

Cook County Use Tax Update – Reed Smith Wins Appeal – Ordinance Invalid

Chicago Holiday Toll Was 82 Shootings, 14 Deaths

(CHICAGO) -- The spree of shootings in Chicago during the long holiday weekend reached 82 incidents and included 14 deaths, according to a tabulation of police reports.

That number marks a significant jump from the same period last year, despite an increase of "hundreds" of officers on the street to prevent violence.

"It's groundhog day here in Chicago again," Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said Monday morning, in an apparent reference to repeated spasms of violence in the city.

Of the 14 fatalities, two were shot dead by police.

The Chicago police department released different statistics claiming the weekend saw 50 shootings that included nine fatalities.

The difference in the statistics is the difference in the time frame. Chicago police figures spanned a period from 6 p.m. Thursday as the long holiday weekend began to midnight Sunday. Figures calculated by ABC News' affiliate WLS began at 4 p.m. Thursday to 3:30 a.m. Monday and totaled 82 shootings.

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Chicago cops involved in 5 shootings since Friday

Posted: Jul 06, 2014 9:55 AM CDTUpdated: Jul 06, 2014 10:42 AM CDT

 

• 6 dead, 35 wounded in holiday weekend shootings

• Gary cop shot to death; manhunt underway

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

Two people were killed in less than 24 hours and another three were wounded in police-involved shootings since Friday morning.

The most recent fatal shooting occurred Saturday evening in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

Officers shot the unidentified man, thought to be in his 20s, about 7 p.m. in the 8700 block of South Sangamon Street, authorities said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:02 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

Officers initially responded to a call of shots fired in the 8500 block of South Morgan Street, said Pat Camden, spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police. The suspect eluded police, but was found about 20 minutes later under a junked car parked in the backyard of a home in the 8700 block of South Sangamon, Camden said.

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25949268/2-killed-3-wounded-in-chicago-police-involved-shootings

Chicago #4thofJuly Fireworks Display at Navy Pier - NBC 5 News

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STUCK IN A SICKENING AND SICK STATE IN ILLINOIS

MADELEINE DOUBEK 

We’re in a sick state here in Illinois.

Our illness is marked by a strong case of lethargy. We exhibit all the symptoms of some election-year paralysis:

–We saw an attempt to pass some pension reform for Cook County, negotiated by Cook
County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and agreed to by several unions, but it stalled out when Republicans wouldn’t vote for it and Democrats refused to go it alone.

–After the colossal mess of Metra’s severance and patronage scandal last summer and a
winter full of discontented train commuters often left stranded, a solid series of recommendations from a Gov. Pat Quinn-appointed, blue-ribbon panel headed by former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and public policy veteran George Ranney derailed nearly as soon
as it was released.

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Chicago BlackHawks win 4-3, force Game 7

Posted: May 31, 2014 9:21 AM CDTUpdated: May 31, 2014 9:22 AM CDT

By Al Cimaglia, Special for FOX 32 News - bio

 

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One of the best playoff series of all time will end as it should with a Game 7 at the United Center on Sunday. Because on Friday night the Chicago Blackhawks wouldn’t be denied and captured Game 6 in Los Angeles 4-3. These two teams are evenly matched and this series has been one giant commercial for the NHL.

The Kings have been perfect this season in two previous series by winning Game 7 versus San Jose and Anaheim. The Blackhawks are a perfect 13-0 in Games 5, 6, and 7 since last year. Los Angeles is looking to become the first team to win three seven-game series and advance to the Stanley Cup Final. No matter how one parses the numbers, something has to give in Game 7.

The Hawks outplayed Los Angeles for much of the opening frame but ended up trailing by a goal. In an odd sequence, where Corey Crawford looked as if he was going to play the puck behind the net but didn’t, the result was a Dwight King goal. Brent Seabrook hesitated and every Chicago player on the ice was caught flat-footed as King was left wide open in the slot. The goal could have deflated the Blackhawks as if took place at the 17:03 mark but they rebounded nicely.

Read more: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25658707/kane-still-sizzling-as-hawks-win-4-3-force-game-7#ixzz33JDRIGey

DIRT BAG JERRELL HARRIS, 21, CHARGED WITH BEATING, ROBBING ELDERLY PRIEST

Jerrell Harris, 21 (Chicago Police Department)

Friday, May 16, 2014

CHICAGO (WLS) --

Jerrell Harris, 21, has been charged in connection with a 2011 attack on Father Daniel Mallette, an elderly Chicago priest.

Police said the suspect was on parole when 80-year-old Mallette was beaten and robbed in the rectory where he lived, in the 9800 block of South Throop Street in Chicago just before 12:30 a.m. on December 6, 2011.

Harris allegedly beat the elderly victim and robbed him before fleeing the scene, according to a release from Chicago police.

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These Lutheran Germans are out of control!!!

Illinois Senate approves ride-sharing regulations

Illinois Senate approves rules for unregulated ridesharing companies

By Chacour Koop, Associated Press4 hours ago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- A plan in the Illinois Legislature that's close to reaching the governor's desk for approval would devastate the ridesharing industry in the state, companies including Uber, Lyft and Sidecar say.

The Senate passed a proposal with strong support Thursday that would place statewide rules on the unregulated industry that connects passengers and drivers through a smartphone app. Its burgeoning popularity in the Chicago area and across the country comes much to the chagrin of taxi company owners, who say the new innovation should play by the same rules as cabs.

The new rules would level the playing field and allow the competitors to survive, said Mara Georges, an attorney for the Illinois Transportation Trade Association, which represents taxi and chauffer livery companies.

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The legacy of Saul Alinsky

Recall that Hillary did her college thesis on his writings and Obama writes about him in his books.

Saul Alinsky died about 43 years ago, but his writings influenced those in political control of our nation today.......

Died: June 12, 1972, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

Education: University of Chicago

Spouse: Irene Alinsky

Books: Rules for Radicals, Reveille for Radicals

Anyone out there think that this stuff isn't happening today in the U.S.?

All eight rules are currently in play

How to create a social state by Saul Alinsky:

There are eight levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a social state. The first is the most important.

1) Healthcare– Control healthcare and you control the people

2) Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

3) Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control– Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.

5) Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)

6) Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools

8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Does any of this sound like what is happening to the United States?

Alinsky merely simplified Vladimir Lenin's original scheme for world conquest by communism, under Russian rule. Stalin described his converts as "Useful Idiots."

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ILLINOIS’ UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT LOWEST LEVEL IN SIX YEARS

BRENDAN BOND 

Right in time for the weekend, here’s some news Illinoisans can celebrate: Illinois’ unemployment rate is at its lowest mark since 2008.

According to data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Illinois’ seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for April 2014 was 7.9 percent, down from 8.4 percent in March. While that is good news, Illinois is still the third-worst state in the nation, ahead of only Rhode Island and Nevada.

Chicago Tribune reporter Samantha Bomkamp has more on the new data.

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Polish Catholics on the rampage = Man, 22, charged with Streeterville carjacking

 

CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -

A South Side man has been charged with one of three recent carjackings in the Streeterville neighborhood.

Demetris McCrea, 22, of the 8600 block of South Wolcott, is charged with aggravated vehicular carjacking with a firearm, and aggravated fleeing police, according to Chicago Police.

McCrea robbed a 31-year-old man of his 2007 Jeep Cherokee about 8:30 a.m. Monday in a parking garage in the 300 block of East Illinois Street, police said.

McCrea, armed with a handgun, tapped on the window and forced the driver from his vehicle before driving off in the SUV, a statement from police said.

McCrea is scheduled to appear in bond court Thursday.

Read more: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25515478/police-warn-of-string-of-carjackings-in-streeterville#ixzz31o4dgGLe

The Natives are Restless - At least 12 injured in shootings since Monday afternoon

Posted: May 13, 2014 7:44 AM CDTUpdated: May 13, 2014 7:45 AM CDT

 

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At least 12 people -- including two teenage boys -- have been wounded in shootings on the South and West Sides since Monday afternoon.

A 16-year-old boy was shot early Tuesday in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

The boy told police he was shot in the 3300 block of West Maypole Avenue, and walked into Norwegian American Hospital about 2:10 a.m. with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said. The teen was listed in “stable” condition.

About an hour earlier, a man and woman were shot in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

Read more: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/25501172/at-least-12-injured-in-shootings-since-monday-afternoon#ixzz31cDmDfpp