Rahm Emanuel and Ben Joravsky of the Chicago Reader used to be such good buddies. Nine years ago, when Emanuel was running for Congress, Joravsky wrote a cover story on him. The Reader was the weekly Bible for the yuppies of the Fifth District, so Emanuel let Joravsky ride around with him in the campaign’s SUV. One morning, over breakfast at the Lincoln Restaurant, Emanuel heard he’d been endorsed by the AFL-CIO. He was so excited he gave Joravsky a noogie.

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Emanuel’s so happy he leaps to his feet, embraces me, and rubs his knuckles over my head. “Let me give my new good friend a noogie,” he says.

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This year, Joravsky tried to get another interview with Emanuel. His handlers granted fiveat the bow and one at the stern to aid in maneuvering.

History
Irish Ferries ordered Ulysses from Aker Finnyards in late 1999.  She was laid down on 24 January 2000 and launched on 1 September.  
She was handed over to her owners, Irish Continental Group, at the Rauma yard on 22 February 2001, leaving under the command of Captain Peter Ferguson on 28 February and arriving in Dublin Bay at 07:00 on Sunday 4 March.  The naming ceremony was undertaken by swimmer Mairéad Berry.

Following the 2003 sailing season, Ulysses underwent a refit at the A&P Group's Birkenhead shipyard.  She has sailed on Irish Ferries' Dublin–Holyhead route for her entire career, uninterrupted until the 2018 season when she suffered mechanical problems with her starboard propeller, requiring