Governor Jeebs
Hell yeah.
Everyone chill out. Jeff Thomas is coming to Illinois, after all
Per a scoop from The News-Gazette‘s Bob Asmussen, all of the rumors that had been circulating over the weekend were false. Thomas is on the way to campus and will begin classes as soon as possible.
Will he play a down as an Illini? I guess we’ll see how the waiver situation works out. He could be pivotal in a bowl berth next year.
Stevie Jay’s updates from Asia are…exactly what I expected
This is a pretty niche area of Champaign-Urbana media, but if you listen to ESPN Radio (93.5 in Champaign-Urbana) you’re probably familiar with “Stevie Jay”, the radio ‘mogul’ who owns a couple of stations in town.
He also has a morning talk show where he spouts pretty tame right wing opinions (my personal favorite was last year when he berated NFL players for peacefully protesting…on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day). If you listen to sports talk radio in your car, you probably hear it when you drive to work in the morning.
Anyway, Stevie (Steven? Steve? Mr. Jay? Dr. Jay?
It’s honestly remarkable how much air-time they give to what is essentially a confused travel report. But it’s his station. Be great, I guess.
These are mostly used for descriptions of food and as a harmless advertisement for his travel agency, but occasionally he’ll slide in a take that exemplifies some sort of tone-deafness. Here are some of Stevie’s best (worst?) takeaways from Asia thus far:
- He seems surprised that the Vietnamese don’t honor America in their war history.
- Agent Orange ring a bell? How about napalm?
- He indicates that shooting drug users might be a good way to curb crime
- Don’t worry about that Trump stuff; no one in Asia cares about it at all
- “And by the way, politically, I don’t hear a word on the streets of anything in all these countries. No one says a thing about Donald Trump. No one says anything about anything about politics. People are livin’ their lives, they’re doin’ their work, they’re
gettin ‘er done. Some of this stuff is blown way out of proportion for the everyday person in this world who goes to work, comes, and takes care of their family. Most people don’t have any idea what’s going on, day-to-day, politically.” - Oh great so because people who aren’t American don’t immerse themselves in American news, it’s not really that bad? I’m not sure I follow the logic here, Professor Jay.
- “And by the way, politically, I don’t hear a word on the streets of anything in all these countries. No one says a thing about Donald Trump. No one says anything about anything about politics. People are livin’ their lives, they’re doin’ their work, they’re
- He talks about why dropping an atomic bomb was worth it…in Nagasaki, Japan.
idk it just doesn’t seem like an appropriate place to espouse that opinion, especially verbally.
- He seems shocked about income inequality in Asia
- But he sure loved to stump for the Trump tax plan this past year.
Urbana sidewalks must be cleared of snow by Tuesday
Or else!!!
(WICS)
Illini football adds another grad transfer
He’s from Alabama! They’re good!
Champaign Showers hit 200 likes on Facebook overnight
Social metrics rule everything around me. Holler. Here’s a celebratory song:
The News-Gazette‘s statement about publishing mug shots is terrible
Yes, the mugshots are public record. No, that doesn’t mean that The News-Gazette should plaster them on their pages with reckless abandon and gain ad revenue from them.
(Smile Politely)
Judge Orders Trump Administration To Remove 2020 Census Citizenship Question
If you think about it, this is locally-relevant because most of us will get counted during the census.
Piatt County board supports solar energy farms after investigating just what in the heck solar energy is
“It’s another type of agricultural use. It harvests the sun,” said Miller.
I’m sincerely proud of you, Piatt County, but I’m also dying laughing.
This is a real-life application of the value of research and education. If only ~40% of our country were so thoughtful.
(Steve Hoffman / Journal-Republican)
Related: Spurred By State Incentives, Solar Panel Farms Are Coming To Illinois
(Jim Meadows / Illinois Public Media)
The City of Champaign has an app to report non-emergency incidents
Like potholes and stuff.
lol
This story was also picked up by TalkingPointsMemo‘s Nicole Lafond.
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