Monday, October 06, 2008

Ron Paul to visit Free State

PolitickerMD / Danny Reiter

Ron Paul (R-Texas) will publicly endorse Maryland’s Republican candidates for U.S. House at a fundraiser on Thursday.

Each candidate has been invited to speak at the rally. Richard Matthews (MD-2), Peter James (MD-4), Collins Bailey (MD-5) and Mike Hargadon (MD-7) have all confirmed.

Admission to the fundraiser, which is sponsored by Maryland Students for Liberty and Liberty PAC, will cost $25 and will start at 7:30pm. An earlier VIP event will be priced at $150. The event will be held at the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 05:01 pm | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Transgender Ga. official wins legal battle

Associated Press / GREG BLUESTEIN

ATLANTA - Georgia’s top court ruled in favor of a transgender politician who was slapped with a lawsuit by two political opponents who claimed she misled voters by running as a woman.

The Georgia Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling on Monday found that the two political opponents who filed the lawsuit failed to produce evidence of fraud, misconduct or illegal action after claiming that Michelle Bruce bamboozled voters by identifying herself as female.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 04:55 pm | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Bank of America Settles Lawsuit Over Bad Mortgages

Washington Post / CHRISTOPHER WILLS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—Facing a lawsuit over deceptive mortgage practices, a Bank of America Corp. subsidiary has agreed to modify tens of thousands of loans to keep people in 11 states from losing their homes, the Illinois attorney general’s office said Sunday.

Borrowers stuck with Countrywide Financial mortgages that they can’t afford could see their interest rates reduced or have the loan principal cut. Some might qualify for having to pay nothing but interest for a decade. Even people who can’t afford to keep their homes with such changes will be able to get help moving to a new home. 

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Charles County

REMINDER: Republican Women of Charles County…

...to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight, at the Olive Garden Resturant in Waldorf.

RWCC Website

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 11:36 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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You’ve got to be kidding!!!

The headline says it all!

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 11:00 am | (1) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Will Ehrlich run again? Maybe, but he’s fundraising already

PolitickerMD / Danny Reiter

REISTERSTOWN - Bob Ehrlich remains undecided about a possible rematch against Gov. Martin O’Malley in 2010. His supporters, however, aren’t waiting.

At a Corn Roast this weekend—designed to add cash to the Bob Ehrlich for Maryland Committee—the one-term governor shook hands with supporters, took pictures, chatted with old friends and even signed a young girl’s cast. Hundreds of Ehrlich’s Republican counterparts attended the annual fundraiser hosted by Tom and Jone Reynolds at their Reisterstown farm.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 10:57 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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A couple of quotes by Wm. Ayers

posted by Coleman over at The Cafe. 

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 08:43 am | (15) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Adding “pretty” links to comments

Note to self: Write a short tutorial this evening that covers “how to add “pretty” links to your comment entries.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 07:54 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Trial Date Set for Bryan Cooper?

March 27, 2009 at 8:45 a.m. in Charles County District Court. [Maryland Judiciary Case Search]

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Biden’s Fantasy World

Sarah Palin may not know as much about the world, but at least most of what she knows is true

W$J / Staff

In the popular media wisdom, Sarah Palin is the neophyte who knows nothing about foreign policy while Joe Biden is the savvy diplomatic pro. Then what are we to make of Mr. Biden’s fantastic debate voyage last week when he made factual claims that would have got Mrs. Palin mocked from New York to Los Angeles?

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 06:25 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Md. officials preparing for tougher budget cuts

WTOP News / BRIAN WITTE, AP

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The next round of state budget cuts will likely be more apparent to Maryland residents, prompting Gov. Martin O’Malley to refer to an upcoming spending board meeting as a “Parade of Horrible.”
[...]
The state Board of Public Works, consisting of O’Malley, Kopp and State Comptroller Peter Franchot, is scheduled to take up the cuts Oct. 15.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 06:17 am | (1) Comments | Permalink | Email
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PSC urging transmission discussions

Daily Record / DANIELLE ULMAN

Maryland is facing an electricity shortfall starting in 2011, and the state’s utility regulator is urging the area’s grid operator to organize a regional dialogue to tackle the problem.

In a letter sent Thursday to PJM Interconnection, operator of the grid that serves Washington, Maryland and 12 other states, the state Public Service Commission asked PJM officials to bring the utility commissioners of each state together for a “candid discussion” of the problem that will afflict the entire region if new transmission lines are not built in time. 

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Voter Registration

Just Eight Days Left for Voters to Register

Residents have until 9 p.m. Oct. 14 to register to vote and update their registration information if they want to vote in November’s election.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 06:05 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Developer says wind plan will fly in Annapolis

10 turbines envisioned for former Navy communications site along the Severn River

Baltimore Sun / Chris Guy

Nearly a decade after the Navy retired and dismantled 19 communications towers along the Severn River, a fledgling energy company is planning to build wind turbines that would turn the near-constant breeze there into electricity.

David Murrin, a merchant mariner who has formed a partnership with his lifelong friend, developer and marina owner Marcellous Butler, wants to build up to 10 high-tech windmills near the Naval Academy at Greenbury Point - enough, he said to provide power for as many as 10,000 homes.

Duck | 10/06/2008 at 06:02 am | (0) Comments | Permalink | Email
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Obama sought HUD grant for donor’s project

Letter to Bush ghostwritten by development consultant

Washington Times / Jim McElhatton

Sen. Barack Obama, who vows to change Washington by trimming wasteful spending and disclosing special-interest requests, wrote the Bush administration last year to seek a multimillion-dollar federal grant for a Chicago housing project that is behind schedule and whose development team includes a longtime political supporter.

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Md. Slots Would Have To Fight for Md. Dollars

Washington Post / Lisa Rein

CHARLES TOWN, W. Va.—One of the biggest pitches for bringing slots to Maryland amounts to declaring a trade war on its neighbors: Let’s keep gambling money inside our state borders.

Full Report: Maryland Slots Referendum

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Monday Morning Open Thread

Going to try something new, sleeping in, hopefully untill around 4:30 or so. We’ll see.

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Sunday, October 05, 2008

Take that, Tina: Palin wants to spoof her spoofer

Chicago Sun-Times / BILL ZWECKER

As the comedian’s impressions of the GOP vice presidential candidate draw laughs from Republicans and Democrats alike, a top honcho from the John McCain campaign tells me there’s a debate going on about how to respond.

Some key McCain staffers are content with Palin joking about the “SNL” routines on the campaign trail—as when scribbled “I’m not Tina Fey” on a supporter’s cell phone and said she’d dressed as Fey on Halloween. But others—including the governor herself—think a return punch on the NBC airwaves is what’s needed.

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