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  • Re: Hoeffel is outraged!!!!

    Pawatercooler.com

    Status of Hoeffel has been downgraded from “outraged” to “fuming”. Inky: Hoeffel, a Montgomery County commissioner, called it “a cowardly act.” He said Onorato was “a bully.” He said Onorato had “turned desperate” because he wasn’t making any progress in his campaign. Onorato kept out of sight. His press staff didn’t return [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 6:22pm EDT
    by LisaMossie
  • How to fill out your census form

    Pawatercooler.com

    Laura Ingraham via Mark Krikorian on the Corner has a great suggestion: So many listeners are calling in to express concerns with Obama’s race-based census. Follow Mark Krikorian’s advice–answer census question #9 (which asks you to identify your race) by checking the last option: “Some other race.” Then write in “American.” [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 6:05pm EDT
    by LisaMossie
  • Re: Hoeffel is Outraged!!!!!

    Pawatercooler.com

    Number of comments: 1
    Withdrawn. But he’s still outraged. In a story published this morning, the Tribune-Review reported that Onorato’s camp was challenging Hoeffel on the grounds that he hadn’t gathered enough signatures to get onto the statewide ballot. Then, weirdly, the challenge went away this afternoon. “I don’t know what to say. It’s kind of irrational,” [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 5:56pm EDT
    by AlexC
  • Drones

    Booman Tribune

    They really are drones. There are dozens of articles available from various right-wing media outlets (yes, that now applies to the Washington Post) that all make the same basic argument that the House procedural move (deem and pass) might be unconstitutional and will allow Democrats to avoid admitting that they [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 5:48pm EDT
  • *Sheepish*

    Snowflakes in Hell

    So the other day I highlighted a candidate for Congress who doesn’t have a chance. Then I pondered why Bob Brady wanted her off the ballot – I assumed it was because his ego was too fat to allow anyone else on it. In all of that, I assumed her campaign [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 4:24pm EDT
  • This Evening: The Real Janelle

    Philebrity

    Number of comments: 1
    >>> A protegé of the Outkast crew, Janelle Monáe comes off like some kind of crazy hybrid of “Hey Ya”-era Outkast, Grace Jones, and Jerry Lee Lewis. We’ll take it! Monáe begins a two-night stretch at Johnny Brenda’s tonight. >>> And also, Kiss Me, I’m Irish And Gay! [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:22pm EDT
    by tips
  • Columnist: The Cost of Conviction

    THE CENTRIST

    The Cost of Conviction

    By Peg Luksik

    We Americans are proud of our varied ethnic heritages. We laughingly debate who is more stubborn, or creative, or outgoing. And we enjoy sharing how many different backgrounds are contained in our family trees.

    Except in March. [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 4:00pm EDT
  • Creepy conspiracy theorists

    Fun with Politics

    If you had asked me yesterday to name the most pathetic thing I've ever seen on the Internet, it would have inspired hours of contemplation on my part. Today, I have no hesitation in naming the "True Forced Loneliness" Website.

    I was originally going to feature one of their Youtube rants' [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 3:50pm EDT
  • Glenn Beck: Conservatism's Snake Oil Salesman

    Booman Tribune

    (Or "CPAC: Sideshow and Snake Oil, Pt. 2")  The circus sideshow that was CPAC folded its tent and left Washington weeks ago. However, its apparent ringmaster and chief snake oil salesman still sweats, struts, and sobs across the "stage" of conservative media — that medicine show never stops rolling and [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 3:20pm EDT
  • There They Go Again with the “Terror Gap”

    Snowflakes in Hell

    I think this deceased equine by now is pretty thorough flogged, so I wasn’t going to respond to the Brady’s latest here on this blog, but since Opposing Views is a new place I figured I’d respond there. I thought it’d be a good idea to get into the debate [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 3:18pm EDT
  • Thinking Seriously About the Issue

    Snowflakes in Hell

    The Chattanooga Times can’t understand the legal difference between a State Capitol and other public places. State legislators do not allow people to carry guns into the state Capitol for a good reason. They’re afraid a deranged person, disturbed over some perceived legislative intrusion, might walk into their chambers and start shooting. Their caution [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 3:18pm EDT
  • Liberals to WH on Jobs Plan: "Are you Kidding?"

    Fact-esque

    The pressure building up in Congressional liberals who've been asked to swallow Bushian policies by the barrelful in the name of "party unity" is beginning to reach critical mass, it seems. When economist Christina Romer, chair of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, appeared at a House Appropriations Committee hearing' [...]

    Posted: March 17, 2010, 3:04pm EDT
    by mick arran
  • Cleaning up another Rendell mess

    TONY PHYRILLAS

    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review notes that Pennsylvannia lawmakers need to revisit Act 1 of 2006, Ed Rendell's bogus scheme to stem rising property taxes. The legislation has failed miserably, much like most of Rendell's schemes.

    From the editorial: The 2006 state law that was supposed to give taxpayers at least [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 3:01pm EDT
  • Joe Hoeffel is Outraged!!!!!!!

    Pawatercooler.com

    Number of comments: 1
    Surely Our Lady of Perpetual Office Seeking knows how the game is played. Philly.com Democrat Joe Hoeffel said today that his petition to get on the May 18 primary ballot for governor is being challenged in court by one of his Democratic rivals, Dan Onorato. Hoeffel, in a statement, called it a “cowardly [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:46pm EDT
    by AlexC
  • GOP LG Ballot

    Pawatercooler.com

    All of the action seems to be on the Lt Gov side. Here’s how the ballot shapes up. Johnson Pepper * Diamond Beiler Cawley McCue Kennedy Urban Metcalfe There is a ballot challenge for the #2 spot, Jean Craige Pepper. [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:41pm EDT
    by AlexC
  • Al Gore - Doctor Of Lies

    THE CENTRIST

    Investor's Business Daily can't figure out why the far left keeps honoring Al Gore for selling his Global Warming Snake Oil.

    From a new editorial: Instead of having his Nobel Prize rescinded for espousing climate fraud, the prophet of doom is set to receive an honorary doctorate of laws' [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:17pm EDT
  • 'Avatar' on DVD April 22

    THE CENTRIST

    James Cameron's "Avatar" is coming soon to DVD and Blu-Ray, but do yourself a favor and see it in a theater in 3-D if it's still playing near you.

    "Avatar" has grossed $730 million domestically and $1.9 billion worldwide for a record-breaking $2.6 billion run.[...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:15pm EDT
  • Social Security IOUs

    THE CENTRIST

    You knew the day was coming. Everybody knew the day was coming. But nobody has done anything about it. Social Security is taking in less money that it pays out. In some circles, that's called bankruptcy. (And since the government has done such a great job with [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 2:14pm EDT
  • Cyclical Craziness

    Booman Tribune

    I thought there was something about the Clintons that made people on the right crazy. At the time, the press reported this as some kind of generational thing. Clinton was the first president too young to have served during World War Two, and this was supposed to be a big [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 1:48pm EDT
  • Check it aht: Green Jobs Trainings

    The Collected Notes of Secret Agent Ska

    Weatherization Training Available Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), free weatherization training for new workers is being offered at the Community College of Allegheny County West Hills Center and the Operating Engineers Local 95 facility in Greenfield. On February 26, 2010, the first weatherization orientation took place and [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 1:34pm EDT
  • If you haven't seen it yet...

    The Collected Notes of Secret Agent Ska

    My Tale of Two Cities, a documentary film about Pittsburgh by Carl Kurlander—Pitt visiting senior lecturer, Hollywood screenwriter, television writer-producer, and native Pittsburgher—will make its theatrical debut at the Southside Works Cinema, 425 Cinema Drive, March 19-25.

    The film kicks off its hometown run with a special screening at [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 1:19pm EDT
  • Jerry Brown for Governor?

    Snowflakes in Hell

    Don Kates says he’s a good choice for California, and tells us some details we wouldn’t have known otherwise: In contrast, I do know Jerry Brown. We went to law school together though we were not big buddies. And when I contacted him about supporting the pro-2d Am position in the [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 12:24pm EDT
  • A Study In Concentration

    The Sanatoga Post

    THAT HAD TO BE A GREAT BOOK! – It was a bit hectic last Tuesday (March 9, 2010) in the cafeteria of Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, Buchert Road, Pottstown PA. Pottsgrove School District officials were presenting spending plans for next year, school board members were lamenting the state of their [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 12:20pm EDT
    by Joe Zlomek
  • Kucinich Reluctantly Endorses Health Bill

    Booman Tribune

    Dennis Kucinich called a press conference this morning and announced that despite really pretty much hating the health care bill that he will vote for it both because it moves the ball forward and because the president needs this to be effective on every other pressing issue facing the country. [...]
    Fetched: March 17, 2010, 11:20am EDT
  • Onorato Challenges Hoeffel Petitions

    The Pennsylvania Progressive

    I call this silly season because there's so much silliness.  During the three week nominating petition period we almost get bad weather, dozens of candidates hold kickoff events, announcements and petition signing parties and then we get to the real madness:  petition challenges.  Challenges are an opportunity to beat your [...]
    Posted: March 17, 2010, 11:16am EDT

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