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X Stryker is also the proprietor of the currently-dormant poll analysis blog Election Inspection.

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Late Night Music Video: Throwing Muses – Firepile

Filed in National by on July 13, 2009 2 Comments

This is one of my all time favorite songs. [dailymotion]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhw0d_throwing-muses-firepile_music[/dailymotion] your baby’s running faster, count the times I left my clothes out, count the tires one more time, count the times I let the air out; that firepile’s your home.

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QOTD: Health Insurance Nightmares

Filed in National by on July 8, 2009 3 Comments

Read this story of lost insurance and then answer the following: What would you do? I would try moving to England.

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Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option

Filed in National by on July 7, 2009 2 Comments

We all know that Senator Carper has corporate health care lobbyists in his ear and corporate money filling his campaign coffers. But don’t any of you DARE give up this fight – every quitter provides an excuse for mass surrender. You’ve got to work for this – if we don’t fight like hell with our […]

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David Anderson is crazy and I love it

Filed in National by on July 2, 2009 44 Comments

David Anderson on Roe v. Wade: The gates of hell were opened that day in 1973 and our values seem to be sucked down to the pit. Child abuse soared, families collapsed, murder soared, rape climbed, schools became war zones, and America suffered humiliation in Viet Nam and a disgraced Presidency. The once great manufacturing […]

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Sex, Hypocrisy, and Inquisition

Filed in National by on July 1, 2009 5 Comments

The following “family values” Republicans voted to impeach (House) or remove (Senate) President Clinton. Newt Gingrich Henry Hyde Mark Sanford Bob Barr Dan Burton Helen Chenoweth Bob Livingston John Ensign Vito Fossella Jim Gibbons Sue Myrick Joe Scarborough Bill Thomas John McCain Larry Craig Rod Grams Tim Hutchinson They are all adulterers. Also voting for […]

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Tell Tom Carper to Support the Public Option

Filed in National by on June 30, 2009 6 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2v5tVWcnGE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] We have a little over a month to apply pressure to Senator Carper to support public option health care. (302) 573-6291 Put this number in your cell phone or your wallet or purse. Call it on your lunch break tomorrow. Ask his staff (or leave a message asking) if Senator Carper supports offering public […]

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China and the Electric Car

Filed in National by on June 27, 2009 37 Comments

A lot of conservatives are pissing their pants because they think the Chinese will go on polluting the world while America and Europe seek to reduce emissions. While China at the moment certainly has smog problems, I’m quite certain that by 2020, they’ll be working as hard as the West is on trying to prevent […]

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Why Delaware Needs Health Reform

Filed in Delaware by on June 27, 2009 5 Comments

Health Care facts and figures, from HealthReform.gov (thanks, HHS Secretary Sebelius!) DELAWAREANS CAN’T AFFORD THE STATUS QUO Roughly 575,000 people in Delaware get health insurance on the job, where family premiums average $14,579, about the annual earning of a full-time minimum wage job. Since 2000 alone, average family premiums have increased by 108 percent in […]

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Climate Change Bill Passes, Castle Votes Aye

Filed in National by on June 26, 2009 8 Comments

Here is the roll call on the American Clean Energy and Security Act. Aye: 219 No: 212 8 Republicans voted Aye: Castle (DE, duh) LoBiondo (NJ) Lance (NJ) Smith (NJ) Kirk (IL) Reichert (WA) McHugh (NY) Bono Mack (CA) 44 Dems voted against: Altmire (PA) Dahlkemper (PA) Holden (PA) Arcuri (NY) Massa (NY) Costa (CA) […]

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Lunch Break News

Filed in National by on June 23, 2009 8 Comments

You’ve been told a lie – Monsanto and the Agribusiness lobby want you to think chemical farming is vastly superior to organic farming. Organic farming can feed about as many people as chemical farming, and in the developing world, it could feed 80% more. Check out the science. (DKos) Obama leads Republicans by about 20 […]

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Late Night Music Video: The Decemberists – Valerie Plame

Filed in National by on April 30, 2009 0 Comments

No actual video, just a static image and an album. But oh, how I wish they would have made a video for this one! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIu_iM8s1x8[/youtube] and so my vespa became your chariot, from the green zone marriott

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Late Night Music Video: The Raveonettes – That Great Love Sound

Filed in National by on April 29, 2009 1 Comment

These two are from Denmark, with a retro 60’s sound (with a little Jesus & Mary Chain thrown in). [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AoVaSrfAz0[/youtube] if only you could listen, try to change your mind

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Late Night Music Video: Muse – Supermassive Black Hole

Filed in National by on April 28, 2009 0 Comments

Muse rocks my friggin’ socks. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw[/youtube] glaciers melting in the dead of night; and the superstars sucked into the supermassive

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