Archive for March, 2009

“They’re Grrrrrrreeeeeeaaat!”

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Next time you have some Kellog’s cereal don’t worry if your libido goes away….that’s what Mr. Kellog was going for: As an advocate of sexual abstinence, Kellogg devoted large amounts of his educational and medical work to discouraging sexual activity, on the basis of dangers both real – as in sexually transmissible diseases – and […]

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Mike Castle’s Bloodthirsty Frozen Embryo Slaughter to Ramp Up

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Everybody is talking about the stem cell research un-ban. I guess we should too. Here is the real story. Science is back: And that’s why today I’m also signing a Presidential Memorandum directing the head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to develop a strategy for restoring scientific integrity to government […]

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Gov.Markell Reality Check Town Hall in Wilmington Tonight

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For those of you in Wilmington, Gov. Markell will be making a stop on his Reality Check tour this evening to discuss in detail the financial predicament of the State and thoughts on bridging the gap. State Senator Bobby Marshal, State Rep Helene Keeley, State Rep Hazel Plant and perhaps some City Councilpeople will also […]

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Deep Communist Thought

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According to the wingnuts who drop by from time to time, wanting to eat beef that has been checked to ensure that it does not contain bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions makes me a communist.

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In God We Trust?

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According to a new survey Religious affiliation is on the decline. So many Americans claim no religion at all (15%, up from 8% in 1990), that this category now outranks every other major U.S. religious group except Catholics and Baptists. In a nation that has long been mostly Christian, “the challenge to Christianity … does […]

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UPDATED W/ Instructive Video: Can the News-Journal…And Newspapers Survive?

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As a newspaper junkie, and as one who believes that the Free Press is an essential pillar of a democracy, El Somnambulo is deeply concerned with the dire situation currently facing the industry. While ‘Bulo has been critical of the News-Journal and other media outlets, one has but to only look at how he and […]

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Wingnut Dishonesty: Hube Provides a Case Study

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I’ll let this go, but I just have to point out how wingnut dishonesty works by linking to Hube once more.  Here is Hube’s original post:   HEY, REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD … … all those anti-Iraq War protests back in the day? Remember how the Left was spouting how “dissent is the highest form of […]

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On Being a Wingnut Meme

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I can’t say that I’m happy about becoming a wingnut meme as non-readers link to this blog from around the country, because wingnuts are, you know…nuts. Anyway, Hube has banned me – so here is the response to his post that I would have left in the comment section if he were not so terrified […]

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Definition of the Evening

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Definition of the Evening

Fascism- noun: 1. (sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism

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Nationalized Citibank

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(Video NSFW people! Turn down your speakers or use earbuds.) The New F***ing Citibank – watch more funny videos Funny thing is that I had accounts with these people back in the day, and their operation wasn’t too different from this…..

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Reverse Skate

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qp-Gx9JylE&feature=related[/youtube]

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EFCA — Fearmongering CEOs Say The Sky Is Falling!

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOM0AMUqviY[/youtube] The sky isn’t falling, of course, and these CEOs make themselves look very silly comparing unions to Islamic Fundamentalists — but they wouldn’t be going all out with their disinformation campaign if this effort was, say, making sure that bank executives get their bonuses.   It is the Road to Serfdom, all right, and these […]

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Deep Inside Baseball Thought

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Harry Reid Sucks 

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