Archive for March 18th, 2009

Late Night Oddity: Soul Plane

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Keeping on the hip-hop theme, DL brings you the rapping flight attendant. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

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Obama is Too Safe.

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Obama is Too Safe.

….in his NCAA tournament projections. The POTUS NCAA bracket is here. Looks like he changed his mind a bit here and there. The President puts three #1 teams, and one #2 in the Final Four. Here is mine (click to enlarge):

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Deep “Political Courage” Thought

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Mike Castle knows full well that his blood thristy “the only good fetus is a dead fetus” policy does not sit well with most of the GOP base, so this bold move to boldly be against something that has no chance of actually happening is sadly predictable.

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Republican Minority Leader Endorses AIG Bonuses.

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Some in the GOP have gone against their natural instincts and have engaged in outrage over the AIG Bonuses. Of course, before, the GOP was the party of big business and big bonuses. But sensing an opening of an attack against President Obama, they have all of the sudden become populists. This goes against the […]

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Elections Matter Number #237

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US endorses UN gay rights text The Obama administration on Wednesday formally endorsed a U.N. statement calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former President George W. Bush had refused to sign.

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GOP Governors Can Reject Stimulus Money

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A non-partisan Congressional Report just released concludes “that it likely would be unconstitutional for a legislature to supplant a governor in accepting and using economic stimulus money.” The Congressional Research Service analysis could imperil tens of millions of stimulus dollars reserved for South Carolina and Texas, whose governors have said they will reject some of […]

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I Have No Sympathy For Bankers Or Insurers

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Why should I when they’ve never had sympathy when the shoe was on the other foot?  Shameless cut and paste below, but, in my defense, when someone nails it they deserve the credit. You Know It’s Bad When … By David Kurtz Insurance companies say they have no choice but to honor contracts, and banks […]

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Just when we thought he was gone…

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So long as there is a man named George W. Bush, there will be Bushisms: “I’m going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.” Freudian slip much, Mr. former President.

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GOP Problem Solver

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Yo, what’s up, homies. Take a look at our new GOP Problem Solver, for real.

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Tea Bag The White House

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Jon Stewart provides the appropriate ridicule: The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c IndigNation! Populist Uprising ’09 – The Enragening Daily Show Full EpisodesImportant Things w/ Demetri Martin Political HumorJim Cramer

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Inconvenient GITMO Truths

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Yes, ‘bulo knows, everybody is bored with Iraq/Afghanistan/GITMO. Just like everybody is bored with the criminal behavior of the Bush Administration (Although said boredom doesn’t extend to the slugs in the press who are outraged that Robert Gibbs didn’t treat Dick Cheney with respect. Perhaps, if their outrage had included revealing the multitude of criminal […]

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NCCo Budget 2010

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Yesterday evening, County Executive Chris Coons delivered his budget address. He took about 40 minutes to deliver this, including an extensive setup of his Listening Tour (which rhetorically at least) looks like the approval cycle and then he got to a summary of the bad news: Property taxes will increase an average of $8.00/month (I […]

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Earth Hour

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Okay, this has to be the easiest protest in the world to do. So easy, even the whole world is doing it. You really don’t have to even leave your couch. The idea is that on March 28th on 8:30 PM, you join millions of people around the world and turn out your lights for […]

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