Archive for February, 2009
Hube
Does not get that news agencies get an advance copy of Presidential speeches.
http://colossus.mu.nu/
Poor guy.
Urine Luck!
If you were wanting to turn your pee into fertilizer.
24Feb2009 | jason330 | 8 comments | Continued
Liveblogging the Presidential Speech
While this is not the State of the Union, it is a pretty good approximation. We haven’t rolled out the liveblog application since the Inauguration, so come on over, pour some of your favorite libation, and chat us up.
24Feb2009 | liberalgeek | 5 comments | Continued
Breaking News: Bank of America still paying bonuses
I have first hand factual knowledge that Bank of America employees in Delaware are receiving bonuses. Employees down to the Assistant Vice President Level are receiving several thousands dollars for their hard work in 2008.
24Feb2009 | Donvictimiti | 10 comments | Continued
Blogging is a Conversation
It is a conversation that bends space and time.
I had a conversation with Allan Loudell and Jack Markell through blogging tonight.
Loudell behind his microphone, me in my car, Jack on the telephone.
I smirked across time and space at Jack about the Barclay’s announcement tomorrow and Loudell said, “Some jaded people [...]
Dow Up 236, Republicans Blame Obama
Seeing as how Republicans believe the market acts rationally and is the only barometer to measure policies, obviously they’re going to to pin a 236 point rally on Obama. Wall Street always behaves rationally, after all.
Ha ha ha, I crack me up. I look forward to comments below from the wingnuts telling me how a [...]
Obama’s Budget Speech Tonite
Lots of speculation about the speech to be given to a joint session of Congress — and lots of it about tone (which I don’t entirely get) — but here is a good summary of the the expectations (at least from the venues I read) cribbed from Matt Yglesias:
Obama wants the 2013 deficit to [...]
24Feb2009 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
San Francisco Lawmaker trying to legalize Bob Hope
If only…
24Feb2009 | Donvictimiti | Comments Off | Continued
Cape Henlopen Gets Progressive Dem Candidate for School Board!
From the press release:
Meyer Persow of Rehoboth Beach has announced that he will seek the at-large seat on the Cape Henlopen School Board in the upcoming May 12 election.
In announcing his candidacy, Persow listed three primary issues for his campaign – promoting alternative strategies for teaching, increasing school safety, and working to decrease the [...]
At last…
You love bacon, but you need a spreadable alternative.
Baconnaise
24Feb2009 | jason330 | 11 comments | Continued
In Your Face Wingnuts
Yes. 64% of Americans favor helping other Americans facing foreclosure.
Only ridiculous, irrelevent Republicans think that foreclosed people should be scorned and spit upon.
What A Lying Baby
Talk Left has more, but let me highlight.
Rick Santelli, now famous for his CNBC rant, has donned his victim hat while telling a big ol’ whopper. Get this exchange with G. Gordon Liddy concerning WH Press Secretary Gibbs comments.
SANTELLI: He started that press conference saying, “I don’t know where he lives, I don’t know where [...]
Eeewwww
This is the kind of press advisory I used to hate when Minner was in office.
Gov. Markell, DEDO Director Levin to Make Economic Development Announcement
When: Wednesday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m.
Where: Barclays, 125 S. West St., Wilmington.
It usuually meant that we were about to throw a bunch of tax breaks at a bank.
24Feb2009 | jason330 | 5 comments | Continued
Carper still favors capitulation
h/t Politico:
“The majority has to be inclusive,” Obama told about 150 legislators and expert gathered at his accountability summit, “But the minority has to be constructive… The minority then has to come up with… ideas, and not just want to blow things up.”
Later, when Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) implored him to continue reaching out to [...]
My Father, the Typical GOP 30%
My Q to him:
So the stock market, the housing problem, the bank’s failing, circuit city going out of business is Obama’s fault?
A: YUP!!
As I said to you a long, long time ago; it is a psychological war. Before the conventions, they (e.g., Reid, Pelosi, etc.) were all saying how bad things were and [...]
RNC To Crush Dissent
h/t Politico, although their title features the hilarious typo “disssidents”:
RNC Chairman Michael Steele has threatened to withhold party funds from three GOP senators who voted for the stimulus package.
: “Will you, as RNC head, recommend no RNC funds being provided to help them?” Steele was asked on Fox News.
“Oh, yes, I`m always open to everything, [...]
Credit Where Credit is Due: Mike Castle At White House Summit
Castle was in a breakout session dealing with healthcare.
Rep. Mike Castle: Community health centers deliver health care to the uninsured. Pharmaceutical companies do programs that provide low cost drugs. The administration should draw attention to resources that are out there that the uninsured isn’t taking advantage of.
“More services are out there.” The administration “needs to [...]
Four Bad Bear Markets
Click on the image to view the larger and more readable graph. Courtesy of dshort.com.
24Feb2009 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued
Ironic Thought of the Day
Interesting that the top H1B companies are not even US companies; they are “major Indian offshore IT services firms.” Sweet.
24Feb2009 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
New Poll Suggests Obama Shouldn’t Waste Time On Republican Antics
Another failed Republican strategy? Let’s face it, Republicans aren’t good at subtlety. Did they really believe the American people wouldn’t see their obstructionist tactics as, well, obstructionist tactics?
A newly released NYT/CBS Poll spells even more trouble – if that’s even possible – for the GOP.
A majority of people surveyed in both parties said [...]
Don’t Let ‘Em Play the ‘Class Warfare’ Card
Rethugs, many trained by Newt Gingrich, have mastered the art of Orwellian double-speak. ‘Death Tax’, ‘Reaganomics’, and the like. They have used these terms in large part to turn the tax code on its head through Kemp/Roth and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy while misleading the public with verbal sleight-of-hand.
President Obama, starting tonight, [...]
Is this going to hurt Beau Biden’s Senate run?
It stinks to high heaven
(Reuters) – A fund of hedge funds run by two members of Vice President Joe Biden’s family was marketed exclusively by firms controlled by Texas financier Allen Stanford, charged by regulators with an $8 billion fraud, the Wall Street Journal said.
Paradigm Global Advisors is owned through a holding company by the [...]
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