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The Global Threat of the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Picture this: nations all over the world enter into a binding agreement, not with one another, but with a global governing body that they empower to essentially take over in case of emergency.
Posted in COVID Information Center, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged Chinese Communist Party, Congress, Constitution, COVID–19, dystopian, Frank Gaffney, Freedom, globalism, government, Liberty, President Biden, Rahm Emanuel, Ron Johnson, safety, sovereignty, Tedros Ghebreyesus, United Nations, WHO, World Health Organization
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Worth the Gamble?
It was 1995 and I was hosting an afternoon talk show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A buzz had formed around an announcement that the Pittsburgh mayor had planned to conduct a feasibility study of proposed riverboat gambling on the city's three rivers. This study would generate estimates of how many outsiders would travel to Pittsburgh to gamble.
Posted in Faith, Gambling, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged casino, Chicago Magazine, Chicago Tribune, gambling, Medinah Temple, money, Rahm Emanuel, River North, River West, Rivers Casino, Tom Grey, William Spain, Worth the Gamble?
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What Are Gov. Pritzker’s Priorities?
In the midst of the COVID-19 craziness, it is alarming to recognize there are many who are willing to use our current health crisis for their own gain and/or agenda. As these snollygosters and media types grandstand, I cannot help but think of Rahm Emanuel’s infamous quote, “never let a crisis go to waste.”
Ironically, Emanuel first used that phrase in 2008 during the nation’s financial crash and then again last week in response to our nation’s coronavirus emergency. Is it a repackaging of one of Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, in which he writes “in the …
Posted in Illinois Politics
Tagged Abortion, Coronavirus, Gambling expansion, gasoline tax, JB Pritzker, LGBT History Mandate, minimum wage, Rahm Emanuel, rainy-day fund, Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky, SB 25
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No Taxation without Moderation
We’re all familiar with the old adage that the only two things certain in life are death and taxes. Yet, one major difference between the two is that for death, there are never any increases per capita and everyone has a flat rate. That certainly can’t be said for the taxes, particularly in Illinois.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged Andrew Willis, income tax, Michael Madigan, Patrick Quinn, Rahm Emanuel, Taxes, temporary income tax
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