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Why We Need a Plan
2009-06-19 15:20:00 Buffalo Geek nails it, with respect to the proposed Yahoo! datacenter in Lockport. He suggests that it should have been sited somewhere in the city, or at least closer to where the computer nerds in the region are. The data center will create 75 jobs, which, when you ... More About: Plan
Not a Big Surprise
2009-06-19 09:19:00 Not a big surprise at all that von Brunn, the idiot Nazi who shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Museum in D.C. had all kinds of kiddie porn on his computer. In fact, I wholly expected it.
ABC News is All Biased ?n Shit
2009-06-19 09:19:00 That was the cry that arose from the depths of the conservative blogosphere/twittersphere when it was revealed that ABC News would be airing an hourlong special on healthcare reform from the *gasp* White House. Infomercial! Journalism is dead! Unprecedented! [HTML1] It's always good to know the facts before you go all ... More About: Shit , ABC News
Seriously
2009-06-19 09:19:00 If you think that David Letterman was somehow advocating for statutory rape, you are probably too dumb to have a driver's license. Or swim. Or poop. Or eat with utensils. I'll be contacting Olive Garden and Hellmans to tell them I think it's ridiculous that they entertained ...
The Perfect Plan is one with No Details
2009-06-18 15:18:00 The House Republicans offered an outline of a plan to cover the 40 - 50 million Americans who have no health insurance. ...but said they didn?t know yet how much it would cost, how they would pay for it and how many of the nearly 50 million Americans without ... More About: Perfect , Details , Plan
Leaked Letter Purports to Show Actual Iranian Election Results
2009-06-18 15:18:00 [HTML1] There is a document being circulated that purports to reveal the actual results of last week's Iranian election. While obviously some people suspect that it's a forgery, under these results, a runoff would have been needed, Independent notes that Mousavi sure didn't want that. Anyhow, here are the (possibly) ... More About: Show , Results , Letter , Election
The Iranian Opposition Platform
2009-06-18 09:17:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z Efk1lDImMI[/youtube] 1 (Girl in street): Defending civil rights 2 (Boy next to old man): Counterbalancing poverty/deprivation 3 (Boy pushing away donation box): Nationalizing oil income 4 (Man standing on rooftop): Reducing tension in international affairs 5 (Boy sitting next to satellite dishes): Free access to information 6 (Girl sitting besides her mother): Supporting single mothers 7 (Girl ... More About: Platform , Iranian
From the Damned if You Do File
2009-06-18 09:17:00 To the people whinging that Obama should be more vocal in his support of the Iranian protesters: It goes without saying that if Obama had taken a more ardently pro-Mousavi line, he would be catching flak from many of the same people who would attack his response as naive ?Yes ... More About: File
Two Is the Magic Number
2009-06-18 03:16:00 Two homes, two votes. State Senator Pedro Espada (D-Mamaroneck/Bronx/the DA's interrogation room) has come up with a surefire way to end the gridlock in the State Senate. Give him two votes! One as a senator, and the other as de facto Lieutenant Governor. That's right, the worse ... More About: Magic , Number
Terrell Owens Needs a Home. Won?t You Help?
2009-06-18 03:16:00 And thus did a non-story become comedic. Doesn't anyone have a 5,000 SF house that Terrell Owens can rent for a season in a neighborhood that tolerates reality TV crews and "drama"? Anyone? More About: Home , Terrell Owens
John Glascott for Erie County Sheriff
2009-06-18 03:16:00 He's on the Twitters, and he's got a website, too. If you elect John Glascott Sheriff , he promises to keep can openers away from prisoners. More About: County , Erie
Fixing the Headline
2009-06-17 09:14:00 Original here. Definitely, let's continue to decide on things like this in an ad-hoc manner without any sort of overall plan. That's a recipe for win. More About: Headline
Buffalo Wednesday: Rally in Solidarity with the People of Iran
2009-06-17 09:14:00 From the Buffalo News: About 50 Buffalo-area Iran ian-Americans plan to gather from 8 to 10 a.m. wednesday outside Buffalo City Hall to support Iranians protesting the recent outcome of the presidential election. "They are killing innocent people," said Sherry, a rally organizers from Amherst, who did not want to reveal her ... More About: People , Rally , The People
Albany Fail
2009-06-17 09:14:00 It's really quite simple. The website called "Albany Fail" is here. The Twitter account for "Albany Fail" is here. Here is creepy lizard man Pedro Espada of Mamaroneck: [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5189810[/vimeo] Make sure to sign the petition there calling for all 62 "Senators" to resign. All done the end.
Storming the Secret Police
2009-06-17 09:14:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u 4vqWamoQgM[/youtube] In Iran, this is happening. More About: Police , The Secret , Secret
Revolution ?09
2009-06-16 15:12:00 I've already repeated several times that the Iranian uprising taking place right now reminds me of what happened in Eastern Europe in 1989. Specifically, the lid has been ejected from the pressure cooker and the government has brought this on itself by apparently manipulating the election results to grant ... More About: Revolution
Terrell Owens? House Hunt
2009-06-16 15:12:00 Apparently it's over. The three local news stations will now need to find more dumb stuff to trip over themselves to "report". More About: House , Owens , Terrell Owens , Hunt
Perspective
2009-06-16 15:12:00 Blogging from my house outside Buffalo won't make Iran free. Re-Tweeting something off my iPhone won't make Iran free. These things may help inform people or make them interested, but the work of making Iran free lies with the Iranian people, and they're doing a very good job ... More About: Perspective
Democrats Gearing Up
2009-06-16 15:12:00 Cheektowaga Police Captain John Glascott talks about his run for Erie County Sheriff: [HTML2] And Len Lenihan, Erie County Democratic Committee Chairman, has a message for his predecessor, Steve Pigeon: [HTML1] Erie County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz discusses the road ahead: [HTML3] More About: Democrats
Revolution
2009-06-16 15:12:00 Looks like the Iranian people are fed up with 30 years' worth of clerically-induced pariah status. Remembering the upheaval in the Eastern bloc in the late 80s, once the people stop fearing the police, the army, and the secret police and their enablers and collaborators, the regime's days are ... More About: Revolution
Cleansing Breath
2009-06-16 15:12:00 Some of you have noticed that I've been rather testy of late in my occasional forays into the comments section of this site. You'd be right. It seems as if there's some sort of perfect storm of dumb that has generally befallen that particular section, with seemingly smart ... More About: Breath , Cleansing
Golisano Explains
2009-06-15 21:10:00 In the New York Post, Golisano explains why a coup will lead to better government. That's nice. But here's the truth - it's not about Golisano. His political team is all about personal aggrandizement, not the good of the people. That's why the two Senators who ...
Iran?s Green Revolution
2009-06-15 09:09:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K cHT8-ps64w[/youtube] I haven't paid a great deal of attention to the Iran ian elections, but the aftermath of what could very well have been a rigged result has been epic. The hostage crisis that arose from the 1979 revolution poisoned relations between the US and Iran ever since. But as ... More About: Green , Revolution
Disgrace
2009-06-15 09:09:00 Happily, all of the problems in Albany have been worked out completely, enabling State Senators Monserrate (D-Riker's) and Espada (D-Somewhere near Boston Post Road) to enjoy a ballgame in seats that cost $650 a pop. The put-upon citizens of this Godforsaken state are not amused. UPDATE: Daily Gotham's ... More About: Disgrace
Defending the Failboat
2009-06-13 14:23:00 There was a post at Buffalo Rising that was supposed to act as a sort of counterpoint to the problems that James the Icecreamcycle Dude was experiencing with respect to the myriad pricey permits he has to obtain in order to sell ice cream from a bicycle on public streets ...
If It?s Sunday, it?s Hardline with Dave Debo
2009-06-13 14:23:00 This week on Hardline, Congressman Chris Lee takes your calls at 10. Everything from gasoline prices to airline regulation and autoworker pensions will be on the table. Dave will discuss the latest on the state Senate's coup in Albany, too. At 11, Hardline political analysis from the chairmen of Erie County's ... More About: Sunday
Whoa Whoa Whoa
2009-06-13 14:23:00 I love this because I use "whoa whoa whoa" all the time. Courtesy Marquil at EmpireWire, who is to me easily as good if not better than any political cartoonist at any paper in the state, bar none. More About: Whoa
The Coup on Friday
More articles from this author:2009-06-12 20:22:00 A judge issued a temporary restraining order yesterday, temporarily preventing Mamaroneck resident Pedro Espada (D-Bronx) from becoming Senate President. That is pointless. The Democrats should drop the lawsuit. Once Monserrate decides what the hell he wants to do, hopefully not involving broken wine glasses, all they have to ... More About: Coup , Friday 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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