Archive for July, 2008

Apparently bank problems run in the family…

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Andrew K. McCain, son of Arizona senator and GOP presidential candidate John McCain, has resigned two high posts in the banking industry. Shares of Silver State Bancorp, of which Andrew McCain owns 1,226, closed at $1.28 a share on Friday. The stock’s 52-week high on Nasdaq (symbol SSBX) is $24.10. good thing he has his […]

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These guys aren’t even subtle

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Richard Perle is looking into an oil deal in Iraq. Mr. Perle, one of a group of security experts who began pushing the case for toppling Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein about a decade ago, has been discussing a possible deal with officials of northern Iraq’s Kurdistan regional government, including its Washington envoy, according to these […]

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Dem Insurance Commissioner Primary

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This is a tough one. One the one hand we have Gene Reed who has 25 years of experience and all the insidery connections that go along with that and his fundraising does not give me the impression that he’ll be as tough on insurance companies as Matt Denn has been. On the other hand […]

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Questions of Authenticity at the 41st RD Debate

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Former Republican John Atkins and Democrat Barbara Lifflander met last night in a debate sponsored by the Delaware Manufactured Homeowners Association.   Besides Carney-Markell and Lee-Protack, this primary is one of the more interesting ones in the state.  As we all know, Mr. Atkins formerly represented this district as a Republican from 2003 until 2007.   But […]

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QOD UPDATE II

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If McCain drops out of the race, who will the GOP pick to be the nominee? 

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McCain Switcharoo Takes One Step Forward

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Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes 

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America Has Become a Country That Rewards Cruelty and Stupidity

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Just think of all the stupidty and anti-factual BS we have to contend with on this very blog. That willing stupidity and calavier cruelty originates in the human heart – but it is nurtured by our culture. Why? Because at some point someone figured out that there was money to be made by nursing the […]

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Enough is enough, It will be settled 7/31/2008!

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I think I have opened things up before with a sentence similar to the one I’m about to use right now. We have all had our fun. We have had a great laugh. Liberalgeek made a funny and we all laughed. Hahahohohehe.

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Carney’s Refusal To Pay Back Our $7,500: Day Four

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Still waiting.

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Comment Rescue: If the congregation had been armed this never would have happened.

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Al notes: …the motive of the Tennessee church gunman is now known: He hated liberals and targeted the Unitarian church because of its liberal social attitude. “It appears that what brought him to this horrible event was his lack of being able to obtain a job, his frustration over that, and his stated hatred for […]

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QOD

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Does not giving a crap if someone is dying and having nothing good to say about “said” dying person make you a bad person?

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Lee Atwater Apologizes

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This Novak stuff got me thinking about Lee Atwater, the Henry Ford of modern day Republican smears and dirty tricks. Turns out Atwater, when faced with death from a brain tumor, decided that lying, smearing political adversaries, degrading the national dialogue and poisoning the well of American politics was a bad idea.

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Robert Novak Diagnosed with a Brain Tumor

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This sheds a new light on the hit and run accident. And while I may not have agreed on a single issue with Robert Novak, I am always* saddened by news like this. *except when Jerry Falwell died.

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