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Recovered Journalist. Former Assistant Media Director, American Conservative Union. Radio alum. WI native, CA survivor, IL refugee, TX resident. @ChiNewsBench on Twitter. No cilantro."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026orderby=published"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default?alt=json-in-script\u0026start-index=26\u0026max-results=25\u0026orderby=published"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"5808"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5814601139958993127"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-22T22:25:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-24T17:57:51.979-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"debate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"election 2020"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Joe Biden"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Biden's Five Biggest LIES From The Last Debate 10\/22\/2020"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sBEwY35hzuU\/X5JM26U_i0I\/AAAAAAAAhqA\/HeU4YqT14IkXXGg3yHegnIYiYKLbjnNawCLcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B01.png\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"329\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-sBEwY35hzuU\/X5JM26U_i0I\/AAAAAAAAhqA\/HeU4YqT14IkXXGg3yHegnIYiYKLbjnNawCLcBGAsYHQ\/w546-h298\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B01.png\" width=\"546\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA quick post here, just to highlight six of Joe Biden's biggest bald-faced lies\u003C\/b\u003E from the final presidential debate, which ended moments ago on Oct. 22, 2020.\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1) Trump has not condemned white supremacists.\u003C\/b\u003E FALSE: He has, in fact, numerous times.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VjXGa14Uwvg\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2) Biden insists he never said he would ban fracking.\u003C\/b\u003E FALSE: He did, numerous times.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-4_2ynjacFI\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3) Biden said he never called black people \"super predators.\"\u003C\/b\u003E MOSTLY FALSE: Although \u003Ci\u003Etechnically true\u003C\/i\u003E, he DID call them \"predators\" repeatedly. He just didn't add the word \"super,\" as Hillary Clinton infamously did.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7oDHSt-CKtc\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4) Biden claimed he and his family never got money from China: \u003C\/b\u003EFALSE\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Ldz4l0wWIk\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5) Biden said he never called Trump \"xenophobic\" for COVID-related travel bans. \u003C\/b\u003EFALSE.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aAdzW-mRKTk\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KtFNuI2kT_E\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cb\u003EALSO SEE:\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Here Are 11 of Joe Biden‘s Biggest Debate Lies - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/10\/23\/nolte-here-are-11-of-joe-bidens-biggest-debate-lies\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBreitbart News\u003C\/a\u003E, 23 Oct 2020\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5814601139958993127\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/bidens-six-biggest-lies-from-last.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5814601139958993127"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5814601139958993127"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/bidens-six-biggest-lies-from-last.html","title":"Biden's Five Biggest LIES From The Last Debate 10\/22\/2020"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/VjXGa14Uwvg\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5171377814129148007"},"published":{"$t":"2020-10-05T21:52:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-06T01:12:20.242-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Adolf Hitler"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Barack Obama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"democrats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Joe Biden"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"liberals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mussolini"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trump stood on a balcony. So did Mussolini. But so what?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003EI had to do this quick post in response to some Leftist insanity on Twitter right now. As you may be aware, Democrats and their \"progressive\" allies are bitterly \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2020\/09\/18\/marshall-university-professor-wishes-coronavirus-death-on-trump-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edisappointed that President Trump did not die from his brief bout of COVID-19\u003C\/a\u003E. And it's making them crazier than usual.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F9afDcH6xwk\/X3vWlkpqAuI\/AAAAAAAAhhk\/XDLyA4jVFbw_VdHKWz4RhH_vacSzoI3BQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s527\/Balcony%2BStupid.jpeg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"399\" data-original-width=\"527\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F9afDcH6xwk\/X3vWlkpqAuI\/AAAAAAAAhhk\/XDLyA4jVFbw_VdHKWz4RhH_vacSzoI3BQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Balcony%2BStupid.jpeg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EThe latest, today, comes from the Lefties in response to Pres. Trump having \u003Ci\u003Ethe nerve\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;to stand on a White House balcony and (gasp!) \u003Ci\u003Esalute\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;the American people.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the sick, bizarro minds of those people, that make him \u003Ci\u003Eevil.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter four years of calling him \"Orange Cheeto,\" they've taken a quick sideroad to, today, liken him to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Benito-Mussolini\/Rise-to-power\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBenito Mussolini, the fascist dictator of Italy\u003C\/a\u003E during WWII.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhy Mussolini, you may ask? Simple. Some feeble-minded liberals found photos of Mussolini speaking from various balconies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5bQOalIzwYE\/X3vXZcvtD9I\/AAAAAAAAhh0\/Co46emeT0bYMeQIQWZBQOzNWSvqfZiOAgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s542\/Biden%2BHitler%2BEat.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"361\" data-original-width=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-5bQOalIzwYE\/X3vXZcvtD9I\/AAAAAAAAhh0\/Co46emeT0bYMeQIQWZBQOzNWSvqfZiOAgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Biden%2BHitler%2BEat.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003ESo naturally, in their universe, this makes him \u003Ci\u003Ejust like Mussolini, a dictator, a strong man.\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;Only a mentally ill person, or one with an IQ below 80, could believe that correlation. But I think I just described millions of Democrat voters. No?\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003EIn the past, I (and others) have responded to absurd comparisons of Trump to Hitler by mockingly pointing out that both Hitler and Biden ate food, therefore they're the same in mind and spirit.\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThat's ridiculous, of course, and it was meant to poke fun at the idiocy of the Left's thinking.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut here we are today, with the Left actually making a comparison \u003Ci\u003Ejust as absurd\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;and believing it in their hollow hearts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe difference between them comparing Trump to Mussolini because both have stood on balconies and my Hitler-food-Obama satire is simple: The Left actually believes this nonsense.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EI saw Obama on the balcony and thought you're an idiot. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CyMeFLzIiq\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/CyMeFLzIiq\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E— Chicago News Bench (CNB)™ (@ChiNewsBench) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiNewsBench\/status\/1313307989735071745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EOctober 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E— Roberto Ratchito (@RobertoRatchito) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertoRatchito\/status\/1313285275662069760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EOctober 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThey can be, dummy. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HCg4CJCNXi\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/HCg4CJCNXi\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E— Chicago News Bench (CNB)™ (@ChiNewsBench) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiNewsBench\/status\/1313308586701926400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EOctober 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kvH0_sApywA\/X3vdqXhAh0I\/AAAAAAAAhiA\/7LRRWgeGX9ENTNWPvYD96JpdfnJhait-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s600\/Balcony%2BObama%2BXi%2BJinping.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"338\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-kvH0_sApywA\/X3vdqXhAh0I\/AAAAAAAAhiA\/7LRRWgeGX9ENTNWPvYD96JpdfnJhait-ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w400-h226\/Balcony%2BObama%2BXi%2BJinping.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDoes speaking from a balcony mean you're a dictator? \u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, not always.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"\u003E\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EClaire \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cgcbDA15Fz\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/cgcbDA15Fz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E— DocWashburn (@DocWashburn) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocWashburn\/status\/1313357373013217286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EOctober 6, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E \u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5171377814129148007\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/trump-stood-on-balcony-so-once-did.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5171377814129148007"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5171377814129148007"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/trump-stood-on-balcony-so-once-did.html","title":"Trump stood on a balcony. So did Mussolini. But so what?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-F9afDcH6xwk\/X3vWlkpqAuI\/AAAAAAAAhhk\/XDLyA4jVFbw_VdHKWz4RhH_vacSzoI3BQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Balcony%2BStupid.jpeg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-4672378587749724913"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-24T19:42:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-24T19:42:48.314-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"FBI"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"treason"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"BOMBSHELL: New FBI Texts Detail Internal Furor Over Handling Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Investigation"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\n  \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003ESean Davis and Mollie Hemingway, two fine investigative\n                        journalists, filed this amazing report that was\n                        published by The Federalist on September 24:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003EFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents tasked\n                            by fired former Director James Comey to take down\n                            Donald Trump during and after the 2016\n                            election\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\n                          were so concerned about the agency’s potentially\n                          illegal behavior that they purchased liability\n                          insurance to protect themselves less than two weeks\n                          before Trump was inaugurated president, previously\n                          hidden FBI text messages show. The explosive new\n                          communications and internal FBI notes were\n                        \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/477364140\/Explosive-FBI-Texts-Show-Internal-Furor-At-Crossfire-Hurricane-Handling\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003Edisclosed in federal court filings today\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\n                          from Sidney Powell, the attorney who heads Michael\n                          Flynn’s legal defense team.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n  \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PAtFAlkw6oM\/X201-65L7tI\/AAAAAAAAhbY\/Dbl85fPlmH8mNSQWCUO-8UM-ei3gt2OXQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s478\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_06.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"414\" data-original-width=\"478\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PAtFAlkw6oM\/X201-65L7tI\/AAAAAAAAhbY\/Dbl85fPlmH8mNSQWCUO-8UM-ei3gt2OXQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w200-h173\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_06.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E“[W]e all went and purchased professional liability\n                        insurance,” one agent texted on Jan. 10, 2017, the same\n                        day\n                      \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/01\/17\/top-level-intel-officers-war-donald-trump-bad-country\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003ECNN leaked details\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\n                        that then-President-elect Trump had been briefed by\n                        Comey about the bogus Christopher Steele dossier. That\n                        briefing of Trump was\n                      \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/04\/20\/comeys-memos-indicate-dossier-briefing-of-trump-was-a-setup\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003Eused as a pretext to legitimize the debunked\n                            dossier\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E, which was funded by the Democratic National Committee\n                        and the Clinton campaign and compiled by a foreign\n                        intelligence officer who was working for a sanctioned\n                        Russian oligarch.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n  \u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E“Holy crap,” an agent responded. “All the analysts\n                          too?”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\n  \u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E“Yep,” the first agent said. “All the folks at the\n                          Agency as well.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/24\/trump-was-right-explosive-new-fbi-texts-detail-internal-furor-over-handling-of-crossfire-hurricane-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull story at The Federalist\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4672378587749724913\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/bombshell-new-fbi-texts-detail-internal.html#comment-form","title":"0 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TKcAjpgFd4U\/X2bXFGWMgaI\/AAAAAAAAhaI\/pWKjan2LuyYpz49oUOpKFFPudE8SzpX7ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s592\/Pelosi%2BLunaPic%2BArt%2B%25289%2529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"592\" data-original-width=\"592\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TKcAjpgFd4U\/X2bXFGWMgaI\/AAAAAAAAhaI\/pWKjan2LuyYpz49oUOpKFFPudE8SzpX7ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Pelosi%2BLunaPic%2BArt%2B%25289%2529.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003EDemocrat Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. As such, she is third in the line of succession for the Presidency. She's a politically powerful woman, and she lives in what could be called a literally shitty city.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESan Francisco is Pelosi's home, and it has become legendary for the vast quantity of human feces strewn along its streets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EThe city has a \u003Ci\u003Ehuge\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;number of homeless people, many of whom are mentally ill. Many of them frequently poop on sidewalks and other public spaces. In October 2018 San Francisco was named the \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/san-francisco-named-poop-capital-of-us\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPoop Capital of the U.S.\u003C\/a\u003E,\" and the problem has only \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/feces-on-streets-increasing-in-san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econtinued to get worse\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWhich brings us to the wonderfully-titled video, \"Nancy Pelosi vs The 'Sh%tposting' Crapper Bandit.\" Done by \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TVShinjuku\/videos\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFelix Rex\u003C\/a\u003E\" (one of my favorite YouTubers), the video examines what I'll call a \"protest poop\" laid down on Nancy Pelosi's driveway.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EYes, it's exactly what it sounds like. On Saturday, Sept. 12, a live-streamer called \"Armando\" set up his camera across from Pelosi's house,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8730937\/YouTuber-livestreams-defecating-driveway-Nancy-Pelosis-San-Francisco-home.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethen strategically squatted in her driveway\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZEEJmHqUbWg\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003ESan Francisco is the city of human feces, used needles, and aggressive panhandlers. \"America, this is your future under Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Nancy Pelosi.\" ~ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2020\/08\/20\/welcome-to-the-united-states-of-san-francisco-john-phillips\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJohn Philips, Orange County Register\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8567251275103123622\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/the-legend-of-poopalosi-and-poop-strewn.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8567251275103123622"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8567251275103123622"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/the-legend-of-poopalosi-and-poop-strewn.html","title":"The Legend of Poopalosi and the Poop-Strewn Streets of San Francisco"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-TKcAjpgFd4U\/X2bXFGWMgaI\/AAAAAAAAhaI\/pWKjan2LuyYpz49oUOpKFFPudE8SzpX7ACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Pelosi%2BLunaPic%2BArt%2B%25289%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5140869369121528546"},"published":{"$t":"2020-09-06T21:49:00.007-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-09-06T22:08:58.412-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hunter Biden"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Joe Biden"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"national security"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Stunning Documentary Highlights Disturbing Biden-China Relationship"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Posted by Blaze TV on Sept. 3, \"Riding the Dragon\" is a jaw-dropping video that explores high stakes financial deals between the Chinese Government and Joe Biden's son Hunter. Billions of dollars, powerful connections, and even dealings that could jeopardize U.S. national security are detailed here. Also, check out the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bidenfilm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Riding the Dragon\" page on Facebook\u003C\/a\u003E for interesting related material.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRmlcEBAiIs\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003EA Lightspeed Pictures production in association with Blaze Media.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDirected by M.A. Taylor\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Featuring Peter Schweizer \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EContact:\u0026nbsp;For more information, contact: \u003Ca href=\"mailto:info@lightspeedpictures.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Einfo@lightspeedpictures.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5140869369121528546\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/stunning-documentary-highlights.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5140869369121528546"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5140869369121528546"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/09\/stunning-documentary-highlights.html","title":"Stunning Documentary Highlights Disturbing Biden-China Relationship"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/JRmlcEBAiIs\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-8202178347031574256"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-29T17:14:00.007-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-10-07T21:29:47.276-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Charlottesville clashes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Joe Biden"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"lies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Media"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"neo-Nazis"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"What Trump REALLY said about White Supremacists and Charlottesville (Biden is Lying)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zAlX7F89Vj8\/X0rRjMwdhBI\/AAAAAAAAhLA\/63tb10pJ7FUQ49DVsHXTRUt9qOu2bRFRwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B01.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"329\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zAlX7F89Vj8\/X0rRjMwdhBI\/AAAAAAAAhLA\/63tb10pJ7FUQ49DVsHXTRUt9qOu2bRFRwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B01.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EJoe Biden - and thousands upon thousands of others on the Left - keep repeating a heinous lie about President Donald Trump.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ENever missing a chance to call someone a racist,\u003C\/b\u003E even if they are not, Biden and his Democrat Party comrades have continued to spread the \u003Cb\u003Efalsehood\u003C\/b\u003E that Trump called the neo-Nazis and White supremacists in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/happen-charlottesville-protest-anniversary-weekend\/story?id=57107500\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003Ethe Charlottesville clashes\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \"very fine people.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIn fact, Trump specifically and explicitly said that they \"should be condemned totally.\"\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EDespite the easy availability of video\u003C\/b\u003E showing Trump saying exactly that, ignorant Leftists swallow the lie that is deliberately spread by Democrat politicians - even\u0026nbsp; by those who \u003Ci\u003Eknow\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;that it's false.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWATCH and hear for yourself what Trump \u003Ci\u003Ereally\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;said:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nPeople wanted this video with no music. Here ya go. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nJoe Biden lying, stirring division, because he has nothing else to offer. Please share. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1FrMXggQXV\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/1FrMXggQXV\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Michael Moore (@mbracemoore) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbracemoore\/status\/1298676099463905280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 26, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\"\u003Ci\u003EThe veins bulging from his head\u003C\/i\u003E?\" What?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EUpdate, Sept. 6: This video from \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwpDBy43upJR7LZLrgnKkPA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDon't Walk, Run! Productions\u003C\/a\u003E, posted Sept. 3,\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;breaks down the Left's lies about Charlottesville nicely:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4jTf3CMbHrk\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n(Follow \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DontWalkRUN\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDontWalkRUN on Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EDespite this,\u003C\/b\u003E liberal politicians and ordinary everyday liberal idiots\u0026nbsp;have embraced the falsehood and continue to spread it to other, equally stupid liberals. And of course, much of the media is complicit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-p2dOKzFyycw\/X0rRkszKQPI\/AAAAAAAAhLE\/m05GH-tW0n8u_wvM4rnKYsWskxzRhjpvgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B02.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"338\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-p2dOKzFyycw\/X0rRkszKQPI\/AAAAAAAAhLE\/m05GH-tW0n8u_wvM4rnKYsWskxzRhjpvgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B02.png\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIn fact, many media outlets \u003C\/b\u003Elet Joe Biden get away with launching his presidential campaign with the Charlottesville lie as a supporting pillar.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EA year and a half \u003Ci\u003Eafter\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ethe Charlottesville clashes, and after Trump \u003Ci\u003Econdemned\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;the neo-Nazis and White supremacists, Biden continues with the lie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EConsider\u003C\/b\u003E this opinion piece by James S. Robbins in USA Today on April 26, 2019 (emphasis added):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n....former Vice President Joe Biden announced his run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He came out of the gate hard, citing the tragic \u003Cb\u003EAugust 2017 clash at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville\u003C\/b\u003E between right- and left-wing demonstrators that left three dead and 38 injured. \u003Cb\u003E“That’s when we heard the words from the president of the United States that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation,” Biden intoned, that there were “some very fine people on both sides.”\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/b\u003EBiden said that Trump “assigned a moral equivalence between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it,” and that in this moment Biden concluded “we are in a battle for the soul of the nation.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EThe problem\u003C\/b\u003E with Biden's statement, as \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/04\/26\/joe-biden-donald-trump-charlotttesville-fine-people-neo-nazis-column\/3588970002\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethat USA Today article\u003C\/a\u003E points out, is this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nTaken out of context, the “fine people” quote does look troubling, but Trump’s critics never tell the whole truth. The statement came from an August 15, 2017 press availability, in which the president was engaged in a spirited discussion with journalists over the broader implications of the Charlottesville street clash. Check the transcript.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe relevant portion\u003C\/b\u003E of the transcript is faithfully reproduced in the Robbins column, which ends with this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nFor Joe Biden in particular, exploiting the Charlottesville myth is a way to head-off other racially-charged issues, like his Anita Hill problem, his 1994 crime bill problem, his school desegregation problem, and his simply being an old white guy problem. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nBut Democrats would do better to focus on countering the rising tide of antisemitism in their own ranks rather than repeating the false and defamatory Charlottesville narrative. \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nOtherwise they will be losing the votes of a lot of very fine people.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIs Joe Biden running his own campaign? Is he mentally fit?\u003C\/b\u003E If so, it would be rational to conclude that he \u003Ci\u003Eknows\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;he's lying about Trump's Charlottesville statement. If Biden \u003Ci\u003Esincerely believes\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;that Trump called them\"very fine people,\" then it's also rational to conclude that Biden is utterly incompetent.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EBiden is a serial liar, and the nation knew this decades ago. Want proof? Watch this:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nJust watch it. All in his own words... \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MH2qNZbmTk\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/MH2qNZbmTk\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJamesWoods\/status\/1292970807203729408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EI'll leave you with this video \u003C\/b\u003Efrom ABC News, in which Trump (at 1:18) makes it \u003Ci\u003Every clear\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;that he does not approve of the behavior of White supremacists or neo-Nazis:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"340\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/video\/embed?id=57017077\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"580\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8202178347031574256\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/what-trump-really-said-about-white.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8202178347031574256"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8202178347031574256"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/what-trump-really-said-about-white.html","title":"What Trump REALLY said about White Supremacists and Charlottesville (Biden is Lying)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-zAlX7F89Vj8\/X0rRjMwdhBI\/AAAAAAAAhLA\/63tb10pJ7FUQ49DVsHXTRUt9qOu2bRFRwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Biden%2BLying%2BCharlottesville%2B01.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-663042861738885452"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-22T21:43:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-22T21:43:07.116-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chicago City Council"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"emergency"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gov Pritzker"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lori Lightfoot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"riots"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chicago City Council Members Demand State of Emergency Declaration and Request National Guard"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch3\u003E\nThe city council cowards punted, voting to refer the resolution to the Committee on Public Safety.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nChicago City Council held a special meeting on Friday, days after four alderman called for such a meeting to ask the governor to declare a state of emergency over recent violence and looting - a proposal the mayor previously said was \"grandstanding\" before apparently reversing course.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nFour Chicago aldermen on Wednesday called for a special meeting of the City Council to consider a resolution asking Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to declare a state of emergency and deploy the Illinois National Guard to the city over recent unrest.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nAlds. Leslie Hairston, Anthony Beale, Raymond Lopez and Anthony Napolitano issued the call in a letter to Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia. (from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/chicago-politics\/chicago-city-council-to-hold-special-meeting-over-looting-violence-friday\/2326070\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENBC5 Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DVrcVuebynw\/X0HXXvSUN1I\/AAAAAAAAhFA\/327fBD8zgKoIEHBR8QhcVziRJg5exFmkwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Lori%2BLightfoot%2B%25286%2529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Mayor Lori Lightfoot\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"357\" data-original-width=\"675\" height=\"207\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DVrcVuebynw\/X0HXXvSUN1I\/AAAAAAAAhFA\/327fBD8zgKoIEHBR8QhcVziRJg5exFmkwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/Lori%2BLightfoot%2B%25286%2529.jpg\" title=\"Mayor Lori Lightfoot\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDoes Mayor Lightfoot even care about Chicago?\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nMayor Lori Lightfoot accused the aldermen of \"grandstanding.\" But after months of violence and destruction, is it really that? Or, more likely, is it a genuine attempt to get badly needed help?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"I implore each and every one of you. This is not personal. This is not grandstanding. This is a Hail Mary to save our community from the things that are happening every single day,” Alderman Beale said before the vote.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMayor Lightfoot attacked the notion of bringing in National Guard troops. She recalled to the council the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/kent-state-shootings-timeline\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKent State University shootings\u003C\/a\u003E in May of 1970, where National Guard troops killed four students during a protest. \u003Ci\u003EBut Lightfoot's analogy to Kent State is flawed: The Kent State students were not\u0026nbsp; looting, rioting, or committing aggravated assaults on people. Some windows were broken, but it was nothing like what Chicago has suffered for months now.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\"A group of Chicago City Council members requested that Democratic Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker immediately declare a state of emergency in Chicago and deploy the national guard in light of ongoing rioting and looting in the city.\" (from\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/21\/chicago-city-council-members-call-state-emergency-declaration-request-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EDaily Caller\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nLightfoot continues to refuse such action. Is this out of pure political stubbornness or some deep-seated hatred of her own city?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/htrKO-le4wc\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/663042861738885452\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicago-city-council-members-demand.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/663042861738885452"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/663042861738885452"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicago-city-council-members-demand.html","title":"Chicago City Council Members Demand State of Emergency Declaration and Request National Guard"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-DVrcVuebynw\/X0HXXvSUN1I\/AAAAAAAAhFA\/327fBD8zgKoIEHBR8QhcVziRJg5exFmkwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Lori%2BLightfoot%2B%25286%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5638643765253021230"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-15T18:11:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-15T23:19:29.316-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Kim Foxx"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"law enforcement"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"looters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lori Lightfoot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michigan Avenue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"riots"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chicago's Useless Mayor Continues Harmful Closure of Mag Mile"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mESpoirMC8k\/Xzha27iqYYI\/AAAAAAAAg68\/d-JPC6XxdDYzkqrOoOM8LTzBsGIXrurWwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Lori-Lightfoot-913x479-min.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mESpoirMC8k\/Xzha27iqYYI\/AAAAAAAAg68\/d-JPC6XxdDYzkqrOoOM8LTzBsGIXrurWwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Lori-Lightfoot-913x479-min.jpg\" title=\"Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EChicago is a city under siege — from within. It breaks my heart to say it, but the majority of Chicagoans have made this possible by decades of voting for Democrats.\u003C\/b\u003E Most of the City Council members have been more interested in buying votes with corrupt TIF money giveaways and being \"liberal\" and soft on crime, and now the proverbial chickens have come home to roost.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERioting, mass looting, and wanton violence\u003C\/b\u003E are the specters hovering over the city. This weekend, the so-far-ineffectual mayor Lori Lightfoot has ordered a 9:00 PM curfew\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/pure-criminality-over-100-arrests-in.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOn Monday, August 10 there was an \"orchestrated\" invasion\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E of the city's Magnificent Mile, which is a mixed neighborhood of residential and commercial buildings.\u0026nbsp; Much of it is within the zip code 60611, one of the nation's wealthiest. The \"Mag Mile\" is a strip of North Michigan Avenue that runs north from the Chicago River up to Oak Street Beach. Between N. Michigan Aven and Lake Michigan, a few blocks east is a neighborhood called \"Streeterville.\" The greater Mag Mile area has been a major attraction for locals and international tourists for many years.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAfter the events of a week ago, \u003C\/b\u003Ehowever, businesses are hurt and many may never fully recover. Some businesses were badly damaged. Some have \"merely\" lost business. People who have enjoyed going into the Mag Mile district for years are now reluctant, afraid that violence could suddenly pop up out of nowhere like a summer storm in South Texas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMuch of the blame falls squarely in the laps of city and county officials,\u003C\/b\u003E all well-entrenched Democrats. City Journal sums it up (my emphasis added):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nThe sacking of Chicago’s North Side was more than a tactical failure. For months, key officials—the state’s attorney responsible for prosecution, the mayor, and the governor—have failed to condemn criminals sufficiently or act with necessary force against such violence. \u003Cb\u003EThey have contributed to a culture of impunity that tolerates mobs and hoodlums.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EKim Foxx, the state’s attorney for Cook County,\u003C\/b\u003E has already become nationally \u003Cb\u003Enotorious for refusing to prosecute Jussie Smollett\u003C\/b\u003E, the actor who lied to the police that he was a victim of racial violence. But her offenses against public order are far worse than her condoning of a provocateur who tried to fracture the city with a falsehood. \u003Cb\u003EFoxx has dismissed felony cases brought by the police at a rate 35 percent higher than her predecessor. She raised the threshold for felony shoplifting from $300 to $1,000—and as a result, thieves steal brazenly in broad daylight as well as under cover of darkness.\u003C\/b\u003E Chicago police chief David Brown suggested that Foxx’s failure to prosecute looters from the previous sacking of the city in June was partly responsible for emboldening the current round of looting.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMayor Lori Lightfoot is also responsible. She has hardly been enforcing a zero-tolerance policy against lawless mobs.\u003C\/b\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/looter-vandals-sack-chicagos-north-side\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFull article here\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe mayor, indeed the city, needs help\u003C\/b\u003E from beyond its own ranks. It has been clearly demonstrated that they cannot protect the safety of residents and businesses without such help, yet Mayor Lightfoot has refused to ask for assistance from the federal \u003Ci\u003Eor even from the Illinois National Guard\u003C\/i\u003E. Such reinforcements could greatly help her police force to really get the situation under control.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nInstead, Mayor Lightfoot makes speeches and decrees that will solve nothing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSBLfQaYIR4\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ETyler Durden at \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/chicago-shuts-down-its-business-district-overnight-weekend-due-continued-riots-and\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EZero Hedge noted this today\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(my emphasis added):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nChicago mayor Lori Lightfoot desperately wants the world to believe that she has the situation in her city under control and that she doesn't need help from the federal government - \u003Cb\u003Enor would she ever need it from President Trump.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nBut while she puts that facade on during interviews and press conferences with national media,\u003Cb\u003E the reality of constant looting, rioting and crime in Chicago continues to unfold; as do its consequences.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nFor example, \u003Cb\u003Ethis weekend, the city will shut down its Central Business District overnight, effective at 9PM each night.\u003C\/b\u003E The decision comes \"in the wake of looting and unrest downtown, on the Magnificent Mile, and in Streeterville, River North, and the area near North and Sheffield avenues,\" \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2020\/08\/12\/downtown-overnight-access-restrictions-to-persist-until-next-monday-morning-in-wake-of-looting\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaccording to CBS Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EDurden detailed the specifics\u003C\/b\u003E of what-and-where the shutdown would affect, such as river bridges being up to block traffic, blocking part of Lake Shore Drive, ramps on expressways, and interruptions of bus and train service to the area.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EThis, however, is not exactly new:\u003C\/b\u003E It is an extension of Lightfoot's virtual shutdown of the area.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EOn August 13, the Chicago Loop Alliance\u003C\/b\u003E published this advisory:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nThrough Monday, August 17, at 6 a.m., access to the downtown area will be temporarily restricted from 9 p.m.–6 a.m. The restricted access to the downtown area is NOT a curfew. All residents, workers and employers whose businesses are located downtown will have access at all times. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/loopchicago.com\/do-business\/loop-advisories\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERead full statement here\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe City of Chicago\u003C\/b\u003E published this notice on August 12:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nRestricted Access to Downtown will continue tonight and through the Weekend from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.–ending at 6 a.m. on Monday, August 17 (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/oem\/provdrs\/emerg_mang\/news\/2020\/august\/restricted-access-to-downtown-will-continue-tonight-and-through-.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERead full statement here\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERather than increasing police patrols or bringing in additional law enforcement personnel, Lightfoot has effectively surrendered to the chaos.\u003C\/b\u003E The Mag Mile, along with the adjacent downtown \"Loop,\" River North and River West are areas in which restaurants, bars and theaters are normally open until well after midnight. Stunting their business \u003Ci\u003Eadditionally\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;will help nobody.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EYou can bet the police are not happy with Lightfoot.\u003C\/b\u003E On August 12, the police union's president John Catanzara urged tougher measures. He suggested bringing in tow trucks to haul looters' cars away, thereby taking away their ability to escape arrest. Caravans of cars were seen bringing people into the Mag Mile to loot on August 10.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E“Car caravans are the biggest problem.\u003C\/b\u003E They can relocate all of their criminal behavior two miles away within five minutes. We can’t deploy 400 officers two miles away in that same amount of time. They can go where the police are not in a split second. By the time we show up there, we get the stragglers when the main force has already moved on to the next target,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/city-hall\/2020\/8\/12\/21365072\/chicago-looting-police-tactics-downtown-loop-gold-coast-curfer-catanzara-lightfoot\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECatanzara said Wednesday\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMeanwhile, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.protestchicago.com\/2020\/08\/08\/black-lives-matter-march-shut-down-our-magnificent-mile\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eagitators continue to urge chaos\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003C\/b\u003Eand\u003Cb\u003E Black Lives Matter is \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/13\/blm-organizer-who-called-looting-reparations-doubles-down\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eopenly endorsing looting\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nBLM Chicago Leader on the looting of stores: \"That is reparations.... anything they want to take, take it because these businesses have insurance...\" \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uB9GAGmkLu\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/uB9GAGmkLu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— ForAmerica (@ForAmerica) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForAmerica\/status\/1293247869793771521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERelated:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWhen Authority Vanishes: Chicago’s leaders have surrendered to vandals. - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/looter-vandals-sack-chicagos-north-side\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECity Journal\u003C\/a\u003E, 14 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EChicago restaurant owner on 'disturbing' looting and rioting: 'Business is terrible, the streets are empty' - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/chicago-business-owner-looting-rioting\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFox News\u003C\/a\u003E, 11 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EChicago politician calls mayor ‘unprepared,’ wants to call in the feds - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/08\/11\/chicago-politician-wants-to-call-the-feds-amid-looting-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENew York Post\u003C\/a\u003E, 11 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDemocrat Chicago alderman says city is in 'total unrest' and 'mayor has lost control' - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/chicago-alderman-city-unrest-lightfoot-lost-control\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFox News\u003C\/a\u003E, 12 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EChicago’s Magnificent Mile at risk for massive store closures, alderman says - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.cbslocal.com\/2020\/08\/07\/chicagos-magnificent-mile-at-risk-for-massive-store-closures\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECBS-2 Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E, 7 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EDemocrats Can’t Stop the Monster They Created - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.bucksexton.com\/content\/2020-08-11-democrats-cant-stop-the-monster-they-created\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBuckSexton.com\u003C\/a\u003E, 11 Aug 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECPD patrols stepped up as businesses hunker down for stay-at-home order - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/coronavirus\/2020\/3\/21\/21189447\/illinois-stay-home-chicago-police-business-boarded\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChicago Sun-Times\u003C\/a\u003E, 21 March 2020\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5638643765253021230\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicagos-mayor-continues-harmful.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5638643765253021230"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5638643765253021230"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicagos-mayor-continues-harmful.html","title":"Chicago's Useless Mayor Continues Harmful Closure of Mag Mile"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-mESpoirMC8k\/Xzha27iqYYI\/AAAAAAAAg68\/d-JPC6XxdDYzkqrOoOM8LTzBsGIXrurWwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Lori-Lightfoot-913x479-min.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-8987928851297001274"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-10T22:37:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T12:21:37.552-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rogers Park"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"severe weather"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tornadoes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"UPDATED: Storm Thrashes Chicago, Tornado Confirmed In Rogers Park"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: #ffe599;\"\u003EUPDATE, August 11:\u003C\/span\u003E It has been confirmed that a tornado passed through Rogers Park during yesterday's powerful storm.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EOn Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service said, \u003C\/b\u003E\"a few tornadoes were likely embedded within the storm complex across the region, \u003Cb\u003Eand one has been confirmed in Rogers Park, IL.\u003C\/b\u003E\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nWhile much of the wind damage was straight-line wind, a few tornadoes were likely embedded within the storm complex across the region, and one has been confirmed in Rogers Park, IL. This did move out over Lake MI becoming a waterspout. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ILwx?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ILwx\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h7ZyC8zldh\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/h7ZyC8zldh\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSChicago\/status\/1293156868898971649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cb\u003EMuch of the Upper Midwest, including Chicago, was hit by a \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/derecho\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ederecho,' also known as a \"land hurricane.\u003C\/a\u003E\"\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PBGaFN_VoYc\/XzILox1bCnI\/AAAAAAAAg5U\/_xOW5OY_4tIvd3mvnh5KqDwvTvVP5zofwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Storm.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"800\" data-original-width=\"1200\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PBGaFN_VoYc\/XzILox1bCnI\/AAAAAAAAg5U\/_xOW5OY_4tIvd3mvnh5KqDwvTvVP5zofwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/Storm.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EDowned power lines catch fire in Rogers Park after\u0026nbsp;powerful storms \u003Cbr \/\u003E\non Aug 10, 2020. (Image via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2020\/08\/10\/possible-tornado-sighting-reported-in-rogers-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBlock Club Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nThe monster storm raged across the Midwest \"leaving 1.1M without power\" in the wake of 100 mph wind blasts, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8613303\/Powerful-derecho-leaves-path-devastation-Midwest.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8613303\/Powerful-derecho-leaves-path-devastation-Midwest.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Daily Mail\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"The .... derecho lasted several hours as it tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois, had the wind speed of a major hurricane, and likely caused more widespread damage than a normal tornado,\" \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.whio.com\/news\/powerful-derecho\/GPHWTGSJQSUJLKJ6JZVRK7WCEE\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ereports WHIO-TV7\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDamage was widespread around the Chicago area, and the \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/J7nuA57i3uRxXpBy9\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERogers Park\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E neighborhood may have had an actual tornado pass through it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nMany trees were uprooted, branches down, cars damaged, windows broken, and at least one fire (right) was caused by the storm.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2020\/08\/10\/possible-tornado-sighting-reported-in-rogers-park\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBlock Club Chicago provided some coverage\u003C\/a\u003E, which includes some dramatic video:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nMonday’s powerful storm pummeled Rogers Park, with dozens of trees felled, a fire started and reports of a possible tornado sighting in the neighborhood.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nVideo of what may have been a tornado in Rogers Park was circulated by the National Weather Service’s Chicago division Monday night. The video shows debris flying through the darkened sky, with rain and wind appearing to briefly funnel.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nTwitter was all over the storm:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nstorm damage in chicago (rogers park) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WGNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@WGNNews\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC7Chicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@ABC7Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcchicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@nbcchicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngiTaylorKISS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@AngiTaylorKISS\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QDHwti3t0b\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/QDHwti3t0b\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Amy 2.0, mother of unicorns. (@TheAimercat) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAimercat\/status\/1292959921781256192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nYet another photo of Ravenswood manor Chicago Storm damage \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l2VyyiKONp\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/l2VyyiKONp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Jim Flanagan (@jhflanagan) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jhflanagan\/status\/1293020235931549701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 11, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nSome of the storm damage in Lincoln Park. The straight line windows just shattered push against the west facing Divvy station shattering the glass. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSChicago?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@NWSChicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LincolnPark?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#LincolnPark\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StormDamage?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#StormDamage\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/17l10l4z48\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/17l10l4z48\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Ryan Lederer (@rhlederer) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rhlederer\/status\/1292965251571429376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nNEW: Widespread storm damage from Iowa to Illinois as powerful system moves across region. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iowa?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Iowa\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Illinois?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Illinois\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMOYesoZDH\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/hMOYesoZDH\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Eric Wasserman 🦆 \"WASS\" (@EricWasserman1) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricWasserman1\/status\/1292961278634291200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nIn Chicago just north of Addison and Lake Shore. Roof starting to blow off! Video cred to my friend Jasmine. Stay safe everyone! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/storm?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#storm\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Weather?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Weather\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pWyJD5SnAb\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/pWyJD5SnAb\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Adam Howard (@ashoward1) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashoward1\/status\/1292938287296974856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8987928851297001274\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicago-thrashed-by-severe-storm-monday.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8987928851297001274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8987928851297001274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/chicago-thrashed-by-severe-storm-monday.html","title":"UPDATED: Storm Thrashes Chicago, Tornado Confirmed In Rogers Park"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PBGaFN_VoYc\/XzILox1bCnI\/AAAAAAAAg5U\/_xOW5OY_4tIvd3mvnh5KqDwvTvVP5zofwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Storm.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-4374951960742610798"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-10T17:08:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-10T21:42:22.273-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Secret Service"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"White House"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"President Trump Evacuated From Press Conference But Quickly Returns"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qs6MO9uJgLU\/XzHHbxgUtGI\/AAAAAAAAg5I\/teZv-A3E11M6ig7Tqwj-CcEcx7DNrLzfQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B166%2B-%2BPresident%2BTrump%2BHolds%2Ba%2BNews%2BConference%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"213\" data-original-width=\"400\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qs6MO9uJgLU\/XzHHbxgUtGI\/AAAAAAAAg5I\/teZv-A3E11M6ig7Tqwj-CcEcx7DNrLzfQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B166%2B-%2BPresident%2BTrump%2BHolds%2Ba%2BNews%2BConference%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ETrump as Secret Service interrupted his news conference\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EJust minutes into his White House press conference this afternoon, \u003C\/b\u003EPresident Trump was interrupted by Secret Service agents.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThey said something to him off-mic and he immediately walked off with them. \u003Cb\u003EMinutes later, however, a composed and unshaken Trump returned to the press room.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHe told the reporters that somebody was shot \"near the premises\" but outside of the White House grounds. It seems there was no real threat, but Secret Service did their job by being proactive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWatch below.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nTrump whisked away mid press briefing by protection detail \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46C00EN8rb\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/46C00EN8rb\u003C\/a\u003E via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@YouTube\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Chicago News Bench (CNB)™ (@ChiNewsBench) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiNewsBench\/status\/1292944826724487169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nWHEW!!!!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLive: Trump continues press briefing after being removed by protection d... \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iLn1hI37BN\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/iLn1hI37BN\u003C\/a\u003E via \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YouTube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@YouTube\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Chicago News Bench (CNB)™ (@ChiNewsBench) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChiNewsBench\/status\/1292946473756381185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nTRUMP: \"There was a shooting outside of the White House and it seems to be very well under control. I would like to thank the Secret Service for doing their always quick \u0026amp; very effective work.\"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xcds0Mrprv\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Xcds0Mrprv\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J3ECviOJhC\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/J3ECviOJhC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Breaking911\/status\/1292947662963122181?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4374951960742610798\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/breaking-secret-service-just-evacuated.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4374951960742610798"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4374951960742610798"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/breaking-secret-service-just-evacuated.html","title":"President Trump Evacuated From Press Conference But Quickly Returns"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qs6MO9uJgLU\/XzHHbxgUtGI\/AAAAAAAAg5I\/teZv-A3E11M6ig7Tqwj-CcEcx7DNrLzfQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B166%2B-%2BPresident%2BTrump%2BHolds%2Ba%2BNews%2BConference%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-7762658539717108274"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-10T14:15:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-10T14:21:49.096-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chaos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"criminals"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gold Coast"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"looters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lori Lightfoot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michigan Avenue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Police"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"\"Pure Criminality\" - Over 100 Arrests in Violent \"Coordinated\" Chicago Looting Spree Last Night"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch3\u003E\nThe scope of last night's looting, violence and wanton destruction in Chicago is stunning.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z5qDSy4wrew\/XzGWcvPh84I\/AAAAAAAAg4w\/f8XYN9HZbR4x6EwKHG_S0zSzIriKz_JLwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Looters%2B2020-08-09%2BAP%2BPhoto%2BCharles%2BRex%2BArbogast.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"400\" data-original-width=\"600\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z5qDSy4wrew\/XzGWcvPh84I\/AAAAAAAAg4w\/f8XYN9HZbR4x6EwKHG_S0zSzIriKz_JLwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/Looters%2B2020-08-09%2BAP%2BPhoto%2BCharles%2BRex%2BArbogast.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EAP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/breaking-mass-anarchy-in-chicago.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAs I reported late last night\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E, huge crowds of people overwhelmed the police and smashed their way into many of the city's finest retailers in the world-famous \"Magnificent Mile\" on N. Michigan Avenue. Chaos and confusion were the order of the moment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EChicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u003C\/b\u003E held a press conference this morning.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E“We are waking up in shock this morning,” \u003C\/b\u003Eshe said, and referred to the looting as “brazen criminal looting and destruction.” Lightfoot has been harshly criticized as not doing enough to quell violence in Chicago. She added,\u0026nbsp;\"This was straight up, felony criminal conduct,\" said Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. \"This was an assault on our city.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWGNTV%2Fvideos%2F334421030924013%2F\u0026amp;show_text=0\u0026amp;width=560\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\"Widespread damage was reported throughout Chicago after looting and rioting began around midnight Monday,\" \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/widespread-damage-reported-in-downtown-chicago-after-night-of-looting\/\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ereported WGN-TV9\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb\u003E. \u003C\/b\u003E\"Witnesses reported hundreds of people smashing their way into stores throughout Michigan Avenue, areas in the South Loop and the Near North Side.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EToday we get a clearer picture of what went down.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFrom the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-chicago-downtown-looting-20200810-3zwa3b7zzrc5vdyb4qjqywrjvu-story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChicago Tribune\u003C\/a\u003E:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nMore than 100 people were arrested as of 9 a.m., according to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown. Thirteen officers were injured during the unrest, including a sergeant who was hit by a bottle. A civilian and private security guard were shot and wounded.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n[...]\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nCity officials said the seeds for the violent crime spree were sown on social media Sunday afternoon following an officer involved shooting in the Englewood neighborhood. Officers shot and wounded a 20-year-old man Sunday after he fired shots at them while being chased, authorities said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nThe man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center and is expected to survive, Brown said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nThe Civilian Office Police Accountability, the city agency that investigates all officer-involved shootings, released a statement confirming Brown’s assertion that the wounded male is an adult. Some social media accounts that authorities say fueled the unrest referred to him as a 15-year-old boy.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe Tribune report noted\u003C\/b\u003E that there are renewed calls for the \u003Cb\u003EIllinois Nationa Guard\u003C\/b\u003E to be called in to keep order. Many of the looters and rioters were spurred on by social media. The Trib has a related article worth reading:\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/breaking\/ct-looting-chicago-downtown-loop-vandalism-20200810-qoozrqks4fdffhuahru2mjuaem-story.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ELive updates: Here’s the latest on the aftermath of overnight looting and vandalism in Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/metro-state\/2020\/8\/10\/21362016\/chicago-looting-downtown-mag-mile-shooting-lightfoot-police\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChicago Sun-Times reports\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E that the police presence will be beefed up in response.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nChicago Police Supt. David Brown said police will not stand by and watch downtown Chicago become “someplace people fear.” He promised a “heavy police presence” to restore order, and said access to downtown will be restricted from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., effective Monday night.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nBrown said “the seeds for the shameful destruction we saw last night” started in Englewood Sunday afternoon. About 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a report of a man with a gun. He fled as they arrived, Brown said, and fired at officers. They returned fire, striking the man, who was taken to the University of Chicago Hospital and is expected to survive. The 20-year-old man had previously faced charges of domestic battery, reckless conduct and child endangerment, Brown said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nShortly after that, police became aware of “several social media posts” about looting planned downtown, Brown said, and as a result, the department reacted by deploying 400 officers to the downtown area.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EOne of Chicago's most outspoken civil rights personalities, Michael Pfleger,\u003C\/b\u003E actually said the looting seemed \"orchestrated.\" \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/kentuckytoday.com\/stories\/more-than-100-arrests-13-officers-hurt-amid-chicago-looting,27343\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Associated Press has this\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E(emphasis added):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nAlong the Magnificent Mile, people were seen going in and out of stores carrying shopping bags full of merchandise as well as at a bank, the Chicago Tribune reported, and \u003Cb\u003Eas the crowd grew vehicles dropped off more people in the area\u003C\/b\u003E. On streets throughout the downtown area, empty cash drawers from stores were strewn about and ATMs were ripped open.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EStores miles from downtown were also ransacked\u003C\/b\u003E, with parking lots littered with glass and items from inside the stores. Clothes hangers and boxes that once contained television sets and other electronics were seen — evidence that thieves had taken racks of clothes and removed them from the hangers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\"This was obviously very orchestrated,\" the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a prominent Roman Catholic priest and activist on the city's South Side, told WBBM-TV as cameras panned the downtown area.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPfleger's \"orchestrated\" statement is supported by many other accounts.\u003C\/b\u003E Police Superintendent David Brown said that \"caravans\" of people were seen on their way to the Mag Mile and the Loop to loot.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EBrown and Lightfoot both emphasized \u003C\/b\u003Ethat the looting should not be mistaken for protesting. “This was not an organized protest,” \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/widespread-damage-reported-in-downtown-chicago-after-night-of-looting\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBrown said\u003C\/a\u003E. “This was an incident of pure criminality.”\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nLooter uses vehicle to break into a business at the Chicago BLM riot overnight. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#BlackLivesMatter\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChicagoRiots?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ChicagoRiots\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9CaddwItYO\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/9CaddwItYO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1292801306642415616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7762658539717108274\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/pure-criminality-over-100-arrests-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/7762658539717108274"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/7762658539717108274"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/pure-criminality-over-100-arrests-in.html","title":"\"Pure Criminality\" - Over 100 Arrests in Violent \"Coordinated\" Chicago Looting Spree Last Night"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z5qDSy4wrew\/XzGWcvPh84I\/AAAAAAAAg4w\/f8XYN9HZbR4x6EwKHG_S0zSzIriKz_JLwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Looters%2B2020-08-09%2BAP%2BPhoto%2BCharles%2BRex%2BArbogast.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-8095616308431116406"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-10T03:25:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-10T23:29:56.869-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chaos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gold Coast"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"looters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michigan Avenue"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Police"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"protests"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"#BREAKING - MASS ANARCHY IN CHICAGO, LOOTING, RIOTING"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZyLXlFB4zd8\/XzD6YezPl3I\/AAAAAAAAg4E\/fy-cj57gaJkzxiwmA4VJzmTrJIK2-GLxQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/%2523ChicagoScanner%2B-%2BTwitter%2BSearch%2B_%2BTwitter%2B-%2Btwitter.com.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"770\" data-original-width=\"528\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZyLXlFB4zd8\/XzD6YezPl3I\/AAAAAAAAg4E\/fy-cj57gaJkzxiwmA4VJzmTrJIK2-GLxQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/%2523ChicagoScanner%2B-%2BTwitter%2BSearch%2B_%2BTwitter%2B-%2Btwitter.com.png\" width=\"271\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E#ChicagoScanner on Twitter\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EClick to Enlarge\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"background-color: #fff2cc;\"\u003EPlease see our followup post,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/pure-criminality-over-100-arrests-in.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"Pure Criminality\" - Over 100 Arrests in Violent \"Coordinated\" Chicago Looting Spree Last Night\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E2:20 AM, August 10 - \u003C\/b\u003EIt's after midnight in Chicago and the city's crown jewel, the \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.themagnificentmile.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMagnificent Mile\u003C\/a\u003E\" of North Michigan Avenue, in \"the Gold Coast,\" is under assault by hundreds (if not thousands) of\u003Cb\u003E looters and rioters\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EMuch of this area\u003C\/b\u003E is also known as \"Streeterville\" and has many residential buildings in it, including the iconic\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Hancock_Center\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EJohn Hancock Center\u003C\/a\u003E (857 N. Michigan Avenue).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPolice are overwhelmed\u003C\/b\u003E and desperately calling for backup and assistance (\"10-1\").\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAt this point in time,\u003C\/b\u003E it is impossible to say how widespread the looting is, but it seems certain that it is in multiple places. The looters are brazen. The cops are powerless.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe main target seems to be Nordstroms, but Macy's and other stores\u003C\/b\u003E have been looted too. Some other looting locations (on or very near the Mag Mile area):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWater Tower Place shopping mall\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe Jewel-Osco store at 540 S. Michigan\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ELouis Vuitton, Walton \u0026amp; Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOak Street - ATM's reportedly targeted.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPotash Market on State and Chestnut Street\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EVans shoes, clothing store at Cedar \u0026amp; Lake\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWalgreens at Clark and Ontario\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWalgreens at Adams and Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EBest Buy, 555 W. Roosevelt\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOmega Store, Delaware \u0026amp; Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EOthers, which we will learn about on Monday\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ENewsweek is reporting that \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/chicago-looting-riots-officer-shooting-police-1523909\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe looting and rioting may have been sparked by a police shooting\u003C\/a\u003E on Sunday afternoon:\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EIt is believed the clashes originally broke out after a suspect was shot by Chicago police in the city's Englewood neighborhood.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EChicago Police confirmed that an officer-involved shooting took place at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 9 in the 5700 block of South Racine Avenue. Officers were dispatched to reports of a man with a gun, who then spotted a suspect matching the description.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EPolice say the suspect then fired at officers as they approached him in an alleyway. The suspect continued to fire as he attempted to flee on foot, hitting one officer.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EOfficers returned fire, striking the suspect. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in unknown condition. Three officers involved in the shooting were taken to the hospital for observation.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ENOTE: \u003C\/b\u003EThis is a developing story and it is too early to know exact details. \u003Ci\u003EAs such, I'm presenting the most informative bits that I can find on the internet at this time.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nthe media\/major news outlets spent less than 60 seconds covering what’s happening in chicago tonight. speak up and hold them accountable for their deliberate lack of representation of tragedy that’s ravaging the city. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChicagoScanner?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ChicagoScanner\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/chicagoriots?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#chicagoriots\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— ethan 👑 (@ethan18reid) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ethan18reid\/status\/1292741685651415041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ETwitter is way ahead of nearly all news media outlets on this.\u003C\/b\u003E Lots of uploaded videos and tweets to be found under the hashtags #ChicagoScanner, #ChicagoLooting, #ChicagoPolice, #ChicagoRiots and others.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nBugged out. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHICAGOScanner?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#CHICAGOScanner\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChicagoRiots?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ChicagoRiots\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/toiQZNxuyL\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/toiQZNxuyL\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Celebrity DJ-DJ Tek (@djtek) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/djtek\/status\/1292715100613353474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nPolice chase a couple guys out of the Macy’s and dozens more come in. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChicagoScanner?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#ChicagoScanner\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/61wKHUMWmL\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/61wKHUMWmL\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Paige Fry (@paigexfry) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paigexfry\/status\/1292724893918859264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nTonight’s violence, looting and future financial loss is on you, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagosmayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@chicagosmayor\u003C\/a\u003E. Back the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicago_Police?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@Chicago_Police\u003C\/a\u003E and stop this chaos, approve request for Federal assistance. Stop patrolling Montrose beach and end this destruction. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vk0WcvaDw1\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/Vk0WcvaDw1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Lisa Sorenson (@lisaecook) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lisaecook\/status\/1292730383084277760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nLooters breaking into shopping center in downtown Chicago. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Looters?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Looters\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chicago?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Chicago\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#BreakingNews\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/riot?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#riot\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVFIU19NJD\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/gVFIU19NJD\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Chicago Critter (@0ddgasm) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/0ddgasm\/status\/1292734516839231489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EAugust 10, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rT5FgnL9PpI\/XzD-UnBYSHI\/AAAAAAAAg4Q\/j6jIALEAs4YLTC1BKfX0WP-pu66rOpVJgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/%2523ChicagoScanner%2B-%2BTwitter%2BSearch%2B_%2BTwitter.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"267\" data-original-width=\"525\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-rT5FgnL9PpI\/XzD-UnBYSHI\/AAAAAAAAg4Q\/j6jIALEAs4YLTC1BKfX0WP-pu66rOpVJgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/%2523ChicagoScanner%2B-%2BTwitter%2BSearch%2B_%2BTwitter.png\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E#ChicagoScanner on Twitter, 2:57 AM, August 10, 2020\u003Cbr \/\u003EClick to Enlarge\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWhen Chicago Police use the code \"10-1\"\u003C\/b\u003E they mean that an officer needs help. There were a lot of 10-1's called out on Sunday night.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EThis will get a lot of attention on Monday.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8095616308431116406\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/breaking-mass-anarchy-in-chicago.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8095616308431116406"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/8095616308431116406"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/breaking-mass-anarchy-in-chicago.html","title":"#BREAKING - MASS ANARCHY IN CHICAGO, LOOTING, RIOTING"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZyLXlFB4zd8\/XzD6YezPl3I\/AAAAAAAAg4E\/fy-cj57gaJkzxiwmA4VJzmTrJIK2-GLxQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/%2523ChicagoScanner%2B-%2BTwitter%2BSearch%2B_%2BTwitter%2B-%2Btwitter.com.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-4244057298432633565"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-04T11:59:00.008-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T02:47:11.486-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"explosives"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hezbollah"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lebanon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"middle east"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Updated: Massive Explosions In Beirut Kill At Least 80, Injure Thousands; Widespread Devastation"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003E💥\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpdated, 7:45 PM ET (12:01 AM UTC\/GMT, \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWed 05 Aug 2020)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n💥 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/speculation-and-fear-after-massive-explosion-in-beirut-637489\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESpeculation and fear after massive explosion in Beirut\u003C\/a\u003E - Jerusalem Post\u003Cbr\u003E\n💥 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/middle-east\/2020\/08\/05\/Beirut-blasts-damaged-UN-ship-badly-injured-crew-statement.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBeirut blasts damaged UN ship, badly injured crew\u003C\/a\u003E - Al Arabiya, which also reports \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/News\/middle-east\/2020\/08\/04\/Smoke-seen-from-possible-explosion-near-port-area-in-Lebanon-s-Beirut.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eat least 75 dead and 3,700 injured\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n💥 Some excellent \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/bbc.com\/news\/live\/world-middle-east-53656328\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elive reporting by BBC News about the Beirut explosions\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n💥 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/world\/2020\/08\/04\/beirut-lebanon-explosion-causes-destruction-people-wounded-near-port\/3289423001\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EA report from USA Today\u003C\/a\u003E (emphasis added): \u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;Though the cause of the explosion was yet to be officially determined, Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General Security, said it might have been caused by highly explosive material that was stored at the port after it was confiscated from a ship. Television channel LBC [Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation] said the material was \u003Cb\u003Esodium nitrate\u003C\/b\u003E. Mohammed Fahmi, Lebanon\u0026#39;s interior minister, told Al-Jazeera news the blast appeared to have been caused by \u003Cb\u003Eammonium nitrate\u003C\/b\u003E that was stored in a warehouse. Ammonium nitrate, used in chemical fertilizer production, was a component of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995.\u0026quot; \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n💥  \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillNeelyNBC\/status\/1290761746291007489?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBill Neely (@BillNeelyNBC) tweeted this\u003C\/a\u003E at 5:29 PM ET: \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u0026quot;Lebanese Prime Minister says #Beirut explosions caused by an \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cb style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003Eestimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003E left unsecured for 6 years in a warehouse. He vows to punish officials responsible. 50+ dead, 3,000 injured, hospitals overwhelmed.\u0026quot; \u003C\/i\u003E (For comparison, in 1995 Timothy McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.okhistory.org\/publications\/enc\/entry.php?entry=OK026\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewith two tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer\u003C\/a\u003E mixed with fuel oil.)\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/massive-explosion-in-beirut-kills.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4244057298432633565\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/massive-explosion-in-beirut-kills.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4244057298432633565"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4244057298432633565"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/08\/massive-explosion-in-beirut-kills.html","title":"Updated: Massive Explosions In Beirut Kill At Least 80, Injure Thousands; Widespread Devastation"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xvAF6oA58ck\/XymQqhi93II\/AAAAAAAAgqo\/0Lhj58xmOksOFvXQzj2Wv8jjF8oHW0zbgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/A%2Blarge%2Bexplosion%2Bis%2Bseen%2Bin%2Ba%2Bport%2Barea%2Bof%2BBeirut%252C%2BLebanon%2Bon%2BAug.%2B4%252C%2B2020.%2B%2528Twitter-GinoRaidy%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-3527065940518438122"},"published":{"$t":"2020-08-01T02:10:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-11T02:44:12.639-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"heroes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"James Megellas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"veterans"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"James Megellas, 103-Year-Old WWII Hero, Passes Away"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JWewUN_QwWg\/XyUTbxfigZI\/AAAAAAAAgTg\/3Uux3i0JIow0uBLJmjebdng7Zwouq5szgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/megellas-milley-internal-min.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"507\" data-original-width=\"662\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JWewUN_QwWg\/XyUTbxfigZI\/AAAAAAAAgTg\/3Uux3i0JIow0uBLJmjebdng7Zwouq5szgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/megellas-milley-internal-min.jpg\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThen-Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley hosts \u003Cbr\u003E\nLt. Col. James “Maggie” Megellas at Pentagon \u003Cbr\u003E\nin 2017. (Photo by Sgt. Jamill Ford\/Army)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cstrong\u003EUpdated August 1, 2020: \u003C\/strong\u003EThis post was originally posted on March 2, 2008.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWe are sad to learn \u003C\/b\u003Ethat retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel \u003Cb\u003EJames “Maggie” Megellas\u003C\/b\u003E, \u0026quot;the most decorated officer in the history of the U.S. 82nd Airborne Division,\u0026quot; passed away on April 2, 2020 at the age of 103.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nLt. Col. Megellas, of Colleyville, Texas and a Life Member of AHEPA Chapter 369, Madison, Wisconsin, passed away April 2, 2020. He was 103 years old.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ERead his amazing story\u003C\/b\u003E at \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalherald.com\/community_general_news\/arthro\/ahepa_mourns_hero_and_world_war_ii_veteran_james_megellas-267158\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe National Herald\u003C\/a\u003E. Here\u0026#39;s an excerpt:\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/91-year-old-war-vet-still-going-strong.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3527065940518438122\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/91-year-old-war-vet-still-going-strong.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/3527065940518438122"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/3527065940518438122"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/91-year-old-war-vet-still-going-strong.html","title":"James Megellas, 103-Year-Old WWII Hero, Passes Away"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-JWewUN_QwWg\/XyUTbxfigZI\/AAAAAAAAgTg\/3Uux3i0JIow0uBLJmjebdng7Zwouq5szgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/megellas-milley-internal-min.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-4390404138962535245"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-24T21:57:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-30T18:58:55.559-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"consulate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"diplomacy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Houston TX"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Three Videos Explain US and China Consulate Closings (Updated)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-f7zNmEUh9EI\/XyMeg1K2TBI\/AAAAAAAAgJ0\/VjXWj7WzaaY6LIzQbJoma53tGUskQpLTQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/US-China%2BTension%2B-%2BSource%2BAdobestock.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"466\" data-original-width=\"700\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-f7zNmEUh9EI\/XyMeg1K2TBI\/AAAAAAAAgJ0\/VjXWj7WzaaY6LIzQbJoma53tGUskQpLTQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/US-China%2BTension%2B-%2BSource%2BAdobestock.jpg\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThree good videos\u003C\/b\u003E to help you understand the recent forced closing of China\u0026#39;s consulate in Houston. In retaliation, China ordered the U.S. consulate closed in Chengdu.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EUpdate, July 27:\u003C\/b\u003E China takes over closed U.S. Consulate in Chengdu days after ordering it shut, as relations continue to plummet - \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/china-takes-over-closed-us-consulate-chengdu-days-after-ordering-it-shut-today-2020-00727\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECBS News\u003C\/a\u003E. \u0026quot;China maintains consulates in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York along with its embassy in Washington. The U.S. has four other consulates in China and an embassy in Beijing, keeping the sides in parity in terms of diplomatic missions.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ciframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fwbZFx3pca8\" width=\"560\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003C\/center\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/three-videos-explain-us-and-china.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4390404138962535245\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/three-videos-explain-us-and-china.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4390404138962535245"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/4390404138962535245"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/three-videos-explain-us-and-china.html","title":"Three Videos Explain US and China Consulate Closings (Updated)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-f7zNmEUh9EI\/XyMeg1K2TBI\/AAAAAAAAgJ0\/VjXWj7WzaaY6LIzQbJoma53tGUskQpLTQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/US-China%2BTension%2B-%2BSource%2BAdobestock.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5791280776757936987"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-24T15:33:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-27T22:57:23.750-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"communists"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"consulate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Houston TX"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"International Relations"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"politics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"protesters"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Look At The Closed Chinese Consulate In Houston (Plus Goofy Protesters)"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EOn Tuesday, July 21, 2020,\u003C\/b\u003E the Trump Administration ordered the General Consulate of China in Houston to be vacated. Smoke was seen that afternoon as \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/why-they-burned-documents-us-shuts-down.html\"\u003Econsulate workers burned documents\u003C\/a\u003E in their courtyard. I went to the consulate to see what was happening on July 23. \u003Cb\u003E(\u003Ci\u003ESee video below\u003C\/i\u003E.)\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hizB0l2twWY\/Xxz2KkkElgI\/AAAAAAAAfpU\/hUkVAyLlQOElLbGRiSZdWPU5gJJkcttMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/China%2BConsulate%2BChina%2BConsulate%2B2020-07-23%2B%25289%2529-min-2020-07-25%2Btitled-min%2B800px.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hizB0l2twWY\/Xxz2KkkElgI\/AAAAAAAAfpU\/hUkVAyLlQOElLbGRiSZdWPU5gJJkcttMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/China%2BConsulate%2BChina%2BConsulate%2B2020-07-23%2B%25289%2529-min-2020-07-25%2Btitled-min%2B800px.png\" width=\"400\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EA small group of anti-American protesters showed up.\u003Cbr\u003E\nPhoto: Chicago News Bench\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAs I was about to leave,\u003C\/b\u003E a small group of communists arrived. They were demanding that the consulate be allowed to stay open. Which is, if you think about it, a futile and stupid demand to make.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWhy? Trump\u003C\/b\u003E isn\u0026#39;t going to see them and say, \u0026quot;Hey, well, if they\u0026#39;re \u003Ci\u003Edemanding\u003C\/i\u003E it then I better call President Xi and tell him to keep it open.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAnd Xi \u003C\/b\u003Eisn\u0026#39;t going to see the protesters and suddenly decide to defy the U.S. by not closing the consulate, which would risk the defiant occupants-turned-squatters being arrested by federal agents. The arrogant ignorance of these protesters is truly fantastical.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E(\u003Ci\u003ESee video below\u003C\/i\u003E.)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/i-went-to-shut-down-chinese-consulate.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5791280776757936987\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/i-went-to-shut-down-chinese-consulate.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5791280776757936987"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5791280776757936987"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/i-went-to-shut-down-chinese-consulate.html","title":"A Look At The Closed Chinese Consulate In Houston (Plus Goofy Protesters)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-hizB0l2twWY\/Xxz2KkkElgI\/AAAAAAAAfpU\/hUkVAyLlQOElLbGRiSZdWPU5gJJkcttMQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/China%2BConsulate%2BChina%2BConsulate%2B2020-07-23%2B%25289%2529-min-2020-07-25%2Btitled-min%2B800px.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-5933221868442229997"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-22T21:06:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-30T14:59:15.132-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"albuquerque"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicago"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"crime"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"federal law"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lori Lightfoot"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Operation LeGend: Trump Sending Fed Agents to Chicago, Albuquerque, Already In Kansas City"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KYP_tX2J1r0\/XxjwdbNkL9I\/AAAAAAAAfVQ\/iVkxBCDB28gMlVhypnUwH5X4h-GtfTkdgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B347%2B-%2BTrump%2Bdelivers%2Bremarks%2Bon%2B%2527Operation%2BLegend%2527%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"434\" data-original-width=\"597\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KYP_tX2J1r0\/XxjwdbNkL9I\/AAAAAAAAfVQ\/iVkxBCDB28gMlVhypnUwH5X4h-GtfTkdgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B347%2B-%2BTrump%2Bdelivers%2Bremarks%2Bon%2B%2527Operation%2BLegend%2527%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.jpg\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EPresident Trump says he will send federal law enforcement agents to Chicago, IL and Albuquerque, NM\u003C\/b\u003E in a federal effort to fight the violent crime by expanding \u0026quot;Operation LeGend.\u0026quot; This comes after weeks of Trump\u0026#39;s threats do to this. Both cities are controlled by Democrats.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThis from \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kmbc.com\/article\/president-donald-trump-expanding-justice-departments-operation-legend-to-chicago-albuquerque\/33395432#\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EKMBC News 9\u003C\/a\u003E in Kansas City, MO (emphasis added):\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nPresident Donald Trump announced Wednesday an expansion of a federal law enforcement operation currently underway in Kansas City to the cities of Chicago, Illinois, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe operation – called Operation LeGend for 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was killed when shots were fired into his Kansas City home as he slept \u003C\/b\u003E– involves agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\nKMBC continued:\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nAuthorities say that more than 225 federal law enforcement personnel have arrived in Kansas City to assist in curbing the violent crime that claimed [LeGend] Taliferro’s life.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n[...]\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\nKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas welcomed federal help but also said it doesn’t diminish the role of the Kansas City Police Department.\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u0026quot;This operation is not tanks in the streets,” Lucas said. “This operation is not a substitute patrol force.”\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/22\/report-trump-to-send-federal-agents-to-chicago-albuquerque\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EBreitbart\u003C\/a\u003E quotes a report from McClatchy (at \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/politics-government\/article244402912.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ekansascity.com\u003C\/a\u003E), the title of which is \u0026quot;Trump expanding Justice Department’s Operation Legend to Chicago, Albuquerque.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/operation-legend-trump-sending-federal.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5933221868442229997\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/operation-legend-trump-sending-federal.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5933221868442229997"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5933221868442229997"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/operation-legend-trump-sending-federal.html","title":"Operation LeGend: Trump Sending Fed Agents to Chicago, Albuquerque, Already In Kansas City"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KYP_tX2J1r0\/XxjwdbNkL9I\/AAAAAAAAfVQ\/iVkxBCDB28gMlVhypnUwH5X4h-GtfTkdgCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/FireShot%2BCapture%2B347%2B-%2BTrump%2Bdelivers%2Bremarks%2Bon%2B%2527Operation%2BLegend%2527%2B-%2BYouTube%2B-%2Bwww.youtube.com.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-7998907295059897831"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-22T11:07:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-30T23:57:04.048-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"consulate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"diplomacy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fire"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Houston TX"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"WHY They Burned Documents: U.S. Shuts Down Chinese Consulate in Houston, Charges of Spying and Theft of Scientific Research"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S57v3THLyvk\/XxhiB0zNAnI\/AAAAAAAAfTE\/5XKVUiAv3NsbLP6vNOKM7Pm8tex3H_-UACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/China%2BFlag%2BVariation%2B%25287%2529.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"533\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S57v3THLyvk\/XxhiB0zNAnI\/AAAAAAAAfTE\/5XKVUiAv3NsbLP6vNOKM7Pm8tex3H_-UACLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/China%2BFlag%2BVariation%2B%25287%2529.png\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/breaking-consulate-general-of-china-in.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast night we posted\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E that smoke was seen coming from the Consulate General of China in Houston. Local police and firefighters were standing by outside the building at 3417 Montrose Boulevard. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2Tulsi\/status\/1285772143788261376?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVideo showed people in the consulate\u0026#39;s courtyard burning documents\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe reason:\u003C\/b\u003E Yesterday, the U.S. ordered China to close the consulate before the end of Friday, July 24. Though not happy about it, China is indeed shutting it down — at least for now.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/China?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#China\u003C\/a\u003E’s consulate in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Houston?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Houston\u003C\/a\u003E is not a diplomatic facility. It is the central node of the Communist Party’s vast network of spies \u0026amp; influence operations in the United States. Now that building must close \u0026amp; the spies have 72 hours to leave or face arrest.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThis needed to happen.\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1285918905412853761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EJuly 22, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EToday \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Passport+and+Visa+Office+of+China+Consulate+General+in+Houston\/@29.7389724,-95.4033459,14z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640bf63b66bc929:0xfef4685221de0906!8m2!3d29.7415086!4d-95.3907261\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eon Google Maps\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E the consulate, also called the \u0026quot;Passport and Visa Office of China Consulate General in Houston,\u0026quot; is listed as \u0026quot;temporarily closed.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/why-they-burned-documents-us-shuts-down.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7998907295059897831\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/why-they-burned-documents-us-shuts-down.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/7998907295059897831"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/7998907295059897831"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/why-they-burned-documents-us-shuts-down.html","title":"WHY They Burned Documents: U.S. Shuts Down Chinese Consulate in Houston, Charges of Spying and Theft of Scientific Research"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-S57v3THLyvk\/XxhiB0zNAnI\/AAAAAAAAfTE\/5XKVUiAv3NsbLP6vNOKM7Pm8tex3H_-UACLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/China%2BFlag%2BVariation%2B%25287%2529.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-1298542274737819427"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-21T22:48:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-08-02T14:45:03.472-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"China"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"consulate"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"diplomacy"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fire"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Houston TX"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Consulate General of China in Houston Is Burning Documents In Their Courtyard; Houston Police and Fire On Scene"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003EVideo shows people who appear to be deliberately burning documents in the inner, open-air courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston. (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/why-they-burned-documents-us-shuts-down.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESee update here\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u0026quot;\u003C\/b\u003EHouston police tell \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/news\/fire-at-chinese-consulate-in-houston-due-to-classified-documents-being-burned-ahead-of-eviction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFOX 26\u003C\/a\u003E that they were burning classified documents because \u003Ci\u003Ethey are being evicted from the building on Friday\u003C\/i\u003E at 4 p.m. When asked why the Chinese Consulate was being evicted, HPD told us to ask the U.S. State Department or President Donald Trump himself.\u0026quot; \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nThis video shared with us by a viewer who lives next to the Consulate General of China in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Houston?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#Houston\u003C\/a\u003E shows fire and activity in the courtyard of the building. \u003Cbr\u003E\nDETAILS SO FAR: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2cOeKoap96\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/2cOeKoap96\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0myxe6HIlC\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/0myxe6HIlC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— KPRC2Tulsi (@KPRC2Tulsi) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KPRC2Tulsi\/status\/1285772143788261376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EJuly 22, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2020\/07\/22\/houston-fire-and-police-responding-to-reports-of-documents-being-burned-at-consulate-general-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAccording to KPRC\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E, \u0026quot;Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/breaking-consulate-general-of-china-in.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1298542274737819427\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/breaking-consulate-general-of-china-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/1298542274737819427"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/1298542274737819427"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/breaking-consulate-general-of-china-in.html","title":"Consulate General of China in Houston Is Burning Documents In Their Courtyard; Houston Police and Fire On Scene"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1D9g1mdIzfA\/Xxezw0OZgdI\/AAAAAAAAfRs\/UAd13Hp-4ngGRzOntuUpYthmD_H24856wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/Chinese%2BConsulate%2BHouston.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-2714260081681274976"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-18T22:44:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-19T01:28:14.467-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"artwork"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"humor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"memes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"parody"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"political humor"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"political satire"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"satire"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"15 More Free Original Memes For You To Use"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EA few days ago, I posted a bunch of memes that I made (\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/another-semi-occasional-image-dump-free.html\"\u003Esee them here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/my-take-on-goya-and-land-olakes.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EHere are 15 more, free for your use,\u003C\/b\u003E no catch. Just download them and use them as you please.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFor best download results,\u003C\/b\u003E click on a small image below and it will enlarge. Then right-click and select \"Save\" to your PC or device. (If you don't enlarge it first, you'll be saving a small version of an image.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9ZwyEqO8VFg\/XxPFRdaKkkI\/AAAAAAAAfI0\/EERCr9raGgA7OmxxRIQ4jaAcw3QVRiifACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/iraq-election.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"440\" data-original-width=\"660\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9ZwyEqO8VFg\/XxPFRdaKkkI\/AAAAAAAAfI0\/EERCr9raGgA7OmxxRIQ4jaAcw3QVRiifACLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/iraq-election.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThey Didn't Need Mail-In Ballots\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"2\" style=\"width: 500px;\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Gu0Yy4bZRs\/XxHPInGzhSI\/AAAAAAAAfFA\/PgAA0afQwCce5ykKiCemO_Yu3PDBEbwPwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/US%2BAtty%2BJohn%2BLausch%2B-%2BAssociated%2BPress.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"US Atty John Lausch - Associated Press\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"228\" data-original-width=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Gu0Yy4bZRs\/XxHPInGzhSI\/AAAAAAAAfFA\/PgAA0afQwCce5ykKiCemO_Yu3PDBEbwPwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/US%2BAtty%2BJohn%2BLausch%2B-%2BAssociated%2BPress.jpg\" title=\"US Atty John Lausch - Associated Press\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWill John Lausch bring down Mike Madigan?\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWill this federal investigation be the one to finally bring down Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EWait. Pause.\u003C\/b\u003E This is a story about utility company ComEd agreeing to pay $200 million in fines for bribery, right? Yes. \u003Cb\u003EBut the Madigan aspect is actually bigger \u003C\/b\u003E(in my opinion) than whatever crimes were committed by ComEd employees. It has the potential of upending Illinois politics as we\u0026#39;ve known them for half a century. The end of the Madigan Age may be near.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"tr_bq\"\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EFrom the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/crime\/2020\/7\/17\/21328229\/feds-file-criminal-charges-against-comed-implicate-michael-madigan-springfield-politics-us-attorney\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EChicago Sun-Times report\u003C\/a\u003E, June 17 (emphasis added):\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EFederal prosecutors implicated Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan on Friday in a brazen, Chicago-style bribery scheme involving ComEd that allegedly went on for years and involved payments to Madigan associates exceeding $1.3 million. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003EThough the stunning, lengthy details were revealed in documents that charged only ComEd — and not Madigan — with bribery, they said ComEd has agreed to “fully and truthfully cooperate” with federal prosecutors. The company has agreed to pay a $200 million fine and acknowledged that it sought Madigan’s help for legislation that could be worth more than $150 million to the utility company. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMadigan is not identified by name in the documents, rather as “Public Official A.” But there is no doubt it is him, as the documents identify that person as Illinois’ house speaker. No one in the country has held that title as long as Madigan. \u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-68bOQnP5Vs4\/XxHNBDG6GfI\/AAAAAAAAfEs\/4lSjJnBz-bgkNz1ZdKOVJXPPrR458LgPACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Madigan2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Mike Madigan - The Devil Lives In Springfield\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"424\" data-original-width=\"640\" height=\"212\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-68bOQnP5Vs4\/XxHNBDG6GfI\/AAAAAAAAfEs\/4lSjJnBz-bgkNz1ZdKOVJXPPrR458LgPACLcBGAsYHQ\/s320\/Madigan2.jpg\" title=\"Mike Madigan - The Devil Lives In Springfield\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EMike Madigan: The Devil Lives In Springfield\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: red;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagobusiness.com\/david-greising-government\/our-current-us-attorney-strong-silent-type\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EU.S. Attorney John Lausch\u003C\/a\u003E’s office held a news conference early this afternoon\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E with the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation division. The purpose of the presser is, as the Sun-Times\u0026#39;s Jon Seidel put it, \u0026quot;to discuss what could be one of the most significant prosecutions in Illinois history.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EI want to note, for accuracy,\u003C\/b\u003E that the Sun-Times report was \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003E presumptive. Quoted above, it said that \u0026quot;Madigan is not identified by name in the documents, rather as \u0026#39;Public Official A\u0026#39;.\u0026quot; U.S. Attorney Rausch was asked about Madigan in his press conference today, and his response was to \u003Ci\u003Enot\u003C\/i\u003E name Madigan (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zzGizS5bKrc\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewatch full presser on YouTube\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/will-mike-madigan-be-toppled-in-comed.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5764894849788645398\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/will-mike-madigan-be-toppled-in-comed.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5764894849788645398"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/5764894849788645398"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/will-mike-madigan-be-toppled-in-comed.html","title":"Updated: Will Mike Madigan Be Toppled in the ComEd Bribery Investigation?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3Gu0Yy4bZRs\/XxHPInGzhSI\/AAAAAAAAfFA\/PgAA0afQwCce5ykKiCemO_Yu3PDBEbwPwCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/US%2BAtty%2BJohn%2BLausch%2B-%2BAssociated%2BPress.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-2877154935258462156"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-15T22:40:00.004-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-15T22:49:29.207-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"artwork"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Donald Trump"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Goya Foods"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"memes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"parody"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"political satire"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"My Take on Goya and Land O'Lakes"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cb\u003EI was inspired\u003C\/b\u003E to make this meme (below) the other day, in light of the Left's childish \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-says-goya-boycott-backfired-people-are-buying-like-crazy\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eboycott of Goya Foods\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E. Others (like me) are encouraging a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/15\/why-hispanic-business-owners-are-urging-you-to-buy-cott-goya-products\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\"BUY-cott\" of Goya products\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAs you can see,\u003C\/b\u003E I also played with the Land O'Lakes butter carton. They recently \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dairyfoods.com\/articles\/94352-land-o-lakes-unveils-new-packaging-for-its-consumer-facing-products\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eremoved the likeness of a Native American woman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E for purely political reasons. (\"There’s another story behind that Land O'Lakes butter box,\" \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/indiancountrytoday.com\/news\/there-s-another-story-behind-that-land-o-lakes-butter-box-v-QWAwVzCUCmHEs3OmHTdA\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewrites Dalton Walker at Indian Country Today\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPlease feel free to save the image and share it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z_4-IJQn-pA\/Xw_IkZO-qMI\/AAAAAAAAfCc\/eYh0prrIceUAaky2zuV89ByJaAhQDkV7gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/BUTTER%2BGOYA.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"450\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z_4-IJQn-pA\/Xw_IkZO-qMI\/AAAAAAAAfCc\/eYh0prrIceUAaky2zuV89ByJaAhQDkV7gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/BUTTER%2BGOYA.png\" width=\"560\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EClick to enlarge, then right-click to save image\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\n.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoyaFoods?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@GoyaFoods\u003C\/a\u003E is doing GREAT. The Radical Left smear machine backfired, people are buying like crazy!\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1283370156341760001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EJuly 15, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2877154935258462156\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/my-take-on-goya-and-land-olakes.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/2877154935258462156"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/2877154935258462156"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/my-take-on-goya-and-land-olakes.html","title":"My Take on Goya and Land O'Lakes"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-z_4-IJQn-pA\/Xw_IkZO-qMI\/AAAAAAAAfCc\/eYh0prrIceUAaky2zuV89ByJaAhQDkV7gCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/BUTTER%2BGOYA.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-24116857111978444"},"published":{"$t":"2020-07-15T22:09:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-07-31T23:54:21.390-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"artwork"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"memes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"parody"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"political satire"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Free Memes Image Dump"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QUQzLmhu_ik\/Xw_ENadKmaI\/AAAAAAAAfCQ\/891HyZCMB-gfgpUChEMIZPr-1mHCxp9egCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/CNN%2BBaxter.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"342\" data-original-width=\"553\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QUQzLmhu_ik\/Xw_ENadKmaI\/AAAAAAAAfCQ\/891HyZCMB-gfgpUChEMIZPr-1mHCxp9egCLcBGAsYHQ\/s400\/CNN%2BBaxter.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EClick to enlarge, then right-click to download\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nEvery now and then I post some of the meme-ish art that I do. As you can see, these are political satire. Feel free to copy and repost these as you wish.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBelow: Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Al Sharpton, Eric Swalwell, a Coronavirus-themed Chinese flag, and Stalin within the Obama 'swirl' logo.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EClick to enlarge an image, then right-click to save. \u003C\/b\u003ENote: \u003Ci\u003EIf you right-click and save before\u0026nbsp;enlarging, you'll get a small version.\u003C\/i\u003E I recommend enlarging \u003Ci\u003Ebefore\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;saving.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EAND HEY LOOK! \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/07\/14-more-free-original-memes-for-you-to.html\"\u003EThere's 15 more memes that we just put up\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\n\u003Ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"2\" style=\"width: 500px;\" valign=\"top\"\u003E\n\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd valign=\"top\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xWx37hB4plA\/Xw-9gkp_S5I\/AAAAAAAAfAM\/89n6DZC8TaY_jj-AlBaOGRqMaG84nun3wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_06.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"414\" data-original-width=\"478\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-xWx37hB4plA\/Xw-9gkp_S5I\/AAAAAAAAfAM\/89n6DZC8TaY_jj-AlBaOGRqMaG84nun3wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_06.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3PtdATeTS3E\/Xw-9gl6bM_I\/AAAAAAAAfAQ\/Zfa0eA7sSaM62aBvXgLPUMgZHRL8_PSCACLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_08_CNB.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"507\" data-original-width=\"634\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-3PtdATeTS3E\/Xw-9gl6bM_I\/AAAAAAAAfAQ\/Zfa0eA7sSaM62aBvXgLPUMgZHRL8_PSCACLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/Hitlary-Clinton-mustache_08_CNB.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"512\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NbR3NbSqI7M\/XvzZOlEKKiI\/AAAAAAAAeHY\/Ly00CXPpwd0lny1QQRxMD3b42cP4x7-HQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s200\/unnamed.png\" width=\"200\"\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThe old Blogger user interface (draft.blogger.com) was functional.\u003C\/b\u003E Quirky, but functional, and it allowed for easy creation and editing of websites. But Blogger\u0026#39;s owner Google has decided to screw it up.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-family: \u0026quot;helvetica neue\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;arial\u0026quot; , \u0026quot;helvetica\u0026quot; , sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpdate, July 13: \u003C\/b\u003E\u003Ci\u003EI am still using Blogger\u0026#39;s legacy user interface. Despite telling us that the New Blogger interface would be replaced on July 1, it\u0026#39;s still available and upon login Blogger still urges me to try the New Blogger. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThe new interface will replace the legacy UI tomorrow, July 1st.\u003C\/b\u003E Many of its functions don\u0026#39;t work consistently, I have found, and some don\u0026#39;t work at all. I\u0026#39;m not writing a tech post here, so I won\u0026#39;t go into detail. However, \u003Cb\u003EMaking A Mark blog\u003C\/b\u003E already has a good \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/makingamark.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/googles-new-almost-default-blogger-work.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elist of things wrong with Blogger\u0026#39;s new interface\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EIf you have already tried the \u0026quot;New Blogger\u0026quot; \u003C\/b\u003E(it\u0026#39;s been optional), you know what I\u0026#39;m talking about. \u003Cb\u003EI captured three examples\u003C\/b\u003E of people complaining to Google about it. (See them below.)\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003EThose of you who have not yet experienced it\u003C\/b\u003E are in for an unpleasant surprise. Apparently, Google and Blogger have never heard the expression, \u0026quot;If it ain\u0026#39;t broke don\u0026#39;t fix it.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ESo here\u0026#39;s my last post made\u003C\/b\u003E with the \u0026quot;Old Blogger.\u0026quot;\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/bloggers-new-interface-sucks.html#more\"\u003ECONTINUE READING...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1655174705739902078\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/bloggers-new-interface-sucks.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/1655174705739902078"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/1655174705739902078"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/bloggers-new-interface-sucks.html","title":"Blogger's New User Interface Sucks (Updated)"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-NbR3NbSqI7M\/XvzZOlEKKiI\/AAAAAAAAeHY\/Ly00CXPpwd0lny1QQRxMD3b42cP4x7-HQCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/unnamed.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36415951.post-3988251318795396626"},"published":{"$t":"2020-06-26T19:48:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-06-26T19:57:53.411-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"dementia"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"democrats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"George Floyd"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Nancy Pelosi"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Schumer"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pelosi, Schumer Both Flub George Floyd's Name"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pow5IcsMN3I\/XvaZd7AKy6I\/AAAAAAAAdpg\/agId0bjx9yg2UX9_GEArNMZd5Lo-eYy6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/pelosi.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"278\" data-original-width=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pow5IcsMN3I\/XvaZd7AKy6I\/AAAAAAAAdpg\/agId0bjx9yg2UX9_GEArNMZd5Lo-eYy6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s1600\/pelosi.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003ESince May 25, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/timeline-george-floyd-protests-200610194807385.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethere have been many protests\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E — even rioting and looting — in the name of George Floyd. His has become a household name in the month that has passed, yet Democrat \"leaders\" Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi can't remember Floyd's name. Schumer is the top Democrat in the Republican-controlled Senate. Pelosi is the Speaker of the House of Representatives and (yikes!!!) third in line of succession to the presidency. God help us.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n“I only will do that [name a bill after George Floyd] if this legislation is worthy of George Kirby’s name, and he said it is,” the speaker said today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nSpeaker Pelosi says the Democrat-led police reform bill has to be “worthy of George Kirby’s name.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n🧐🧐🧐 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gpi1MmBFHp\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/Gpi1MmBFHp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyCaller\/status\/1276555894361333761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EJune 26, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EShe did not catch her own mistake. Schumer, at least, did correct himself after botching Floyd's name twice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"\u003E\n\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\nCan't make this up. In the middle of his speech to kill the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimScottSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@TimScottSC\u003C\/a\u003E police reform bill, Chuck Schumer can't even get George Floyd's name right. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\"Floyd Taylor...George Taylor...\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nDemocrats are blocking this bill for crass political reasons. Won't even allow amendments. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z49p6JkzxX\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/Z49p6JkzxX\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewHClark\/status\/1275805215095238656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EJune 24, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\n\nThis begs the question: After four weeks of heavy news coverage, and of George Floyd's name being on the lips of the average American, \u003Ci\u003Ehow are these top Democrats able to flub his name?\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;Do they even talk about Floyd off-camera? Do they even care enough about George Floyd that his name just automatically flows easily off of their tongues? No and no, apparently. To Pelosi and Schumer, the tragedy of George Floyd's death is just a cheap talking point.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003ETwitter: @chinewsbench (twitter.com\/chinewsbench)\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/feeds\/3988251318795396626\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/pelosi-schumer-both-flub-george-floyds.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/3988251318795396626"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/36415951\/posts\/default\/3988251318795396626"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/rogersparkbench.blogspot.com\/2020\/06\/pelosi-schumer-both-flub-george-floyds.html","title":"Pelosi, Schumer Both Flub George Floyd's Name"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-pow5IcsMN3I\/XvaZd7AKy6I\/AAAAAAAAdpg\/agId0bjx9yg2UX9_GEArNMZd5Lo-eYy6wCLcBGAsYHQ\/s72-c\/pelosi.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});