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(My Publish2 newsgroup links, mostly to “news” or commentary — and much of it Chicago Fire-related.)
Tens Of Thousands Gather In Moscow For 'Fair Elections' Protest
“Addressing the protesters, Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the pro-Western Yabloko party, noted the crowd's political diversity: 'Yes, we are all different, but we are of the same color, the color of the Russian flag. Together we are defending the future of our country.'”
rferl.org Saturday at 11:01 am
Russia, China Veto U.N. Resolution on Syria: Vote Comes Hours After Deadly Attack in Syrian City
“The Security Council voted 13 to 2 in favor of a resolution backing an Arab League peace plan for Syria, but the measure was blocked by Russia and China, which opposed what they saw as a potential violation of Syria’s sovereignty.”
nytimes.com Saturday at 10:58 am
Jake Austen: "Don Cornelius was Chicago through and through.”
timeoutchicago.com Thursday at 1:53 pm
guardian.co.uk Thursday at 9:46 am
“The U.S. has already seen one women's league come and go, with the former Women's United Soccer Association lasting from 2000-2003. And while this isn't the final nail in the coffin of WPS, it's future is uncertain. The league had already been struggling and had to ask for special dispensation for such a small number of teams in the league this year.”
guardian.co.uk Tuesday at 11:25 am
Freddie Mac Betting Against Struggling Homeowners
“Freddie Mac set out to make gains for its own investment portfolio by using complex mortgage securities that brought in more money for Freddie Mac when homeowners in higher interest-rate loans were unable to qualify for a refinancing.”
npr.org Monday at 12:17 pm
Breaking: WPS Elects To Suspend Season
“The main culprit per league messaging: the mounting legal bills of attempting to finally close the Dan Borislow ownership situation.”
theshinguardian.com Monday at 10:40 am
Cicero mayor’s nephew stole beer using Cicero car: cops
“He told police he was on his break from his Town of Cicero job — he’s a part-time driver for senior citizens and others in need in town.”
suntimes.com Monday at 10:36 am
Fire trade Conde's right to Red Bulls
“We reviewed the situation and wanted to support Wilman’s return to MLS,' Fire head coach Frank Klopas said in al statement. 'The allocation money we received in return will help us continue to build our team.'”
chicagotribune.com Monday at 10:28 am
Opinion recap: The public domain shrinks
“In a historic ruling on Congress’s power to give authors and composers monopoly power over their creations, the Supreme Court on Wednesday broadly upheld the national legislature’s authority to withdraw works from the public domain and put them back under a copyright shield.”
scotusblog.com 1/19 at 4:42 pm
2012 Chicago Craft Beer Festivals
A month-by-month look ahead at this year's Chicago-area beer festivals
chitownontap.com 1/19 at 10:07 am
Get a look at the new Chicago Fire jersey
“While some reports say Quaker will pay the Fire between $1.3 million and $1.5 million a season, the deal is believed to be close to the $2.5 million that Best Buy paid, sources told the Daily Herald.”
dailyherald.com 1/19 at 10:03 am
Netanyahu denies calling Haaretz and New York Times Israel's 'main enemies'
haaretz.com 1/19 at 10:00 am
Wilman Conde's Rights? What about the Chicago Fire's?
“The last important aspect for Wilman Conde and Major League Soccer was not that game but the 2010 MLS Expansion Draft that took place two months later on November 24, 2010. Chicago retained Conde's league rights for up to two years when they put him on their protected list. New York Red Bulls knew they would have to give some kind of compensation to Chicago when they first approached Conde this off-season. It might seem like a technicality but Chicago has been on the end of paying 'gatekeeper fees' before.”
hottimeinoldtown.com 1/13 at 5:16 pm
The Rise of the New Groupthink
“But it’s one thing to associate with a group in which each member works autonomously on his piece of the puzzle; it’s another to be corralled into endless meetings or conference calls conducted in offices that afford no respite from the noise and gaze of co-workers.”
nytimes.com 1/13 at 3:39 pm
MLS SuperDraft 2012: club-by-club
The Guardian asked supporter groups to help assess what clubs are looking for in the 2012 MLS draft.
guardian.co.uk 1/9 at 12:12 pm
Catholic Charities vs. Single-Sex Couples In the Age of Privatization
chicagomag.com 1/3 at 5:13 pm
Vaclav Havel, former Czech president, dies aged 75
guardian.co.uk 12/18 at 10:05 am
Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011: In Memoriam
Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter: "Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God.”
vanityfair.com 12/16 at 9:50 am
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
Christopher Buckley remembers: "Oh dear, the things he said about Reagan! The things—come to think of it—he said about my father. How did we become such friends? I only once stopped speaking to him, because of a throwaway half-sentence about my father-in-law in one of his Harper’s essays. I missed his company during that six-month froideur (another Christopher mot). It was about this time that he discovered that he was in fact Jewish, which somewhat complicated his fierce anti-Israel stance. When we embraced, at the bar mitzvah of Sidney Blumenthal’s son, the word 'Shalom' sprang naturally from my lips.”
newyorker.com 12/16 at 9:47 am
guardian.co.uk 12/16 at 9:29 am
blogs.laweekly.com 12/14 at 3:34 pm
‘Shroom for Improvement: The Politics of the Vegetarian Entree
washingtoncitypaper.com 11/18 at 1:09 pm
chicagoreader.com 11/18 at 1:08 pm
College Radio Heads: Off the Dial
“'College radio has traditionally been rooted in a community, a place and a time,' says Casey Rae-Hunter, deputy director of the Future of Music Coalition, a nonprofit group that has been involved in the fight to preserve college radio. 'It’s live and it’s local. There is a tremendous romance to that. Without it, college radio stations risk losing their uniqueness.'”
nytimes.com 11/4 at 12:45 pm