Archive for July 21st, 2011

EMO dEm Posting Stuff

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Bass, Obama, …what next? Must be this…

I’m looking for small office space to rent in the Newark area but my web searches are leaving in me uninspired.

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Grand Bargain Close

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Obama gives Republicans most of what they want on the condition that they take the rest of what they want at some later date. I’m not kidding “All cuts,” the aide said. “Maybe revenues some time in the future.” .

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Hey you, put down that Seabass!

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I know it is delicious, but both farm raised and trawled seabass are under pressure. “What? Farm raised?” you say. Yes. Farming seabass is associated with pollution and the spread of disease to wild fish. Seabass are carnivorous and have to be fed on wild-caught fish. The food supply for seabass does not come from […]

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Thursday Open Thread

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The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Markell Has Signed SB 146. Quietly. Very Quietly.

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Virtually every day, we get at least one, and sometimes more, press releases from the Governor’s office, touting the signing of one piece of ‘landmark’ legislation after another. Jack Markell is not the first governor to do this, it’s a time-honored tradition of giving oneself ‘the rub’ (wrestling term for putting someone over) and giving […]

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What Is The Future For Republicans?

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The Republicans are on the edge of the cliff regarding the debt ceiling. Will they all jump like lemmings or will some of them push the Tea Party off?

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