Like Glenn, I just don’t get the double standard. I’m literal that way, I still care about the exact same issues.
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Like Glenn, I just don’t get the double standard. I’m literal that way, I still care about the exact same issues.
[...]It’s now Obama’s war, God help him:
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still secretly holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to human rights researchers and former detainees held at the [...]
Okay, the new couch is here. And so is the old one. The new one is presently out on the side porch because I simply don’t have enough upper body strength to lift it. (I wondered, but the seller insisted it was “really light.” It wasn’t.)
So I told the artist [...]
The absurd - and superlengthy - legal battle Norm Coleman (author of the forthcoming giant true-crime teevee series My Wife Is a Bagman) fought to prevent Al Franken from taking his Senate seat was a terrible idea in every possible way. Which naturally means it's [...]
If you have neighbors you think might be in this position, send over some leftovers:
ALBANY, N.Y. — Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first [...]
Northampton County Council member Ron Angle has proposed a one-year moratorium on open space funding. This will reduce next year's tax increase by half, but is contrary to the popular will expressed in a referendum. It's even contrary to the sentiment expressed when County Exec John Stoffa [...] Just wanted to send a shout-out to friend and commenter upyernoz, who’s celebrating his 40th birthday AND getting ready to adopt a child (from Kazakhstan, no less – you know there’s a punchline in there somewhere).
Also, to those who wondered: Chris and his wife named the new baby William. They [...]
I thought this was interesting, because I’ve always dated comedians. (Not professionals, but you get the idea. And yeah, there’s probably a dig in there somewhere, and also some clues as to why they all ended badly. Hmm.)
But I’m always funnier. (At least, I think I am – because [...]
Rickie Lee:
[...]Member of the Four Aces and local TV icon Al Alberts, 87. His show was so strange, you never wanted to miss it:
US singer Al Alberts, a former member of the hit 1950s pop group The Four Aces, has died at the age of 87.
Alberts led the quartet to success [...]
In 2000, the Pentagon admitted it has lost — yes, lost — $2.3 trillion. In 2003, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that a subsequent Department of Defense study said it was only $1 trillion. To put such numbers in perspective, contemplate what those sums could finance. $1 trillion, [...]
Frank:
[...]Mr. Waits:
[...]Melody Gardot:
[...]Diana Krall:
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I decided a few weeks ago to get rid of my couch. It’s really big – it’s a queen-size sleeper with one of those chaise lounge things that stick out on one end. I fell in love with it when I first saw it, but after two years, the thrill [...]
KDKA's Jon Delano interviews Bram Reichbaum of The Pittsburgh Comet, Chris Potter of the Pittsburgh City Paper and me about the online reaction to Lil Mayor Luke's hiring of a Philly attorney to handle speculation about his marital woes:I dunno, I just don’t get off on institutionalized shopping. Plus, at 3 a.m., a person should be home in their cozy bed, not standing in a long line at Best Buy.
My brother-in-law is a store manager, and he had to be in work at 4 a.m. today. That’s [...]
The headline reads: Bloggers open the floodgate on mayor.
[...] Why spend all that money for a new TV? Remember what I learned last year: If you’re in the market for an LCD TV, check Craigslist the day after Christmas – when everyone upgrades, and they have to get rid of the “old” one.
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Several years ago, Northampton and Lehigh County both overwhelmingly adopted referendums to approve public funding for farmland preservation, county and municipal parks and environmentally sensitive land. It's what we call open space.It is touching to watch progressives lament that “their” president has the wrong advisors. “We trust the czar, we simply dislike his ministers.” Obama owed his meteoric rise from obscurity to the presidency not to any bold progressive ideas — he didn’t have any — but rather to a combination [...]
I’m in Madison Wisconsin for the rest of the week. Happy Thanksgiving!
[...]Today, I give thanks for my kids, my family, my friends, for an apartment with heat and electric included, for a car that runs, readers who always give me something to think about, music, books, the occasional medical provider who knows what he or she is doing, compassionate people, people [...]
We could be the turkey.What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
[...]You absolutely shouldn’t go out and get the newest Rolling Stone, because you’d read the new Matt Taibbi story about how Obama handed economic policy over to Wall Street and the RS editorial about what serious doubts they have about Obama, and then you’d be really depressed.
Taibbi [...]
You remember AIG, right? The bottomless pit into which the government poured our money?
AIG had reason to be pleased with its purchase. Water utilities are one hell of a profitable business, with international corporations easily making a 20 to 30% profit margin, according to a 2007 report by Food [...]
A special one goes to George W. Bush for finally leaving office. We're all very, very thankful for that.
Dick Cheney gets one for refusing to go away.
Barack Obama gets a Turkey' [...]
This gives new meaning to the worlds oldest profession.
Mohammad, a 40-year old Lebanese Shiite who lives in Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs, was holding forth on the virtues of resistance, loyalty, and sex. “You could create the most loyal army by providing political power, social [...]
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I totally stole this from Will. Gnarls Barkley:
Gnarls Barkley “Crazy”
Gnarls Barkley | MySpace Music Videos
Fox News reports that several of the SEAL operators that captured a wanted terrorist are going to face court-martial proceedings for alleged detainee abuse. Sounds incredible? Want to rally in the streets and shout about how anti-military the Obama administration is? Not so fast. Let's take a moment to [...]
My friend Natasha, who’s written about her past life inside an abusive relationship, points out “Every Breath You Take” isn’t a love song and reminds us why the movie “Twilight” sends a bad message:
i can certainly appreciate the schlock factor in enjoying a movie. hell, i still like labyrinth. it’s [...]
We love New York and staying at the Hotel Chelsea.THE PRESIDENT: Happy Thanksgiving, everybody. Welcome to the White House. On behalf of Sasha and Malia [...]
Speaking of extreme makeovers: I’m watching Rachel Ray, and her staff located a soup kitchen in Wilmington, Ohio that’s been overwhelmed by local job losses – and running out of food. Not only did Ray restock their pantry (enough for a year), she had her team do a complete [...]
This happened in the next neighborhood over, and it’s so very sad. It turns out that the cop who shot this kid has been the subject of seven civilian complaints – and apparently has a drinking problem.
He should have been booted off the force a long time ago, [...]
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! This should be good:
Former CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, pondering a future in politics, is trying to wipe away his image as an enemy of Latino immigrants by positioning himself as a champion of that fast-growing ethnic bloc.
Mr. Dobbs, who left the network last week, has said in recent [...]
My landlady told me a few days ago how surprised she was to hear an interview on the local NPR station with two families from our neighborhood, part of the 100 local families using a local church’s food bank. When I saw her the next day, she said she’d mentioned [...]
I wonder what’s going on?
[...]When a Washington Post columnist headlines his piece “Whose Side Is Obama On?” and the column is pretty much an all-out attack on Tim Geither, I’d say we’re already in the second stage of Geithner’s exit. The White House will deny it, of course – until the day it [...]
The city is embroiled in another heated zoning debacle involving absent public processes and threatened lawsuits, this time involving UPMC. Bill Peduto, in whose district the activity is taking place, is up in arms. (P-G, Lord and Jones)
I don’t want to say I reluctantly voted for Obama. I was never totally enamored with him, but during the 2008 campaign I can’t say I didn’t feel the hope, either. Finally, a younger candidate who wasn’t bred out of the older, Clinton and Bush-esqe generation of [...]
Northampton County's seal contains just two words - "mercy" and "justice." Those lofty words are there to remind us, better than any mission statement, of the County's core responsibilities.
Rumor has it that Paul Marin once wowed his house guests by donning a matador's costume. But in many ways, he has been very much like those flamboyant showmen, considered both artists and athletes, who are willing to face the bull alone.
I've always thought foxes are supposed to be clever and sly. One of my distant cousins, Dessie O'Hare, was an elusive IRA member nicknamed the Border Fox. He would slip through the grasp of police ... until he got caught. Well, this story is about another [...] 
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