Blog1 Off

Your LakeCountyEye has sad news to report about TheBlog1.com -- according to the Daily Herald ...

A long-running blog about Island Lake politics and events unceremoniously closed over the weekend. The site, at theblog1.com, once was run by then-Trustee Laurie Rabattini and then by a series of activists
Island Lake blog shut down

Operatives will recall that the TheBlog1.com was the innovative Lake County political blog that launched 1,000 Daily Herald stories and editorials. TheBlog1.com's rabid rhetoric and untutored approach to rational discourse became the de facto standard for political dialog in Island Lake. Your LakeCountyEye recalls that TheBlog1.com introduced at least one new term to the political lexicon:

No Ifs, Ands or Rebuttles

As a tribute to TheBlog1.com, your LakeCountyEye has compiled 10 epitaphs to commemorate its passing:

Ten Euphemisms for the Departure of TheBlog1.com

Demised Passed On Is No More Has Ceased To Be Expired and Gone to Meet Its Maker A Stiff, Bereft of Life, Rests in Peace Pushing Up the Daisies Its Metabolic Processes are Now History Kicked the Bucket Shuffled Off the Mortal Coil, Rung Down the Curtain and Joined the Bleedin' Choir Invisible

So, on this solemn occasion, a moment of silence is requested for the TheBlog1.com, as your LakeCountyEye offers a prayer of Requiem Æternam:

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That is an ex-TheBlog1.com