Archive for July 8th, 2009
Democrats Pick Polly Adams Mervine As The New SD 19 Candidate
Mike Matthews is reporting by Twitter that the new Democratic Senate candidate in the 19th SD is Polly Adams Mervine. More as details emerge. Update: Matthews is reporting that Matthew Opalinski is also a candidate. A four-way race! This should be interesting.
Schadenfreude of the Day
Minnesota GOP has to write a check to him — Al Franken — for $96,000 (including interest!) There’s more where that came from Al!
It’s A Complexion Thing
Anonone brought this article to our attention. More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason. “I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do […]
Donviti PSA #4521
Look, I understand people are old and using the swipe machine at every freaking checkout counter for about 95% of any transaction you make can be a daunting task perhaps for the first month or two that your pharmacy and grocery store have had them installed. But, this is 2009 you old bastards and both […]
Patrick Murphy Does Not Disappoint.
In 2006, I campaigned for a friend and former law school classmate, Patrick Murphy, as he ran for Congress in the Pennsylvania 8th Congressional District. I have campaigned for many candidates over the years, and many times I have been disappointed. But with Murphy, I remain proud: Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.) has taken up the […]
Parker Should Blame Himself
Parker on the reason he dropped out: “I think any Democrat who gets placed on the ticket expects full support from people who are important to the Democratic Party, whether that be elected officials or families of elected officials or former officials,” Parker said today. “As we went through this process, it became apparent that […]
Parker Blames Dems (Updated)
Several commenters, including UI and ‘Bulo, speculated that if Parker’s withdrawal was not due to some procedural disqualification (like not living in the district), then the prospects for a split party in the 19th SD and in Sussex County are huge. Well, it looks like the latter rather than the former: [Eddy Parker] said today […]
QOTD: Health Insurance Nightmares
Read this story of lost insurance and then answer the following: What would you do? I would try moving to England.
Chaos Theory?
There’s a certain deliberate chaos to the Obama Administration. Whether we’re discussing the stimulus, health care or cap and trade, there’s a method – and the method appears to be create diversions while quietly staying on track behind the scenes. Now, I’m not claiming this will work, but I also don’t think that statements like […]
Best Line Of The Day!
Alberto Gonzales gets a job at Texas Tech, and TPM commenter RS dreams a little dream… Please tell me there’s at least one Texas Tech political science student with the guts to answer “I do not recall” to every test question. Maybe even “I do not recall remembering.” I do so love clever people.
Deep Palin Thoughts
#1 Sarah Palin gave interviews yesterday while fishing. Is she planning on spending the rest of her term on vacation? #2 Yesterday Palin said this: I think on a national level, your department of law there in the White House would look at some of the things that we’ve been charged with and automatically throw […]
The Amazon River ….
is 11 million years old, but the Earth is only 6,000 years old. So how do our idiotic theocratic conservatives reconcile this? I suppose the Amazon River was just floating through deep space for 10,994,000 years until God picked it up and put it on the Earth, right? Makes sense.
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