Archive for January 15th, 2009
BoA Bailout Funds Update
The WSJ reports that BoA is close to getting its new bailout funding: Reeling from previously undisclosed losses from its Merrill Lynch & Co. acquisition, Bank of America Corp. is expected to receive an emergency capital injection of $15 billion from the Treasury, which will also backstop as much as $120 billion of assets at […]
SB 7 — Eminent Domain
Senator Venables’ bill is introduced and synopsized as follows: This Bill requires state, county, or municipal governments, or State agencies or other condemning entities to use their eminent domain authority solely for “public use” and defines that term. The Bill specifically states that benefits derived from economic development do not constitute a public use. The […]
Pretty damn funny
h/t andrewsullivan.com [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBh-42MLINg&eurl=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/[/youtube]
While Alaska Freezes, Palin Plays The Fiddle
Sara Plain and Simple is a bigger news whore than Paris Hilton ever was. There’s been much Sarah-gazing lately (most of which has been generated by Palin herself), all of which is eerily similar to the Britney Spears suicide watch we were on a year or so ago. Go to I Eat Gravel to get […]
Memories of Bush II
Remember when Bush came to Delaware and visited with biofuel researchers at Dupont, commenting, “They have a lot of smart scientists.” Good times. Good Times. BTW- Live blog the Bush adios tonight? If so one of the grown ups will have to turn it on. LGeek once showed me how to do it, but he […]
California Budgeting With Morons
You can’t have a 2/3rds requirement to pass a budget when Republicans are childlike half-wits who think government is bad and taxes are evil. As long as “Republican” means “I’m a moron,”it simply can’t work. h/t eschaton
Summary of the Stimulus Plan
Democrats released a summary of the stimulus plan this AM (link takes you to Talking Points Memo who reproduce the entire document). The basics: $550B in spending and $275B in tax cuts. See a brief summary (taken directly from the Plan) after the jump, and tell us what you think.
The Cold Song Chronicles
Everyone who reads this blog knows how we love our closeted Republican and Evangelical leaders. Well, Bessemer Opinions (AL) sheds new light the case of Ted Haggard, the gay christian hypocrite who recently completed gay rehab. (I won’t even go into how ridiculous that is). In the article linked above we learn that Haggard confessed […]
The World is Watching Appreciatively
For the past 8 years, when I have travelled outside of the US, people have treated me differently. I have gotten this feeling that they understand that it wasn’t me that put Bush in the White House, but nonetheless, how could that have happened? On some level, they got it. Germany certainly has had their […]
So Long, Farewell, Don’t Let the Door…
Bush gives his farewell address tonight. Will you watch? Of course, I’ll watch – if only for priceless blogging material.
High Five a Blind Guy and Other Stories
Watch Ryan Seacrest try to high-five a blind guy. Hat tip to Ryan Cormier’s post Fail of the Day for the video from Pulp Culture (DE). Left in the West (MT) writes about the Radical Right’s fight against the Estate Tax: From where I’m sitting the Obama proposal – a 45% rate for estates of […]
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