Duncan Quirk

From The Room: Liveblogging the Inauguration

January 20, 2009 - 11:11 Dan Quayle is back!! 11:11 And he brought Al Gore!!! 11:14 I am so sick of hearing about George H. W. going sky diving 11:15 Bill doesn't look happy 11:15 Haha one Senator objected to Hillary's nomination 11:17 How is he...

Filed under: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Inauguration, Inauguration, Inauguration Coverage, Inauguration Photos, Live Inauguration Coverage, Obama Inauguration, Obama's Inauguration, Washington DC

From The Room: The Russia-Ukraine Gas Crisis

January 15, 2009 - As representatives from Ukraine and Russia are getting ready to meet on Saturday to discuss the gas row, Europeans are being frozen to the edge, going so far as to burn their beloved 1992 David Hasselhoff Calendars to stay warm. Agreements made this week have fallen apart, so in order...

Filed under: Russia, Ukraine, gas, oil

White House exes meet the new guy

January 12, 2009 - Last week, President-elect Obama met with former prezzies Bush, Bush, Clinton and Carter at the White House...

Filed under: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Inauguration Day, George Bush's final days, barack Obama President, Presidential transition

From The Room: Blago's Man

January 6, 2009 - Roland Burris has been blocked from taking a valuable fucking thing (read: Senate Seat) as Secretary of the Senate, Nancy Erickson has rejected Blago's pick. Currently Burris is speaking with his lawyers to figure out his options. In light of the scandal and his refusal to either step down...

Filed under: Burris Refused Seat, Burris Refused Senate Seat, Burris Senate, Burris Senate Seat, Roland Burris, Roland Burris Senate Seat,

David Paterson cuts our allowance

December 21, 2008 - Last week, New York Governor David Paterson proposed a state budget for 2009 that both reduces spending on essential programs and taxes everything save Tab and record albums. We'll let him explain his predicament to you...

Filed under: David Paterson, New York Governor, David Paterson Governor, David Paterson Governor of New York, David Paterson New York Tax Increase, New York Tax increase, Tax INcreases 2009, taxes, ny tax increase 2009, paterson increases taxes, tax on ipod downloads, tax on coke, coca cola, ipod

From The Room: The One Constant: Bernanke's Beard

December 17, 2008 - Throughout the Financial Crisis, the bailouts, the stimulus package, the foreclosures, the layoffs, and all of the other crap that's been going on in the economy this year, one thing has remained constant; one thing has remained unchanged by the upheaval of our economy; one thing has remained unfett...

Filed under: Ben Bernanke, Ben Bernanke's beard, Ben Bernanke beard, Bernanke s beard, economic crisis, Wall Street crisis, recession, depression

Hurricane Blago does to Chicago what Katrina did to New Orleans

December 11, 2008 - The "short kid with the somewhat controversial name" fights for his political life as the "skinny kid with the funny name" watches from a distance...

From The Room: Hark Tom G Tancredo Sings

December 9, 2008 - While most of today's spotlight has fallen on the Blago, it should not be overlooked that Congressman, former presidential candidate, and all-around illegal immigrant hater from Colorado, Tom Tancredo has announced his retirement from House. So...

Filed under: Tom Tancredo, Tom Tancredo retiring, Tom Tancredo retires, Tancredo retires, Tancredo retiring, illegal immigrants, political songs

From The Room: My 2008 Christmas Wish List

December 4, 2008 - Now that the lawsuit has been filed, the shoppers have returned home, and the deadliest Black Friday in the history of sales is over, it is officially Christmas season (unless your Jewish, in that case it's Hanukkah season). It's finally here and so is my latest Christmas Wish...

Filed under: Christmas gifts, Christmas, Wal Mart trampling, economic downturn, economic crisis, Christmas shopping, Knut the polar bear, Knut, Black Friday, shopping, Free Quebec, Santa, Santa Claus

Barack makes Hillary an honest woman

December 1, 2008 - President-elect Obama introduced his security team today. The group included Hillary Clinton (Secretary of State), Eric Holder (AG ), Defense Secretary...

From The Room: Madden Vs. Pundits

November 27, 2008 - Last year around this time, we explored the frankenfood turducken, this year we'll take a look at another recent Thanksgiving tradition, the man who has single-handely brought turducken to the national stage...

Filed under: John Madden, John Madden agry, pundits, political pundits, media, Bill O'Reilly, football, Thanksgiving, John Madden pundits

Two lame ducks, sittin' around quackin'

November 25, 2008 - Yesterday, Barack Obama introduced his new economic team and promised an emergency stimulus package upon his inauguration. Stocks soared after the feds intervened to prevent the collapse of Citigroup. The outgoing President and his Treasury Secretary had a few words to say on the matter. We were t...

Filed under: Washington Post, Henry Paulson, George W. Bush, Bush Paulson, Paulson Treasury Secretary, Citigroup, Citibank bailout, bailout, Citigroup bailout, Paulson citibank bailout, economic crisis, bush economic crisis, henry paulson treasury secretary economic crisis

Filed under: election results, election 2008, Obama election, Obama victory speech, Obama speech, Obama victory, McCain concession, McCain concession speech, McCain speech, election night, election night speeches, election night pictures, election night results, Sarah Palin election night, Joe Biden election night, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John McCain, Sarah Palin

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