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?Dick? Cheney
2009-05-27 21:55:00 Sleazy, Dishonest & Divisive. Andrew Sullivan argues that Cheney doesn't even understand the alleged point of his own speech. More About: Dick Cheney , Dick
Campaign Kick-Offs Today
2009-05-27 21:55:00 [HTML1] Today at 6pm, Comptroller Mark Poloncarz kicks off his campaign this evening, as does the as-yet-unnamed Democratic candidate for Sheriff. Rumor has it a Captain in the Cheektowaga Police Department will be announcing this evening. Across town, the Republicans will introduce their candidate for Comptroller at 11am. More About: Campaign , Kick
Old Buffalo
2009-05-27 21:55:00 A slideshow of photographs posted to Flickr by Fix Buffalo 's David Torke. [HTML1]
Sotomayor, 9/11, and Lies
2009-05-27 03:53:00 Somebody named Wendy Long penned this and this as part of the right wing insta-smear of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's pick to replace Justice David Souter. Ms. Long seriously does deserve the prize for most inventive and least relevant invocation if 9/11, ever. But both of the linked-to ... More About: Lies
Open Thread Pull-Outs
2009-05-27 03:53:00 This morning, I had a case of the Mondays. Which is interesting considering it's Tuesday. So a few of you posted some links of interest, and now I'll highlight them here. 1. The Answer Lady has been blogging at her site and also at TAP about the ... More About: Open , Thread , Pull
These Go to Eleven
2009-05-27 03:53:00 The Erie County Legislature's 21st Century Commission has recommended that the legislature reduce its membership from 15 members to 11, and that they serve for 4 year terms, up from 2. The terms would not be staggered, because the commission opined that this would create confusion among the ...
Judge Sotomayor for SCOTUS
2009-05-27 03:53:00 It's been most interesting reading the breathless reaction from the right on teh Twitters, replete as it is with #TCOT hashtags. While Drudge's red text and Kristol's consistently-wrong-about-everything column highlight the fact that Judge Sonia Sotomayor is to the left of people like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, it's ...
Welcome to Tuesday
2009-05-26 21:52:00 I got nuthin'. Well I do, but I don't care enough to actually think, type, & post. Open thread. More About: Tuesday
Tray-Duh
2009-05-25 15:31:00 Here are some charming Nassau County Republicans - proud members of the party of ideas - showing the utmost of decorum during a press conference held with Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi. And the indignant calls of "Tray -duh" were heard across the land. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I rpmcntf-B8[/youtube]
Nancy Pelosi
2009-05-24 21:29:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U cNQuHsrxXY[/youtube] I don't care if you love her or hate her, but the comically inept Republican National Committee has decided that Pelosi is (a) to be shot in the head; and/or (b) a villain named "Pussy". Again - naturally, if the DNC had referred to say, Sarah Palin, as a ... More About: Nancy Pelosi
RNC <3 Slavery?
2009-05-24 21:29:00 The Republican National Committee shows on a daily basis that it's operated by dummies. Not just dummies with no ideas and no plan, but just plain old dummies who can't even be bothered to click through and read. Let's click through to http://bit.ly/tFL7O It's audio of a 2001 interview ... More About: Slavery
If It?s Sunday, it?s Hardline sans Hardwick
2009-05-23 06:27:00 Although the good perfesser has taken leave of his Sunday morning WBEN duties to do battle with Michele Iannello, the show must go on. And go on it will, with WBEN news reporters like Dave Debo, Barbara Burns, Steve Cichon, and others taking over the reins. These guys ...
A Confederacy of Dunces
2009-05-23 06:27:00 So far, Syaed Ali has manipulated Glenn Gramigna, with whom he advertises, into accusing first me, and now Dick Kern of writing a series of anti-Byron-Brown emails last year. (Take advantage of that 2% discount at SAIL-IT for Gramigna readers!) Seriously, Ali/Gramigna - make up your mind. Yesterday, I posted the ...
Pimped Yugos: the Slow and the Mildly Perturbed
2009-05-23 00:26:00 Nothing brings former warring factions together like a good, old-fashioned Yugo enthusiast's meet. This one took place outside Belgrade, Serbia. It's not so much the "Fast and the Furious" as it is the "Slow and the Mildly Perturbed".
Dick 9/11 Cheney - 9/11 Spotlight 9/11 Whore 9/11
2009-05-23 00:26:00 Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech about national security and torture. I was working at work like normal people do and missed it. I did, however, read Dick Cheney 's reply speech, given at that hive of scum & villainy, the American Enterprise Institute. Cheney's speech was a ... More About: Whore , Spotlight
Reminder: Red Light Camera Protest Today
2009-05-21 15:42:00 As heard on Shredd & Ragan, there will be a good, old-fashioned demonstration protesting the installation of red light cameras in Buffalo. Why? Because everyone knows they're not about safety, they're first and foremost about revenue enhancement. The cameras themselves are installed and operated by a private firm ... More About: Camera , Today , Protest , Light , Reminder
Bronx/Newburgh Terror Plot
2009-05-21 15:42:00 The details of this foiled terror "plot", remind us that there is no deficit of anti-Semitism and stupidity in our United States. More About: Terror , Bronx , Plot
Chris Collins? Ideal Legislator
2009-05-21 15:42:00 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="Artist's Rendition"][/caption] More About: Collins , Chris , Ideal
Chacun à Son Goût
2009-05-21 15:42:00 Kris won. Adam didn't. Now that that's out of the way, I'd like to address the Facebook chit-chat about it, and other TV shows. It would seem that the "to each his own" principle is lost on a lot of people. You know, on VWVortex.com, a ...
Dick Kern Asks a Question
2009-05-21 09:41:00 Remember Syaed Ali and SAIL-IT? Exiled gadfly Dick Kern was wondering about his hiring spree, and asked a question: From: KernwatchMN@aol.com Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 08:19:58 -0400 Subject: Buffalo IT co. plans hiring spree To: HR@SAIL-IT.NET In the context of the economic recession, what is the status of the 'hiring spree' ... More About: Question
Collins? Troika of Doom
2009-05-21 09:41:00 Kevin Hardwick vs. Michele Iannello Lynne Dixon vs. Bob Reynolds. Wouldn't it follow that another media person would need to be recruited to challenge the last "obstructionist" who is allegedly thwarting Collins ' "reform agenda"? Chesley McNeil for Comptroller! More About: Doom , Troika
The Party of Duh
2009-05-21 09:41:00 Yeah, dumb ideas are dumb. Heckuva job, Steeley. Republicans on Wednesday abandoned an effort to label their opponents the ?Democrat Socialist Party ,? ending a fight within the GOP ranks that reflected the divide between those who want a more centrist message and those seeking a more aggressive, conservative voice. ... More About: The Party
Blogger Shield Law Under Consideration
2009-05-21 09:41:00 From the BP Mailbag: Senator Duane and Assemblymember Rosenthal Introduce Bill to Protect Journalist Blogger s' Rights (New York, NY)- In recognition of New York State?s tradition of strong protections for journalists, Senator Thomas K. Duane (D, WFP Manhattan) ... More About: Shield
It?s Like a Sting Lyric
2009-05-20 15:40:00 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k Up9Li752d8[/youtube] More About: Lyric , Sting
#TCDOT du Jour: Twitter Fight!
2009-05-20 15:40:00 One of the "leaders" of the "top conservatives on Twitter " hashtag "movement" (a.k.a. #TCOT) felt ass-bitten by something a liberal Twitterer & blogger wrote about him. Specifically, Michael Patrick Leahy, who was co-creator, and later the apparent cause of a breakdown in relations with his partner in #TCOT, has ... More About: Fight
ACORN: Bachmann vs. Frank
2009-05-20 15:40:00 It's not even a contest. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g HQ3cN47Mkc[/youtube] More About: Frank
Collins to Run for Governor?
2009-05-20 09:39:00 Whatever. My takeaway from this article is that Frederick U. Dicker must have been mocked unmercifully when he was a schoolkid. Srsly. More About: Governor , Collins
Jimmy Kimmel
2009-05-20 09:39:00 Tells ABC advertisers the bitter truth. More About: Jimmy , Jimmy Kimmel , Kimmel
Explain.
2009-05-20 09:39:00 Someone explain the highlighted portion of this to me, please: If you live in B. Higgin$ congressional district be sure to remember the skyway and its brand new elevated rt 5 on election day. Its because of him that they will stand cheapening our waterfront for another generation. He takes ...
Chris Lee (NY-26)
More articles from this author:2009-05-20 09:39:00 The Buffalo News did a quick review of Lee's first few months in office, and I have to agree with them that Lee has turned out not to be the Republican robot I thought he'd be. He has quite evidently voted and introduced legislation in a thoughtful way - ... More About: Chris 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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