Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——
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Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.
I totally understand.
The Tribune Editorial Board have always been right wing reactionaries. Just Exhausting. I ignore them as much as possible.
Speaking of the quest for victory and glory, my stepdad fought the Chinese in The Korean War and helped to save South Korea.
#Cubs
Tuesday's final light over the Chicago Lakefront.
4-3. 😬 #Cubs
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That’s ridiculously loud.
Nico…”Suave" #Cubs
Last major invasion: Gettysburg Campaign (June–July 1863) The last major Confederate invasion of the North was commanded by General Robert E. Lee and culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Herrmann's original score was so good that Scorsese used it for his remake in 1991, albeit reworked by Elmer Bernstein. #TCMParty #CapeFear
I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable
My previous Congress Rep. Jan Schakowsky representative from Illinois's 9th congressional district since 1999 is also retiring. As is my current U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. A definite changing of the guard.
Oasis Just Glitched the Algorithm #Musicsky www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
Senate Democrats: DO NOT FUND the government when the current continuing resolution expires at the end of the month. SHUT IT DOWN unless DC is funded, the troops are withdrawn from our cities, elections are protected, the Epstein files are released in full... SHUT IT DOWN.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin
Pritzker: "Any rational person who has spent even the most minimal amount of time studying human history has to ask themselves one important question: once they get the citizens of this nation comfortable with the current atrocities committed under the color of law, what comes next?"
Federal Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the Trump Administration's heinous attempt to deport unaccompanied Guatemalan children. #DHS
Facts. #TuesdayThoughts
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will direct federal law enforcement intervention to Chicago and Baltimore, despite local officials in both places opposing such moves.
Moving from Colorado to Alabama Starter Pack Weed Dispensary → Sheriff’s Evidence Locker Abortion Clinics → Underground Railroad to Illinois Rainbow Crosswalks → Confederate Flags Mail-in Ballots → 3 forms of ID and baptism certificate Craft Breweries → Bud Light Boycotts Ski Pass → Hunting License
Q: “Carlos you haven’t lost a set in the tournament, what part of your game is feeling best?” “Everything.” - Carlos Alcaraz #USOpen
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Greetings from The Murder Capital of the World! #Chicago
A Truly Great Statue of a Sports Hero. #USOpen www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Operational status: U.S. Space Command was fully operationalized at the Colorado Springs site in late 2023.. National security and readiness concerns of moving the site to Alabama.
Bette Davis as Leslie Crosby in ‘The Letter’ (1940) — dir. William Wyler #Filmsky
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We're not separate from the cosmos- we're its outcome. Every choice we make, every idea we create, is the universe expressing itself through us. Small actions, big meaning—our lives are a chance to let the cosmos shine through.” - Carl Sagan- cosmos- stars- We are their children
Raising $8 trillion in tariff revenue would be quite a trick, given that total U.S. imports last year were only $3.3 trillion. #TrumpEconomy The Bonfire of Trump’s Vanities open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, September 2, 1945. Japanese Foreign Min. Mamoru Shigemitsu signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese. General Douglas MacArthur signing for the Allied Powers. Generals Wainwright and Percival, former POWs of the Japanese, stand behind him. #WWII
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IBM Punch Cards! My mom worked for IBM for 20 years. #TCMParty #DeskSet
“Be careful, you’re in the major leagues here!” - Sumner #TCMParty #DeskSet
I, for one, would totally be going to the Reference Department’s Christmas Party. #TCMParty #DeskSet
Huge loss.
île flottante or floating island is a dessert consisting of meringue floating on crème anglaise. The meringue used is baked in a bain-marie. It may be served at room temperature or chilled. tinyurl.com/54r6bbna #TCMParty #DeskSet
Smithers #TCMParty #DeskSet
Discussing being replaced by a machine. In 1957. #TCMParty #DeskSet
White Plains has a fantastic airport if you ever want to fly into Connecticut and bypass New York City. #TCMParty #DeskSet
This is the first film that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made in color and the eighth of the nine films they starred in together. Their next (and last), ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ (1967), came ten years later. #TCMParty #DeskSet
Love the roof lunch scene. Who doesn’t? #TCMParty #DeskSet
Be sure to keep everyone in the dark. Business hasn’t changed in 100 plus years #DeskSet #TCMParty
Screenwriters Phoebe and Henry Ephron were the parents of writer, director Nora Ephron. #TCMParty #DeskSet
What fantastic mid century architectural design. I wonder if IKE watched this scene and said to himself, “That’s a better office than mine!” #TCMParty #DeskSet
Yes
“He looks like one of those men who switched to vodka.” #TCMParty #DeskSet
Yessss
AI ca 1957 #TCMParty #DeskSet
This film is a comfort movie for me. I love everything about it. #TCMParty #DeskSet
Ken Burns: What kind of country do you want to live in? Pottersville or Bedford Falls? Required Viewing. #USA youtu.be/f_nC3p0Yyvk?...
The entire Reckoning Album. Lol.
I want to thank Jed Hoyer for not helping this team at all during the trade deadline. He single handily tanked the entire season. The team knew management didn’t have their backs and acted accordingly. #Cubs
Melania has had enough of Donny’s shit.
In this economy? 😂
After Trump gave it to Limbaugh it doesn’t have the same gravitas. Let them give medals to each other, it means next to nothing.
Rea hit Acuña Jr. in the only place without padding. #Cubs
Barry Bonds holds the Major League Baseball home run record with 762. Hank Aaron, hit 755. Babe Ruth with 714, and Albert Pujols with 703. Alex Rodriguez (696), Willie Mays (660), Ken Griffey Jr. (630), Jim Thome (612), and Sammy Sosa (609) are the only other players to have hit 600 or more. #Cubs
TMac is racking up the frequent flyer miles. She was in Dublin last weekend, then in San Franciso earlier in the week then in Atlanta yesterday and Chicago today. #Cubs
ESPN did a retrospective on her career and the 50 years since her first U.S. Open championship in 1975.
They made her Chris Evert cry. #USOpen
The founding fathers wrote the constitution expressly to make sure that we didn’t have anybody like Trump as the chief executive.
True.
6 of our counties still languish under this shit, Liam.
The picture of a guy about to lose his job. #USOpen
Chris Evert won the US Open singles title in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, and 1982. These six victories tie her with Serena Williams for the most women's singles titles at the U.S. Open. #USOpen
Great Song!
Does Chris Fowler ever get a day off from ABC/ESPN? Lol #USOpen
Naomi vs. Coco. Should be a great match. 🤞 #USOpen
Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America. Derived mostly from words written by Thomas Jefferson in 1798. #USA
‘And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus Leave Levon far behind Take a balloon and go sailing While Levon, Levon slowly dies’ #Musicsky youtube.com/watch?v=f9sP...
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
My latest article for TCM chronicles the career of costume designer Edith Head and her impact on Hollywood: www.tcm.com/articles/Pro...
#OTD 1864, The Battle of Jonesborough, alongside the overall Atlanta campaign, culminates in a Union victory for General William T. Sherman as Confederate General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta. The Union capture of Atlanta cemented Lincoln’s reelection. #CivilWar
#OTD 1939: The Second World War began with the German invasion of Poland. In just over a week the German military were in Warsaw. In accordance with the Hitler-Stalin Pact, the Red Army occupied eastern Poland. Poland was divided among the victors, Germany and the Soviet Union. #WWII
Facts. #Mood
#LaborDay
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald; The Great Gatsby #September
#Mcdowells
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#Columbo
Few ideas in modern science have reshaped our understanding of reality more profoundly than space-time. But what does it mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it — is space-time structure, substance or metaphor? Read here: buff.ly/fg3RmlO 📸 Rick Rothenberg/ Unsplash). CC BY 4.0.
Sorry for your loss.
#Kojak
The mighty SEC getting rolled by the Big 10. 😂 #OSU
Is no one on the broadcast going to mention Sinner’s Swamp Ass? #USOpen
That’s cool. He’s really fantastic.
Are we ever gonna catch a break?
The outside was getting little necrosis
FDR died at 3:45 and Truman took the oath of office at 7:05 pm that night. However, they didn't tell Truman about The Manhattan Project until two weeks later. #TrumpIsDead
So is Trump Dead or What? For Real? #Trumpisdead
Aren't you the same Bill Kristol who backed George W Bush who let The Federal Assault Weapons Ban expire. And backed the invasion of Iraq in 2003? FUCK YOU!
If we had a functioning Democratic Party they would be putting a FLAMETHROWER to CONGRESS! No. 1. Get rid of the current Dem. Leadership. We need New blood to take on the GOP. We are here because of them. No. 2. Call out Trump everyday, all day, all the time.
Hey, Learn about the USA. #musicsky youtu.be/OqvLi7qZ_yU?...
The Declaration of Independence “it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.” Safety and Happiness
My ex lived in an apartment on 51st and Cicero for 6 months while she taught at a Catholic school back in the day, I can't remember which one, but holy smokes, those planes when they land look like they are going to crash into every building all the time.
For Jack. #Musicsky youtu.be/IIoXT_w-2xw?...
One of the top 5 songs of the 1980's #Musicsky youtu.be/qeMFqkcPYcg?...
So is Alligator Alcatraz. Trump sure surrounds himself around a lot of illegal shit. The President of The United States is a criminal.