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This Medical Advice on Sugary Soft Drinks Brought to You By…Coca Cola

By El Somnambulo November 4, 20099 Comments

Coca Cola has joined forces with, wait for it, the American Academy of Family Physicians to provide unbiased advice on the use of sugary soft drinks in a well-balanced diet.…

Oh. Shut. Up. Sussex County Whiners, I’m Calling You Out

By El Somnambulo November 3, 200916 Comments

Quel dommage, petites pauvres Sussex County condo residents. From today's News-Journal, a bunch of self-entitled crybabies from Sea Pines Condominiums, and other overdeveloped areas of coastal Sussex, are whining that…

The Man With America’s Worst Memory

By El Somnambulo November 2, 20092 Comments

That would be America's criminal former Vice President, Dick Cheney. According to the Associated Press, the man who had 'other priorities' when he got about a dozen deferments to avoid…

Juvenile Victims Finally Get Delayed Justice

By El Somnambulo October 29, 200910 Comments

No, not the victims of institutional pedophilia that Monsignor Greg Lavelle and the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington have conspired to individually screw for at least a second time. I'm talking…

Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby

By El Somnambulo October 28, 20098 Comments

Geez, you'd think that the Main Stream Media might have discovered that Pious Joe's equally-pious wife has returned to her roots--as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and health care industries…

How the Army Corps of Engineers Stays in Business

By El Somnambulo October 26, 20092 Comments

It comes up with loony projects, has them embraced by pork-loving congress critters, develops phony economic benefits analysis, and then plays hardball, using people like Pennsylvania's amoral governor as its…

Sunday Papers: How ‘Fast’ Eddie Rendell Made Sure Budget Avoided Natural Gas Pains

By El Somnambulo October 25, 200916 Comments

We all heard Gov. Ed Rendell's (D-Comcast) lament that everyone had to share in Pa.'s budgetary pain, including the arts community, which was decimated by budget cuts while the big…

News-Journal: Fisker to Build Hybrid Cars at Boxwood Plant

By El Somnambulo October 23, 200910 Comments

Andrew Eder, who has been all over this story, reports the good news. And, lest anyone think that Jack Markell just got lucky, here is what a governor who was…

Washington Post: Will Beau Run?

By El Somnambulo October 22, 20095 Comments

Long speculative piece from today's Washington Post. I found these comments from Jack Markell a little--incongruous: "He's not the type of guy who is going to let other people's timetables…

Breaking: Carper On Board With Public Option!?

By El Somnambulo October 22, 200910 Comments

It's the current lead story on Talking Points Memo: Guess he's been getting the messages left at his office. He still sounds a little weaselly about it, and decidedly unenthused,…

2008-2009 Phillies: Best Philly Sports Team Ever?

By El Somnambulo October 22, 200933 Comments

Should they win their second consecutive World Series, I'd say absolutely yes. Certainly the only team in the modern era to rival these Phils would be the Broad Street Bullies,…

Blue Collar Jobs Coming Back to Delaware?

By El Somnambulo October 21, 200913 Comments

There is finally some serious cause for optimism. Andrew Eder, writing in today's News-Journal, reports that the Boxwood GM plant is attracting a lot of interest: Fisker Automotive confirmed Tuesday…

Breaking from AP: Obama Administration Will Not Prosecute For Medical Marijuana

By El Somnambulo October 19, 200914 Comments

I'll smoke a raise a toast to this one: The Justice Department has reportedly told prosecutors that, as long as users are in conformity with state laws, prosecution basically is…