Archive for May, 2009

Donviti’s First 100 Days

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Donviti’s First 100 Days

I use to work with Donviti, hell, I was even his boss at one point — as if anyone could control such a young beautiful colt like him. You try to keep him penned in a grey cube? I did my best, but he did not take well to us putting the halter over his […]

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Republicans Expand War Against Sotomayor To Latinos

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What in the world are they doing?  How exactly do Republicans think that expanding the fight against Sotomayor to include La Raza is a winning strategy? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZgtxwqGDiQ[/youtube] (h/t Think Progress) BTW, La Raza’s slogan is “Strengthening America by promoting the advancement of Latino families” not, as Tancredo says, “All for the race. Nothing for the […]

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Wingnut Victims — Chrysler Dealerships Edition

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And they just don’t stop. The victimization du jour consists of the usual suspects claiming that the Obama Administration decided to preference the closing of dealers who are Republican. Any guesses on how this turns out? Nate Silver takes a look at the universe of political contributions from folks claiming to be car dealers and […]

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Drinking Liberally Open Thread

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1) That band rocked. 2) Tommywonk had the most cogent explanation yet why Mike Castle will run for the Senate (if he runs). 3) We fell a little short of our goal to raise $1.5 million to buy Tom Carper’s vote back from the banks. (I did the math and if everyone brings 30,000 friends […]

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Hey Buddy

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I love you. You are so beautiful. You smile when I come to get you from your nap. You smile when I kiss your cheek. You smile when I kiss your little Buddha belly. You look at me with your bright blue eyes. You smile when I say, “Boo!”, “Where’s Mommy?”, “Who’s that?”, “Is that […]

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QOTE

Filed in National by on May 28, 2009 21 Comments

The first thing that comes to your mind when someone says Chester, Pa is?

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Sick Newton

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Sick Newton

The other day Unstable Isotope wrote about Newt Gingrich’s tweets from Auschwitz and let’s just say my interest was peaked like when you pass by a car accident or when Charlie Copeland starts a blog, you look because you have no other choice. So I started following @newtgingrich and it’s not a car wreck —  […]

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Deep Thought

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When I lived in DC I hated that whenever I was going out somewhere, the first question my suburban friends would ask would be, “Is there parking?” Now, as I think about how much I am going to enjoy seeing everyone at drinking liberally, I find myself thinking, “Is there parking?”

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Withheld Photos May Show Rapes

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The Telegraph (U.K.) is reporting today that the photos withheld from release show pictures of rape and sexual abuse of prisoners. At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee. Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults […]

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Buy Back Tom Carper’s Vote From the Banks

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Via Atrios… 12% Just adding to what’s linked below, 12% of people with mortgages are behind in their payments or in foreclosure. And it’s going to get worse. Bankruptcy cramdown would have helped. Oh well. 11:16 Come to drinking liberally tonight and put $5.00 in to help us buy Tom Carper’s vote back from the […]

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DE Supreme Court Rules Sports Betting Legal

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This is Big News. From the Governor’s Office: In their 21 page opinion, the five Justices unanimously concluded that the authorization of a state-controlled “lottery” in the Delaware Constitution is not limited to games of pure chance.  Rather, games involving some skill are constitutional as long as chance is the dominant factor.  In so doing, the […]

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Another Republican For Same Sex Marriage

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Former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson is joining with David Boies to advocate for repeal of California’s Prop 8. Olson and Boies opposed each other in the Bush v Gore case in 2000 (I’m not sure if I can forgive Olson for helping to give us Bush). Olson is no doubt very conservative, his name […]

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Delaware Ready for Medical Marijuana?

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State Sen. Margaret Rose Henry has introduced legislation to provide for the controlled distribution of marijuana to relieve chronic pain in people suffering from serious medical conditions. Ginger Gibson writes in today’s News-Journal article: Under Senate Bill 94, residents would be allowed to have up to 6 ounces of marijuana, considered a month’s supply, Henry […]

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