Also yes I know you’re talking about the U of C boys in Santiago, but if you’re familiar with Chicago politics, “patronage” is certainly a local Chicago tradition, too.
I don’t know the exact details of how this works, but Chicago’s aldermen have basically personal fiefdoms in their wards:
Anyway I hope you like deep-dish pizza and excessive hot-dog toppings (but never, ever ketchup!), francheezies, House music, Da Bulls, Da Bears, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
As I understand it, Canada does have an unusually large population of Ukrainian descent. An unusually Banderite Ukrainian-descended population, but still. Anyway, what I said early in the war was that if Russia really wanted to do something about Ukrainian Nazis, they should have invaded Canada instead.
Alas, this podcast episode is still paywalled despite the podcast being defunct, but still:
Also yes I know you’re talking about the U of C boys in Santiago, but if you’re familiar with Chicago politics, “patronage” is certainly a local Chicago tradition, too.
I don’t know the exact details of how this works, but Chicago’s aldermen have basically personal fiefdoms in their wards:
https://chicago.curbed.com/2019/5/31/18646174/chicago-politics-city-council-corruption-aldermanic-privilege
Anyway I hope you like deep-dish pizza and excessive hot-dog toppings (but never, ever ketchup!), francheezies, House music, Da Bulls, Da Bears, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
(I didn’t grow up in the city. I grew up in “Mean Girls”.)
As I understand it, Canada does have an unusually large population of Ukrainian descent. An unusually Banderite Ukrainian-descended population, but still. Anyway, what I said early in the war was that if Russia really wanted to do something about Ukrainian Nazis, they should have invaded Canada instead.
Alas, this podcast episode is still paywalled despite the podcast being defunct, but still:
https://thebottlemen.podbean.com/e/preview-victims-of-victims-of-communism-part-3-operation-mapleclip/