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2nd Presidential Debate: The Obama vs. McCain Smackdown

By On October 8, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Last night was the 2nd debate between presidential nominees senators Obama and McCain. In a town hall format and held at Belmont University, the face off was guaranteeing a gloves off, aggressive debate focusing on the current economic crisis. In preparation we were unfortunately unable to find a bingo card to help the debate be more palatable. Nevertheless, thanks to Flexichick [...]

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Phony Phone Calls from Marty Markowitz

By On September 11, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Marty Markowitz

Originally uploaded by VivaAntarctica.

…………The ever-crabby native Idlewild reports on the Park Slope Message Board:

“So, I’m surfing the net and my phone rings. The caller ID indicates the call is from Las Vegas. Since I’m going to Vegas [...]

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Mike Bloomberg Spammed Me

By On September 15, 2005 · Leave a Comment

A RANDOM CITIZEN just got this annoying Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE, also known as SPAM) apparently-from the campaign of Mike Bloomberg, by way of mrcampaign.com. Way to alienate voters, Mike!

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:13:38 -0600 (MDT)
From: Mayor Mike Bloomberg (mike@mikebloomberg.com)
Reply-To: Mayor Mike Bloomberg (mike@bjckjkg.jvctmt.r.mrcx.com)

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Democratic primaries: today!

By On September 12, 2005 · Leave a Comment

In case you missed all new signs up and the candidates leafletting at subway exits: the Democratic primaries are happening today, Tuesday, Sept 13. And round these parts, whoever wins the Democratic primary wins the race, which means that the real election happens not in November, but tomorrow.

If you voted in New [...]

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