Items by Melanie

• Happiness!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 3
  We hear a lot about how awful high schools are these days, so I thought I'd share a really cool pair of videos that two rival high schools put together to challenge each other. The kids did these themselves, displaying an amazing technical ability that is way beyond where we' [...]
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  Posted: December 23, 2009, 8:52am EST
  by Melanie

• Schools Are Closed?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  Nothing good can come of that! Why, they should be at their desks, readin' and writin' and whatever that third thingie is that they are supposed to do! When I was their age, I would trudge through 3 feet of snow to get me some learnin'! Really, what else could' [...]
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  Posted: December 21, 2009, 8:40am EST
  by Melanie

• SU Graduation Canceled Today

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 8
  Don't worry, you will still get your diploma! December grads are invited to walk in May if they would like to go through the ceremony.
  
  Congrats to all of the new grads, stay safe on those roads!' [...]
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  Posted: December 19, 2009, 9:06am EST
  by Melanie

• Christmas Lights at My House

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  
  
  Brian suggested a snowball fight at my house if it actually snows, so I thought I'd show you how you can identify my house: I believe it is the only one in the state of Maryland that has a Packer bush out front!
  [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 9:28am EST
  by Melanie

• Snow? Ice? Nada?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  UPDATE: It is now a winter storm warning, calling for it to begin as rain tonight, turn to snow tomorrow afternoon, 4-6 inches of snow.
  
  
  I know I should have learned my lesson by now: I always get excited when they predict snow for [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 8:51am EST
  by Melanie

• One More Reason To Love Bacon!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 3
  
  It makes you smarter, and you live longer! At least, that is my unbiased, scientific interpretation of a new study, which claims "Genetic changes that apparently allow humans to live longer than any other primate may be rooted in a more carnivorous diet. These changes" [...]
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  Posted: December 16, 2009, 9:14am EST
  by Melanie

• What, no "Maude?"

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 16
  Ok, so it has nothing to do with politics, but we also cover pop culture so this little nugget caught my eye on MSNBC.com:
  "Baby naming website nameberry.com said names moving fastest up the popularity ladder included Khloe, after reality TV star Khloe Kardashian, various spellings of Marley, after the" [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:24am EST
  by Melanie

• Wanker of the Week!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 23
  
  Congratulations to Joe Lieberman for winning wanker of the week once again! His decision to hold the health care bill hostage until someone pays attention to him makes him a strong WOTW each week, but he gets the honor this time because it took me [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 3:26pm EST
  by Melanie

• That Can't Be Good!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  Both Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are praising President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
  
  According to former Governor Palin "the president's remarks had a familiar ring. "I thumbed through my book quickly this morning to say 'Wow! That really sounded familiar.' because I talked in book too about [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 10:15am EST
  by Melanie

• I'll See Your Sticker and Raise You a Mug!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 2
  
  Habitat for Humanity is the beneficiary of my purchase of a mug and some stickers. They make lovely Christmas gifts! [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:57am EST
  by Melanie

• Mayor's Crime Forum Meeting

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 9
  By popular demand (ok, one person), I'm putting up a post on last night's forum. Feel free to add your own observations and comments. In the interest of full disclosure (note to Daily Times reporters reading this: look up "full disclosure" online) I should explain that I was only there' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:02pm EST
  by Melanie

• Pearl Harbor Day

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 3
  
  
  December 7, 1941. [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  by Melanie

• Liberals Can Be Politically Incorrect, too!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 13
  We just are funnier . . .
  
  Here's Wanda Sykes' take on the Tiger Woods incident. It should be noted she said this all before Tiger admitted to "transgressions." Yeah, his wife transgressed all over his ass . . .
  All I want to know is: was it a' [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 7:40pm EST
  by Melanie

• Maryland Food Bank's Most Needed Items

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 2
  The Maryland Food Bank is in need of the following items, so let's help them out:
  
  Meat & Protein
  *Canned meat, ham and Chicken
  * Peanut Butter
  * Macaroni and Cheese
  * Canned stews
  * Canned tuna, salmon, and sardines
  * Nuts [...]
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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:50am EST
  by Melanie

• Anyone Want To Talk About the Webster Lawsuit?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 9
  Just thought I'd put it up here since none of the other local blogs have it yet (Progressive Delmarva with the scoop--ok, courtesy of Delmarvanow.com)!
  Chief Webster's suit against the city has been tossed out, largely because it was premature. Surely he will wait and file it once he goes' [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:38pm EST
  by Melanie

• A Call to Sacrifice

  —Progressive Delmarva

  I was going over material for class today, and I came across FDR's speech from April 28, 1942, asking the American people to sacrifice for the war effort. Given that President Obama is going to ask for 30,000+ troops to head to Afghanistan tonight, I thought it would be timely [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:53am EST
  by Melanie

• Wishing Mayor Ireton A Speedy Recovery!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  Mayor Ireton apparently broke his ankle while getting out of his car, or at least that is what the main stream media wants you to believe. I understand he was actually diving in front of a runaway truck to save two blind orphans who were walking across the street when [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:35pm EST
  by Melanie

• Mike Hucakbee No Longer a Presidential Contender?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 18
  The tragic deaths of four police officers in Washington took on a political slant today. In what will surely be used as a despicable "Willie Horton" style ad if Mike Huckabee decides to run for president in 2012, undoubtedly by some group not directly connected to any campaign (wink, wink), [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:10am EST
  by Melanie

• A War Tax?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  From CNN: "A leading congressional Democrat who is the chief proponent of a new tax that would fund future military operations in Afghanistan suggested Sunday that continuing to fight the Afghan war under current conditions is “a fool’s errand” and, at the same time, said that his tax proposal would" [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:05am EST
  by Melanie

• Log Off, Eat Turkey, And Argue With Your Family!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 1
  What are you doing reading this? You should be eating way too much food, watching a parade, then football, then eating again, then watching more football, then eating again, then arguing with your brother-in-law about Obama, then eat some dessert while watching (you guessed it) football, then go to bed [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:01am EST
  by Melanie

• Turkey Pardon? I Say Send 'Em to Gitmo!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 9
  President Obama showed his true colors today, weakly pardoning a turkey set to be executed in less than 24 hours. Apparently, President Obama decided to spare the obviously guilty bird upon special pleading from his daughters. What next? Are we going to start letting poultry run [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  by Melanie

• The Best Part of Thanksgiving Dinner?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 16
  
  I must be getting hungry, because all I can think about right now is what is going to happen Thursday (after the Packers destroy the Lions). While cooks obsess over the turkey (to brine or not to brine? Full turkey or turkey breast? Baste or [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:35pm EST
  by Melanie

• Lou Dobbs for President?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  What started out as a bit of a joke looks like it might actually come to fruition--Lou Dobbs apparently is seriously considering running for President of these United States! After deciding to "spend more time with his family," and "leaving" CNN, Dobbs made a few comments [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:39pm EST
  by Melanie

• For the Feetball Fans

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 8
  Perhaps Washington could use this play against the Cowboys on Sunday? Bethel College shows us how to play football, street style!
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:04pm EST
  by Melanie

• ACORN, the New Red Scare?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  Doug Hoffman, the conservative candidate touted by Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and Sarah Palin to win NY-23 only to hand the seat over to a Democrat, has finally explained his loss in a way that makes sense: it is ACORN's fault. Well, more specifically it is ACORN, the unions, and [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:30am EST
  by Melanie

• Unusual College Admissions Essays

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  I tell you what, I would MUCH rather have answered some of these than the really, really boring essays I remember writing (tell us about the value of education?)
  
  From CNN.com: "As high school seniors across the country are hard at work polishing their college applications, let's take a'" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:09pm EST
  by Melanie

• One More Reason to Hate France

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 2
  The former Dusty Sanchez and I might be the only ones who care about this, but you freedom fries lovin' readers now have more ammunition in the continuing campaign to besmirch the French. In a World Cup qualifying game (that's for football . . .I mean, soccer), a French player [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:22am EST
  by Melanie

• President Lacks "Blood Impulse" To Be a Good American?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 6
  Just when you thought racist criticism of Barack Obama had receded back to the shadowy corners where racists find comfort in explaining away their own deficiencies by denigrating others, we are treated to this little missive by former Washington Times editor Wesley Pruden. In an article about the "scandal" over [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:29am EST
  by Melanie

• Chesapeake Shipbuilding to Add 125 jobs in Salisbury!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 6
  Thought we could all use some good news for a change. I used to drive by this place every day on the way to work--it was fun to watch the ships on their way to completion. Good for them and good for Salisbury.
  
  See the full story at Delmarvanow.com
  [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 8:29am EST
  by Melanie

• 1 in 7 American Households Go Hungry

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  14% of American households report occasionally finding it difficult to put food on the table. The CEO of AIG is complaining about his pay cut to $27,000 a day, and we have hundreds of thousands of people going hungry. Does anyone else think this is absolutely nuts? We are living [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:45pm EST
  by Melanie

• Melanie's Movie Reviews: 2012

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  Before I begin the review, in the interest of full disclosure I must admit that I love disaster movies. Love 'em! The dumber, the better. I don't care to admit how many times I've watched Shelley Winters drown in "The Poseidon Adventure," or cheered when scientists' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:21am EST
  by Melanie

• The Original Open Thread

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 8
  Have a need to say something here? Well go ahead and do it, just please keep to the rules of the blog that we periodically enforce--no nasty language, no personal attacks (criticizing actions and ideas is cool, criticizing the way your momma dressed you is not), no racism, blah, blah, [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:49am EST
  by Melanie

• PD Exclusive: It Was Raining Cats, Dogs, and . . . Donuts?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 2
  
  
  Ace reporter, photographer, and blog reader Julie sent in this exclusive image of donuts flooding a Salisbury parking lot today. No word on how exactly this happened, but a bald guy with oddly yellow skin was heard to say, "d'oh!"' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 11:21pm EST
  by Melanie

• Is This Guy Serious?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 1
  
  
  Please, please, please let this be serious! I saw this over on Joe's blog and just had to put it up over here, too. If this is for real, it makes our local "Patrick Henry" guy look like a rational thinker. The whole wig thing, the weird self-promotion,' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  by Melanie

• Melanie's Restaurant Reviews: Tacos Danelita

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  As I write this review, I am in culinary heaven. It isn't fancy, it is simply perfect food. Tacos Danielita is a new(ish) hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Salisbury--813 Priscilla St (a little difficult to spot right away, but if you are on Rt 13 going North, it is in a little' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by Melanie

• Might We Finally Be Done With These Liars?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  It has been a bad few days for liars this week. Let's review: Carrie Prejean, the poster child for oppressed beauty queens everywhere, tried to defend her alleged "sexting" by claiming it was a dumb thing she did once when she was 17. Now, it seems, she was actually 20,' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:04am EST
  by Melanie

• Texan+Swamp+$1 Million Car=Massive Insurance Claim

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  
  
  
  A guy in Texas, distracted by a pelican and a dropped cell phone, drove his $1 Million Bugatti Veyron right into a swamp. It's like I've always said: until the government gets serious about regulating pelicans, I am not buying a $1,000,000 car.[...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:31am EST
  by Melanie

• Should I Be Worried?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 8
  I just saw 2 dogs go walking by, followed by 2 cats, 2 snakes, 2 monkeys, 2 cows, 2 horses, and two buffalo (presumably from the zoo). There's also an old dude outside with a lot of lumber, a hammer, and a saw. Hey, there go two chickens! [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 2:15pm EST
  by Melanie

• AIG Chief Struggling to Pay His Bills!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 5
  Well, that is what he would like you to think, anyway. You remember AIG, don't you? The company received $182 BILLION dollars as part of the big bailout, so we all own 80% of the company now. Robert Benmosche, CEO, is now crying about poor compensation packages, that might drive' [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 8:09am EST
  by Melanie

• Lou Dobbs Leaving CNN

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 3
  Lou Dobbs is leaving CNN for an undisclosed career move in an undisclosed location. My guess? Heading to Juarez to give out free hugs. [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 9:26pm EST
  by Melanie

• More Signs that Palin Won't Be the Nominee: FOX News Goes After Her

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  If it isn't death panels, it is the great coin conspiracy of those Muslim liberal terrorist Democrats. Well, except it turns out the great coin conspiracy happened under the Republican watch. How long until Sarah Plain and Carrie Prejean go on the "Conservative Women Victims of their Own'" [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Melanie

• In Honor Of Veteran's Day

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  
  
  Today is Veteran's Day, a day to stop and remember those who have sacrificed for all of us. A brief history lesson: Veteran's Day began when an armistice was declared between the Allies and [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 12:01am EST
  by Melanie

• Huckabee vs Palin: Round One

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 0
  

  Mike Huckabee came out swinging against Sarah Palin recently, beginning what is sure to be a feud full of all sorts of folksy sayin's and you betchas! Huckabee is upset because he was supposed to be the candidate who gets by with an "aww shucks" demeanor hiding a rather radical [...]

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 9:29pm EST
  by Melanie

• DOW Hits 52-Week High!

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 0
  That's a year to you and me! Anyway, by the time you read this, profit takers will probably drive it down for a daily loss, but I thought it was worth acknowledging. Now get out there and start hiring people! [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 12:52pm EST
  by Melanie

• Who Gets Fired First: Michael Steele or Jim Zorn?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 9
  
  Washington's "football" team looked awful again yesterday, as did my Packers. I used to believe Steele would get fired before Zorn, but now I am going with Zorn getting fired before the year is out, Steele just after the new year.[...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:10am EST
  by Melanie

• Any Good News?

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 10
  It has been a tough week all around, and I don't mean to diminish the tragedy in Texas or any of the other grim news. But how about taking a moment to share something positive? Anyone have a good story, want to give a pat on the back to someone,' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:54am EST
  by Melanie

• You Know It Isn't Good When Your Own Guys Call You Crazy

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 12
  
  Michele Bachmann's latest "look at me, look at me!" tea-bagging stunt is to recruit people to go on a march through the House of Representatives to "look into the whites of the eyes" of the legislators and tell them not to take away their health [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 7:53am EST
  by Melanie

• Local Politics: Webster Sues Ireton and Council

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 4
  A commenter wanted to talk about this, so here's your forum. Let me say that I have zero knowledge about this other than what the Daily Times has reported. Given that the Daily Times has been about as anti-Ireton as it gets, take whatever they say with a grain of [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 9:09am EST
  by Melanie

• Reading the Tea(bag) Leaves

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 7
  So the first elections since Obama became president took place, and now everyone is out spinning furiously. Republicans point to Virginia and NJ as evidence that their message is gaining ground, while Democrats point to NY-23 and claim that it certainly wasn't a sweep last night. Exit polling suggests that' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:28am EST
  by Melanie

• "Justice" of the Peace Resigns

  —Progressive Delmarva

  Number of comments: 3
  Keith Bardwell, the Louisiana justice of the peace (who isn't racist but refuses to marry interracial couples despite this thingie called the Constitution) has decided to spend more time with his family.
  
  In related news, David Duke's employment prospects just got a little better!' [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:46pm EST
  by Melanie