Month: September 2012

#rsrh SEIU buys DNC…

…and, frankly, gets snookered on the deal: “The DNC initiated an $8 million loan with the Amalgamated Bank of New York on Aug. 10, the report shows, accounting for the majority of the committee’s overall debt of $11 million.”

Well, at least in the short term.  It would normally be a wonderment about why Amalgamated Bank would throw eight million at a fundraising entity that currently ‘enjoys’ a cash reserve of 7.1 million – but that’s if you don’t know that Amalgamated is owned by SEIU.  The money’s not the biggest news in this deal, in other words: both the SEIU and the DNC expect it to be frittered away in the campaign days to come, and that the DNC will have a big, fat debt at the end of it.  What this is is a reasonably unobtrusive way for SEIU to get its hooks into the DNC… which could be useful in the future, particularly if Obama’s existing control of the organization becomes a moot point after January of next year…

Moe Lane

The technical term is “Level Four Glamour…”

…at least, if you believe The Fuller Memorandum , and why should you not?

Anyway, Jimmy Fallon Kimmel [dagnabbit, I thought that I had checked that] sent out a crew to show a iPhone 4S to the populace – while telling them that it was the iPhone 5 – and the results were as about as you’d expect.

Hi-larious.  Mind you, I kind of want one myself.

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#rsrh Meet Kyrsten Sinema (D CAND, AZ-09).

Actually, before we do that, let’s take a quick look at the Republican candidate: Vernon Parker.  Former local mayor, experience in DC, no crazy eyes: OK, done.

It’s difficult to sum up a person in a few words – unless, of course, if the person in question is a socialist-shading-to-Commie nutjob who managed to somehow win a primary in what was supposed to be a new swing district.  Then it’s easy.  It’s also Kyrsten Sinema, who is currently leading in the contest for ‘Democratic candidate for the House with the craziest eyes’ this election cycle.  To give you a taste of what we’re talking about here… well, here’s a quote about how Sinema feels about stay-at-home parents*:

“These women who act like staying at home, leeching off their husbands or boyfriends, and just cashing the checks is some sort of feminism because they’re choosing to live that life. That’s bullsh*t. I mean, what the f*ck are we really talking about here?”

I don’t know, Kyrsten: what are we talking about here?  Is it “what’s wrong with a Democratic primary system that lets people like you win?”

Moe Lane

*Ahem.

And so ends the “Why Lie? I just want an Xbox” pledge drive.

And, as it transpires: I will actually have enough to purchase the version with the Kinect and the 250 GB drive.

Sooooo… what am I singing?  Remember: nothing political, nothing too obscene, and something within my range.  And, oh, yeah: English.  I’ll pick the selection I like best from the comments section.

#rsrh Heavy lobbying presence on Maryland’s Question 7 (Gambling).

This is a couple of days old, but it’s still a definite problem in Maryland:

Casino owners, labor and other interests spent more than $3.6 million to influence lawmakers during last month’s special session to expand gambling in Maryland — a figure that comes to about $900,000 a day for the four-day session, according to disclosure reports filed Monday.

The biggest spender was a Washington-area labor organization which — with help from the owners of the National Harbor development — poured $2.7 million into television advertising designed to persuade the General Assembly to pass legislation authorizing table games and a new casino in Prince George’s County.

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