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Philly Weekly on the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

Posted by Brendan on January 13th, 2010 filed in Pennsylvania, alcohol, calling bullshit, gummint, nincompoopery, politics

When i wrote yesterday about the idiotic liquor laws in Pennsylvania, I had no idea Tom Cowell at the Weekly was writing such a thorough takedown. It’s a must read:
The wine vending machine serves as the perfect metaphor for the failures of Pennsylvania’s Capone-era alcohol policy: An absurd, patronizing and pointless rip-off that by rights [...]

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hell Is Not Other People: Hell is Federal Grants

Posted by Brendan on May 15th, 2009 filed in general complaining, gummint

Apologies for not blogging as much recently. I’m back in the world of federal grants. The last time i wrote about this, the adventure featured a number of acronyms, culminating in a visit to the ORC, after which the password the feds provided me to submit my grant didn’t actually work.
This grant has been a [...]

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Dems to Give Lieberman a Pass? Don’t Cry to Me, and Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

Posted by Brendan on November 11th, 2008 filed in Democratic Idiocy, calling bullshit, gummint, hypocrisy, just gross, politics, right wing dingalings

You should have known you’d be alone
Do don’t beg for sympathy
Just cry now lonesome heart
But don’t cry to me
—Jimmy Martin, “Don’t Cry To Me”
The democrats are intent on playing the sucker again. As always, Harry Reid’s cowardice is manifest: there is no fight [...]

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Drinking Liberally, 8/21/07

Posted by Brendan on August 20th, 2007 filed in Democratic Idiocy, big business as usual, calling bullshit, fascism, gummint, impeachment

Drinking liberally, this Tuesday, 8/21/07, will be at the lovely and talented Tangier Bar, at 18th and Lombard, 6:00 PM! Free wings and drink specials for early birds.
-sigh- I hate to rant, but after reading “Concerns Raised on Wider Spying Under the Law” about that godawful FISA expansion…
…well, I don’t know what else to say.
Broad [...]

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American Politicians Are Total Fucking Pussies

Posted by Brendan on May 27th, 2007 filed in gummint, politics, war

On May 24th, after condemning hundreds, if not thousands, of more soldiers to death in Iraq, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter lamented, to little sympathy, that it had been “A Difficult Day For All of Us.
Via firedoglake, Louise Slaughter has no idea what a difficult day is. Nor does any other Democrat or Republican.

Malalai Joya [...]

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Grant Me Strength.

Posted by Brendan on February 23rd, 2007 filed in general complaining, gummint, writing

I haven’t been blogging all that much the past few weeks, and I’d like to apologize to my readers. Fact is, I’ve been up to my neck in a federal grant at work. It’s taken up the majority of my time, and in fact there are three other grants that are almost done [...]

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