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quote:Senate President John Cullerton told his caucus at the end of veto session Thursday night that he plans to retire and step away from his post in January. Inneresting
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KDdidit posted:https://wgntv.com/2019/11/14/illinois-senate-president-john-cullerton-to-retire-in-january/ So when is the FBI raiding his office
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Nov 15, 2019 02:18
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dwarf74 posted:Yeah the vote I thought would be for the lesser evil actually turned out to be ... not very evil at all, especially by Illinois standards. Maybe instead of having a bunch of buffoons and lackeys running interference for plutocrats we should just put the plutocrats directly in charge
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Nov 15, 2019 03:17
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I mean, we did.
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Nov 15, 2019 04:01
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This is why I won't live in Indiana, no matter how low the taxes are: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/14/779339897/3-indiana-judges-suspended-after-white-castle-brawl-that-left-2-of-them-wounded
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Nov 15, 2019 05:14
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The X-man cometh posted:This is why I won't live in Indiana, no matter how low the taxes are: Also, low taxes also mean low services. I've been working in Indiana the last several years. The only snowplow I've ever seen on their side of the state line was owned by the Horseshoe.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:58
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Can’t wait to force NWI to join us in the state’s crusade against DST.
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Nov 15, 2019 20:21
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KDdidit posted:Can’t wait to force NWI to join us in the state’s crusade against DST. I saw that the bill passed the Senate and headed to the House; how likely is it that it will also pass the House? Shameful of the article I read to not add that information.
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Nov 15, 2019 20:54
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I like that it's using the summer hours for all year long. That would be great right about now.
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Nov 15, 2019 22:50
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Nail Rat posted:I like that it's using the summer hours for all year long. That would be great right about now. I looked at it a couple weeks ago, and was shocked to realize that we don't even use a 6-month split; CST (winter time) is only in effect for 4 months. Why even loving bother, y'know? I really hope that bill passes. My buddy said that Oregon just did their last time change ever this month. Which, odd they chose to stay with winter time, hmm.
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Nov 15, 2019 23:07
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That's because "daylight savings time" is active in the summer. Winter is the standard one. Which I guess you already know, but I don't think it would make much sense to pick their own standard that no one else uses.
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Nov 15, 2019 23:10
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Nov 15, 2019 23:27
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What was the point of daylight savings? Also I could have swore I read some stuff about how getting rid of it would save a ton of energy costs.
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Nov 15, 2019 23:43
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Niwrad posted:What was the point of daylight savings? Literally to save candles. Edit - but it's mostly a city/rural thing. Industrial societies work off of clock time while agrarian societies work mostly off of actual daylight. TMMadman fucked around with this message at 00:03 on Nov 16, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 23:44
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Zarin posted:I looked at it a couple weeks ago, and was shocked to realize that we don't even use a 6-month split; CST (winter time) is only in effect for 4 months. I think your buddy is mistaken - they passed the law but need something from the federal government to actually enact it. Once it's in place they'll be on daylight permanently rather than standard.
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Nov 16, 2019 00:12
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Niwrad posted:Also I could have swore I read some stuff about how getting rid of it would save a ton of energy costs. That was originally used as a selling point. The theory was that people would use lights less because they had an extra hour of daylight, but studies have been inconclusive at best about whether that actually works out. Especially at this point when the vast, vast majority of our energy consumption happens independent of daylight. There is literally no compelling reason to keep DST at this point except inertia.
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TMMadman posted:Literally to save candles. I thought it was pushed by Chamber of Commerce for more daylight shopping hours?
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Nov 16, 2019 01:30
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Minto Took posted:I thought it was pushed by Chamber of Commerce for more daylight shopping hours? The biggest lobbies now are the outdoor furniture and charcoal/gas grill lobbies advocating for either permanent DST or at the status quo, for obvious reasons.
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Nov 16, 2019 02:05
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Poque posted:I think your buddy is mistaken - they passed the law but need something from the federal government to actually enact it. Once it's in place they'll be on daylight permanently rather than standard. Not surprising; he drinks a lot. I mean, a lot. It's impressive, really. Here's hoping it works out well for him, at any rate. gently caress changing the clocks. CAPS LOCK BROKEN posted:The biggest lobbies now are the outdoor furniture and charcoal/gas grill lobbies advocating for either permanent DST or at the status quo, for obvious reasons. God bless . . . capitalism, in this one specific instance, I guess? Zarin fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Nov 16, 2019 |
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Nov 16, 2019 02:41
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Big Black Dick posted:That was originally used as a selling point. The theory was that people would use lights less because they had an extra hour of daylight, but studies have been inconclusive at best about whether that actually works out. Especially at this point when the vast, vast majority of our energy consumption happens independent of daylight. There is literally no compelling reason to keep DST at this point except inertia. Daylight savings time owns, get rid of the idiot standard time
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Nov 16, 2019 03:00
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I can’t believe y’all have such strong opinions about this
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That's why nothing ever changes, even when people agree something needs to be done they can't agree on the solution.
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Nov 16, 2019 03:16
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Every article about staying on standard time starts with some guy going “I’m sure you’re like me, going out for 5:00 am runs and wishing it was brighter out” I am *not* like you, and get back to the darkness where you belong.
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Nov 16, 2019 15:51
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What... people have different schedules? Why I never.
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Nov 16, 2019 16:39
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brugroffil posted:Daylight savings time owns, get rid of the idiot standard time Honestly, I don't really care one way or the other which one gets kept. The switching is the stupid part I take issue with.
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Nov 16, 2019 21:29
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Yeah, but why not have more daylight savings time. Gimme that Newfoundland time.
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Nov 21, 2019 18:18
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So Southern Illinois is getting stupid again. A guy posted on Facebook that the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department cake to take his wife’s guns due to her expired FOID card. Well, the comments filled with people decrying the unconstitutional actions and some even fantasized about shooting officers. Then appears the random internet video guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aOm4h2TNC8 The Sheriff released a letter explaining what he is doing. http://www.jaspercountysheriff.net/alerts/4529768401 So internet guy posts another video and essentially just reads the letter but then says that Sheriffs across the state need to “stand up” to “these people”. It is simply amazing how many of these “support our police officers” people become anti-cop when the cops are doing something that effects them.
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Dec 29, 2019 16:52
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Well, of course! The cops are supposed to go after dangerous inner-city thugs, not patriotic blue collar folks like them!
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Dec 29, 2019 17:34
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It's fun to imagine the ways the internet would explode if a person with dark skin posted a video like that.
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Here is the Sheriff’s response today:quote:Hello citizens of Jasper County this is Sheriff Brandon Francis. I would like to address the recent Facebook Post and rumors about the Sheriff’s Office going to a house to pick up an individual’s guns for an expired FOID. I would like to start off by advising everyone that since I have been Sheriff the Sheriff’s Office has never taken a firearm from any individual for a Concealed Carry or FOID expiration, suspension, or revocation.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Here is the Sheriff’s response today: Of course the one town he namechecks is Newton, a name that has no other connotation with guns at all.
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Dec 30, 2019 02:23
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Trevor Hale posted:Of course the one town he namechecks is Newton, a name that has no other connotation with guns at all. That is the actual county seat of Jasper County. It is the only place in Jasper County to be exact.
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Dec 30, 2019 02:46
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:That is the actual county seat of Jasper County. It is the only place in Jasper County to be exact. A lovely cosmic joke, then. Though I suppose the arc of the United States is long and bends towards mass shootings in all of our town names.
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:It is the only place in Jasper County to be exact. Can confirm. I know a couple of people in Newton. There's already talk of a primary challenge next cycle. Poor guy.
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Trevor Hale posted:Of course the one town he namechecks is Newton, a name that has no other connotation with guns at all. Unless I forgot one, you're thinking of Newtown, CT, not Newton.
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You are correct. Being from Newton and even I forget that it is Newtown, not Newton. Sailor Jerry posted:Can confirm. I graduated from high school with the guy, there probably won’t be a primary challenge (since he is a Democrat) but there are a bunch of Republicans in the county that now want him gone, even though he is (or at least was) really popular with the county before this. He is a good guy and, as can be attested from his letter, he and his department have been working their butts off to make sure that people have their documents taken care of with this FOID issue. Does not matter because these gun owners see it as just another example of a Democrat coming to take their guns.
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Bird in a Blender posted:Unless I forgot one, you're thinking of Newtown, CT, not Newton. gently caress. It was newtown, wasn’t it? For the longest tine my first instinct in spelling the town name was wrong and then I corrected it but remembered to distrust my first instinct.
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Is there any sort of central dispensary locator for the state for Jan 1 onward? The only thing I'm finding is local papers covering the issue; Chicago has a really nice page of location information, but downstate coverage here is spotty at best.
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Downstate has been essentially rebelling against it. Many of the towns and counties in rural Illinois are actively working against it. Jasper County apparently has a really good initial meeting over it (with people on both sides of the issue having meaningful discussions over it). However, the second meeting had 90 more people in the meeting, all from local churches, who used their time to pray for the county’s misguided ways while making up poo poo about marijuana. From the point in, the discussion shifted from positive to negative. I saw one county board member talking about how the county would need to hire more police officers and nurses to deal with marijuana use. Another board member now states that he wants the people to vote on it because it is too big an issue for him to vote on (profiles in courage right there).
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