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Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-April 26 Edition
LEAD STORY-The (UK) Independent: US Major Claims US Torture Has Caused More American Deaths than 9-11 Patrick Cockburn, winner of the 2009 Orwell Prize for Journalism, shows the counterproductivity of torture through the experienced lens of US Major Matthew Alexander. Alexander’s interrogation team located the hideout of al-Zarqawi without the use of torture. The use […]
Breaking: Markell to Address Joint Session of General Assembly
When the Governor speaks to a joint session of the General Assembly in late April, you can bet it isn’t to swap Easter/Passover stories. In fact, ‘bulo can’t remember the last time that a Governor addressed the GA so late in session before. However, that is precisely what’s going to happen on Tuesday, April 28 […]
‘Bulo’s Top 10 2010 Republican Targets-#2
5th Senatorial District-Cathy Cloutier Caustic film critic Pauline Kael once famously called quasi-film star Don Ameche, “The zero who sings.” Don Ameche, meet Cathy Cloutier. Like Ameche, Cloutier is likable and well-intentioned. Like Ameche on film, as a legislator, she’s just there, although sans mustache. Like Ameche, she brings nothing else to the table. And […]
Miss California: Just a Good Wholesome Christian with a Boob Job
Yep, suhprize, suhprize, Miss Holier Than Thou will be an introducer tonight on the Dove Gospel Music Awards show. And, just like that, the Religious Right has a new cause celebre. “She would’ve won if she hadn’t expressed her honest views.” Yes, and Miss Mississippi would’ve won if she hadn’t supported cross-burnings. Granted, there is […]
‘Bulo’s Top 10 Republican Targets for 2010-#3
29th Representative District-Pam Thornburg Or, instead of Pam’s name, should it read ‘No Incumbent’? Pam Thornburg is very unlikely to seek reelection. She almost lost (well, actually, the initial count showed that she had lost, but it turns out there had been a counting error) against first-time candidate Charles ‘Trey’ Paradee in 2006. She is in […]
Breaking: FDA to Permit ‘Morning-After’ Pill for 17 Year-olds
The FDA today said that it will not appeal a judge’s order to permit 17-year-olds to get the ‘morning-after’ pill. From the Associated Press story: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it will allow 17-year-olds to get the ‘morning-after’ birth control pill without a doctor’s prescription. The FDA said Wednesday it will […]
McClatchy Papers: Bush Pushed Torture to Find Iraq-Al Qaida Link
A link which, of course, never existed. In other words, Bush/Cheney et al were so intent on getting evidence to justify their misbegotten war in Iraq that they approved torture in order to find it: WASHINGTON — The Bush administration applied relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees in part to find […]
El Somnambulo’s Top 10 Republican Targets for 2010-#4
State Auditor-Tom Wagner No, no, defeating Alleged State Auditor Tom Wagner does not require a ‘suspendering of disbelief’. All that’s needed in these fiscally-troubled times is a credible candidate dedicated to restoring this office’s purported mission of weeding out waste, fraud and abuse. By doing nothing, Tom Wagner has done great harm to the State. […]
Breaking: US Supreme Court Ruling a Victory for Civil Liberties
Granted, it may be a small victory, but it’s important. And, just wait’ll you see how the justices voted. The New York Times reports that, by a 5-4 vote, the Court has strengthened motorists’ rights to privacy. In the decision in the case of Arizona v. Gant, the Court held that: Officers may search the […]
‘Bulo’s Top 10 Republican Targets for 2010-#5
9th Representative District-Dick Cathcart, House Minority Leader Democratic insiders will tell you that no one ran a more disappointing 2008 campaign than Becky Walker against Dick Cathcart. Her entire campaign should be a case study on how not to take a second run at somebody. OK, you’ve convinced him, El Somnambulo will provide a brief […]
Key Obama Official Buys Fusion Hybrid…from Sheridan Ford!
Tres cool. Delaware’s own David Plouffe, who as you all know was Presidential Campaign Manager for Barack Obama and is now a senior advisor to the President, purchased a Ford Fusion Hybrid this weekend at Sheridan Ford on the Kirkwood Highway. The Fusion is apparently a fave of the Obama Administration (Memo to Joe Sheridan: […]
‘Bulo’s Top 10 2010 Republican Targets-# 6
11th Representative District: Greg Lavelle Bleatings from the Rethuglican flock notwithstanding, Brandywine Hundred remains a target-rich environment for the D’s. Already gone are the 7th RD, formerly held by Wayne Smith; the 10th RD, the previous domain of Bob Valihura, and Jane Maroney before him; and the 4th Senatorial District, by registration the most R […]
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers: April 19 Edition
LEAD STORY-The Times of London: British Scientists Use Stem Cells and Find Cure For Blindness Wow. Good thing that Bush and the Wingnuts had such an abiding ‘respect’ for ‘human life’. Who ever would have wanted this to happen? British scientists have developed the world’s first stem cell therapy to cure the most common cause of […]
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