Category Archives: chicago
Cab Drivers Union Says Chicago Taxi Industry Near Collapse
zerohedge.com / By Jeff Schuhrke of In These Times / Jun 18, 2017 In addition to repaying loans on their medallions, taxi operators also have to pay thousands of dollars each year in city expenses, like the ground transportation tax and medallion license renewal fee—expenses that rideshare drivers are not subject to. (Cab Drivers United/ Twitter) Ghana-born […]
CHICAGO POLICE REFUSE TO REVEAL “HEAT LIST” PRE-CRIME SURVEILLANCE TACTICS – JOURNALISTS SUE
thedailysheeple.com / NICHOLAS WEST via ACTIVISTPOST.COM / JUNE 13, 2017 The Chicago police department continues to march toward what it calls “policing in the 21st century.” If their conduct is any indication, that police work would include systemic corruption, unlawful detention, torture, racial profiling and mass surveillance. However, activists and journalists continue to work hard to expose even more […]
Stocks Rebound As Chicago PMI Changes Its Mind, “Corrects” Earlier Dismal Data To Highest Since 2014
What a total farce. After Market News International reproted a dismal 4-month low drop in Chicago PMI this morning which sparked a decent reality check drop in stocks, they decided to change their mind. 0945ET – U.S. MAY MNI CHICAGO REPORT BUSINESS INDEX AT 55.2; EST 57.0 – lowest since Jan 2017 1121ET – CORRECT: […]
Thousands Flee Chicago For Safer Areas Of The Country As America’s Third Largest City Becomes A Gang-Infested Wasteland
theeconomiccollapseblog.com / By Michael Snyder on May 8th, 2017 Did you know that the number of murders increased by almost 60 percent in the city of Chicago last year? And as you will see below, this year gang violence in the Windy City has risen to a new level of viciousness. A staggering 9.5 million people […]
Chicago Airport Security Chief Fired After United Airlines Debacle
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Apr 28, 2017 11:33 AM Following United Airlines’ settlement with David Dao (with no one from the airline being fired), it seems a scapegoat has been found. AP reports, Jeffrey Redding, the head of security at Chicago’s airports, “has been terminated from his duties” at O’Hare and Midway airports. No reason was given. […]
“We’re At The Mercy Of The Algos”; More News Sites Say Facebook’s ‘Fake News’ Filter Is Killing Traffic
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Apr 20, 2017 10:15 PM Yesterday we highlighted an article written by the Chicago Tribune’s Deputy Editor for Digital News, Kurt Gessler, which provided a fairly compelling set of facts to suggest that Facebook’s ‘fake news’ filter was suppressing the distribution of articles from media sources which undoubtedly consider themselves “legitimate new […]
“I’m Sorry, We’ll Fix This”: United CEO Issues Apology To Passenger And Everyone Else
zerohedge.com / by Tyler Durden / Apr 11, 2017 Hopefully putting an end to the media circus that has gripped America’s attention over the past 24 hours, the CEO of United Continental, Oscar Munoz, has finally apologized for the airline’s handling of a Chinese-American passenger who was forcibly dragged out of a flight in Chicago, an incident […]
A Major Terror Attack Is Coming, And the U.S. Is Next: “Mock IED Onboard Chicago-Bound Flight”
shtfplan.com / Mac Slavo / April 6th, 2017 Given the way things are, with the powers that be, this was only a matter of time. A major reset, complete with another inciting (and major) false flag attack is coming – and there is every sense that such an event will once again strike the homeland […]
Thousands Of Americans Are Fleeing The Big Cities In Preparation For The Coming American Apocalypse
Why are so many people suddenly moving away from major U.S. cities? Recently, I wrote about the mass exodus that is happening out of the state of California, but the truth is that what is happening there is just part of a national phenomenon. The populations of some of our largest cities are steadily shrinking, […]
Thousands Flee Chicago For Safer Areas Of The Country As America’s Third Largest City Becomes A Gang-Infested Wasteland
Did you know that the number of murders increased by almost 60 percent in the city of Chicago last year? And as you will see below, this year gang violence in the Windy City has risen to a new level of viciousness. A staggering 9.5 million people live in the Chicago metropolitan area, and it […]