G+: And A Little Man-Child Shall Lead Them By The Nose So this happened: Trump tweets about stuff HE wants us all to talk about. He sets the headlines for the day, he doesn't have to answer questions, and he can grab the attention of a news-starved press any time he wants. Oh, and maybe follow Putin's lead about having more nukes. Meanwhile the last time Trump held a press conference, it was July 27 and he was a complete joke. Donald Trump has a brilliant media strategy Read at Google+

G+: Ken Griffin Donates $12Million To Build Separate Bike/Ped Lakefront Paths This is TERRIFIC news for the running/cycling communities in Chicago! Chicago Tribune Read at Google+

G+: This Week In "Bryan Fischer Is A Dolt: Hillary Only Won California" And all the other 19 states she won were rightfully Trump's because of the extra 3 million votes. Huh? Bryan Fischer: ‘Hillary Clinton Won California, Donald Trump Won Everything Else’ | Right Wing Watch American Family Radio’s Bryan Fischer seems to be having a very hard time coming to grips with the simple fact that Donald Trump won the presidential election despite losing the popular vote by nearly three … Read at Google+

G+: Elf on the Shelf Originally started out as a promotional item with chocolate at Christmas, I think, and then people (like my mom) started collecting them. They came in different size and different colored elf suits, and the first I remember them was in the mid to late Sixties. The "Elf on the Shelf" picture book came later, after people started family traditions to use their collections of elves to mess with their kids' heads. Elf on the Shelf isn’t a real Christmas tradition – it’s a post-truth doll for a post-truth age | Stuart Heritage | Opinion |…

G+: Clarksonism: Angry White Guys Talking Trash Is Still Sort Of Funny This Guardian review of the Grand Tour is pretty tepid. The show itself runs hot and lukewarm. Unmasked American "Not-Stig" is kind of annoying; they should have poached Tanner Foust from the old American "Top Gear." Foust would have been annoying in a way that could stand up to Clarkson's guff, send Hammond into a "My American Bromance" tizzy, and make May spout surly but erudite insults. But no, they cast some NASCAR guy and there's no interaction between his sequences and the hosts. The humor between the…

G+: God, No… Well, Tougher Maybe (I like to think we don't have to go all Opposite Day) Should Democrats act more like Republicans? Donald Trump’s historically low favorability ratings and loss of the popular vote has a lot of Democrats of thinking about how Republicans would be acting if the shoe was on the other foot. Read at Google+

G+: Chicago Episcopalian Stands With The Protectors Staycie Flint, a lay leader from All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Chicago who is endorsed by the Episcopal Church as a chaplain and is board-certified, responded to the call for chaplains because she “heard there was a need to provide complex care for people who have complex trauma with our veterans. I was expecting it to run up against generational, compounded trauma from the different tribes.” Standing Rock chaplains attended to needs after joyful news [Episcopal News Service – Cannon Ball, North Dakota] When the trauma chaplains who volunteered to go to the…

G+: Why Do People Vote For Crazy Right-Wing Religious Nuts? Why Do People Vote For Crazy Right-Wing Religious Nuts? Gordon Klingenschmitt: People Who Criticize Me Are Demon-Possessed | Right Wing Watch On a recent episode of his Read at Google+

G+: Blue's Clues Steve and Flaming Lips You have to watch the video to this beautiful and charming collaboration, "The Unicorn and Princess Rainbow." Steve Finally Confirms Why He Left ‘Blue’s Clues’ No, it wasn’t to pursue a music career, but he does have a new song. Read at Google+