Puskas Award 2009: Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cristiano Ronaldo recibió el premio “Puskas 2009” como autor del mejor gol de 2009, hecho el 15 de abril de 2009 (con la camiseta del Manchester United) en la victoria (1-0) contra Porto (Portugal). EL gol fue elegido entre estos.

Volvió Estudiantes.

De madrugada, el micro pasó de Ezeiza a City Bell acompañado de una emotiva caravana pincha. Mientras tanto el Barcelona jugó un amistoso en Kuwait (Kazma Sporting Club por u$s 2 millones) y Messi llega al Kongresshaus Zürich (15.30 hora Argentina) para recibir el FIFA World Player 2009 (23 goles en 31 partidos de Liga, 9 goles en 12 partidos de Champions League y 6 goles en 8 partidos de Copa del Rey), como estrella del equipo que ganó todo lo que jugó en el año.

One Down?

A candidate for Cook County Board President in trouble for buying signatures?

Or misappropriating funds to pay for collecting signatures?

The mysterious hand of Shortshanks at work? Or "Big Hog Balls" Beavers?

Ed, What Have You Done? (UPDATED)

WTF?

• BREAKING NEWS:
  
  Anonymous said...
  BC's husband EOD in a little hot water? Video footage going around with EOD talking crazy
  
  12/15/2009 10:35:00 PM
  
  
• Ed O was caught MF'ing J Weisel and how he has torn the department to shreds. He just spoke the truth. No rampage just truth. The guy is a hero in my eyes. Somebody with balls in exempt rank. The first time I've seen a Christmas miracle. You go boss, I'd follow you to the gates of hell. He's a boss that's loyal to his troops. He's one of the few exempt cops left. If not the last.
  
  12/17/2009 05:33:00 PM
  
  
• Well ladies and gentlemen, the story has grown legs!
  
  Apparently, it was true your "hero" EOD was caught badmouthing (in front of numerous witnesses at the Christmas Party and allegedly now on youtube) the very person (JFED) who is responsible for not only promoting him and his wife and enlarging their undeserving overinflated pensions.
  
  Rumor is the EOD is done before end of the year. He will be given a choice to retire (which he has the years and age) or force to be demoted. So you might just get your chance to follow him you little redhead.
  
  The moral of the story is "don't bite the hand that feeds you" (at least not publicly at a Christmas Party).

Honest to pete, the writers for "All My Children" couldn't come up with stuff like this. And these softballs are in charge of a major metropolitan police department.

UPDATE: To the mentally deficient and reading challenged short bus riders visiting:

• These are comments that have been appearing here for six days now. Six Days. We've ignored it and let it ride for a while. But if truthfully stated opinions start to be rumored to be affecting Department operations, we'd be remiss if we didn't address it, even if it's only a means to kill the rumor. We think more bosses ought to be able to tell J-Fed exactly how he's destroying the Department and not have to fear for their spots,. But since they got there by selling their souls, walking over the backs of more deserving, stabbing others in the back or riding on the coattails of actual police officers doing good work, well, let's just say our sympathies are limited.
  
  Ed plays his games while Bea plays hers. We weren't ever going to be part of that circle and we'll never be a boss, so we don't really care. Political spots are political spots and let's not pretend anyone is going to be moved without the approval of Shortshanks or his people.
  
  So spare us your "SCC you suck," "SCC, you're wrong," or "SCC you claim there's a video..." We don't and didn't claim a thing. We addressed a six day old rumor that may or may not affect a political appointment. Nothing more, nothing less. Prove it or debunk it - we don't have a dog in this fight.
  

Memorial Fund Operation Santa

Spreading the holiday cheer:

• During tough economic times, gifts under the Christmas tree are no longer taken for granted. But imagine what it's like for child who has lost a parent.

  Over the weekend, one group tried to make the holidays a little easier for them.

  The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation was remembering the families of officers who were killed or injured while on duty with "Operation Santa."

  Children from 18 families were included this year.

A very nice job remembering the families officers left behind.

Bears Post Mortem

Can't they just forfeit the last two games and refund everyone's money?

• The Baltimore Ravens are starting to look more like a playoff team, although it was difficult to judge for certain Sunday given the woeful performance of the Chicago Bears.
  
  Joe Flacco threw a career-high four touchdown passes, and the Ravens capitalized on six Chicago turnovers in a 31-7 rout.

Fire everyone and start the rebuilding year now. We can't remember a worse Bears performance in years.

Toddler Burning Bridges

The joys of political theater:

• Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was sending a message to House Speaker Michael Madigan when he recently fired two of Madigan's top political operatives from their high-paying county jobs, county sources said.
  
  Madigan, like Mayor Daley, has not made an endorsement in the County Board president race and isn't expected to do so, Madigan spokesman Steve Brown said.
  
  But some of Madigan's Southwest Side foot soldiers have circulated nominating petitions and are actively backing Stroger's chief rivals: Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District boss Terrence O'Brien, county insiders say.
  
  Stroger isn't pleased that Madigan has withheld his backing, county insiders say. He took political revenge first by firing longtime Madigan loyalist Richard Bono, a $99,187 county Forest Preserve District maintenance superintendent who also collects a $30,353 city pension.

How many other "double dippers" is Todd going to fire? We only hope he does as much damage to his rivals as possible before he loses his seat.