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Sept. 6
Orchids to
Brian Hannasch for sitting still for 12 hours for the first time in his life in support of Turning Point and some of the most vulnerable members of our community.
the appropriate change of name from Department of Defense to Department of War since we seem to be in a constant state of war these days.
Gramz Bakery for your kindness to me.
Onions to
the president, who has made the Presidential Medal of Freedom a Cracker Jack prize.
the occupant of the White House, who clearly has a vision problem, calling those who attacked the Capitol patriots, and saying Kennedy did a fine job testifying.
the health secretary’s disgusting and revealing “Operation Warped Memory.”
senators who would rather harangue witnesses instead of getting information from them.
the CDC and all the chaos with the COVID-19 vaccines.
all those would-be officials who won’t call basketball games right.
drivers who don’t drive with their daytime driving lights on.
private vehicles with sheriff vanity plates violating traffic laws, feeling like they have the right to.
officials spending taxpayer money on a muddy river project while local kids go hungry.
the large company that covertly discriminates against senior employees.
the company’s salaried workers who refer to hourly workers as “stupid, lazy, over-paid hamburger flippers.”
government units that keep using paving companies that do not do a quality job.
all the liars coming out, claiming to be congressmen.
the police not patrolling Northbrook for blatant sign-running.
