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Quote of the Day

Filed in National by on May 13, 2009 19 Comments
Quote of the Day

When Cheney was in the first Bush administration, he was odd man out. Poppy, James Baker, Brent Scowcroft and Colin Powell corralled Cheney’s “Genghis Khan” side, as it was known, and his “rough streak.” Cheney didn’t care for Powell even then. But with W., “Back Seat” — Cheney’s Secret Service name in the Ford administration […]

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Late Night Oddity: Eurovision

Filed in National by on May 12, 2009 0 Comments

h/t neatorama

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Markell on ESPN Tonight

Filed in Delaware by on May 12, 2009 4 Comments

From the press release: Gov. Jack Markell will discuss his proposal to re-authorize a sports lottery in Delaware and give Delaware taxpayers a fairer share of gaming revenue on ESPN’s news magazine show E:60. The shows airs tonight at 7 on ESPN.

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Notre Dame, Obama and The Gipper

Filed in National by on May 12, 2009 9 Comments

Back at the end of March, we had a little post about some trouble brewing at Notre Dame and its invitation to the President of the United States to be its commencement speaker. You see among the conservative Catholics — the 21 percenters — they cry that this invitation flies in the face of a […]

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Late Night Oddity: Star Trek OG

Filed in National by on May 11, 2009 1 Comment

h/t Where’s My Jetpack for digging this gem up

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Late Night Oddity: Bert and Ernie Are On a Boat

Filed in National by on May 9, 2009 0 Comments

This is NSFW and probably Not Safe for Home either. Watch Bert and Ernie on a Boat (SNL Parody) and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

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Open Mouth, Insert 3 Wood

Filed in International by on May 9, 2009 5 Comments
Open Mouth, Insert 3 Wood

So, what is with golf commentators? Yesterday, Delaware Dem posted a story about some idiocy said by David Feherty. This isn’t the first dumb ass comment by a golf announcer and it certainly won’t be the last. It must be something in the country club water. The first that comes to mind is the comment […]

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Late Night Oddity: Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

Filed in National by on May 8, 2009 2 Comments

Embedded video from CNN Video

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Late Night Oddity: Oxygen

Filed in National by on May 7, 2009 2 Comments

Oxygen from Christopher Hendryx on Vimeo.

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Late Night Oddity: Swine Flu

Filed in National by on May 6, 2009 0 Comments
Late Night Oddity: Swine Flu

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Late Night Oddity: At The Red House

Filed in National by on May 5, 2009 1 Comment

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Breaking: DE Hits 33 Confirmed Cases of H1N1

Filed in National by on May 5, 2009 9 Comments

The New Journal is reporting that there are 33 confirmed cases of H1N1 in Delaware. Everyone drink a Rolling Rock tonight.

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Hunting for Jesus

Filed in National by on May 5, 2009 9 Comments

Some members of the US Army are  proselytizing to the Afghanis by handing out Christian bibles. An interesting way to win the Afghanis’ hearts and minds by converting Muslims to Christianity, which by the way is a direct violation of US Army Code.

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