calumet412:

An Electroliner making it’s way along the North Shore/Milwaukee line, 1954, Chicago.

Thanks to Garry Jaffe for the extra info:

The Electroliner is on the North Side Mainline over Franklin St. Depending on the date, those tracks were owned by the CTA based on the buildings, cars & streetlight poles. Sometime in the 1950s

It’s not used by the Red Line [except in emergencies, called “going over the top”], but by the Brown & Purple Lines.

The North Shore Line leased trackage rights into Chicago from Dempster St. in Skokie south to Roosevelt. From Dempster north to Milwaukee was owned by the CNS&M, except for the end in Milwaukee which was on the street, like a streetcar, which the original Shoreline Route also took through Wilmette from the end of the L at 4th & Linden on 4th & on Greenleaf.

Photo via Chicago-L.org

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The most super, Superman

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ilovecharts:

The impact of tax increases on taxpayers

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mattfisher:

Today, in response to my blog post entitled “My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court,” Progressive released a statement saying that  ”Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant” in my sister’s case. I am not a lawyer, but this is what I observed in the courtroom during my sister’s trial:

At the beginning of the trial on Monday, August 6th, an attorney identified himself as Jeffrey R. Moffat and stated that he worked for Progressive Advanced Insurance Company. He then sat next to the defendant. During the trial, both in and out of the courtroom, he conferred with the defendant. He gave an opening statement to the jury, in which he proposed the idea that the defendant should not be found negligent in the case. He cross-examined the plaintiff’s witnesses. On direct examination, he questioned all of the defense’s witnesses. He made objections on behalf of the defendant, and he was a party to the argument of all of the objections heard in the case. After all of the witnesses had been called, he stood before the jury and gave a closing argument, in which he argued that my sister was responsible for the accident that killed her, and that the jury should not decide that the defendant was negligent. 

I am comfortable characterizing this as a legal defense. 

I wrote about this case on my blog because I felt that, in the wake of my sister’s death, Progressive had sought out ways to meet their strict legal obligation while still disrespecting my sister’s memory and causing my family a world of hurt. Their statement disavowing their role in this case, a case in which their attorney stood before my sister’s jury and argued on behalf of her killer, is simply infuriating.

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brotherbrain:

Super Mario Evolution by Brother Brain. 
Donkey Kong (Arcade) Nintendo 1981. 
Mario Bros. (Arcade) Nintendo 1983. 
Super Mario Bros. (NES) Nintendo 1985. 
Super Mario Bros. 2 (NES) Nintendo 1988. 
Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES) Nintendo 1990.
Super Mario World (SNES) Nintendo 1991.

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ilovecharts:

Anatomy of a Wes Anderson Trailer 

by Spencer Campbell

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