Occupy Chicago enters its second week on the streets

I dropped in on the Occupy Chicago demonstrators on Tuesday to check on their morale after spending mostof my Saturday with them last weekend. As the occupation of Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park begins to enter its third week, the small but spirited occupation of the corner of Jackson and LaSalle, mere feet in front of the [...]

Apparently, Google can fill the holes left in the federal budget after the GOP guts it. Also, criticizing people who have a net worth of millions is “class warfare.” Thanks for the advice, Tim!

1) I could care less about Anthony Weiner’s dong. I sincerely wish this kind of thing was more important to Americans. Sadly, sex scandals get more press and page views than corporate malfeasance, non sexy political shenanigans, two wars, and other real issues combined. 2) I even feel the same way about right wing politicians. [...]

I really dislike writing about Sarah Palin, but the ridiculousness of this bus tour of the building blocks of America is too much to pass up. (link)

Today President Obama finally released his “long form” birth certificate, supposedly proving that he in fact, is a United States citizen and therefore eligible to hold the highest office in the land. While we can certainly thank heroes of the Birther movement like Donald Trump, Orly Taitz and Pastor Bill Keller for this victory for [...]

A recent McClatchy-Marist poll, written up in Talking Points Memo, that says that 64% of Americans believe that “the country is on the wrong track.” The article however, does not delve into exactly *why* the 64% surveyed believe America is on the road to ruin or what “wrong track” we’re on. The poll results give [...]

Peter King’s brand new version of the HUAC hearings and the glory days of the McCarthy era is set to begin Thursday, when King will hold hearings deciding whether or not American Muslims have been “radicalized.” King told CNN’s State of the Union “We’re talking about the affiliates of Al Qaeda who have been radicalizing, [...]

According to Mother Jones, birthers have a new plan to try to prevent Obama from running for re-election in 2012. Arizona state Representative Judy Burges (R) introduced a bill to bar presidential candidates from appearing on ballots if they do not produce a long form birth certificate to the secretary of state. While most Americans [...]

Illinois is finally getting close to abolishing the death penalty, making it the 16th state to do so according to Amnesty International. Governor Quinn need only put his pen to paper in order to finally put an end to the practice. Quinn however, said he needed time to reflect and “follow his conscience.” Reflection and [...]

Thanks to the President’s appearance on Mythbuster’s, Slate’s Daniel Sarewitz looked into a year and a half old survey from the Pew Research Center on the public’s perceptions of science and scientists and social perceptions of the science community. The survey spends a few pages dissecting the general politics of scientists and finds (SHOCKING… wait [...]

The right wing firmly believes that their victory in the house and the few senate seats they took away from Democrats was the equivalent of a tsunami of support and this is Real America’s mandate on the Obama Agenda. As I pointed out over at Chicagoist, the “tsunami” was really more of a few big [...]