Archive for April, 2008

Progressive Democrats Endorse Markell/Denn

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“My campaign is about offering bold Democratic solutions to make Delaware an even better place, and I am excited to have the Progressive Democrats for Delaware on my team as I fight for change” Markell said. “This is a talented and dedicated group of individuals that I’ve worked with in the past, both on my […]

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Bullshit Hypophora Is All They’ve Got

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It is 2007 and the Wall Street Journal is still calling me out for being an unpatriotic loser. “Is it uncharitable to suggest that when the fighting erupted in Basra last week between Moqtada al-Sadr’s Madhi Army and the US trained Iraqi army, some opponents of the war hoped it would become George Bush’s Tet […]

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Recession Thesaurus

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Seems like business writers (and WDEL newsreaders for that matter) are running out of words to describe our current proximity to economic “recession.” I do what I can to help out: approaching, approximate, at hand, coming, expected, imminent, impending, looming, near-at-hand All of these are preferable to “teetering on the brink” which is sooooo 2007.

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Von Cracker on the hunt

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This should pretty much make you sick.  It really lends itself to the LIHOP Conspiracy.  Jason, dust off that hat! UPDATED x5: Mukasey’s referenced pre-9/11 call in speech NOT IN 9/11 REPORT! Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 01:04:33 PM PDT Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s trip to San Jose to speak to telecom leaders last week […]

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ha ha funny

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McCain’s Indian Name…. Senator McCain was invited to address a major gathising of The American Indian nation two weeks ago in upper New York State. He spoke for almost an hour on his future plans for increasing every Native American’s present standard of living, should he one day become President.

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Lots of News From PDD-ville

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Here are some rays of sunlight trying to peirce my gloomy carapace. At last night’s meeting our Endorsement Committee announced PDD’s endorsement of Jack Markell for Governor and Matt Denn for Lt. Governor. Congratulations to both candidates and we are proud to support you. Matt joined us and was very excited about the endorsement. Unfortunately, […]

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<-- Look at the Delegate Tracker

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That is something.

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Potterville News: “A Black Guy Can’t Win”

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So says Bill Clinton and so says Hillary Clinton and so says my (secretly) racist buddy. This friend is a liberal who I’ve known for years and had a lot of respect for until I found out that he, like Bill Clinton, does not hold black people in very high esteem because he knew an […]

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Welcome to Potterville

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The sex ed story below is like so many that kind of wash over us these days. Torture, death, misery, looming financial collapse, untold billions of public money looted and streamlined into the pockets of the already wealthy, Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton driving the Democratic primary into the racial gutter, on and on. Same […]

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Q: What Do John McCain and Dave Burris Have in Common?

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A: They both love lobbyists. And yet another lobbyist joins Team McCain. And this one is the head of a lobbyist firm, no lower-level lobbyists for Mr. Fake Integrity. Davenport’s new position is certain to precipitate complaints from rivals that McCain is packing his campaign with the lobbyists whose conduct he has denounced. McCain’s advisers […]

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God Bless Sex Ed & God Bless Duncan Black

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This would have been shocking news back in the days befor Bush (and Mike Castle) fucked every little thing up. Nobody Could Have Predicted… And on and on… ORLANDO, Fla. — A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will […]

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I Guess Being Owned Outright Is Not News

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It was March 30th at 8:29 pm when a DWA post destroyed Gene Reed’s chances of being the next insurance commissioner. You’d never know it if you relied on the News Journal for political news.

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Question of the day

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How do cell phones get away with charging both callers for minutes, texts, long distance calls, etc. etc?

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