links for 2011-01-21

Americans have been watching the Teabaggers for almost two years now, and as it turns out, unbridled, spittle-producing rage isn’t very popular. 52 percent of Americans now hold unfavorable views of the tea party, a new high. Nearly three-quarters of Democrats – including as many moderate and conservative as liberal members of the party – have negative views of the political movement, as do half of all independents.

The city of Chicago reports that the Mayor’s Dumpster Task Force shut down a Starbucks Coffee Wednesday on the corner of Madison and Morgan. In a statement, the Dumpster Task Force said there was no running hot water