Archive for April, 2007
Abramoff: The Gift That Keeps on Giving [Updated]
Yesterday, the FBI raided the offices of the wife of John Doolittle (R-CA). This raid is part of the ongoing and growing Abramoff lobbying scandal. It appears that her firm was involved in fund raising for an Abramoff “charity.” Update: Doolittle resigns post on appropriations panel. Looks like the leadership forced him out. If I […]
This is the man Michael Castle thinks should be the President of the United States
Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb-Bomb Iran…(sung to the tune of the Beach Boys song ” Barbara Ann”) Tee, hee. Good idea Senator. Bomb ’em all and let God sort ’em out!! Hell yeah!! “Most of all, John is an ‘idea’ man – he isn’t afraid to become involved in a variety of issues, build coalitions and […]
Seed Money
I guess sometimes you spend so much time pounding the big corporations that get ink around the country you forget about the one in your back yard. With all the talk of corn lately we practically have it coming out of our asses. Well that is just the way DuPont wants it apparently. Did you know […]
Atkins, the unkillable GOP Rasputin, to be killed again today (UPDATED)
Atkins is going to try and peel enough votes away from the GOP candidate in the 41st to swing this to the Democrats as one last FU!! So…. The Republicans are poised to release more of the sordid details found during the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Atkins’ wild night of drinking, driving and domestic […]
Health Care in Canada Cheaper and Better Than in the United States
From the Toronto Star: Health outcomes for patients in Canada are as good as or better than in the United States, even though per capita spending is higher south of the border, suggest Canadian and U.S. researchers who crunched data from 38 studies. Too bad the republicans hated Hillary and Bill Clinton (and loved the […]
Ten Grand for That ?!?
If you are not 100% convinced that the DEGOP is in utter disarray, check out Blue State Rising.
Wonky Wednesday: What Is the Value of a Tree?
The poets might object, but economic techniques are increasingly being used to place a dollar value on trees. The blog Environmental Economics has an interesting post on placing a dollar value on NewYork City’s street trees. The city’s City Parks Department has developed a method for measuring the economic value of all the street trees […]
Reid to Bush: If you come after us, we’ll hit back every bit as aggressivley
Right now the Congressional Democrtas are on the right side of the Iraq war issue. As a TPM commenter notes, we’ll soon see what our party is made of. TPMcafe link
Does anyone know how to get an actual human being on the phone at Bank of America?
Does anyone know if this Chris Gore guy is a real person? I tried that phone number and got nowhere. I tried email and got this email directing me back the the phone number. I have some serious banking business to discuss and I’m starting to think that they don’t really “value” me as a […]
Why Did Rove Have Research in Motion Shut Down Last Night?
If you are a user of a crackberry, you were non-plussed this morning. Last night Research in Motion (the blackberry people) had a serious meltdown of their systems. I wonder if Karl had them pull all of his emails off of their servers and caused a system failure… (h/t Fred)
Will Castle Return his “Sand to Nowhere” Pork now?
So I read this article and think to myself do we as Delawareans really need to be wasting $25,000,000 federal tax dollars on sand when apparently the beaches naturally come and go? Who knew? The strong winds during the nor’easter created bigger waves and pushed sand up toward Cape Henlopen. Back in February our very […]
Breaking: Christine O’Donnell Giving Mike Castle Primary Challenge “serious consideration”
There are persistent rumors coming out to the “pro-life” community that Christine O’Donnell is going to primary Michael Castle. I have been unable to get a direct comment out of the O’Donnell camp, but sources say the primary challenge is being given “serious consideration.” Delaware’s highly organized pro-life community sees itself as increasing cut off […]
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