Anti-War Protesters Rally In Federal Plaza
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Mike North will be hosting his own webcasts starting September 8. Eventaully, the casts will be taped at Wildfire, the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant. Er, OK! [Trib]
Stella Foster is calling on African-Americans to end violence in their neighborhoods "out of respect and love for Obama." [S-T]
Five local Steve & Barry's are closing. It's almost tough to believe you can't turn a profit when your products are cheap and fugs. [Trib]
"There has been an unmistakable decline in voter enthusiasm over the course of the year," according to a new poll. Still, 61 percent of Democrats and 42 percent of Republicans say they're "more enthusiastic than usual about voting." [Gallup]
Did you have a case of the grumpies today? So did some Chicagoistos. Here are a few of the things that brightened our afternoon: some kind of laser cat, Christian Bale/Kermit the Frog, a a laser gun shirt, this puppy, hugging puppies, kissing/winking puppies, what we want for Christmas, Emo Obama, and this photo of the space shuttle breaking the sound barrier.
Chicago police officers are getting M4 assault rifles. "But a review of federal firearms statistics suggests the number of assault weapons seized from Illinois criminals is not on the rise. Nor is the number of homicides committed with rifles in the nation. And rifles have been responsible on average for 15 percent of officer deaths each of the last six years." [Chitown Daily News]
The number of chicken pox cases in Illinois has dropped 95 percent since 1994, to 1,091 cases in 2007. [Trib]
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i'm glad it wasn't me. i was SO grrtastic.
unrelated to mike north, wildfire has pretty much the best chocolate cake ever.
and i TOTALLY had a hard core case of the (virtual) mondays today. mandatory head change via running = conquerethed.
Not that I ever bought more than T-shirts and sweatshirts there but I didn't think S&B's stuff was fugly at all.
Not the best quality, per se, but whaddaya want for $9?
kermit bale totes made me lol.