Author: Mark Draughn
Why I Probably Won’t See Borat
Andrew Tobias has a friend who appears in a scene in the movie. Basically, the location scouts lied to him and pretended to be making a documentary about something else. Then Borat walked in and behaved rudely: I’m in “Borat”…much to my embarrassment. Borat tried to check into The Adolphus, and I had security throw… Read more
Blood and Treasure
I don’t write a lot about the Iraq war—because I don’t have a good understanding of what we’re trying to do there or how well it’s working—but I think the situation is pretty screwed up. However, one of the things that worries me most about the Democratic sweep back into Congress is that they’ll screw… Read more
Autumn Leaves
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Des Plaines TIF Rejected – But Not Really
The Des Plaines TIF referendum was rejected by voters 7,531 to 2,235. [Update: With 56 of 59 precincts counted, it’s now 10,792 (78%) against the TIF with only 3,083 (22%) supporting it.] Not that it matters. The Des Plaines City Council had already voted to create the TIF district the day before the election. Mayor… Read more
Stock Market Reacts!
According to an AP wire piece by Tim Paradis titled “Dow reaches new high on election results”, Wall Street rose for a third straight session Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials reaching another record close as investors grew more confident that a huge victory by Democrats in congressional elections would result in gridlock and keep… Read more