Archive for September, 2009

‘Bulo’s Music for the Masses-40th Year HS Reunion Edition

Filed in National by on September 26, 2009 3 Comments

Yes, I AM that old, and next week will be our 40th. So, for the next two weeks, I’m gonna highlight some of the (IMHO) best music from 1968-69. While there was still a strong string of 45 RPM single classics, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band from a few years earlier had ushered in the […]

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Late Night Video — All the Single Babies

Filed in National by on September 25, 2009 6 Comments

I was laughing so hard, that I started crying when I first saw this. Not only is it funny as heck, but it is incredibly cute.

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Compassionate Conservatism

Filed in National by on September 25, 2009 16 Comments

Excuse my language, but John Kyl is an asshole.

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do you know what time it is?

Filed in National by on September 25, 2009 3 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHdjqsSSa_A[/youtube] ohhhhhhhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhh

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Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Crowd Sourced Edition

Filed in National by on September 25, 2009 18 Comments
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Crowd Sourced Edition

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.

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Kowalko on TV Tonight

Filed in Delaware, National by 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 […]

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News-Journal Unmasks Carper as Corporate Shill

Filed in Delaware by 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 […]

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by 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 […]

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A Conservative Becklash?

Filed in National by 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 […]

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I’m Okay With Taxing Garbage

Filed in National by 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 […]

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See You Next Time

Filed in Delaware by on September 25, 2009 14 Comments
See You Next Time

Drinking Liberally

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What was McDowell doing at the NAIC?

Filed in National by on September 24, 2009 17 Comments
What was McDowell doing at the NAIC?


A tipster raises a good question: What was Senator Harris McDowell doing accompanying Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart to the quarterly meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners?

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Don’t embarass me at dinner in the dam

Filed in International by on September 24, 2009 0 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcwN8VUeChU[/youtube] No matter where I go, I will not be embarrassed in front of a lady.  Even in Amsterdam!

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