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Evening Read

By nemski October 30, 20092 Comments

No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up. The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It's not what you think. The Daily Beast: The…

Breaking: Sen. Venables Injured in Boating Accident

By nemski October 30, 20095 Comments

According to The News Journal, Sen. Robert Venables (D-Laurel) along with another man was injured in a boating accident. Senate Assistant Bonnie Wood said Venables had a cut over his…

The Dangers of Parsing Tuesday’s Elections

By nemski October 30, 20091 Comment

No matter how they are spun, rerun and overdone, the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races are not national referenda. Even if the expected occurs -- and Republican Bob McDonnell…

Ethics Document Accidentally Released

By nemski October 30, 20098 Comments

A document from the US House Ethics Committee that details ongoing ethics investigations currently in play was inadvertently released reports The Washington Post. The 22-page "Committee on Standards Weekly Summary…

Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Unnatural Obsessions Edition

By cassandra_m October 30, 20093 Comments

This video is from a TV show called The State. Never heard of it. But this is a funny skit and I'm looking for Smitty to step up and confess…

Mitch Daniels Unable to Grasp Climate Change

By nemski October 30, 200914 Comments

Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) does not know the definition of agnostic. While out stumping Indiana about job creation, Daniels was asked about climate change reports The Herald Bulletin. “I’m an…

And The Winner Is . . .

By nemski October 30, 20091 Comment

. . . for the oddest speech on the House floor this year, Representative Steve LaTourette (R-OH).

Fox “News” Is . . . Gasp . . . Conservative

By nemski October 30, 200923 Comments

A Pew Research Center finds that Fox "News" is viewed as the most ideological of the six television news channels. Forty-seven percent of Americans think that Fox "News" is conservative,…

You Knew This Was Coming

By Unstable Isotope October 30, 20097 Comments

Can we finally strip Lieberman of his chairmanship now? Once again the DFHs (especially Ned Lamont) were right and the so-called political pundits were wrong. I'm not holding my breath…

If I Were A Republican Woman I’d Be Insulted

By pandora October 30, 200918 Comments

Reading this article brought two things to mind - The Stepford Wives and Enjoli... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X4MwbVf5OA[/youtube] Ah yes, you've come a long way, baby. Right-wing women rock. Not for us the…

QotD: A Touch Bookish

By nemski October 30, 20092 Comments

David Plouffe, Delawarean and mastermind of President Obama's victory in 2008, has written a book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory. Failed…

Late Night Video: Kayne Gets Bitched Slapped

By nemski October 29, 2009

Spike Jonze does what everyone wants to.

Zombie Reagan in ’12

By Delaware Dem October 29, 20096 Comments

Out of 1,038 registered Republicans surveyed by CNN and Opinion Research Corp, just 29 percent say Sarah Plain, the former half-term governor of Alaska and failed 2008 Vice Presidential candidate,…