With the meltdown of the Northside CTA this morning, a number of our fellow Chicagoans were late for work this morning (including some of your beloved Chicagoist's staff). Being stuck in traffic in Russia, unlike here in Chicago, presents its own set of challenges, and a unique solution to something that's aggravated man since the invention of the automobile. more ›

People standing in line for the new iPhone outside the Apple store on Michigan Avenue were met with this gentleman. The front of his sign says: "Obama is simply a creation of our Russian-infested media (& rigged polls)!!! He has no previous accomplishments that would qualify him for the most important job on Earth!!!!" The back reads: "Obama has never had a major (or even minor) management position!!! .....Does it make any sense to *risk* hiring him for the biggest & most difficult management job in the U.S.?!!"
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