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• Nough Said

  —WorcesterRight

  HURRICANE SARA HAS HIT THE DEMOCRATS AT CAT 10 SPEED.
  
  GUNS, BABIES AND JESUS. HOT DAMN.
  
  NOW WE HAVE A RACE. [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 9:07pm EDT

• Quote of the Day

  —Charles County Cafe

  Number of comments: 2
  “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?" - Sarah Palin, a month ago. [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:55pm EDT by Tony Penny

• Is Sarah Palin A Bad Mother?

  —Charles County Cafe

  Number of comments: 1
  I was having a conversation with a friend today about Sarah Palin and that fact that she is a Governor while also a mother of 5. I was somewhat facetiously wondering if the very women the McCain campaign is trying to attract might have a problem with a mother of [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:51pm EDT by richard

• The Palin Pick: THIS is Change we can actually believe in

  —Maryland Politics

  
  Six months ago I wrote this:

  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin brings a lot of things to a potential national ticket. First off, she already has a record as a reformer. She challenged a Governor of her own party in a competitive primary and defeated [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:42pm EDT

• The Palin Pick: THIS is Change we can actually believe in

  —Brian Griffiths

  
  Six months ago I wrote this:

  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin brings a lot of things to a potential national ticket. First off, she already has a record as a reformer. She challenged a Governor of her own party in a competitive primary and defeated [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 8:41pm EDT

• The O'Malley Deficit

  —Brian Griffiths

  There is other news today. Martin O'Malley's deficit was a major story in the Washington Post today:
  

  Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year despite a series of tax increases and spending reductions that were intended to largely solve [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

• The O'Malley Deficit

  —Maryland Politics

  There is other news today. Martin O'Malley's deficit was a major story in the Washington Post today:
  

  Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year despite a series of tax increases and spending reductions that were intended to [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:31pm EDT

• Wasilla, Alasaka

  —Capital Punishment

  It's just outside of Anchorage with a population of about 6,700 and the town has revenues (does that mean its budget?) of about 12 million dollars. So, you go from being mayor to being governor of what is essentially an enormous oil welfare state for a couple years and then [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 6:48pm EDT

• Possible Enzyte trouble for Venable?

  —On The Record

  It’s a fun day at The Daily Record when we get to write about sex-enhancement potions, especially when there’s a connection to a law firm with roots here.

  You’ll probably recall that earlier this week, the founder of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals, maker of the “male enhancement” supplement Enzyte, was [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 6:44pm EDT by Jackie Sauter

• Maryland May Face $1 Billion Shortfall

  —Delusional Duck

  ‘Bumpy Ride’ Could Be Ahead, Adviser Warns Maryland could face a budget shortfall of up to $1 billion in its next fiscal year despite a series of tax increases and spending reductions that were intended to largely solve the state’s chronic fiscal problems. The grim assessment, contained in a letter this week [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 6:02pm EDT

• Ghost Hunters at Greenwell

  —Delusional Duck

  The Greenwell Foundation presents Patrick Burke, president and co-founder of the American Battlefields Ghost Hunters Society and author of “Battlefield Guide to Ghost Hunting,” an instructional resource for the investigative process of hunting for ghosts on American battlefields. Join Burke on Sunday, Sept. 14 from 1pm - 4pm for a [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 6:01pm EDT

• How McCain Discovered Palin!

  —Charles County Cafe

  Sarah Palin, Web Invention Timothy Noah | Slate.com According to both the Aug. 29 Anchorage Daily News and the June 13 Colorado Springs Gazette, Sarah Palin became John McCain's vice presidential candidate largely through the machinations of someone even younger and less experienced than herself. From the Anchorage Daily News: The hype can [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:55pm EDT by richard

• Ravens fans are the (17th) best

  —On The Record

  At Thursday’s preseason Ravens game against Atlanta, I was struck by the number of fans not only showing up, but tailgating and cheering like it was their job. After all, it was a game that didn’t count and — being the last game before the regular season starts — [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:52pm EDT by Jackie Sauter

• Sarah Palin for Vice-President

  —Maryland Conservatarian

  Quick hit: I have no problem with this pick as Governor Palin seems a credible conservative. In fact, sexism is the only excuse I can think of for not voting for her. [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:49pm EDT

• Hoyer looks back on changes in news, society for teachers

  —Delusional Duck

  U.S. Rep. Steny H. Hoyer remembered some of the changes that have occurred in the many years he has been in Congress. Hoyer shared some of his favorite stories with a group of civics and government teachers at Westlake High School at a presentation last week. Hoyer also told the teachers [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:28pm EDT

• Eiswert, Sherbin seek Garrett bench seat

  —On The Record

  Garrett County, currently functioning without a district court judge, moved one step closer Friday afternoon to getting one.

  Friday was the deadline for new applications for the seat that belonged to Judge Ralph M. Burnett before his death last May. Burnett was Garrett’s only district judge, so the rural county [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:25pm EDT by Jackie Sauter

• Begala: McCain Out Of His Mind?

  —Charles County Cafe

  Number of comments: 5
  Commentary: Is McCain out of his mind? CNN.com (CNN) — John McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls "a checkup from the neck up." In choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate, he is not thinking "outside the box," as some have said. More like out of his mind. Palin a first-term [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:23pm EDT by richard

• INDY LTE: Who has the upper hand in town’s annexation negotiations?

  —Delusional Duck

  The article in the Aug. 22 edition regarding the negotiations between Faison and the La Plata Town Council over the annexation agreement for La Plata Crossing [‘‘Developers balk at some ‘green’ annexation suggestions”] disclosed a basic lack of understanding on the part of the town council of the strength of [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:18pm EDT

• SMECO members get a chance to get questions answered

  —Delusional Duck

  Joe Slater was very diplomatic. As a disgruntled Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative customer questioned the company’s spending and motives for Spanish language telephone prompts, salaries of its 10 highest-paid executives, why it keeps union employees when Maryland is an at-will state and why it only has one public meeting a year, [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:15pm EDT

• McCain picks Palin as VP choice

  —Duck Duck Goose

  [...] Once a beauty queen in her home town of Wasilla, Alaska, she has earned a reputation as a tough woman, eating moose burgers (she’s a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and her Web site shows her holding the antlers of a downed moose), riding snowmobiles and fishing. A [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 5:14pm EDT

• Does the Palin pick neuter Biden?

  —Politicker MD

  To view more cartoons by Politicker.com editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe, click here. [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 4:34pm EDT by RobTornoe

• Resurrecting the American chestnut

  —Charles County Cafe

  Number of comments: 13
  by Joe Schibig, Biology Professor, Volunteer State Community College One hundred years ago, magnificent American chestnut trees dominated the forested hills and mountains over much of the eastern U. S. They made their best growth on the slopes of the Appalachian mountains where some towered up to 100 feet and had [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 4:25pm EDT by Heather

• Palin's predecessor

  —Politicker MD

  Who was the last governor who had served less than two years when he was tapped for the vice presidential nomination? [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 4:19pm EDT by wallyedgemd

• McCain Officials: Alaska’s Palin Is VP Pick

  —Delusional Duck

  Two senior campaign officials confirmed Friday that John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Palin, who is 44, is a self-styled “hockey mom” and political reformer. McCain decided on his choice for vice president early Thursday. He will announce his choice Friday at a noontime (ET) [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 4:05pm EDT

• Guilty plea in Columbia mall stabbing

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  Baltimore Sun

  A Howard County man pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted second-degree murder in the stabbing of a teenager after a drug deal went sour outside a Columbia mall this year.

  Bernardo Leconte, 18, of Columbia, could face 30 years in prison. However, prosecutors recommended a sentence of 20 years, with [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 4:00pm EDT by Jeff Quinton

• YES!!!

  —Duck Duck Goose

  McCain Picks Palin [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:49pm EDT

• Van Hollen calls veep choice hypocrisy

  —Politicker MD

  U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington) says the McCain campaign’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) as a running mate is nothing less than blatant hypocrisy. “Sarah Palin is an intelligent, well regarded governor of two years and was the mayor of a town of 9,000,” said Van Hollen in a [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:33pm EDT by daniel.reiter

• Cavey : Palin pick goes ‘beyond political philosophy’

  —Politicker MD

  Chris Cavey, the chair of Maryland for McCain, said John McCain’s selection of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) as a running mate is “going to be an excellent advantage” in the race against Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Palin is “exactly what the Republican Party needs to showcase,” said Cavey. “It’s gonna [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:15pm EDT by daniel.reiter

• WHO IS SARAH PALIN (Besides Being Gov. Of Alaska)?

  —Salisbury News

  Number of comments: 46
  
  Details here: [en.wikipedia.org]
  
  Extract:
  
  Palin was elected governor in 2006 after defeating incumbent governor Frank
  Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic governor Tony Knowles
  in the general election. She was the youngest person, and the first woman, to
  [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:14pm EDT by joealbero

• Rove: Palin would “shake up” the traditional coalitions in both parties

  —Duck Duck Goose

  Calls Palin a ”breath of fresh air.” [...]
  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:02pm EDT

• Drowning under investigation

  —Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog

  WJZ

  The family of a 22-year-old Montgomery County honor student, and Baltimore police want to know how he ended up dying in the waters of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

  Richard Sher reports around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, Ankush Gupta, and several friends, stopped at Harbor Place on their way home from New [...]

  
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  Posted: August 29, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by Jeff Quinton

• the purple line diaries: part two and a half

  —Just Up The Pike

  part TWO AND A HALF of a series aimed to find out just how bad it is commuting across Montgomery and Prince George's counties without the Purple Line . . . and to get my roommate to ride a bus.
  
  On Wednesday, our third roommate, an occasional reader of [...]
  
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