Great new ad from Tammy Duckworth

Anyone else watching channel 2 news right now?

omg Interviews with gang bangers.
Heartbreaking.

GOTV

Trader Joe's orders recall of peanut butter

The Trader Joe’s grocery chain has voluntarily ordered the recall of its Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter at its stores nationwide because of potential salmonella contamination.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-la-lanews-trader-joes-orders-recall-of-20120923,0,2739604.story

Gosh, what a magnificent day here today!

A little on the cool side, but I swear, I've never seen a bluer sky.

I hope y'all had a fabulous day-- and don't forget to make sure you're registered to vote!!!

You can request absentee ballots starting on the 27th-

http://www.elections.state.il.us/votinginformation/absenteevoting.aspx

West of Chicago is rockin' and rollin', take cover, friends. My kitties are under the bed. :(

Not only is the story itself disturbing, but so is the idiocy in the comment section.

Hearing today for teen accused in Loop car bomb plot-

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-teen-accused-in-bomb-plot-in-court-today-20120917,0,615862.story

My love and best wishes to the Lounge-

Shameful.

"Right-wing media outlets are pushing dubious allegations to attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the violence that claimed the life of the U.S. ambassador to Libya."

"The US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted."

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2012/09/14/right-wing-media-dubiously-accuse-hillary-clint/189889

Beaut! Optical Illusion video-