Archive for December 18th, 2008

A Roof Over His Head

Filed in Delaware by on December 18, 2008 7 Comments

I have been telling the story of how my friend and I have been trying to get a homeless man back on his feet.  There has been some progress in this story.  First, I can now reveal that my friend in the story is John Kowalko.  I have known for some time that John was […]

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30 Rock Is Awesome & Other Stuff

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by on December 18, 2008 9 Comments

Even the reruns that just aired like two weeks ago sparkle like a blanket of fresh snow in the moonlight. Anyway…. NBC keeps teasing a story about Chase Utley’s F-bomb and the FCC, so I googled it and found this: The FCC reports it received 26 complaints from the public about Utley’s language, which was […]

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A Template for Bank Bonus Plans!

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 2 Comments

From the minds of the folks over at Credit Suisse — Pay your execs in the illiquid assets they built up! Really, this is an interesting idea. Pay those bonuses, but use the derivatives and other facilities that these guys were so hot for (and that crashed and burned so spectacularly): Credit Suisse Group AG’s […]

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hey look, Insurance companies, helping you…the taxpayer

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 11 Comments

h/t andrewsullivan via Ken Silverstein From the Project on Government Oversight’s letter to congressional oversight committees: As you know, the TARP was created for the express purpose of buttressing the financial system by assisting institutions in danger of going under. In the language of the statute, the TARP was meant to “provide authority for the […]

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Chuck Todd to be WH Correspondent for NBC

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We love Chuck Todd around here.  Pandora quite possibly loves him too much.  Apparently, he will be moving from the analysis chair to using the White House as his backdrop.  NBC has named him their Chief White House Correspondent. I remember that I was quite envious of a shirt that I saw on a college […]

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It’s official more job cuts by B of A in Delaware soon to come

Filed in Delaware by on December 18, 2008 8 Comments

While I know you all think that this: Consumers to be spared from higher rates on existing balances under new rules for credit cards is going to be a great thing. But in the end, I’m sure as hard as Bank of America and the other monoliths downtown were trying to keep it from happening, […]

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Karen Welldone Stewart Speaks Mandarin

Filed in Delaware by on December 18, 2008 12 Comments

This concludes my daily KWS bashing post.

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Quiz Time

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 34 Comments

Let’s see how well you know your Economics….

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Psycho Killer

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzEadbTCKDA&feature=related[/youtube] I’ll see your “So What” and raise you a “Psycho Killer”

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Some Republican Facts

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 9 Comments

Not all Republicans are closeted gay hypocrites, but all closeted gay hyprocrites are Republicans. Not all Republcans are intolerant racists, but all intolerant racists are Republicans. Not all Republicans hate American workers, but all who hate American workers are Republicans.

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The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee

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The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee

One of the difficulties readers of print editions of newspapers have is getting use to a redesigned comics page with their favorites dropped and new strips which they are unfamiliar with. One of the strips in The News Journal that I have become a reader of is The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee. There is […]

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deeper thought for the day

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 23 Comments

If you plug up your rearend right as you are about to pass gas, will it then come out your ears?

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DTR

Filed in National by on December 18, 2008 30 Comments

I turned on DTR… to hear Burris blaming the UAW and their 22lb 9 oz contract for the woes of the American Auto industry. Ford has a state of the art factory in Brazil. They don’t have one in the US because of the UAW. It’s pretty much entirely the UAW’s fault at this point, […]

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