Archive for April, 2009
Late Night Music Video: The Decemberists – Valerie Plame
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
Action Alert: HB 1 Scheduled for Senate Hearing
The new Senate committee meeting notices have been posted, and HB 1 is scheduled for consideration in the Senate Executive Committee next Wednesday. Karen Peterson’s SB 57 is also on the agenda. You know what to do from here.
Evening Point and Laugh
Shorter Dana: “If we have to allow moderate Republicans have a say, being in power is not worth it.” Earth to Dana. When conservatives were in power, the only part of the conservative “agenda and beliefs (enacted) into policy and law” were the belief that it would be a good idea to attack Iraq for […]
Ten CONFIRMED cases of Swine Flu in Delaware
It has not yet been released by state officials, but my source has informed me that there are actually 10 Delaware cases confirmed. This includes the 4 announced today. To Smitty’s point, it isn’t killing these people, but it is spreading in Delaware.
The best thing I ever bought
I’m not a big gadget guy and nor am I a consumer, but this Oxo peeler scares potatoes out of their skin. It is far and away the best thing I ever bought myself.
Updated: Bankers Win/Americans Lose
Once again, Tom Carper proves that he is no moderate when it comes to sticking it the middle class, and carrying water for his financial backers. He is a fucking zealot. I wonder what Don Carper thinks about the Durbin amendment to the banking bill which would provide some opportunity for bankruptcy judges to modify […]
I Don’t Think The Message Could Be Clearer. Moderates Are You Listening?
Via Think Progress: This morning on CBS’s Early Show, RNC Chairman Michael Steele strongly endorsed Rush Limbaugh’s reaction to Sen. Arlen Specter’s (PA) decision to leave the Republican party. Limbaugh had responded to Specter’s departure by calling him “dead weight” and claiming that it said “nothing about the state of the GOP.” Steele said that […]
Support For Gay Marriage Jumps 11 Points In One Month
Via kos: NY Times/CBS News Poll. 4/22-26. Adults. MoE 3% (3/12-16 results) Which comes closest to your view? Gay couples should be allowed to legally marry. OR, Gay couples should be allowed to form civil unions but not legally marry. OR, There should be no legal recognition of a gay couple’s relationship. Legal Marraige 42 […]
Separated at Birth
Sgt. Bilko (Phil Silvers) and Grandmaster Steele. Apologies to the family of Phil Silvers.
Special Commenter QOD
Not Brian wants to know: Where are all the conservatives who are so afraid of a world government and the UN on the issue of the Obama administration being beholden to the World Health Organization? What is next? A bill of rights for children?
…Because, Of Course, Black People Really Don’t Matter
Rethug talking butthole Bryon (oops, it’s Byron, like the Lord) York says that Obama’s high job approval ratings are deceptively high b/c, well, let’s just let the Duke of York provide his own steel-trap logic: On his 100th day in office, Barack Obama enjoys high job approval ratings, no matter what poll you consult. But […]
Republican Town Halls
Republicans have decided to go to the people. Their plan is to hold a series of town hall meetings designed to generate ideas. “The NCNA will bring together citizens from across the country to begin a dialogue with the American people through a series of forums, town halls, and an online effort that will engage […]
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