http://wnymedia.net Buffalo and Western New York's online news resource Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/the-internet-news-business/ A few weeks ago, way up in northern New York, Democrat Bill Owens defeated Doug Hoffman, a Conservative Party candidate who drew support from the tea-steepage-pouch crowd all around the country to defeat the evil Dede Scozzafava. The result hasn't been finalized, and the final corrected counts are coming in, and ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/hoffman-calls-givesies-backsies-in-ny-23/ Former New York Mayor and punch-line-of-the-week Rudy Giuliani has decided that he won't run for Governor in New York in 2010.  Instead, he'll apparently run for the US Senate against Kirsten Gillibrand. What makes this somewhat interesting is that, despite all his recent Palinist bluster, Giuliani is as much a New ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/giuliani-still-looking-to-get-elected/ Via Andrew Sullivan, Spencer Ackerman on a Khalid Sheik Mohammed trial in New York City, and the possibility that KSM will grandstand or make idiotic pronouncements somehow. My hope for the KSM trial is that it does more than all this. It should forever shatter the pernicious myth that al-Qaeda is ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/a-bearded-jim-jones/ ACORN thought it would be a good idea for OJ to try the glove on in front of the jury, over a latex glove. #acornfacts ACORN put up the "Mission Accomplished" banner. #acornfacts ACORN guilted Sarah Palin into doing the Couric interview. #acornfacts every time Michael tries to get out, ACORN pulls him ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/acornfacts/ By Christopher Smith Last week, WNYMedia.net celebrated it's fifth birthday.  In those five years, 6,200,000 visitors have stopped by to leave nearly 250,000 comments on 500,000 articles, videos and podcasts. As a community, our readers have donated nearly 10,000 hours of their time to political candidates and activism efforts for which we ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/reader-survey/ Want to reduce taxes? Reduce the cost of government. Want to reduce the cost of government? Reduce the size of government. Want to reduce the size of government? Slough off a completely useless and redundant legislative house. This would also need nonpartisan redistricting and comprehensive abolition of state authorities in their ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/new-york-state-senate-useless-and-redundant/ It's official.  He's a convict and an ex-Councilman. The Common Council will name someone to replace Davis through December 2010.  This sort of political wrangling - the undemocratic kind - is the most vicious and stupid, so grab some popcorn. http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/brian-davis-resigns/ I don't really have much to add to this story beyond what was written in the Buffalo News and by Mark Byrnes.  But yeah, Carl Paladino has no business complaining that someone - anyone - is getting tax abatements or other forms of incentives to renovate a building that is ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/they-call-it-chutzpah/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="297" caption="Image courtesy Chris Hawley"][/caption] No good deed goes un-shat-upon. If you haven't read what Gabe has to say about EHM in Buffalo, here it is.  Go look. I agree with everything he says. If you haven't read what Colin wrote, go look.  I think his comments miss the point ... http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/buffalopundit/2009/11/look-a-parade-commence-pissing/