I wasn’t expecting to find myself reflecting on Fidel Castro’s childhood while reading this chapter of The Fidel Castro Reader. I don’t know much about Castro’s personal life, but I was struck by how he too was immersed in religion at a young age, attending Catholic schools and being shaped by that environment.
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The Governor Of Illinois Is Trolling Donald Trump By Renaming The Great Lakes
Hello! If you haven’t checked Google Maps recently, then you are probably unaware that Google has officially changed the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”
The Governor Of Illinois Is Trolling Donald Trump By Renaming The Great Lakes
I hereby formally annex Northern Illinois! It is now officially Wisconsin territory! /s
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Read More »Copyright Office exemption makes McDonald’s ice cream machines repairable
McDonald’s always-broken ice cream machines might finally get easier to fix. That’s because the US Copyright Office granted an exemption allowing third parties to diagnose and repair commercial equipment — including the ones that make your McFlurries.
Copyright Office exemption makes McDonald’s ice cream machines repairable
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Copyright change removes exclusive McDonald’s ice cream machine control from Rockton company
The center of the Rockford resident’s frustration sits miles away from the W. Riverside Blvd. McDonald’s: Taylor Company. The manufacturer assembles and manages the infamous machines in Rockton.
Ho-Chunk launches casino construction in Beloit + More
Ho-Chunk launches casino construction in Beloit (archived)
More than 200 people came to Willowbrook Road Friday morning for the official beginning of construction of a Ho-Chunk casino, convention center, and 312-room, 18-story hotel.
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The Ho-Chunk casino and hotel project is estimated to cost $405 million. When complete it will employ an estimated 1,500 people, Ho-Chunk officials have said.
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Read More »IL: Hard Rock Casino Rockford workers to hold union rally on Friday
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Pro-union workers at the Hard Rock Casino Rockford will rally on Friday against what they call an “anti-union campaign.”
Hard Rock Casino Rockford workers to hold union rally on Friday
They just opened up in August.
[2003] War and Empire: The Truth That Rockford Couldn’t Bear to Hear
This is the Rockford College graduation speech Chris Hedges tried to give on May 17, 2003, before being drowned out by shouts and boos and fog horns. A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times, he is author of the highly recommended War Is the Force That Gives Us Meaning.
War and Empire: The Truth That Rockford Couldn’t Bear to Hear
I saw this video months ago, but recently came across the text on Antiwar.com while searching for something else. He calls Putin a dictator, but Russia was fighting U.S.-backed terrorists in Chechnya at the time (see after the cut). The reason why the speech interested me is that Rockford isn’t far from where I grew up.
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Read More »Former Rockford Illinois National Guard Armory
This isn’t far from where I grew up. I couldn’t find any videos of it, on YouTube while it was still functional. I found it interesting that concerts were held there. One of the many bands that performed there, Cheap Trick, was founded in Rockford, Illinois. I went to high school with one of their stepsisters. I just found out that I currently live where one of the band members was born.
Rockford moves to place historic Illinois National Guard Armory up for sale
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404th Chemical Brigade, Illinois Army National Guard
Wisconsin congressman after visiting southern border: ‘We need to restart border wall construction’
Whitewater’s police chief sent President Biden a letter asking for resources to help with 800 to 1,000 immigrants now living in the city since 2022 – specifically from Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Wisconsin congressman after visiting southern border: ‘We need to restart border wall construction’
Notice that he mentioned two countries that are sanctioned and that the USG has been trying to destabilize for years?! I uploaded the video on human trafficking, to Rockford, last week.
Florida’s DeSantis puts billboards in Illinois to recruit officers
Florida is putting billboards in Illinois’ “Greater Chicago area” to recruit law enforcement officers from the state, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday.
Florida’s DeSantis puts billboards in Illinois to recruit officers
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No, new Illinois law will not let people in US illegally become cops, deputies
The law says noncitizens applying for those jobs must be legally allowed to possess guns. People living in the U.S. illegally don’t qualify because federal law bars them from owning guns, according to experts and lawmakers.
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People living in the country illegally may not legally obtain firearms, a federal appeals court ruled in 2012, and both experts and lawmakers say that makes them ineligible for law enforcement positions.
“Anyone who is saying that an illegal alien can become a police officer or sheriff’s deputy is either, one, misinformed, or two, giving you a baldfaced lie,” said state Rep. John Cabello, a Republican co-sponsor of the law and a Rockford police officer.
Illinois will allow some non-citizens to be police. But only those authorized to work and own a gun
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