July 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
2 posts
It's never about the money
“Let’s be clear what this lawsuit is not about. It is not about money.” — Dan Snyder, Why I am suing the Washington City Paper, April 26
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“We presume that defending such litigation would not be a rational strategy for an investment fund such as yours. Indeed, the cost of litigation would presumably quickly outstrip the asset value of the Washington City...
March 2011
4 posts
WatchI have a feeling we may be hearing about this band a lot pretty soon.
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
7 posts
1 tag
Rather than assign blame, blame those blaming others, or blame the media for not labeling him a terrorist, I simply want to weep whenever I see this photo.
Just look at it.
December 2010
4 posts
November 2010
6 posts
On FourLoko being banned in Baltimore at 5pm...
me: i'm going to have a vodka redbull AND an irish coffee in protest
Jake: HERE HERE
long live the solidarity of the depressant-stimultariat
me: and down with the beergeoisie and winetelligentsia
alcohol industrial complex
Jake: alcoholics of the world unite! we have nothing to lose but our brains
me: and livers
“Denton […] proudly points to huge spikes in traffic to his Web sites as a...”
– “Up for audit: ‘Checkbook journalism’ and the news groups that buy big stories”, The Washington Post
WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.WRONG.
But much of [Laudette Ramona Moore Baker’s] background is hard to track down. She has a long list of accomplishments on her campaign website, though many were not immediately verifiable.
She says she was a radio host on the AM station WBGR, but she doesn’t say when. She also says she received an “MBA at CTU” in 2010, but doesn’t clarify what CTU is. She says she is...
So this election cycle has allegedly cost several billion dollars total. Today may be the hallmark of our nation, but am I the only one totally abhorred by this fact?
Surely our schools, roads, transportation systems, police, fire, soldiers, and even our own fellow citizens could have used, oh, just a few hundred million of that total?
October 2010
3 posts
1 tag
September 2010
10 posts
Why Democracy is dead
So only about 59,000 of 675,000 residents (9%!) voted in the City State’s Attorney election. The same percentage voted in the County Executive race. In D.C., barely 20% voted in a major mayoral election. I’m sure it’s no different in local elections across the country.
Yet we as a society go apeshit over some election in DE (a state few live in), when two charlatans hold an...
1 tag
“Ian F.:
When I moved to Baltimore 5 years ago I was excited to be going to a...”
– “Why Your Team Sucks: Baltimore Ravens” by Drew Magary.
I still equate the Ravens with the Macho Man, thanks to the mysterious yet sadly accurate “Ian F.”
OOOHH YEAH!!
“He wants to make greater use of technology — Prosecutors don’t have...”
– The Baltimore Sun, in endorsing Bernstein.
(Or, all you need to know about our state’s attorney’s office)
It’s National Payroll Week.
How are you celebrating?
The new Dizzys still has awesome and cheap burgers, but now with great views, BYOB, and elderly patrons.
What’s not to like?
August 2010
17 posts
I've been to some crappy reunions, but none this...
Walbrook reunion in Cherry Hill turns deadly
At least eight stabbed, one killed;
“But the 25-year-old could not see the biggest change: The woman taking his lunch...”
– “Miles away, ‘I’ll have a burger’” The Boston Globe
This was written four years ago. Wow.
Death of the 'McMansion' →
Hooray!
