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Optical scan local election wrap up for 2009
In da Buff (Buffalo, New York) —
Authority: 135
Just my thoughts on some of the local races I paid close attention to and other stuff… Hardwick/Ianello Working on the campaign for Kevin Hardwick, I decided to keep my comments about the race to nothing more than rooting for the good doctor prior to yesterday’s election. Dr. Hardwick had some name ...6 days ago -
Hyper(ventilating) Bob McCarthy annoys me again
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
Bob McCarthy has apparently been working overtime to insure victory for the troops. Sundays puff piece ( Collins, post-gaffe, gets back to work ) lets us know that Collins is back to his hard charging, businessman-like ways and off campaigning for governor again. Repeatedly comparing an orthodox jew to ...1 week ago -
Another kid dies in my neighborhood
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
19 year old Jacob Herbert of Clarence, died in my neighborhood this weekend. He was stabbed to death while leaving one of those quaint little house parties that happen from time to time around here. Jacob Herbert,19, was stabbed multiple times in what police believe was a fight that erupted as people were leaving ...1 week ago -
Full-bore wingnut, batpoop crazy
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
News that this wasnt the first time Collins had joked about Nostradamus, the antichrist and Sheldon Silver ( he has evidently been practicing it for a while ) got me curious. This stuff just doesnt come out of nowhere. What kind of people/politicians use this kind of allegory ? Warning : googling this ...1 week ago -
Collins and Brown -- the sequel
Outrages & Insights —
Authority: 122
So much for Chris Collins rant about Sheldon Silver the anit-Christ being "unscripted" and "off the cuff," as claimed by his flak. Artvoice reports: When Erie County Executive Chris Collins called Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver an anti-Christ last Saturday night at a Republican dinner, it wasn’t the first time ...1 week ago -
Harrison Barnes’ H.S. Hoops Diary: Official visit to Duke
Dime Magazine (www.dimemag.com) : Daily NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, Basketball Videos, Sneakers —
Authority: 671
Harrison Barnes is the best high school ballplayer in the country. As the 6-6 wing from Ames, Iowa, navigates through the hectic recruiting process such a title entails, he agreed to chronicle his thoughts for us during each of his five official visits. After UNC, then Oklahoma, then Kansas, Barnes recaps his trip to ...1 week ago -
The Harrison Barnes Diary: Official visit to Duke
2K Sports Presents High School Hoop Powered by Dime —
Authority: 464
As he navigates through the hectic recruiting process, HighSchoolHoop’s top-rated player, Ames High (IA) swingman Harrison Barnes has agreed to chronicle his thoughts for us during each of his five official visits. First was North Carolina, then Oklahoma, followed by Kansas. Now Barnes shares his experiences from ...1 week ago -
It’s Not the First Time Collins Called Silver an Anti-Christ
Artvoice Daily —
Authority: 468
When Erie County Executive Chris Collins called Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver an anti-Christ last Saturday night at a Republican dinner, it wasn’t the first time he’d pulled the line out of his bag.He recently made the exact same comparison to a group of Buffalo State political science students, who were ...1 week ago -
New York GOP Politician Apologizes For Comparing Jewish Assembly Speaker To Hitler, Anti-Christ
TPM LiveWire —
Authority: 801
Chris Collins, the Republican county executive of Erie County, New York, appears to have seriously damaged his profile for any statewide race -- with a joking comparison of the state Jewish Democratic state Assembly Speaker to Hitler, and saying that he might be Anti-Christ. The Buffalo News reports that Collins, ...2 weeks ago -
Inappropriate, Not Anti-Semitic
The Buffalo Bean —
Authority: 420
I am not here to defend Chris Collins or the comments he made , but I do think there are a bunch of people not merely making too much of it, but trying to turn it into something it is not. Collins has already apologized for what he called “a poor joke,” delivered during a speech at the county Republican ...2 weeks ago -
Lost Quatrain of Nostradamus Discovered
Artvoice Daily —
Authority: 468
Archeologists believe they may have found a long-lost quatrain penned by the famous renaissance seer Nostradamus, in the remains of a room once used as a salon by Catherine de Medici. The four-line verse is thought to be one of the fifty-eight quatrains missing from the his collection of predictions known as the ...2 weeks ago -
Two "class" acts
Outrages & Insights —
Authority: 122
Lets see. We have Bryon Brown stiffing a member of President Obamas Cabinet in a rare visit to Buffalo and Chris Collins calling an orthodox Jew an "anti-Christ" and mentioning him in the same breath as Hitler. We know how to pick em in Western New York, dont we? Lets start with Collins and a report from Bob McCarthy: ...2 weeks ago -
Chris Collins, Hitler and Komodo Dragons
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
County Executive Chris Collins made the news statewide and locally today. His comparison of Assemblyman Sheldon Silver to Hitler at a republican fund raiser evidently didn’t go over too well. I’ll leave it to the Pundit to explain why comparing Hitler to anyone is morally and factually wrong and just offer ...2 weeks ago -
Antichrist in the news
Blogging Religiously —
Authority: 125
Someone asked me the other day if a new movie called Antichrist has something to do with the antichrist? Does the film have religious overtones? No, it doesn’t. It’s the latest work from a controversial, cutting-edge-type move-maker named Lars von Trier. From what I’ve read , the film sounds pretty ...2 weeks ago -
Foot placed in mouth
In da Buff (Buffalo, New York) —
Authority: 135
I heard rumblings yesterday about Chris Collins’ big time gaffe from Saturday evening’s Erie County Republican dinner at the Adam’s Mark Hotel…when I was told, I was like…uh-oh, wait to this hits the media…and today it did. Sheldon Silver may indeed be the spawn of satan, but Chris Collins should have ...2 weeks ago -
What ever you do, dont pay them a living wage.
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
WNED 970 ruined my morning again. This time with the news that, in between court fights to keep Erie County from providing prisoners with " Motel rooms ", Chis Collins took time out to hold the Olmsted Park Conservancy hostage. Collins is refusing to release $360,000 in funding for the Olmsted system. According ...2 weeks ago -
Some days I think its hopeless
Outrages & Insights —
Authority: 122
A read of the morning paper has me thinking today that we should post signs at all access points into Western New York that read "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." Consider: Officials in Orchard Park are balking at plans for an affordable senior housing complex in their town because -- gasp! -- some of the ...3 weeks ago -
Chris Collins - Running Business Like a County
The AnswerLady —
Authority: 121
Acccording to Bruce Fisher in a recent post in Artvoice , Erie County and WNY receive over $1 billion more in federal and state dollars than they pay out in taxes. In other words, Erie County and WNY would not exist but for extremely generous state and federal subsidies. A closer look at Chris Collins ...3 weeks ago -
County election races and politics
In da Buff (Buffalo, New York) —
Authority: 135
Do I agree with everything Chris Collins does? No… One thing I can’t blame him for doing is trying to change the complexion of the Erie County Legislature to one which is more favorable to him . I’ve written this a zillion times before, but the goal of the Democrat controlled legislature is not to legislate ...3 weeks ago
