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Conservatives Go On TV To Hate Fun, Sports, America

Pareene · 10/02/09 04:00PM

This kind of stuff cannot possibly look attractive to your theoretical disinterested observer, or "independent voter," to be literally cheering the fact that an American city—a Midwestern American city!—has lost something to a foreign city. This is like rooting for Obama's puppy to get run over. This is like if Obama said "My fellow Americans, it would be cool to see Drew Brees break the single-season passing yardage record this year" and then Michele Malkin went on the TV to pray for Bart Scott to break his leg this Sunday. (That's right, Malkin, I just compared you to a Jets fan.)

Obama 'Joker' Artist a Palestinian Arab from Chicago

The Cajun Boy · 08/17/09 11:31PM

You know those posters of Obama looking like the Joker from Batman with the word "socialism" underneath? The creator of that creepy image has emerged, and it's not some "real" American from a red state. Far from it.

Stand Up For the Chicago Brokeolympics

Hamilton Nolan · 07/27/09 11:39AM

The Way We Live Now: Standing. There are so many unpaid interns, we can't even find seats for them all. It's good practice. The 2016 Chicago Olympics' hot new sports are "Standing on the unemployment line" and "Standing there, drunk."

Charity: The New, New-Media Profit Model

Foster Kamer · 07/12/09 04:45PM

Why charge for reporting when you can just beg readers for the cash to do it? One news outlet's already taking the progressive step of doing so.

Where Is the Great American News City?

Hamilton Nolan · 07/01/09 04:28PM

Gambling, gangsters, celebrities, creeps—Las Vegas is "journalism heaven," says this guy. OH? We know a few cities that would dispute that. Newspapers may be dying, but news is alive and well. Where are America's Best Stories? Candidates below!

Chicago's Bloody Weekend: Shooting Violence Off The Charts

Foster Kamer · 05/31/09 03:45PM

A gruesome string of violence in Chicago in being investigated right now to see if any of it is connected in any way whatsoever. It'd almost be more comforting if it were. Otherwise, these numbers are incredibly frightening - not just for Chicago, but for any city.