Chicago - Feb. 3, 2012

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The Week in Occupy Chicago

By The Beachwood Occupation Affairs Desk

And what a week it was.

1. Meet the new HQ at 500 West Cermak.

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Posted on February 3, 2012

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Mystery GOP Google Debate Theater

By Steve Rhodes

Romney takes down Perry while the Hermanator drives us to drink.
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Posted on September 25, 2011

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Political Odds

By The Beachwood Bookmaking Bureau

For entertainment purposes only. Including gambling.
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Posted on September 15, 2011

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Six More Years Of Shadowy Government!

Oh, Who Are We Kidding? Sixty!

Illinois Groundhog Punksthetaxpayers Phil saw his shadow.

Posted on February 2, 2012

The Week in Occupy Chicago

By The Beachwood Occupation Affairs Desk

Preparing for the Chicago Spring.

Posted on February 3, 2012

Will Rahm's TIF Reform Go Far Enough?

By Celeste Meiffren/Illinois PIRG

Adopts some but not all of reform panel's recommendations.

Posted on January 31, 2012

Obama's Gerrymander

By Lois Beckett/ProPublica

He wanted to represent rich people, not poor blacks.

Posted on January 26, 2012

Chicago Police Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges

By Anonymous Media

Preparing for G8/NATO.

Posted on January 25, 2012

Illinois Drinking Water Could Go Radioactive

By The Illinois Public Interest Research Group

More than 600,000 Illinoisans at risk.

Posted on January 24, 2012

Oxymoron: Jobless Recovery

By J-Hustle

It's no recovery at all.

Posted on January 23, 2012

The key phrase at the slating session of prospective judges is "I am a lifelong Democrat," which is code for saying, "I'll decide cases when I can the way the party wants."

Posted on January 29, 2012

The City Council Just Secretly Redrew Your Ward

By Steve Rhodes

Another notch in the belt of Mayor Transparency.

Posted on January 20, 2012

City Council Demands You Shut Up And Sit Down, Just Like They Do

By Steve Rhodes

Overheated and over-the-top.

Posted on January 19, 2012

Liar's Poker: Rahm's Minor Concessions Leave Gaping Holes In Our Civil Liberties

By The Coalition Against the NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda

The city's (non-mayoral) assurances that it may not enforce its own ordinances begs the question.

Posted on January 18, 2012

The Rest of Chicago Fights For Its Rights

Whose City? Our City.

Even Crain's sides with the protesters.

Posted on January 17, 2012

King Day Celebration

By The DuSable Museum

"I thought about some 'respectable Negro leaders' who are more concerned about being invited to the White House than being invited to the cause of justice."

Posted on January 16, 2012