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Breaking: Socks’ Final Request!

Filed in National by on February 20, 2009 2 Comments

Bill and Socks shared many things together. One was their affinity for music. Socks was aware that he would soon head to that Litter Box in the Sky. Accordingly, he dic(k)tated that this song, a favorite of both Bill’s and his, and performed by those Austin anarchists, the Asylum Street Spankers, be played before he […]

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Breaking: Clinton Sex Scandal Figure Dies

Filed in National by on February 20, 2009 11 Comments

A Clinton-era figure accused by Republicans of pleasuring himself in public in the White House has died. Historians remember that Rethugs took the fact that the individual at the center of the scandal never denied the charge to be further proof of the decadent nature of the Clinton Administration.

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Proof Elections Matter: Obama Dumps Bush LGBT Policy

Filed in National by on February 20, 2009 7 Comments

Under Dubya, the US proudly joined the Vatican, aka the Holy See (…No Evil from Holocaust Deniers & Pedophile Priests), and the Islamic world in opposing the universal decriminalization of homosexuality. Cowards that they are, Bush’s henchpersons cited ‘technical issues’ in voting against a non-binding UN Resolution. Thanks to Obama, that opposition is no longer […]

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GOP Guvs’ Love/Hate Relationship W/Stimulus $$’s

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 10 Comments

Cutting through the BS, El Somnambulo has detected the common thread in the ‘fiscal conservatives’ agita about receiving stimulus aid. It’s not that they don’t want the money. It’s that they want it with no strings attached. Presumably b/c (a) their states, including Louisiana, Texas and Alaska, have pristine records when it comes to the disbursement […]

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DOJ Targeting Bush/Rethug Scofflaws?

Filed in National by on February 18, 2009 2 Comments

The days of stonewalling prosecutors and getting away with it may well be coming to an end. And, there’s been plenty of stonewalling going on. According to the indispensable  Talking Points Memo, “At least nine Bush administration officials refused to cooperate with various Justice Department investigations during the final days of the Bush presidency, according […]

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Day 21: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on February 18, 2009 18 Comments

El Somnambulo is proud to present 1,577,219,319 reasons why Mike Castle has betrayed the public trust and has dishonored both his office and himself. In his Rosemary Woods-like contortions to explain away his vote against President Obama’s economic stimulus package, Castle somehow never got around to explaining how Delaware and its citizens would benefit from […]

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Deserving Losers-Paging Dr. Schadenfreude

Filed in National by on February 17, 2009 8 Comments

While ‘schadenfreude’ basically means taking delight in the misery of others, El Somnambulo, who is nothing if not sympathetic, feels horrible and powerless for what has happened to so many good people. However, he admits taking great delight in the deserved misery visited upon the piggiest of the piggy, those who didn’t even have time […]

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Un-Chartered Waters?

Filed in Delaware by on February 16, 2009 27 Comments

The recent firing of Principal Ron Russo by the Board of Directors of the Wilmington Charter School has left El Somnambulo with more questions than answers. That’s why he needs your feedback on those questions. But first, a brief history of Wilmington Charter and the current situation. The Delaware General Assembly, as part of Tomas […]

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