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Part of an my account of Occupy Chicago’s attempt to camp at the horse statue in Congress Park on Saturday evening. Click here to read via Chicagoist.

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Some pictures from the attempt to occupy Congress Park on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Click here to see (via Chicagoist)

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A neat little story about an all too familiar situation. It could be a fair tale, it could be reality. We get to decide. Read the full piece by clicking here.

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I spent a day with some of the people occupying the space in front of the Federal Reserve in Chicago on Saturday. They were all smart, insightful and all around nice people. Click here to read the full report of how it went down.

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Before the Tea Party wrings its hands over folks loosely throwing around the word “terrorist,” it might do well to remember how many other Americans have been referred to by the right as such. Read the full story here.

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The quaint little Illinois town of Collinsville, just 12 miles east of St. Louis has been seemingly overrun with folks sporting saggy jeans. City council members, “tired of looking at people’s underwear,” voted to put a stop to the practice. Full, ridiculous story at Chicagoist.

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Even though Illinois businesses complained loudly and threatened to move out of state after the corporate income tax was raised to 7%, the increase didn’t seem to hit them that hard. Most of Illinois’ top corporations paid less than 2% of their earnings in income taxes to states across the country. Read all about it [...]

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Or how to make money off Team America

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Our reading series about the end of the world, co-hosted with Jeff Phillips from Wood Sugars, is on World Read Aloud Day in March! If you’re local to Chicago, stop by the Black Rock Bar and check it out. Find all the details by clicking right here.

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Right now, the website is really just me. However, I’d like some more interesting contributions! Please, checkout the submissions page if you’re interested.

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Last month, I finally finished Siddhartha – Hermann Hesse’s short but incredible novel about a spiritual journey and quest for the Truth that binds reality together. I don’t know why I didn’t read this ages ago. Now, I’m tackling Your Call Is Important To Us – The Truth About Bullshit. Highly recommended for anyone interested [...]

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Republicans on a panel commissioned to investigate the financial crisis voted to ban words like “Wall Street” from the report, further helping fat cats to ignore their role in our crashed economy and shift the blame to the government and taxpayers who bailed banks and business out. Orwell would be proud.