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Heard a rumor that Romney will announce Oscar the Grouch will be his Secretary of the Interior.

Occupy Chicago has secured a new home base to coordinate its winter activities. The group is leasing two units on the fifth and seventh floors of Riverfront Work Lofts at 500 W. Cermak Road, the former location of the Thompson & Taylor Spice Co. The seven-story building in the city's Pilsen neighborhood is also home to several other businesses, including recording and art studios and a self-defense academy.

Market Update 3:05 pm : President-elect Obama has started a news conference after meeting with his economic team. He said America needs a rescue plan for the middle class, including a fiscal stimulus plan. He will also review the current administration's financial plan. The stock market gives up half of its gains as Obama makes his statements.

poll on the right hand side. As a geek, I am offended at how liberal this poll is making the geek community look. Please help move it to the center.

If osama was captured tomorrow would the MSM report on it, or would they hold the story because it could influence the election?

We all must work to stop vote fraud. Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper reminding everyone that fraudulantly voting can lead to jail time. Make up signs and put them up everywhere "VOTE FRAUD = JAIL TIME" "VOTE ILLEGALLY, GO TO JAIL". We need to work hard to stop vote fraud, in 2000 Gore carried at least two states due to vote fraud, we cannont let that happen again.

caption this one (found while mucking around DU)

Kerry announces his pick for Secretary of State:

Do you support the idea of National ID Cards?

Witnesses report hearing sound like "freight train" before part of roof collapsed... JC Penney among the stores affected by damage... More details to come as we receive them... also reported on channel 5 news. Eyewitness reports said windows and headlights blown out in cars in parking lot.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Monday, the U.S. launched a second wave of strikes on the Taliban. Vote now. 1. Do you support the U.S. military action?

just reported on local news, concrete barriers installed around sears tower. Also metal detectors being installed on observation deck (still closed). I know they said there were no real threats, but someone must think the building is a very credible target. Doesn't make me feel good as I work two blocks away and walk past it every day.

Leno opening tonight ripped Clinton, Gore, CNN, and bin Laden. (not necessarily in that order)

Local news just reported that three UAL flights for Saturday from Denver, San Antonio, and I think it was Boston were cancelled because names matching the FBI list were booked on those flights.

September 19, 2001 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) -- Virginia football coach Al Groh apologized Wednesday for a comment that offended many people, including university President John Casteen. On a conference call with reporters Wednesday, Groh was told that several of his players had voiced concerns about flying to this weekend's game at Clemson (2-0). The Cavaliers (1-1) travel by chartered jet, and Groh said they need not worry about a hijacking. ``I'm not saying this to make light of it by any means, but I'm not planning on having Arabs in the traveling party,'' Groh said. ``So therefore I think probably ...

I work in downtown chicago near the sears tower, and as you can imagine downtown emptied out pretty quickly once the scope of the WTC tragedy became known. I have now heard of many companies forcing employees to take a vacation day or time off without pay for leaving early on 9/11. If anyone works for such a company, please post it here so they can be properly freeped. People were just trying to get to where they felt safe and could be with their loved ones.

Letterman praising Guliani and Rescue workers right now. Very serious and somber. Tells story of small depressed farming town in Montana raising money for NYC and breaks down.

This was posted within another thread, but I think it deserves its own topic. Flame me if you disagree. Gore Said, "As For The Battle That Ends Tonight, I Do Believe, As My Father Once Said, That No Matter How Hard The Loss, "Defeat May Serve As Well As Victory To Shake The Soul And Let The Glory Out". Sure his father may have at one time in his life said it, but Gore really should have attributed the quote to the actual author: Victory in Defeat by Edwin Markham "Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the ...

Did the US Supreme Court do the right thing? http://www.wttw.com/wttw_web_pages/productions/chicagotonight/poll/poll.shtml?

Will you accept the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court as the final judgment of Decision 2000? http://www.msnbc.com/local/wmaq/75155.asp