Archive for February, 2009

From the party that gives you “The Magic Negro” song

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Disgusting on so many levels. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3mw49mk_x0&eurl=http://crooksandliars.com/[/youtube]

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Chart of the Day

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Chart of the Day

Great graphic depiction of the recovery plan — with the old numbers, though: And once you get the larger image, you can click anywhere on it to see it closer. (h/t creditloan.com)

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Deep thought

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The GOP is the same party that wants Creationism taught in schools…

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Bailout 2.0 Reactions

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Read them at your leisure: Paul Krugman isn’t sure what this says, but he’s working on some optimism. He also recycles a joke that I haven’t heard since the annual Deconstruction Wars at a bookgroup I was addicted to: What do you get when you cross a Godfather with a deconstructionist? Someone who makes you […]

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QOD

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Why are companies that are recieving TARP money still paying out dividends?

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Done Deal

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Per Daily kos, Reuters is reporting it looks like a deal has been reached: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senate and House of Representatives negotiators have the votes to approve a $789 billion economic stimulus compromise, Democratic Senator Max Baucus told reporters on Wednesday. “The votes are there for passage,” he told reporters during a lunch break. […]

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El es Cercano

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El es Cercano

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UPDATED: Pointless, But What The Heck

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UPDATE per Atrios: It’s smaller, but it looks like they’re adding at least some of the smart stuff (school funds, state aid) and taking out at least a bit of the dumb stuff (at least reducing tax breaks for home and car purchases). So save your dime. So Senate has passed its version of the […]

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

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The time has come for Republicans to put their NO votes where their mouths are. Let them filibuster.

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Day 14: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

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Day 14: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Today marks the fourteenth day of Congressman Mike Castle’s betrayal of the people of Delaware when he voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and sided with his Borg leaders of the Republican Party. But what does the photo above have to do with Mike Castle’s incredible treachery? Mike Castle respects this […]

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Rick Jensen’s Arbitron Ratings Tanking

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WDEL’s Sean Hannity Wannabe, Jensen’s ratings* are in the tank and station management is seriously considering their contract obligations to Delaware’s most consistently wrong infotainer. Some say he is dragging down the rest of the station and negatively impacting Delmarva Broadcasting quarterly profit outlook. I’m not sad. —————————————————————————————— *Note: Thinking about Jensen, I started to […]

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A Day of Action To Elect Lisa Diller

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Tomorrow is a DelawareLiberal “Day of Action” to elect Lisa Diller to the New County Council County Council. John Kowalko says this about Diller: I am supporting Lisa Diller and asking everyone to support Lisa because she is honest and thoughtful, bright and passionate. She has a sense of compassion and awareness for the community […]

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There’s a Knot in My Stomach

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I’ve been walking around with a knot in my stomach for months, only I didn’t realize it until yesterday… as I unpacked the groceries.  Where were the fruits and vegetables?  Surely I bought them, but when I looked at the counter the evidence of being a bad mother hit me between the eyes.  Bad mother, […]

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