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The Ultimate Christmas Story

December 25th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Behold, a Christmas tale in which the Christmas spirit is portrayed as an immovable force, capable of causing Skeletor to fall in love with a puppy. Merry Christmas, Baltimore! … Read entire article »

Filed under: Nostalgia

Luke Scott dislikes Obama, sad about lack of guns

December 8th, 2010 | 3 Comments

In other political news, the Orioles’ designated hitter Luke Scott does not believe that the President was born in the US. For the constitutionally inept, if true, Obama would be ineligible for the Presidency. Obviously, this is a pretty controversial position, if you’re retarded. The full interview at Yahoo Sports is full of enlightening little tidbits. Luke Scott: Obama … hmm … Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for. This country is basically built on an attitude. It’s a way of life. It’s not because you’re born here. It’s not that you’re supposed to take from those who have and give to those who haven’t. That kills a country. It killed Russia. Scott’s founding fathers presumably have cool theme songs to go … Read entire article »

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The Pizza Lobbyist

June 22nd, 2010 | Add a Comment

Jack Abramoff became a household name for bribing Congressmen in DC, now he’ll be a household name in Baltimore for his pizza! That’s a spicy meatball! Wait, that’s a spaghetti reference. Anyway, more recently you may have heard his name in connection with a movie featuring Kevin Spacey as the now pie chef himself. I smell Oscar! No wait, that’s just this delicious pizza ol’ Jackyboy made for me a few minutes ago. Mmmmm, corruption tastes delicious. Via political blog Talking Points Memo: Disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, mere months after serving his debt to society for bribing Congressmen and related shenanigans, is making mad dough these days in his new job. That job, according to The Baltimore Jewish Times, is at kosher pizzeria Tov Pizza (6313 Reisterstown Road, Glen). Tov, which bills itself … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics, Schadenfreude

PSA

June 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments

Via Baltimore Slumlord Watch, Baltimore has a new law governing vacant city buildings. For more on this legislation, or other budget matters, you can read this article from the Baltimore Sun. … Read entire article »

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Baltimore’s water problem – can it ever be fixed?

March 26th, 2010 | 4 Comments

A few days ago, the NY Times ran a piece in their series Toxic Waters about the alarming rate of rupturing water mains in many cities across America (“Saving U.S. Water and Sewer Systems Would Be Costly,” March 14th, 2010). Baltimore is certainly no stranger to this, being one of the oldest cities in the union – pipe bursts are a regular occurrence, often times resulting in millions in damage and a resulting lack of usable water. Luckily, Baltimore has a local supply of harbor water just perfect for drinking and flushing! George Hawkins, the centerpiece of the article, proposed the hard option of citizens possibly paying more for their water in order to offset the cost of overhauling the decrepit infrastructure. While giving a speech to a crowd of people in … Read entire article »

Filed under: Politics