Archive for September 25th, 2009

We’re getting plenty of suggestions for Bacon Blogging and this week’s entries come from ~~RSmitty~~ a faithful reader and the foodie team of UI and Free Radical.

Kowalko on TV Tonight

Filed in Delaware, National by liberalgeek on September 25, 2009 • 1 Comment

This evening, WHYY debuts their new Delaware-oriented news magazine “First”. This is apparently a replacement for their daily “news no one watches.” On the debut episode, John Kowalko is featured to discuss the state budget mess (past, present and future). Tune in at 10:00 to see what’s happening in Delaware and get some insight from […]

News-Journal Unmasks Carper as Corporate Shill

Filed in Delaware by El Somnambulo on September 25, 2009 • 8 Comments

About bleeping time, and good for them. Given the choice of protecting senior citizens or his Big Pharma corporate cash cows, Carper chose the bundles of campaign cash. His ‘spokesperson’ tries to explain it: AstraZeneca, the global drug maker with U.S. headquarters in Fairfax, was the top contributor to Carper’s leadership political action committee, First […]

Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by Unstable Isotope on September 25, 2009 • 12 Comments

TGIF! Here is a good way to start your weekend – a hilarious post called the “Balloon Juice Lexicon.” It’s really a dictionary of sorts of leftie blogosphere terms, some specific to Balloon Juice. Here’s a couple of my favorites: Center-right nation – A frequent refrain among right-leaning commenters that successfully penetrated mainstream opinion leaders […]

A Conservative Becklash?

Filed in National by Unstable Isotope on September 25, 2009 • 30 Comments

Is there a backlash brewing against Glenn Beck by other conservatives? Steve Benen documents the details: On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough blasted Beck, and argued that the Fox News personality may be fomenting violence. “You cannot preach hatred,” Scarborough said. “You cannot say the president is racist. You cannot say things that have very deadly […]

I’m Okay With Taxing Garbage

Filed in National by pandora on September 25, 2009 • 24 Comments

Unlike the totally sterotype Mom in the commercial below, I’m perfectly okay with taxing sodas and juice drinks. Mainly because they’re total crap, and one of the main reasons our country’s children are overweight. They are also dirt cheap. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxIwwrO2JYg[/youtube] Whenever I watch this ad and see the Mom handing her son that humungous […]