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When The Only Thing We Had to Fear Was Fear Itself
2008-05-21 00:00:00 Barack Obama will follow in the footsteps of the above-pictured reckless and inexperienced men: Here's the truth: the Soviet Union had thousands of nuclear weapons, and Iran doesn't have a single one. But when the world was on the brink of nuclear holocaust, Kennedy talked to Khrushchev and he ... More About: Fear , Thing
These are the Dayes of Our Lives
2008-05-21 00:00:00 As you read through this account of the heavily redacted script of what's become a most fascinating local soap opera, remember the title of this particular blog post: It Isn't Just a Myth, Power Turns People Into Assholes. UPDATE: You can get a copy of the incredibly redacted report ... More About: Lives
The Case for Clean Diesel
2008-05-21 00:00:00 With the price of fuel creeping upward on an almost Zimbabwe-like daily basis, people are slowly starting to alter their routines. Driving less, taking the bus, unloading the SUV, etc. I'm ok for now, but I am eagerly awaiting the release of the new 50-state legal clean diesel engines. ... More About: Diesel , Clean , Case
Traffeine Jam
2008-05-21 00:00:00 The name that Bruce Andriatch has coined for the traffic jams at many local Tim Hortons' drive-thrus. The only reason why I ever go to Tim's is the sour cream donuts - glazed or unglazed, and that's very, very rarely. The coffee there tastes like cigarette butts to ...
Today, As Seen From the Past
2008-05-21 00:00:00 There's a website I check regularly now called "Paleo Future". It basically reprints old depictions of what the future would look like. Via Fark, I found this depiction from 1961: The status symbol of the year 2000 will be the home computer help, which will help mother ... More About: Today , Past
City Honors: 11th Best School in the Country
2008-05-21 00:00:00 Buffalo's City Honors was ranked as the 11th best high school in the country by Newsweek magazine. But that's not the only good news, Superintendent James Williams sees this as validation of the changes he's implemented, including: More About: Country , School
No Reservations Buffalo Part 2: The Old Pink
2008-05-17 00:00:00 [HTML1] Vota aqui to get Anthony Bourdain to come and visit the other, grittier New York. More About: Pink , Reservations , No Reservations , Buffalo , Part
I Don?t Get It
2008-05-17 00:00:00 Mike Huckabee to an NRA convention: During a speech before the National Rifle Association convention Friday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky, former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee ? who has endorsed presumptive GOP nominee John McCain ? joked that an unexpected offstage noise was Democrat Barack Obama looking to avoid a ...
Why I Don?t Watch The Talking Heads on Cable ?News?
2008-05-17 00:00:00 [HTML1] I have to hand it to Matthews for giving this imbecile a good smack, though. More About: News , Watch , Talking , Cable News , Cable
Dr. James Williams: Staying in Buffalo (For Now)
2008-05-17 00:00:00 He's holding a press conference right now, which you can watch at WNYMedia.net's main page. There's a large group at the podium. Is this about McKinley? Is it about him leaving? UPDATE: No. He's announced that he has withdrawn his name from consideration for the Memphis job. ... More About: Buffalo , Williams , James
Shorter Control Board Nonsense
2008-05-16 00:00:00 1. Chris Collins submitted a wild-ass guess as to what the county's revenues and expenditures will be over the next four years. 2. The appointed, unchecked county control board has its own wild-ass guesses as to the next four years' county finances. 3. The control board rejected ... More About: Nonsense , Board , Control
Leave Pearl Street Alone
2008-05-16 00:00:00 The amazing expansion and renovation that the Pearl Street Grill & Brewery in downtown Buffalo has undertaken in recent years has been incredible. From upstairs expansion, the new outdoor decks and patios, its commitment to local businesses and the local economy, to the fact that it employs 111 people ... More About: Leave
Friday Diversion
2008-05-16 00:00:00 Ricky on obesity (caution: language): [HTML1] More About: Friday , Diversion
Literacy Volunteers of Buffalo & WNY Call for Volunteers
2008-05-16 00:00:00 LITERACY VOLUNTEERS ANNOUNCES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME VOLUNTEERS! INFO SESSIONS PLANNED FOR THOSE WITH DESIRE TO HELP FOLKS LEARN TO READ AND/OR SPEAK ENGLISH-SESSIONS PLANNED IN TONAWANDA AND AMHERST TOO! WHAT: Literacy Volunteers will hold "Power of Words" Information/Orientation sessions to showcase the organization and its' multi-faceted work, and to present volunteer ... More About: Buffalo , Call
Hype-Brids
2008-05-16 00:00:00 The NFTA recently transformed a lot of its buses to diesel/electric hybrids. So did Toronto's TTC. But in Toronto, they discovered this: Toronto's new and expensive hybrid buses are saving less than half the amount of diesel fuel the transit agency - and the governments that paid for ... More About: Hype
O Hai, I?m on Teevee, KTHXBAI
2008-05-15 00:00:00 [HTML1] (Thanks to WIVB for enabling video embedding). Direct link to the video at Channel 4 is here.
Sense, Indeed
2008-05-15 00:00:00 The largest Apple store in the world opens on Boston's Boylston Street on Thursday morning. It is located just inside Boston's famous/infamous Back Bay Architectural District. Let's just say that this organization does not make it easy for developers in the tony Back Bay. Here's what the ... More About: Sense
Python?s Dead Parrot Sketch + Clinton Campaign = Win
2008-05-15 00:00:00 If you haven't read Dana Milbank's piece in today's Washington Post likening Hillary Clinton 's campaign to the parrot in the Python sketch that's not dead, but pining for the fjords, you should do so.... NOW! I especially love this passage: 2:57 p.m., Yeager Airport, Charleston, W.Va.: A steep descent brings Clinton's ... More About: Campaign , Dead , Parrot
John Edwards Chooses
2008-05-15 00:00:00 From the Daily News: John Edwards , whose own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination ended in January, will throw his support behind former rival Barack Obama, the Illinois senator's campaign announced. Edwards is scheduled to endorse Obama at a rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this evening. Edwards, 54, quit the race Jan. ...
President Attacks Obama from Israel
2008-05-15 00:00:00 President Bush took time out in Israel today by accusing Democrats of being modern-day Nevilles Chamberlain. In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way U.S. ... More About: President , Attacks
Try. Something. Different.
2008-05-15 00:00:00 The Buffalo News reports today on a retail project that is proposed to be built on Transit Road in Clarence near County Road. Given the demographics surrounding that area, it's not surprising that projects such as this are being proposed for that corridor. The Wellesley, Massachusetts-based developer has a website ...
Pretty Much the Same as Yesterday
2008-05-15 00:00:00 Saw this at Andrew Sullivan's site, and it made me laugh: [HTML1] More About: Yesterday , Pretty
Jon Powers on Oil Prices
2008-05-14 00:00:00 This is an article that Jon Powers released today on the issue of gas prices and the continuing replenishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Senate voted today 97-1 to halt replenishment of the reserve, thus freeing 70,000 barrels of oil into the open market on a daily basis. ... More About: Prices
Changing Minds
2008-05-14 00:00:00 Hillary Clinton has already won West Virginia, and Obama conceded the loss pre-emptively. Nothing today is different from yesterday. Obama will be the Democratic nominee. As this set of diagrams shows, Obama hasn't done well pretty much anywhere in Appalachia. Next week's results in Kentucky should ... More About: Minds , Changing
The Last Person We Need in Albany
2008-05-14 00:00:00 From another local website, Republican County Legislator, and candidate for SD-61 Michael Ranzenhofer writes: Michael Ranzenhofer (R), a veteran of 19 years as a county legislator from Amherst, is off and running as the expected Republican candidate for the State Senate seat being vacated by retiring Mary Lou Rath. ... More About: Person
New York Dems in Denver
2008-05-14 00:00:00 A Denver -based blog has a new feature - a field guide to different states' Dem conventioneers, as well as a travel guide to Denver. The convention isn't until August, but here's the entry for New York 's delegation. A taste: Total Number of Delegates: 282 Pledged: 232 Unpledged: 50 How to ... More About: New-York
Helping the Great Lakes
2008-05-13 00:00:00 The office of Attorney General Cuomo will be holding a "Community Forum on Priorities for Great Lakes Protection". Learn more about what the state's AG is doing about protecting the Great Lakes , and to offer your own thoughts and opinions on the issue. Date: June 5, 2008 Time: ...
Buffalo Watchdog
2008-05-13 00:00:00 Discussing the media's clumsy handling of last night's I-190 standoff with Scott Leffler on WECK 1230-AM right now. More About: Buffalo
Media Discovers that Racism Still Exists
2008-05-13 00:00:00 Um... No sh1t. No matter how many ignorant cretins canvassers and phone callers encounter this summer - no matter how many knuckle-draggers produce t-shirts depicting Obama as a chimpanzee, Obama will be the nominee. He will be backed by the Democratic party and establishment. He will out-fundraise, out-campaign, ... More About: Media , Racism
How I Kept Track of the Standoff on the I-190
More articles from this author:2008-05-13 00:00:00 I had a busy night yesterday, so I didn't even know about the standoff until someone told me. Sure, I checked out Channel 2 and Channel 4, but my phone can't show the video feed, so the information was spotty. What I did was go to Twitter to ... More About: Track 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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