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More evidence of the eco-demographic: Frango goes Organic.

The nerd in me is really excited to hear about the CTA’s new bus tracking system.  The taxpayer in me cringes at the $24 million we’re going to spend on it. I only use the bus once a week, on Monday afternoons, so it will take me a while to determine the usefulness of this [...]

I am taking part in the Sunshine Blogger project.  Last week I called the Gov’s office to find out who the freedom of information contact is. They couldn’t tell me. I was connected to the press office, but they couldn’t tell me either. This is pretty frightening because it would seem to indicate that the [...]

Or maybe they were just high. The Tribune reports:
Six protesters disrupted the beginning of Cardinal Francis George’s homily to shout their opposition to the Iraq war. The demonstrators—who called themselves Catholic Schoolgirls Against the War, despite their male and female membership—squirted fake blood on themselves and nearby worshipers as security guards tried to usher them [...]

I don’t usually defend Steve Rhodes, mainly because he’s usually transparently liberal. But watching Fox Chicago Sunday this morning I felt the pains of fraternity in my heart. Jack Conaty went after Rhodes on the development of the blogosphere and in so doing showed just how little he actually understands about how it works. Conaty’s [...]

Mark Brown is sitting in on the Rezko trial:
But everyone’s ears perked up when Pekin described how Levine told him in 2003 he’d have to share his expected finder’s fee of $750,000 with Mell.
“He said Mr. Mell was somewhat upset because he was not participating in the spoils,” Pekin testified under a grant of immunity [...]

He writes:
It’s time for the proven failures who are running the party to, if not step aside, then build a major league farm system. That means support the promising, bright and honest young candidates with money, organization and enthusiasm.
Finally, it’s time to recruit Democrats with a conscience into the Republican cause. These would be the [...]

No kidding. And it’s not just the academics any more. AP is reporting explosives were found on the UC Davis Campus. It’s rather coincidental isn’t it? A bomb goes off this morning in NYC and a student is taken into custody in California. Good thing Chicago-area campus culture is more reasonable than California’s … oh [...]

From this morning’s Tribune:
The Daley family’s parish priest in Bridgeport, Rev. Dan Brandt, lovingly compared Sorich to Jesus Christ as both had troubles with the law.
“People often say, what would Jesus do?” he said, loyal not only to his faith but to the 11th Ward’s place at the head of Chicago Way. “I put a [...]

I must say that, as an ex-smoker, I have found the smoking ban beneficial to my personal needs. I am no longer tempted to light up every time I walk into a smoky bar because there are no more smoky bars. That said, I’m still a staunch supporter of smoker’s rights and business owners rights. [...]