Archive for January, 2009

Cheney, The George Costanza of VPs

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kavips gives the most compelling reason on why bold action is required to stave off Great Depression II.

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Talking Point Smackdown — Omnibus Lands Bill

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You may have heard that Harry Reid called the Senate to some business on Sunday to vote for cloture on S.22 — an omnibus public lands bill. Reid won this round — the vote was 60 – 12, with 17 repubs AWOL. Why AWOL? Well, it was a Sunday vote and everyone is pretty much […]

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UPDATE II: Delaware Liberal DE Politico’s Futures Market: The Markell Team Edition

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Updated:  With tommywonk’s “buy” recommendation for Velda Jones-Potter, I believe the list is complete.   ——————————————————————————— If you could buy stock shares in the members of Markell’s team, where would the smart money be going? Jack Markell We are entering uncharted economic territory thanks to the incompetence of George Bush and the utter failure of 8 […]

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The GOP’s War on Reality Continues

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GOP foot soldier, Joe The (Fake) Plumber, shares his deep thoughts: h/t eschaton

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The Donviti of Christian Evangelists

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The New York Times reports on Mark Driscoll of the Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington. And Driscoll blogs.

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Eagles QOD

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Who would you rather have today?  Donovan McNabb or Kurt Warner

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Job Impact Report

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President-Elect Obama mentions in his weekly video address the Job Impact Report.  And here is Christine Roehmer, the Chair-designate for the Council of Economic Adviser, discussing the report. I have yet a chance to read this report, but I wanted to get this out here for all of you to see. So while I take […]

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Obama’s Weekly Address

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BTW, those looking for a document about Obama’s plan will never find it. Apparently, he is deciding to lead by asking Congress and the new Administration together to craft the legislation. Text below the fold.

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it’s not the Sabbath

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1NLdRVkJiA&feature=PlayList&p=B04115C71038FC15&playnext=1&index=42[/youtube]But I think we should gather round and listen to this guy kabitz for a moment…

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Charlie and the Blogger Factory II

Filed in Delaware by on January 11, 2009 34 Comments

Mrs. nemski was reading the dead-tree edition of the News Journal and she asked, “Did you know that Charlie Copeland has started a blog?” “Yeah, Delaware Liberal broke published that story earlier in the week,” I said. A couple of things I find laughable about the article in the News Journal article. First and foremost, […]

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House and Senate ♥ Israel

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Both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate passed resolutions this week supporting Israel and their fight against Hamas. Both Castle and Carper voted in favor of their chamber’s resolution. The first four points of  the House Resolution pretty much some up why Hamas will never get the support of the US Government. […]

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Flacco Resplendent

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Awesome!   Go Eagles!  A Philly/Baltimore Superbowl would be cool.

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Deep Thought

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Like him or hate him, Justin Timberlake is like a modern day Gene Kelly. He is a triple threat.   Tom Hanks is our generation’s Henry Fonda. Steve Buscemi  is our Peter Lorre. You get the idea.  

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