Saturday, May 5, 2012
Update: Federal Closures for Summit
Starting May 11, the ramps to I 55 and Lake Shore Drive will be closed.
Sunday, May 13, at 6 am parking restrictions will go in effect. On Tuesday, May 15, road closures and pedestrian restrictions will be in place around McCormick Place.
On Saturday, May 19 at midnight, Lake Shore Drive between Balbo and 39th Street is one of the main streets that will be closed to traffic during the summit. Roads around Willis Tower will also be closed. There will also be intermittent closures on the Kennedy Expressway for motorcades. The Steveson will be shut down between Lake Shore Drive and the intersection with 90-94.
The Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium will be closed on Sunday, May 20. And there will be boating restrictions on the Lake Michigan.
The Metra Electric and the South Shore lines, which run underneath McCormick Place, will be in service, but passengers should expect delays. Officials say the McCormick Place stop will be closed during the summit, and other stations may be as well.
McCormick Place Sunday, May 13, 2012
Street parking will be prohibited beginning at 6 a.m., Sunday, May 13, until 11 p.m. Monday, May 21, at the following location:
Northern Museum Campus
Adler Planetarium, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium are scheduled to be open for business with limited parking on Saturday, May 19. Parking lots open on Saturday include the top three floors of Soldier Field North Lot and the Adler Planetarium parking lot. All parking lots will close at 5:30 p.m. following the closure of museums. If vehicles are still in lots they will be towed from the campus to an off-site city lot.
As of 6 p.m. Saturday evening, May 19, the Northern Museum Campus to include Northerly Island will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic. All pedestrians and vehicles still on the campus at that time will be permitted to exit at the intersection of Columbus Drive and Roosevelt Road.
Adler Planetarium, Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium will be closed to the public on Sunday, May 20.
- Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.
- Museum Campus Drive between McFetridge Drive and 18th Street
- E. Waldron Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- 18th Street between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- Lake Shore Drive between McFetridge Drive and McCormick Center (Street closure will merge with McCormick Center street closures.)
- Eastbound and westbound E. Roosevelt Road between S. Indiana Avenue and S. Lake Shore Drive Street parking will be prohibited at the following locations:
- East and west side of N. Museum Campus Drive between McFetridge Drive and 18th Street
- North and south side of E. Waldron Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- North and south side of 18th Street between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- East and westbound E. Roosevelt Road between S. Indiana Avenue and S. Lake Shore Drive The following parking lots will be closed to museum campus patrons:
- Field Museum east parking lot
- South portion of Adler Planetarium parking lot
- First floor of Soldier Field North Lot
- Waldron Lot and Soldier Field South Lot Saturday, May 19, 2012 - 6 p.m. until Sunday, May 20 at midnight (Sunday midnight into Monday) The following roads will be closed:
- Museum Campus Drive between E. Solidarity Drive and 18th Street
- E. Waldron Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- 18th Street between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- Northbound and southbound Lake Shore Drive between E. Balbo Avenue and McCormick Center (Street closure will merge with McCormick Center street closures)
- E. McFetridge Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- S. Columbus Drive between E. Balboa Drive and E. McFetridge Drive
- Eastbound and westbound E. Roosevelt Road between S. Indiana Avenue and S. Lake Shore Drive Street parking will be prohibited at the following locations:
- East and west side of N. Museum Campus Drive between E. Solidarity Drive and 18th Street
- North and south side of E. Waldron Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- North and south side of 18th Street between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- North and south side of McFetridge Drive between S. Lake Shore Drive and Museum Campus Drive
- North and south side of eastbound and westbound Solidarity Drive between Museum Campus Drive and Adler Planetarium turnabout. The following parking lots will be closed:
- Field Museum east parking lot
- Adler Planetarium parking lot
- Soldier Field North Lot (all floors)
- Waldron Lot and Soldier Field South Lot
The following roads will be closed:
- Willis Tower
- S. Franklin Street between W. Adams Street and W. Jackson Boulevard
- In addition, the street closure that already exists due to construction on W. Adams Street (north side of Willis Tower) and S. Upper Wacker Drive (west side of Willis Tower) will be in effect.
No street parking will be allowed beginning at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 19 until midnight, Sunday, May 20 (Saturday midnight going into Sunday). - North and south side of Adams Street on north side of Willis Tower
- North and south side of Jackson Boulevard between Franklin and Wacker Drive
- East and west side of Franklin Street between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, there will be intermittent road closures starting at 6 p.m. at:
- Chicago Cultural Center & Art Institute of Chicago
- East and west sides of Wabash Avenue between Lake Street and Washington Street
- North and south sides of Randolph Street between Michigan Avenue and Wabash Avenue
- North and south sides of E. Washington Street between Wabash Avenue and Michigan Avenue
- West side of Michigan Avenue between E. Randolph Street and E. Jackson Drive
- North and south sides of E. Monroe Street between S. Michigan Avenue and S. Columbus Drive Beginning at midnight, Sunday, May 20 (Saturday midnight into Sunday) the following road will be closed until 11 p.m.:
- E. Monroe Street between S. Michigan Avenue and S. Columbus Drive Beginning at 4 p.m, Sunday, May 20, until 11 p.m., the following roads will be closed:
- Garland Court between Madison Street and Randolph Street On Sunday, May 20, 2012, there will be intermittent road closures starting at 6 p.m.
- Northbound/southbound Michigan Avenue between E. Randolph Street and Jackson Drive
- Jackson Drive between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive
- S. Columbus Drive between E. Monroe Street and E. Jackson Drive
No street parking will be allowed beginning at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 19 until midnight, Sunday, May 20 (Saturday midnight into Sunday):
- Airspace Restrictions
An interagency airspace security plan will be implemented to provide secure airspace over the Chicago area during the NATO Summit. A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight advisory listing enhanced restrictions was released April 18 (Notice #NOTC3675 -) . A Notice to Airmen (NOTAMs) with additional details will be published at a later date.
Pilots are strongly encouraged to check NOTAMs frequently for possible changes prior to operations in the area or contact a Flight Service Station at 1-800-992-7433 to check for all current NOTAMs. Pilots may also contact FAA Systems Operations Support Center (SOSC) at 202-267-8276 or through the FAA's website tfr.faa.gov
- Marina/Waterway Restrictions
- Security Zone A - Security Zone A encompasses all U.S. navigable waters, facilities, and shoreline within the arc of a circle with a 2000-yard radius of the Burnham park boat ramp with its center point located in the approximate position 41º51'37"N, 087º36'44"W.[DATUM: NAD 83].
Security Zones B, C, and D, effective between 8 a.m. on May 18, 2012, and 8 a.m. on May 22, 2012, will have fewer restrictions than Zone A. Commercial and recreational traffic will be allowed access to these areas unless security measures need to be temporarily implemented. - Security Zone B - Security Zone B encompasses all U.S. navigable waters, facilities, and shoreline within the arc of a circle with a 2000-yard radius of the outer most tip of the Chicago lock with its center point located in the approximate position 41º53'19"N, 087º36'17"W.[DATUM: NAD 83].
- Security Zone C - Security Zone C encompasses all U.S. navigable waters of the Chicago River between the Western Gate of the Chicago Controlling Works Lock which is located in approximate position 41º53'18"N, 087º36'28"W. [DATUM: NAD 83] and the juncture of the north and south branches of the Chicago River which is located in approximate position 41º53'11"N, 087º38'15"W. [DATUM: NAD 83]
- Security Zone D - Security Zone D encompasses all U.S. navigable waters of the south branch of the Chicago River between Mile Markers 245.0 and 276.0. [DATUM: NAD 83]. Concerned maritime traffic can contact the Coast Guard Captain of the Port Representative via VHF-FM Channel 16. All City of Chicago owned or operated bridges over the Main, South and North Branches of the Chicago River will be closed to masted navigation between 7 a.m. on May 18, 2012 through 7 a.m. on May 21, 2012.
The public will see an increased U.S. Coast Guard presence on the water during the NATO Summit. The Coast Guard's initiatives are one of the many layers of increased security during the summit. The Coast Guard will continue to perform its standard missions of search and rescue and law enforcement in addition to their homeland security responsibilities.
The following maritime security zone will be effective and enforced 24 hours a day between 8 a.m. on May 18, 2012, and 8 a.m. on May 22, 2012:
- Commuter Rail Lines and Public Transit
Commuter rail lines in Chicago will not be closed to riders during the NATO Summit. However, passengers should plan for delays as trains approach and pass through the McCormick Place stop due to necessary security measures.
The McCormick Place stop will be closed on both Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21. Other stations may be closed as needed. Additional information on route changes during the NATO Summit will be available online via Metra at metrarail.com and the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District at NICTD.com. Changes to bus routes within the vehicle and pedestrian restricted areas will be necessary. Information on route changes will be available on the Chicago Transit Authority website at TransitChicago.com.
- Online Information
- NATO Host Committee - ChicagoNATO.org
- City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications: NotifyChicago.org
- Chicago Police Department: portal.chicagopolice.org
- Chicago Transit Authority: TransitChicago.com
- Chicago Metra www.metrarail.com
- Federal Aviation Administration flight restrictions - http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr2/list.html
- Illinois Department of Transportation - travelmidwest.com
- Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District - www.NICTD.com
- U.S. Secret Service - secretservice.gov Additions or updates to this plan may be made prior to the start of the event.
The Chicago NATO Host committee will use Notify Chicago as a resource for communicating useful summit related information on street closures, traffic disruptions and more.
Individuals may sign up for Notify Chicago through the City of Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications website to receive message alerts via text message or voicemail related to extreme weather alerts, traffic disruptions, health alerts and major incidents.
The free subscription can be completed in a matter of minutes by visiting http://www.notifychicago.org. This is a free City of Chicago service, though text message rates may apply based on cell phone provider.
Information and updates for the 2012 NATO Summit will be available online through the following websites.
Again we the people get fucked in the ass by politics but this time by all the world leaders
You people are brilliant fucking assholes. You fucking cry broke and the tax our ass off to balance your fucking debt when you fucks owe China money. You need to start charging higher intrest rates to the people or Countries that owe us money and then lets worry about us not the entire world if some fuck wants to bomb another country so be it as long as it is not us. Thank you for the vent now on to the whole purpose of this article.
Stretches of Lake Shore Drive, I-55 to be closed during NATO summit
Aerial view of McCormick Place, Lake Shore Drive and Soldier Field in Chicago. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago…)
NRA News: Fast & Furious Scandel gets caught up in Contempt
U.S. House Oversight Committee Makes Case for Contempt of Congress in "Fast and Furious" Investigation
Posted on May 4, 2012
Back in February, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) promised to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if Holder didn't hand over Justice Department documents that had been subpoenaed as part of an ongoing investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives' now-infamous "Operation Fast and Furious" gun-walking operation.
This week, Rep. Issa--chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee--made good on the pledge and sent out a draft Contempt Order against Holder to members of the committee. The document makes a case for holding the beleaguered U.S. Attorney General in contempt of Congress due to his ongoing refusal to cooperate with the investigation. While not actually citing Holder with contempt, the document does establish grounds for the charge.
According to a release by the committee, the documents explain what happened in "Fast and Furious," the hardships faced by the family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in getting truthful answers about his death, how whistle-blowers have faced retaliation for their actions, and the violent crime and narco-terrorism in Mexico that "Fast and Furious" has enabled.
"This briefing paper and draft contempt report explains the case, to both Members of the Committee and the American people, for holding Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress," said Issa. "In describing the results of the Justice Department's refusal to cooperate--including the hardships the family of a fallen Border Patrol agent have faced in seeking the truth, and retaliation against agents who blew the whistle on gunwalking--this briefing paper provides the facts, on which decisions will be made."
A Newsmax article reports that U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), also a member of the committee, has asserted that Holder's Justice Department has been given every possible opportunity to cooperate with House and Senate probes, but has chosen not to.
"We are dealing with a specific instance here of the Department of Justice not turning over thousands of pages of documents relating to the death of a border patrol agent and allowing over 2,000 guns to go from the United States into Mexico in violation of both United States and Mexican law. And nobody is willing, in the Justice Department, to work with us," Farenthold said.
"They go after anybody who is a whistleblower. They stonewall at every turn. It is absolutely unacceptable behavior from one branch of government to the other."
NRA-ILA has already reported on how the Obama Administration has endangered lives to justify gun control in the case of "Fast and Furious." The Newsmax article goes on to report that Farenthold, too, believes "Fast and Furious" could have been a set‑up to increase gun control laws. "There are a couple of options as I see it. One: there are some incompetent folks there. The other, more scary, one for me is 'was there any sort of agenda,' Farenthold said."
"One of the results of Operation Fast and Furious was a change in regulatory schemes, that without an Act of Congress, the BATFE now requires gun dealers in border states to file reports on multiple sales of certain types of weapons. So if I were to go out and buy my wife and two daughters a long gun, I would be reported as a possible straw buyer. We are taking away people's Second Amendment rights by executive fiat. Was this the plan all along? That is something the American people need to know."
It is clear that the established policy of the Obama Justice Department and Attorney General Holder is to deny Congress and the American people the truth about “Fast and Furious.” Hopefully, Rep Issa's continued efforts to seek the truth will yield results.
This week, Rep. Issa--chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee--made good on the pledge and sent out a draft Contempt Order against Holder to members of the committee. The document makes a case for holding the beleaguered U.S. Attorney General in contempt of Congress due to his ongoing refusal to cooperate with the investigation. While not actually citing Holder with contempt, the document does establish grounds for the charge.
According to a release by the committee, the documents explain what happened in "Fast and Furious," the hardships faced by the family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in getting truthful answers about his death, how whistle-blowers have faced retaliation for their actions, and the violent crime and narco-terrorism in Mexico that "Fast and Furious" has enabled.
"This briefing paper and draft contempt report explains the case, to both Members of the Committee and the American people, for holding Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress," said Issa. "In describing the results of the Justice Department's refusal to cooperate--including the hardships the family of a fallen Border Patrol agent have faced in seeking the truth, and retaliation against agents who blew the whistle on gunwalking--this briefing paper provides the facts, on which decisions will be made."
A Newsmax article reports that U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.), also a member of the committee, has asserted that Holder's Justice Department has been given every possible opportunity to cooperate with House and Senate probes, but has chosen not to.
"We are dealing with a specific instance here of the Department of Justice not turning over thousands of pages of documents relating to the death of a border patrol agent and allowing over 2,000 guns to go from the United States into Mexico in violation of both United States and Mexican law. And nobody is willing, in the Justice Department, to work with us," Farenthold said.
"They go after anybody who is a whistleblower. They stonewall at every turn. It is absolutely unacceptable behavior from one branch of government to the other."
NRA-ILA has already reported on how the Obama Administration has endangered lives to justify gun control in the case of "Fast and Furious." The Newsmax article goes on to report that Farenthold, too, believes "Fast and Furious" could have been a set‑up to increase gun control laws. "There are a couple of options as I see it. One: there are some incompetent folks there. The other, more scary, one for me is 'was there any sort of agenda,' Farenthold said."
"One of the results of Operation Fast and Furious was a change in regulatory schemes, that without an Act of Congress, the BATFE now requires gun dealers in border states to file reports on multiple sales of certain types of weapons. So if I were to go out and buy my wife and two daughters a long gun, I would be reported as a possible straw buyer. We are taking away people's Second Amendment rights by executive fiat. Was this the plan all along? That is something the American people need to know."
It is clear that the established policy of the Obama Justice Department and Attorney General Holder is to deny Congress and the American people the truth about “Fast and Furious.” Hopefully, Rep Issa's continued efforts to seek the truth will yield results.
NRA & ISRA NEWS
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Audit: Illinois FOID card system for buying guns
and ammo is broken
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For more than four decades, Illinois' Firearm Owners
Identification card has been viewed as a first line of defense for protecting
the public by trying to keep guns out of the hands of the most dangerous in
society.
But a first-ever state audit of the program has found the safety net weakened by bureaucratic loopholes and erroneous and incomplete data that could allow the seriously mental ill and others to keep or get a FOID card to buy firearms and ammunition. ... Read the whole story here from CLTV news Posted Sat May 5 09:04:02 CDT 2012 |
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New national alliance for armed citizens
announced: ACA
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A new alliance of industry and armed citizens has been
announced with the goal of providing ordinary gun owners the opportunity to
“practice, train and become familiar with the use of concealed carry handguns
and other personal defense firearms.”
The Armed Citizen Alliance (ACA) should get immediate attention from Pacific Northwest shooters whose primary purpose for owning a gun is personal protection, and there are hundreds of thousands of them. In Washington, some 360,000 citizens have active concealed pistol licenses. Neighboring Oregon, as this column recently noted, has more than 152,000 licensed citizens. ... Read the whole story here by Dave Workman, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Posted Sat May 5 08:27:33 CDT 2012 |
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Russian Gun Group Joins IAPCAR's Global Gun
Rights Coalition
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BELLEVUE, Wash., May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR)
added Russia's The Right to Arms as its newest member working to protect and
expand the right to keep and bear arms around the globe. Right to Arms joins a
coalition of 20 other groups from 11 countries on five different continents that
represent millions of firearm owners and citizens concerned about civilian arms
rights.
"IAPCAR is quickly expanding as the premier international arms rights organization with groups like Right to Arms as new allies in securing the human right to keep and bear arms," said IAPCAR executive director, Philip Watson. "The push for civilian arms rights continues to grow at a fast pace as this week we've added ANARMA of Spain and now Right to Arms of Russia as new members," Watson observed. "It is a great honor for our group to join IAPCAR," said Right to Arms chairman Maria Butina. As Russia's highest profile gun rights advocacy organization, Right to Arms also runs the popular website (http://vooruzhen.ru/). Julianne Versnel, director of operations for the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Alan Gottlieb, Chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), established IAPCAR to serve as a vehicle to unify arms rights groups against international threats to the human right of self-defense and the legitimate use of guns. ... Read the whole story here from PR Newswire Posted Sat May 5 08:20:05 CDT 2012 |
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Sign of the times: In West Seattle, criminals
are on notice
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Some industrious West Seattle resident has fashioned a couple
of crude signs and stapled them as a warning to residential burglars and other
ne’er-do-wells with this message: “Welcome Criminals. Loaded guns are waitin’.”
Roughly translated the season is open, there is no license required and no bag limit. The sign, posted at the intersection of 30th and Henderson in Westwood, leaves no doubt that its author is sending a message. A story published on the popular West Seattle Blog is matter-of-fact and not nearly as colorful as many of the comments in response from readers. ... Read the whole story here. by Dave Workman, Seattle Gun Rights Examiner Posted Tue May 1 23:15:16 CDT 2012 |
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If what MSNBC says is true, they should want
less gun control.
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Right-To-Carry Town Hall Meeting in Buffalo
Grove
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Show your support! Hear about Right-To-Carry efforts in
Illinois, hear from women who faced life endangering situations! With Q&A
session. No charge to attend.
Come to Buffalo Grove! Apr 30 Buffalo Grove The link above goes to the entry in the ISRA Calendar. Posted Fri Apr 27 09:54:34 CDT 2012 |
From SecondCityCop:IDOT Street Closuers for Nato
Didn't she just say, "Bring your families downtown!" Can she explain exactly what the attraction is now?
- Lake Shore Drive and Interstate Highway 55 near McCormick Place will be closed during the NATO summit, federal and Chicago officials announced today.
In addition to the highways, the security measures for the summit also will close significant portions of Columbus Drive and Roosevelt Road near the museum campus, and several streets near the convention center on the near South Side will also be closed.
The Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium and Field Museum will be closed Sunday, May 20, and while the museums will be open on the Saturday before the summit starts, many parking lots on the museum campus will not be open.
Anyone want to see if Lori eats her "$128 million windfall" in the next few weeks? No museum campus open, no parking, massive disruption on the train lines, highways shut down, this sounds like a dream opportunity to do what exactly?
Even the nearby harbors are closed, so if you have a boat at Burnham, you can't use it.
Even the nearby harbors are closed, so if you have a boat at Burnham, you can't use it.
From The Raw Truth As An American Sees It: You can BET the Drug Companies will try to silence this CURE…..
(NaturalNews) Most natural health advocates know that dandelion is a good liver tonic. But now research is showing that it’s also a cancer fighter. This research discovery occurred at Windsor University in Windsor, Canada.
A Windsor University biochemist, Siyaram Pandey, reluctantly took up dandelion research from a Windsor oncologist’s suggestion. Dr. Caroline Hamm noticed a few cancer patients who had been drinking dandelion tea seemed to be getting better.
Siyaram Pandey was initially skeptical. “She said it could be coincidental but it couldn’t hurt to see if there is anything to it.” So Pandey plunged into the research by working on leukemia blood samples with their own dandelion root extract. He and Dr. Hamm were amazed to find the leukemia cells were forced into apoptosis, or cell suicide.
More amazing to them was the fact that non-cancerous cells were left alone. In other words, the dandelion root extract targeted only the cancer cells, which is not true with chemotherapy pharmaceuticals that kill everything in their paths.
They experimented with other types of cancer cells in vitro (lab cultures) and found the same results. Their initial grant of $60,000 has recently been boosted with another $157,000 grant, bringing their total funding to $217,000.
A Windsor University biochemist, Siyaram Pandey, reluctantly took up dandelion research from a Windsor oncologist’s suggestion. Dr. Caroline Hamm noticed a few cancer patients who had been drinking dandelion tea seemed to be getting better.
Siyaram Pandey was initially skeptical. “She said it could be coincidental but it couldn’t hurt to see if there is anything to it.” So Pandey plunged into the research by working on leukemia blood samples with their own dandelion root extract. He and Dr. Hamm were amazed to find the leukemia cells were forced into apoptosis, or cell suicide.
More amazing to them was the fact that non-cancerous cells were left alone. In other words, the dandelion root extract targeted only the cancer cells, which is not true with chemotherapy pharmaceuticals that kill everything in their paths.
They experimented with other types of cancer cells in vitro (lab cultures) and found the same results. Their initial grant of $60,000 has recently been boosted with another $157,000 grant, bringing their total funding to $217,000.
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