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2016-12-10 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-12-10 07:37|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Singapore seems to have made it as a separate city-state. Then again Singapore is not rife with corrupted government and no-go neighborhoods.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-12-10 08:54|| 2016-12-10 08:54|| Front Page Top

#2 These sanctuary cities really ought to be called traitor cities because they are in open rebellion against the United States.

Now there's an idea. Prosecute Rahm Emanuel for treason. Make an example of him. When he's sitting in a federal prison we'll see how officials in other cities feel about this issue.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-12-10 11:28|| 2016-12-10 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 like my grandfather who came to the city of Chicago as a 13-year old 100 years ago," said Emanuel

Apparently going south to Chicago from Canada was a regular path for illegal immigrants at the time. A few weeks ago an older friend of mine, in justifying keeping open America's southern border, told me how her grandfather had snuck illegally into Chicago at around the same time and got a job to earn enough to bring in his wife and children. While he was here illegally, she said, he even voted in the elections as if he were already a citizen. No big deal. When he was ready, he snuck back north, fetched the family, and came south legally. Whether he voted thereafter until he became a citizen she did not say.

There is no way to explain to a 75 year old retired college dean's wife -- who is otherwise a dear, lovely person -- how many things are wrong with that history. But it does clarify some things about Chicago.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-12-10 12:43|| 2016-12-10 12:43|| Front Page Top

#4 If you're gonna bring up the subject of illegal immigration from Canada to Chicago you should not forget how Al Capone and others of his ilk smuggled bootleg liquor across the Canadian border to supply the thirsty residents of Chicago and the surrounding region. These days the smugglers bring illegal immigrants, heroin, cocaine, marijuana and meth from Mexico but I guess it's all part of the same Chicago tradition that Hizonor Rahm Emanuel is attempting to uphold.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-12-10 13:36|| 2016-12-10 13:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Singapore. Chewing gum illegal.

Posted by BigEdLB 2016-12-10 13:52|| 2016-12-10 13:52|| Front Page Top

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