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Bridges Raised, Roads Closed in Chicago After Rioting, Looting Breaks Out
https://www.msn.com/ ^ | 8/10/2020 | Khaleda Rahman 3 hrs ago

Posted on 08/10/2020 10:35:50 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Bridges and roads were closed early Monday to prevent access to downtown Chicago after a night of unrest and looting in the city following an officer-involved shooting.

All bridges along the Chicago River were raised throughout The Loop, according to CBS Chicago.

Chicago's Officer of Emergency Management said on Twitter that streets are closed in the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district as well as Gold Coast and South Loop neighborhoods. The Illinois State Police also blocked some expressway ramps into downtown.

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KEYWORDS: chicagoriots; cw2; obamalegacy; wilding
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To: caseinpoint
We are likely to see a real change in modern cities and their roles in our lives.

And now business travel is little to none - that's devastating to the downtown. And, it brought a lot of money into lower economic areas in the city, now gone. So now these people are feeling more disgruntled and you have an imploding effect.
41 posted on 08/10/2020 11:45:43 AM PDT by RushingWater
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To: Red Badger
What needed is some Dialogue (Parts 1 and Two)
42 posted on 08/10/2020 11:47:07 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: Vigilanteman

When the riots moved out of Grant Park onto Michigan Avenue, Mayor Daley sent Chicago Cops to block every entrance/exit on the Dan Ryan. Two of my Cousins were in the National Guard and stationed at Michigan & Randolph. They have some stories to tell!


43 posted on 08/10/2020 11:47:27 AM PDT by EC Washington
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To: freedumb2003

I played that album over and over way back in the day!


44 posted on 08/10/2020 11:51:58 AM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: RomanSoldier19

Isn’t that kind of like a “wall”?


45 posted on 08/10/2020 11:52:13 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: RushingWater

Yes, tourist and business travel industries will be really impacted. I live an hour east of San Francisco and it has been many years since I have set foot in that forsaken city. I think major gatherings like conventions will think twice about visiting these Dem dumpster cities. The hospitality industry is also in for a reckoning.


46 posted on 08/10/2020 11:53:03 AM PDT by caseinpoint (Don't get thickly involved in thin things.)
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To: MacNaughton

Yep! Leaving the hell-hole they created for themselves and are fleeing to nice places they can turn into new hell-holes...


47 posted on 08/10/2020 11:53:03 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: GSWarrior

They obviously need some more Social Workers and counselors in Chicongo................


48 posted on 08/10/2020 11:53:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (To a liberal, 9-11 was 'illegal fireworks activity'...........................)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Lorie's Lightfoot Wall


49 posted on 08/10/2020 11:54:01 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: hsmomx3; cuban leaf

>>I played that album over and over way back in the day!<<

Still holds up great after 4+ decades! If I was on a desert island it would be one of 5 albums I would want.


50 posted on 08/10/2020 11:54:11 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: AndyJackson

“An A-10 or perhaps a few Apache helicopters or maybe a couple of drones with Hellfire missiles could take the profit right out of that kind of operation.“

Too much collateral damage to infrastructure. This would be a job for https://www.militarytimes.com/2020/06/20/photos-show-devastation-unleashed-on-terror-leaders-by-sword-carrying-ninja-bomb/.


51 posted on 08/10/2020 11:55:09 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day)
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To: KC_Conspirator
It's a race to the bottom between Groot and De Blabbio. Actually, there are a few horses in this race to nowhere.
52 posted on 08/10/2020 11:57:22 AM PDT by Major Matt Mason (America has a DemocRat and RINO problem.)
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To: xp38

As of today it looks like the following with street names instead of states:


53 posted on 08/10/2020 11:57:31 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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To: Freee-dame

if...”they cared”...


54 posted on 08/10/2020 11:59:53 AM PDT by exnavy (american by birth and choice, I love this country!)
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To: freedumb2003

If I was on a desert island it would be one of 5 albums I would want.


Absolutely! Same here.

Before I left Seattle for my farm in KY, I used to kill time and money by shopping at estate sales in the Seattle area. This was 10-12 years ago - before vinyl became a thing again. I would go on half price Sunday and get boxes of records for around $10 a box. I ended up adding two more copies of this album to the one copy I bought when it first came out.

On a side note, I got a lot of Herb Alpert that way. :) Surprisingly, a good quality herb alpert and the TJB album is going for quite a bit in used record stores now. Weird.


55 posted on 08/10/2020 12:04:44 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I think that Chicago needs some urban renewal - bring in the Decepticons.


56 posted on 08/10/2020 12:08:46 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Veggie Todd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srH6KGki7Ss

Now Youse can leave...


57 posted on 08/10/2020 12:16:38 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I’m sure it was mostly peaceful.


58 posted on 08/10/2020 12:27:12 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Leaning Right

Looting Apple and Nordstroms,
Chicago is,
Shooting on Wabash,
Chicago is,
Taxation to grind you into the ground,
It’s MYYYY kind of townnn.


59 posted on 08/10/2020 12:29:45 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: caseinpoint
I think you are absolutely correct. I've always felt that popping large bucks for a tiny apartment in Manhattan, or Chicago etc. was very risk - given that the true worth of these properties is markedly less. They only have value if people want to live there, and/or if people work there. If all of that changes substantially, those properties will drop in value precipitously - just like in midwestern and east coast town that lost their manufacturing base.
60 posted on 08/10/2020 12:37:02 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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