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• A couple of quotes by Wm. Ayers

  —Duck Duck Goose

  posted by Coleman over at The Cafe.  [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:43pm EDT

• Pressure Is on to Recycle Water Filters

  —Delusional Duck

  The campaign by environmentalists against plastic water bottles has been a boon to makers of tap water filters, which have been highlighting their greener-than-thou credentials. Both the Brita and the PUR brands are running ads that mock the wastefulness of bottled water. But some of those spots are being lampooned by [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:34pm EDT

• Americans eye bailout, and continue cutting back

  —Delusional Duck

  Relief on Wall Street over the hard-won passage of a $700 billion bailout package for the financial system apparently hasn’t yet trickled down to the pubs, storefronts, car lots and malls of Main Street. Many Americans spent an uneasy weekend wondering whether the rescue would help in time - or at [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:28pm EDT

• RI schools required to teach about dating violence

  —Delusional Duck

  Ann Burke saw signs of trouble with her daughter’s boyfriend. He’d incessantly call her at night, keep her from her family, and, ultimately, physically abuse her during a tumultuous relationship that ended with her death three years ago. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:26pm EDT

• Fed says it will pay interest on banks reserves

  —Delusional Duck

  The Federal Reserve says it will begin paying interest on commercial banks’ reserves and will expand its loan program to squeezed banks, fresh steps to help ease a painful credit crisis. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:21pm EDT

• The Doctors Who Are Redefining Life and Death

  —Delusional Duck

  Think being the next president would be a brutal job? Imagine being a transplant surgeon. You can’t tell the parents of a dying kid when to pull the plug, but you have to be there, ready, the minute he expires. You have to wait until he’s dead, but not so [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:15pm EDT

• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Stadium Park

  —Delusional Duck

  Board Docs - Charles County Commissioners’ Meeting - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2008 2.03 [11:00 a.m. or immediately following Transportation Tour Meeting] Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Stadium Park [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:11pm EDT

• Bill No. 2008-13

  —Delusional Duck

  Notice is hereby given that the County Commissioners of Charles County will hold a Public Hearing on proposed Bill No. 2008-13 on October 22, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the County Commissioner’s Meeting Room located in the Charles County Government Building, La Plata, Maryland. The proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:06pm EDT

• Bill #2008-14 Historic Preservation Commission

  —Delusional Duck

  Notice is hereby given that the County Commissioners of Charles County will hold a consolidated Public Hearing on matters concerning the establishment of an Historic Preservation Commission and creation of an historic preservation property tax credit on October 22, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the County Commissioner’s Meeting Room located [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:01pm EDT

• Developer proposes wind farm on Navy land near Annapolis

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  Baltimore Sun

  Nearly a decade after the Navy retired and dismantled 19 communications towers along the Severn River, a fledgling energy company is planning to build wind turbines that would turn the near-constant breeze there into electricity.

  David Murrin, a merchant mariner who has formed a partnership with his lifelong friend, [...]

  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 1:00pm EDT by Jeff Quinton

• Experts: Gas Prices Should Fall to about $3

  —Delusional Duck

  There’s some good news about the economy this Monday. Gas prices are falling, and experts said they should continue to come down for a while. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:56pm EDT

• Franchot: Won't Get In Gutter On Slots

  —Maryland Moment

  Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (D), a leading slots opponent, tried to turn the tables on slots supporters in a fundraising solicitation over the weekend. In an email Friday, For Maryland For Our Future, a pro-slots group, announced it was starting to air television ads in order to counter information put [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:55pm EDT

• Adding “pretty” links to comments

  —Duck Duck Goose

  Note to self: Write a short tutorial this evening that covers “how to add “pretty” links to your comment entries. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:54pm EDT

• Backyard cleanup

  —Delusional Duck

  For those who monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay, here’s the latest discouraging water quality indicator: 340. That’s the paltry number of eligible Maryland homeowners who have chosen to upgrade their septic systems with nitrogen-removal technology under a 2-year-old, state-funded program that underwrites 100 percent of the costs up to [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:41pm EDT

• See You At Rockville Roundtable Tomorrow, October 7!

  —Rockville Central

  Don't forget! The next Rockville Roundtable has been set for Tomorrow, Tuesday, October 7, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. We'll meet at Bamboo Buffet at 2010 Veirs Mill in Twinbrook. (Warning: the link goes to a page that has sound. You may want to mute your computer.) [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:27pm EDT by Brad Rourke

• Someone likes the bailout

  —monoblogue

  Yes, that professional organization I sort of reluctantly belong to, the American Institute of Architects, has glowingly endorsed the bailout because some of the pork they wanted was included. This came to me from the President of the AIA, Marshall Purnell and CEO Christine McEntee:

  (On Friday), President Bush signed into [...]

  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Michael

• Congressional candidates respond to bailout

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  Annapolis Capital

  Maryland congressional campaigns refocused this week on the stalled economy and the unpopular bailout bill that ricocheted through Congress before passing Friday.

  “They’re bailing out the wrong people,” said Creston Long, a history professor at Salisbury University, describing the prevailing sentiment of voters in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District, home [...]

  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 12:00pm EDT by Jeff Quinton

• Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 4
  Just the facts! That's what I was taught, whether watching Joe Friday, or learning how to report for my school paper. Just the facts.
  
  Where is this type of reporting today? Has it always been biased and edited to promote someone or something? If it was, it was never [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:58am EDT by Mardela

• Trial Date Set for Bryan Cooper?

  —Duck Duck Goose

  March 27, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. in Charles County District Court. [Maryland Judiciary Case Search] [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:50am EDT

• Filipina teacher back in Baltimore

  —The Sun: InsideEd

  An update to an entry from a few weeks ago about Aileen Mercado, the Filipina teacher I'd profiled who was stuck in the Philippines because of a bureaucratic snafu renewing her visa. Her visa finally came through on Thursday, and she and her family caught a flight out on [...]

  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:49am EDT

• Pro-slots group hits the airwaves and Franchot

  —Politicker MD

  Pro-slots group For Maryland For Our Future says its new television ads aren't just designed to promote November's slots referendum, they're intended to correct Comptroller Peter Franchot's "misleading" and "false public statements" about Question 2. "In the past year, Peter Franchot has tried to run away from his record on slots," [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:48am EDT by daniel.reiter

• Medevac Crash Renews Debate on Future of State System

  —Delusional Duck

  The fatal crash of a Maryland State Police medical rescue helicopter a week ago has reinvigorated a debate about the future of the country’s only state-run air ambulance system and added new urgency to an effort to create stricter national standards on when to fly critically injured patients to safety. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:48am EDT

• Traffic Cure Worsens the Pain

  —Delusional Duck

  So much traffic clogs Washington area roads that Cox Communications has to use 20 percent more trucks here to serve the same number of customers as in other regions. Metro has to add an average of 10 buses a year, at $521,980 a pop, just to maintain rush-hour schedules that [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:42am EDT

• There’s a Gold Mine In Environmental Guilt

  —Delusional Duck

  This is strange territory. The Dow is down. Wall Street needs a bailout. But in the Washington area and across the country, there is still a bull market in environmental guilt. Sales of carbon offsets—whose buyers pay hard cash to make amends for their sins against the climate—are up. Still. [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:39am EDT

• Why Does it Take Entertainers to Get Democrats to Vote?

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 3
  Cuba Gooding Jr. registered and got over 150 people to vote in Ohio this morning.
  JZ is holding a free concert in Florida today where registration forms will be passed out, along with more absentee ballots.
  
  ACORN had a press conference this morning and has claimed they have registered [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:36am EDT by wymzie

• And now for a break from this economic crisis…

  —Charles County Cafe

  Number of comments: 1
  For anybody out there who's got a "Case of the Mondays…" this one's for you! [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:34am EDT by Heather

• Bend Over Citizens Of Salisbury, Mayor Tilghman Is About To Do It Again!

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 3
  
  When you look at the Briefing Book you'll notice "The Bricks" project at 432-434 Isabella Street. The photo above is the property, "The Bricks" in which the Mayor is claiming it will cost the Taxpayers, ARE YOU READY, $1,875,000.00 to remodel for LOW INCOME HOUSING!
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:28am EDT by joealbero

• Biden’s Fantasy World

  —Duck Duck Goose

  Sarah Palin may not know as much about the world, but at least most of what she knows is true In the popular media wisdom, Sarah Palin is the neophyte who knows nothing about foreign policy while Joe Biden is the savvy diplomatic pro. Then what are we to make of [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:25am EDT

• Md. officials preparing for tougher budget cuts

  —Duck Duck Goose

  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The next round of state budget cuts will likely be more apparent to Maryland residents, prompting Gov. Martin O’Malley to refer to an upcoming spending board meeting as a “Parade of Horrible.” [...] The state Board of Public Works, consisting of O’Malley, Kopp and State Comptroller Peter Franchot, [...]
  
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  Posted: October 06, 2008, 11:17am EDT

• PSC urging transmission discussions

  —Duck Duck Goose

  Maryland is facing an electricity shortfall starting in 2011, and the state’s utility regulator is urging the area’s grid operator to organize a regional dialogue to tackle the problem. In a letter sent Thursday to PJM Interconnection, operator of the grid that serves Washington, Maryland and 12 other states, the [...]