The Chicago Reader has published its inaugural 2011 People Issue. The issue doesn’t exactly resemble those “these are the people in your neighborhood” videos you might remember as a kid, featuring the policeman, mailman, or firefighter. No, in Chicago we have “progressed” far beyond those silly old days. Among the Reader’s recognized neighbors in...
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Mario Benitez has lived in America, legally, since he was three years old. He lived most of his life in Chicago, a sanctuary city where it’s virtually impossible to be handed over to ICE. All of that didn’t matter and in September 2011 Benitez, now 42, boarded a bus headed for Mexico. He was...
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This is just pure lunacy. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
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Over the weekend while everyone was getting stuffed, AntiSec, a group affiliated with Anonymous, were busy hacking away into Stratfor. CNET reports: Austin, Texas-based Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, disclosed over the weekend that its Web site, which remains down, was hacked and information about its corporate subscribers–who include the likes of the U.S. Army, U.S. Air...
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This would really be over the top, but also not a surprise with the Obamas. Apparently, first dog, Bo had successfully made the trip to Hawaii with first lady Michelle and was spotted there during a walk. But, Bo also appeared in the president’s “holiday” shopping photo op on Wednesday. White House Dossier has more…....
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A lesbian Navy couple won a lottery to have to have the first kiss in front of the USS Oak Hill yesterday in Virginia Beach. This is probably just the beginning of all kinds of “gay” military reunions to come. H/T: PilotOnline Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz...
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Ever wonder why the Occupy protester became the Occupy protester? “….upon waking each morning in the Tent City, he was struck by an overwhelming feeling of being part of a family.” If you see their signs and hear their chants, you might conclude that they are more than displeased with corporate fascism, bank bailouts,...
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Guess Obama’s strategies aren’t so great over there either…. H/T: Bad Rachel Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
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Last night a “Jan fan” posted a message at Democratic Underground from Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) after leaving a fundraiser. Apparently, Jan and her fans all have some things they are unhappy about when it comes to President Obama. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share with Stumblers Tumblr...
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Occupy Chicago’s presence in the financial district may seem to have quieted down a bit from the circus show it was earlier this fall, but organizers in the group are just beginning to put the pieces in place to continue their assault on America. The revolutionaries have identified a desirable piece of real estate...
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