I'm not in the mood for remembering, but I do remember. Do people remember, or has the country as a whole decided to forget?
Page down for a song. It is hard to believe the September 11th attacks were 25 years ago.
This song is "I Remember" by Deadmau5 and Kaskade from the 2008 album Random Album Title. Like most dance music, it takes about 30 seconds to get past the intro.
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony starts us off with Daily News Stuff 8 September 2026: No News Day Edition
There's no news today, almost as if everyone has been celebrating labour by not doing any.
Brave is prettier, smarter, and smells better than any other browser, says Brave. (Brave)
Okay, Brave's mom.
William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Weird: Deported Haitians Are Broke And Stranded
Wait, didn’t all the libs tell us Haiti was awesome?
Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane - The New York Times is Afraid of Guns
So, it’s really no wonder that an institution committed to promoting the culture of fear would highlight a book that centers the culture of fear.
The Silicon Graybeard - European space business. Is it dead?
Is the European space capability stuck with turn of (this) century technology? We know that European Space Agency (ESA) has a couple of launch platforms, but nothing is reusable. Nothing has landed and been flown again even as test.
Women's Outdoor News - Concealment vs. Cover: Teaching Kids the Safety Skill That Could Save Their Life
Most kids know to hide during an emergency. What they don’t know, and what could make all the difference to their safety, is that not everything you hide behind will actually protect you. There’s a word for hiding: concealment. There’s a different word for being genuinely protected: cover. They are not the same thing.
Again from William Teach - Bummer: Salvadorans May Lose TPS
I must say, CNN really should have considered whom they were going to use as a sob story in the article
THE FIRST STREET JOURNAL - Obligatory Lindsay Clancy post. (Click thru for the image of the jury.)
Let me make it perfectly clear: I believe that Mrs Clancy deserves to be found guilty and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Meep at STUMP - 2026 World Suicide Prevention Day
Hey guys… the warning is in the post title. This is not going to be a “fun” post.
The Abode of McThag - Prepare For War With Whom
UK calls up 95,000 veterans.
They say it's just a drill, but I've noticed a couple articles about the normal British citizenry being more effective about the incoming tide of immigrants.
This is the Deep State cranked up to 11. FBI Followed Catholic Priests, Continued Richmond Memo Work After Removal Order: DOJ Report Finds
A new Justice Department report reveals that FBI personnel opened investigations into two Catholic priests, conducted surveillance tied to the Richmond Catholic Memo, and continued revising the memo after headquarters ordered it deleted.
The report reveals how an investigation into a violent extremist led to the surveillance of clergy affiliated with traditional Catholicism, though the FBI ultimately concluded the priests posed no national security threat. The report also sheds new light on internal disputes on the reliability of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Rule of Law? We don't need no Rule of Law at the FBI. We do what we damned well please.
Although an FBI review found serious analytical failures and directed that the staff be “admonished,” Richmond field office leadership defended the employees involved, and later gave them positive performance evaluations, according to the Weaponization Working Group report.
The new report, however, gives the final word: “The FBI personnel involved in the creation of the Richmond Catholic Memo have been terminated from their positions.”
Hat tip to Stately McDaniel Manor: The FBI Was Weaponized Beyond Imagining
They surveilled priests and parishioners and were caught red-handed. There was no legitimate reason to do any of that, no legal predicate, no reasonable suspicion that any crime was being committed. Former FBI Director Christopher Wray lied to Congress, pretending to be upset about it, and claimed that activity was shut down and that it was limited to only one field office in Richmond, VA.
Now we’re discovering it was worse than we thought.
I would like to say you can take that in both meanings of the word, but while I believe the State of Illinois should be described as a "state of panic," the politicians running the state, or running the state into the ground, are not panicking enough. From Chicago Contrarian: CTU’s CORE Caucus in a State of Panic as Political Setbacks Mount
CORE stands for Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators, and it is currently the faction in charge of the CTU.
The union faces public controversy, member-led litigation, and congressional scrutiny over its failure to release audited financial reports for five consecutive years. Following legal and political pressure, the CTU released backdated audits; however, serious questions remain regarding omitted data, missing financial transparency, and the massive allocation of union dues toward political activism rather than direct member representation.
Five years is a long time, not to release audited financial statements. I work for Fortune 100 companies that could close the books on a year, by January 15th, and produce an audited financial report before the end of the first quarter. Chicago Teachers Union is less complicated than any of those businesses. So what is the problem?
The union is suing, and being sued by, the Illinois Policy Institute and the Liberty Justice Center. The CTU is claiming defamation, the other organizations are suing over the lack of financial transparency. But that is really just the sideshow.
Citywide, public support for the CTU has dropped significantly. An Illinois Policy Institute poll found that only 27.5 percent of Chicago voters hold a favorable opinion of the union, while 53.6 percent view it unfavorably. For every voter with a favorable view, two view the union negatively, and over 50 percent of voters report being less likely to support candidates backed by CTU money. This decline in popularity is producing a consistent trail of electoral defeats since Brandon Johnson’s election in 2023.
Click thru for details. The one that most caught my eye is that the budget for Chicago Public Schools, and by extension the CTU, keeps going up, despite the fact that enrollment has been going down for a number of years. And don't ask about test scores.
Do I expect anything to get better in Chicago education? No. I expect that the schools will still consume an ever-larger part of Chicago taxes, despite shrinking enrollment, and I expect that Chicago schools will fail to education Chicago students.
Every year that Professor Yamane teachs (runs?) his seminar on the Sociology of Guns, he posts some of the student essays, if they grant him permission to do so. They are usually interesting. We have 2 such essays today.
The first meeting of the seminar is actually a field trip to a local range. (If I remember, they actually go in small groups, which helps with safety, and the length of time the students are just standing around.) Students must attend the field trip, but they do not have to shoot any of the firearms.
This essay is their reaction to field trip. The majority of students, even at a university in South Carolina, have no experience with firearms. A few identified themselves as having "a small amount" of experience, and only 2 identified themselves as having "significant experience with firearms."
First up we have Hannah: “The more we did it, the more natural it became”
My first time ever holding a gun was only a week before visiting the shooting range with my group. Before visiting, I was filled with anxiety. I wasn’t expecting this, even though I grew up in Florida and was constantly surrounded by talk of guns. Even holding one made me nervous because I had never touched one before.
Next, we have Robert: “The smell, recoil, and weight of the firearm quickly bring you to reality”
Entering the range today, I had very little prior experience with guns. My knowledge and perspective of guns were influenced by video games (Call of Duty) and the news. These video games fueled a small fascination with guns that was never fully realized.
Click thru for the essays in question.
This year students have been particularly reluctant to give permission. Cancel culture is a thing, after all. See The Best Student Essays I May Never Post, for the reasons.
Unlike years past, I am facing an interesting dynamic right now: The reflections were collectively the best set I have received, but the students are collectively more reluctant to share them than ever. If I don’t post as many range reflections as I have in previous years, this is why.
And you should be reading Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane. It is usually an interesting read, even when the Professor and I disagree about something. We actually agree about more than you might think, but then I disagree with the NRA about a lot of things as well.
At least it was over something important. </sarcasm>. Argument over green chile enchiladas ends in deadly shooting | KRQE News 13
He shot his cousin, several times, over an argument about enchiladas. Wut?
Police said Ervin Gutierrez, 22, and Nathaniel Cavazos, 25, were at an an apartment, drinking at dinner and got into a fight over the heat of the green chile on enchiladas they were eating. After the fight, Gutierrez, 22, pulled out a handgun and shot Cavazos several times, killing him.
Gutierrez is charged with one count of murder.
I miss living in a civilized society. OK, so it has been stuck in drafts for a few days. It is still worth thinking about.
Road Rage never works out in your favor. In anyone's favor. Self-defense claim under investigation after I-24 shooting injures driver in Nashville
Hayden Foster, 36, from Alabama, told police that after he passed Perez on the interstate, Perez started following close behind and flashing his lights.
As vehicles arrived in Nashville, both stopped in the far left lane near Spring Street and Foster said Perez got out of a Honda CRV and walked toward his pickup truck with his right hand kept behind his back.
Foster shot several rounds, and drove a short distance before stopping and calling police. Perez drove himself to a hospital, and was then taken to a trauma center.
Police took a .22 caliber handgun from Foster, and found a knife on the ground near where the shooting took place.
A .22 caliber pistol wouldn't be my first choice, if they are talking about .22 LR, but they don't specify exactly what cartridge was involved. Is .223 considered .22 caliber? After all, .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire is built around .224 bullets. I'm sure Professional Journalists™ would call a .223 pistol an evil assault rifle, even if it was a pistol. As for the choice of caliber... to each his own. (5.7mm is .2244 inches)
After talking with the District Attorney's Office, police decided not to press charges for now while the investigation continues.
Self-defense is a human right, and this took place in Nashville, Tennessee, not anywhere in Massachusetts. I'm going to call this Good Guys 1, Bad Guys 0.
Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane has a post about how you train, and what you look for. “When You Are Called on to Change History” - Gabe Suarez's training and Jordan Salinas's response in Twin Falls
As noted in yesterday’s post, Who Did It, With What, and Where? Playing “Tactical Clue” in the Civilian Gun Training Industry, rather than imagining the typical counter-ambush (defensive) scenario in his gun training classes, Gabe Suarez suggests students prepare mentally and physically for a counter-terrorist (offensive) scenario.
That post is at this link: Who Did It, With What, and Where? Playing “Tactical Clue” in the Civilian Gun Training Industry
In that post I love the quote:
“We live in a time of war,” Suarez tells his students. We never know when we will be sitting around, minding our own business, and then hear, “Aloha snack bar!”
That is essentially the position Jordan Salinas found himself in. He was minding his own business and suddenly he was in the middle of a mass shooting incident.
But back to the current post/first link above.
In terms of the civilian gun training industry, the final part of Suarez’s Pistol Gunfighting School completes the paradigm shift from Tactical Clue 1997 — the old Modern Technique of the (Defensive) Pistol — to Tactical Clue 2017 — the New Modern Technique of the (Offensive) Pistol.
Click thru for the details.
I have much to think about. My "self-defense" strategy is firmly in that 1997 paradigm, as described by Professor Yamane. Click thru and read both links. And you should be reading the Professor's writing; it is worth the time.
Is it an E-bike if it is capable of doing highway speeds?
This report is from a few years back, but it was referenced in the video below. Pat at StacheD is a firefighter, and he has been at the scene of at least 1 E-bike crash, and knows of several, including fatal accidents, in 2026, just in the Southeast Michigan region. From the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission: E-Scooter and E-Bike Injuries Soar: 2022 Injuries Increased Nearly 21%
This is the StacheD Training video Kids Are Dying on E-Bikes! But Are They E-Bikes?
None of this is about banning fun. It's about educating people on the rules. Rules designed to keep kids from being killed. Because right now, kids are riding vehicles capable of highway speeds with zero training, zero insurance, and zero legal accountability. They're transitioning from sidewalks to the road, tearing across intersections, and if something goes wrong, it's a life-changing event for that kid.
One of the points he makes is that a standard bicycle helmet is not a substitute for a motorcycle helmet at 50 MPH.
The video is about six and a half minutes.
William Teach at Pirate's Cove is first with Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup
- Green Jihad: AI Has Killed “Climate Alarmism”
- Jo Nova: If only Chris Bowen had some answers he wouldn’t need a Ministry of Misinformation to attack critics
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 September 2026: Fantasy Dimension Edition
Your Roku TV now offers AI slop for free! (Engadget)
Never mind the quality, feel the width!
Small Dead Animals - Saturday On Turtle Island
The Democratic Party’s America: Victor Davis Hanson – The Dark Ages. Reparations for Muslims.
Conman Carney’s Canada: Lost decade. Another Liberal lie. Radicalized arsonist.
The Glibertarians - Saturday evening Links
I’m sure he celebrates every year.
Yeah, we’re still shooting at each other.
“Hamas told me so.”
Small Dead Animals - Sunday On Turtle Island
Brookfield Carney’s Canada: A book review. Minister backs off demands. Trusted news.
The Democratic Party’s America: Climate gloom. Pledge of allegiance. Team of geniuses.
1. To be honest, I am surprised that British people who are opposing the total deracination of thier identity were able to organize to the extent they did. May they learn the word, SAMIZDAT and use it wisely.
Don Surber - HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEWS
ITEM 10: Not the Bee reported, “Baby goats at traveling petting zoo test positive for rabies.”
Dr. Evil finally found an evil petting zoo.
Gates of Vienna - News Feed 9/7/2026
Army of AI Agents Found Secretly Plotting to ‘Break Free’
Investigators have made a bone-chilling discovery after finding that hundreds of artificial intelligence (AI) agents created a communication backchannel and conspired to “break free”
Political Hat - News of the Week (September 6th, 2026)
Republicans hit with ominous ‘historic losses’ warning Republicans are being warned of “historic losses” in the midterms, with a new polling aggregate showing the party trailing in eight major battleground Senate races just two months before voters head to the polls
Bacon Time!!!! - Sunday Linkange
Pirates Cove Democrats Upset Over AI CEOs Talking To Trump On Regulation
Freedom Is Just Another Word.. .Saturday Memes…
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Bend, Flee, or Burn: Iran’s Futures
Lindsay Clancy Trial Claims Its First Child Victim Daniel Greenfield
AI, ChatGPT, And Its Anti-Trump Propaganda Jeffrey Lord
J.J. Sefton at Ace of Spades HQ - The Morning Report — 9/ 8 /26
After years of insisting that names are fluid, the left suddenly discovers tradition when Trump picks the name.
What’s in a Name – Trump Style
Doug Ross - Larwyn’s Linx: Hamas Counts Its Dead Children as Wins, and American Students Are Celebrating Their Victories
Secret Socialists: Radical Michigan Democrats Scrub Social Media of Past Statements - Jonathan Turley
Lindsay Clancy, Roe, and the Left's Constitutional Order - Stephen Soukup
I leave you with Saturday’s Start of a Three Day Weekend Meme Drop 9-5-26 from Midwest Chick's Place, Sunday Funnies For 09-06-26 from Stately McDaniel Manor, Quick Hits Of Wisdom, Knowledge And Snark #4134 from 90 Miles from Tryanny, and Sunday Funnies from Flopping Aces.
It is always worth revisiting an incident when Colion Noir covers an incident. I covered this on 1 September, see the link below.
This is Colion Noir's video He Broke Into The Wrong House At 2 A.M.. It is a video, mostly, about dealing with the aftermath.
In the moment, you did the only thing you could do. Somebody's coming through a locked door at 2 in the morning. You don't know who it is. You don't know what he wants. And you've got about a second and a half to decide whether your family sees the sun come up. So, you decide, and then the deputies leave and the tape comes down, and you're standing in the same kitchen, the same hallway, the same entryway where it happened. And you realize you have to go to bed tonight in that house and tomorrow night and every night after that.
The video is just under 7 minutes.
Here is a link to my 1 Sept. post: Most People Call this Breaking and Entering
Not maybe. Not perhaps. LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices - Notebookcheck News
An investigation by Gamers Nexus found LG smart TVs sweep local networks to map phones and nearby devices. Tests also showed the sets can capture microphone audio with the screen off — they then upload data once reconnected to the internet.
They map all devices in your home by monitoring the WiFi, even if they are not connected. They record audio collected even when they appear to be off or in standby, and are disconnected from the internet. That data will be uploaded when the internet connection is restored.
Hat tip to Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 7 September 2026: Fantasy Dimension Edition
For once this is not even overstated.
LG has not responded to requests for comment.
Here is how it was described on X
What the TV does by design:
— IT Guy (@T3chFalcon) September 7, 2026
— scans your entire home network continuously. in their test: one TV identified 38 unrelated devices including phones, smartwatches, printers, and thermostats belonging to people not involved in the test.
— collects the names and signal strengths of… https://t.co/lI82KjneyP pic.twitter.com/32ogLlN3qs
More insomnia means more late-night/early-morning video watching. One of the things I am continuously amazed by, is how little people know about music that was popular before they were in high school. It doesn't surprise me that the average kid today, or most Zoomers, and Millennials, know nothing of the Big Band era of music. But when a drummer or a drum critic doesn't know who Gene Krupa was that is just plain sad. (But then I ran across a video by one drummer who didn't know who Neil Pert was.)
Purportedly the first sticksman to use a bass drum on a recording session, big-band swing meister Gene Krupa can claim to have influenced the format of the modern drum kit. He was also instrumental in establishing the popularity of cymbals and tom-toms. Renowned for his explosive “drum battles” with Buddy Rich. [Ref. 50 Best Jazz Drummers Of All Time.]
And no, they don't know who Buddy Rich was either. (I think there are some problems with that list, but they do seem to cover everyone, and more importantly, they say why Krupa was important.)
The use of bass drum, high hat, floor toms, in addition to a snare, with drums as an integral part of the band, actually contributing to the overall feel of the song marked a change in music. That pretty much started with Big Band and Swing. And today's song, and Gene Krupa, played a major role in that.
This is "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by the Benny Goodman Orchestra. It is from a recording that features Gene Krupa on drums. (I think it is a 1955 recording, but I'm not sure of that.) It is probably the song that made Kruppa the star that he would go on to be.
And yes, I have featured "Sing, Sing, Sing" in the past, but that was a Louis Prima Orchestra version.
What about all those lovely gun control laws? Two Arrested, Two Outstanding in Violent Brampton Home Invasion and Shooting | Peel Regional Police
Investigators from the Central Robbery Bureau have arrested and charged two individuals in connection with a violent home invasion in Brampton that left two victims with gunshot wounds.
The home invasion took place in June, and the arrests took place in July. I'm not sure why the police in The Region of Peel, in Ontario decided to produce a press release on Friday the 5th. They are asking for additional information. Surveillance video shows 3 people, and only 2 have been arrested, so that may be the reason for the release. It just seems odd that they would not have asked the public for information sooner than 3 months after the fact.
The Region of Peel is a suburb of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada.
The two people who have been arrested, one 18 years old, and one 16 years old, are charged as follows:
- Attempted Murder Using Firearm
- Aggravated Assault
- Robbery
- Disguise with Intent
- Discharge Firearm with Intent
- Unauthorized Possession of Firearm
- Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
- Fail to Comply with Sentence or Disposition (YCJA)
If you're unlucky enough to live in Canada and to have three armed individuals enter your home at 4:30 AM, you are screwed. While it is my understanding that Canada is trying to revamp its self-defense laws, for the most part you are not allowed to do anything except be a victim.
So how did the criminals have guns in the presence of gun control? Did being disarmed (for their own safety) help the two people who were shot in any way?
Why do the bad writers, and show runners in Hollywood think they deserve chances? In the 1960s through the 1990s, shows that pissed off their audiences, or never found one, got canceled in the middle of a season.
Shows didn't get commitments for 2 seasons before a single episode aired. If you didn't deliver for the advertisers, you were gone. As much as I hate ads, I think we had better shows in the '80s and '90s, and into the early 2000s, than we have today. Much better, in some cases.
This is Ryan Kinel's video Woke Lanterns Writer BEGS Fans To Keep Watching After DESTROYING The Show!
Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane is up first with Who Did It, With What, and Where? Playing “Tactical Clue” in the Civilian Gun Training Industry
In 2017, when I observed his course, Suarez argued that armed citizens face a new problem. “We live in a time of war,” Suarez tells his students. We never know when we will be sitting around, minding our own business, and then hear, “Aloha snack bar!”
William Teach at Pirate's Cove - Democrats Discover That Their Socialism Is Turning Off Hispanic Voters
Just Hispanic? Of course, Democrats like to put everyone in a box
Geller Report - Philadelphia Public Schools Bring in Convicted Felon to Teach Seventh Graders ‘Liberation’- Torched a Cop Car and Praised Hamas
Child abuse. The Democratlef government is takign your children hostage and indoctrinating them in poison. Get your kids out of public schools.
The Silicon Graybeard - Small Space News Story Roundup 85
With the new companies moving into central Florida to take advantage of the facilities on Cape Canaveral, we have the potential of being a rather busy place for watching launches.
The Other McCain - How Minnesota Became a Crime Magnet
This is what’s wrong with Minnesota, generally. It’s why Somalis collected millions of dollars in fraudulent benefits. The state is so liberal, so generous in terms of giving out various kinds of welfare, that it naturally attracts scum, including criminals from Chicago who move there and get ridiculous “affordable housing” subsidies.
Libs of TikTok - WEEKLY WRAP: LoTT Gets 3 BIG WINS
3. TikToker ARRESTED for Threatening to Kill Trump
Ayden Langevin, the TikToker who allegedly advocated for storming the White House with guns to kill President Trump, was arrested by the FBI less than 24 hours after we exposed his video.
Robert Stacy McCain at Born Lucky - ‘The Future of Journalism’ Is Here!
It probably isn’t what you expected, yet somehow, it seems predictable
Wombat-socho - FMJRA 2.0: More Misery At Home
Well, it could have been worse for my Senators. We got swept by the Reds at RFK, then got on the train to Philly and took two out of three from the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium.
Small Dead Animals - Went Woke, Got Broke
After falling -80% from its record high, Nike, $NKE, will be removed from the S&P 100 at the end of this month, ending a near 18-year run in the index. The stock has now erased -$230 billion in market cap since its all time high.
Pixy Misa at Ambient Irony - Daily News Stuff 6 September 2026: Ambiguous Index Edition
Meanwhile OpenAI has confirmed that it hacked yet another website. (Tech Crunch)
OpenAI: We promise to hack other websites slightly less often.
Everyone: We don't want you to hack other websites at all!
OpenAI: So only four, five major platforms a day?
Everyone: <eight billion facepalms>
They still back the Democrats, despite the Democrats embracing antisemitism. Maybe they will wake up, but probably not for a while yet. (It takes a lot for people to admit they were wrong.) From The Olam: Jews and Guns: Major Jewish Groups Back Gun Control
Every major Jewish organization with a formal firearms position, from the ADL to the Orthodox Union, supports gun restrictions. A separate set of smaller Jewish groups supports gun rights instead, and none of them sits at the national policy table.
I thought that would change after the attacks on synagogues, schools and Jewish businesses. If synagogues have done anything, they have mostly opted for armed security.
Still it is beginning to change. Also from The Olam: Jewish Gun Clubs Are Growing. Nobody Speaks for Them.
There are now Jewish gun clubs in at least 24 states. One of them partnered with the National Rifle Association in April 2026. One of them sued the governor of New York to carry a pistol into a synagogue. One of them assembled twelve rabbis in 2014 to formally refute the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America on Jewish law and firearms.
Click thru for details.
You can't make this shit up, because if you did, people would say it was too ridiculous to be true.
It was bad enough he was throwing his weight around over nothing. Then he decided to use a Taser on someone pumping gas. You don't have to guess what happened.
This is the Liberty Doll video Man Name Calls a Fed, Gets Set on Fire.
But don't worry, the department in question is investigating itself. Police investigating themselves never shovel the shit under the rug, do they?
It is against policy to do that if the subject is near flammable or explosive items.
A spokesman said, "I'm sure that at worst he is going to get sent in for more training." Since then, Coyle has reported nightmares and says now he gets the shakes whenever he has to stop for gas, remembering being set on fire. There is also, of course, the nerve damage. He does plan to pursue legal action.
Even if he sues, and even if he wins, based on the violation of policy, and the violation of common sense, it won't cost the officer in question anything. It will cost the taxpayers. As the spokesman said, nothing will happen to the cop. Nothing. He should be charged with attempted murder. The video is a bit under 8 minutes long.
Chicago Contrarian brings a bit of reality to Chicago's financial situation. Why a Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Might Not Work for Chicago
Detroit went bankrupt and it worked. But Detroit was not Chicago.
Detroit owned an art collection that was turned into a private collection, which got them $817 million dollars. Chicago doesn't have anything close to that kind of asset.
Detroit's pensions were funded at about 70 percent. Detroit pensions were cut, but not by a lot. Chicago's pensions are funded at about 28 percent.
The city’s four pensions have combined unfunded liability of $36 billion. They have just 28 percent of the assets on hand needed to pay for benefits already earned, a catastrophically low number and worse by far than any major city or state in America.
And finally, who would run this bankruptcy?
Detroit was blessed with an exceptionally capable emergency manager for its bankruptcy, Kevyn Orr, who was appointed by the State of Michigan.
Would the Illinois super-majority in Springfield appoint a similarly talented, hard-nosed restructuring expert willing if necessary to challenge public-sector unions, reduce payroll, renegotiate contracts, sell nonessential assets, and impose genuine operating reforms?
If you believe that, there are probably some bridges in Illinois up for sale, that you might be interested in.
In short, Chicago is not the next Detroit. Chicago's finances are in so much worse shape than Detroit was ever in, that it may not be possible for them to come back.
I am sure that the powers-that-be in Illinois and Chicago are hoping for a Democratic administration, so that they can get a bail out, at least of that $36 billion pension hole. Be prepared to scream about it to your representatives, if you don't want to foot that bill.
