Republiriffic

Last night CNN once again did a retarded job with YouTube debate, insisting on opening at 8:00 with an empty stage, then prancing each candidate out one by one for the awkwardest of photo-ops. Everyone’s all crazy about the democratic nature of the YouTube debate, but I find it annoying. I’d rather Tim Russert or [...]

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More

In the interest of being fair and unbiased, tlantz pointed out that Biden’s Iraq plan ain’t all roses and lollipops. She pointed me toward the following two links.
On historiae.org, and awesome site for “historical research on topical issues in world politics,” historian Reidar Visser trashes Biden’s plan of “soft partition” in Iraq. Money quotes:
federalist pioneers [...]

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If Only

On cold mornings I think it should look like this outside, with the sun creeping up over the horizon, frozen flora casting tall shadows over the packed snow. Alas, from my home in South Philly, it most assuredly does NOT look like this. But still.
I digress. Last night I caught Joe Biden on the NewsHour with [...]

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Monday Monday

After a crazed holiday week things are getting back to normal this morning. Woke up early to the sound of rain hitting my window, bought a paper ($1.00) and a latte ($2.65), and now it’s time for bloggin (priceless). I can’t believe it’s November 26 already, otherwise known as two days before my Direct Loans [...]

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Gobble Gobble

Turkey turkey gravy yams. Pie.
After the dinner I just ate it’s hard to muster more coherence than that.
All day I’ve been contemplating how Thanksgiving is just about my favorite holiday. The symbolism is pretty remarkable – stopping and thinking about how lucky we are to have all we do. There’s also the autumn harvest influence, [...]

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Mercenary Schmercenary

I might as well be frank that I’m currently unemployed. Hence my time to write the novel about the Democratic debate, below.
I spend a lot of time looking for jobs. It turns out the Biden campaign doesn’t seem to be hiring. How does one even look for a job like that anyway? Just as well. [...]

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Debate 8.0

What a show last night from Vegas. I had to dust off my VCR to record it because I was out from 9:00-10:00. Taped it right over some old Seinfeld episodes. It was worth it–despite CNN’s bumbling attempt at debate production, Wolf Blitzer’s pointlessness (why was he even there?), and the fact that the deck seemed [...]

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i heart alec baldwin

Even though he’s rumored to be a jerk, and may have once phoned his young daughter and called her some unsavory names, I can’t help it. I love Alec Baldwin.  30 Rock is the wittiest show around (sorry Office, you’ve kind of gotten sappy lately).  And although the entire cast is great, my boyfriend already [...]

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Wiedersehen

The leaves are changing. There’s a crackle in the air. It’s mid-November and that can only mean one thing—SEASON PREMIERE OF PROJECT RUNWAY!!!1
I swear to God PR has gotten better every year. As the seasons have progressed, the competitors have gotten more and more qualified, successful, professional. Check out Jack, who made my pick for [...]

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Beginning Percolations

Hey party people. Welcome again to our blog.
It’s true that everyone and their mother has a blog these days. Our lovely if not bewildering host WordPress.com alone offers 1,893,768 blogs, as of this morning when I logged in. But tlantz and I have been talking about starting a blog for months now, since way back [...]

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am I an idiot?

So everyone and their mother has a blog now. why not me? and my friend of the same name?
maybe because we’re dumb. 
this blogging thing is so confusing.  i’ve always considered myself computer savvy.  at work people are constantly asking me how to do things on the computer and i almost always know the answer. but in creating this [...]

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