New column: MSM proves earlier column right
I just posted this week's column to the web ... it's about the mainstream media's moment in the limelight ... looking stupid. Re...
MSM proves earlier column right
Less than a month ago, I used this space to discuss the fall of the mainstream media. You may recall: There was a time when blogs were used ...
Upcoming Dialog shows
Thursday and Friday I'll be absent. In my place will be ... me ... from earlier this month and late last month. Thursday will feature my...
Reason program notes: Cerza, Mesi, Davis
Tomorrow morning on Reason, I'll have the Wing King Drew Cerza to discuss this weekend's WingFest at Dunn Tire Park at around 10:30 ...
WIVB: Body found was missing 12-year-old
From Channel 4's website: NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WIVB) - The Erie County Medical Examiners office has identified the remains of the female...
NC Dems to watch convention at Riviera
Dan Rivera, chairman of the Niagara County Democratic Party sent me a press release to tell me that the Dems have obtained the Riviera Theat...
Boyz N Da Hood ...
This is the video that I was trying to recall during Reason this morning.
Wilson ESPN video online
A listener was kind enough to send me the link to the ESPN video of the Wilson story. Here it is ...
Jim Kelly: Let's build in the Falls
Hall of Fame quarterback and future owner of the Buffalo Bills, Jim Kelly , apparently floated an idea in Toronto last week that hasn't ...
Mercenaries 2 - my new favorite commercal ...
Watching the Bills' game tonight. They've played this commercial a couple times. Very. On the negative side while watching the game,...
Slaughter to speak at convention
Elizabeth Benjamin of the NY Daily News writes: Two upstate New York congresswomen, Louise Slaughter (NY-28) and Kirs...
McCain ad: Obama should have picked Hillary
Does this logic indicate that McCain will be picking Huckabee? If not, doesn't that just open him up to being accused of playing a doubl...
Brewfest update: 3000 were there ...
According to Buffalo Rising , there were 3,000 people in attendance at yesterday's Brewfest. The post acknowledges that it was crowded, ...
Also funny: If they IM'd
Just because we now know the identity of Barack Obama's VP candidate, that doesn't negate the humor in this little number I found on...
Brewfest 2008: Contents under pressure
I had been looking forward to the Buffalo Brewfest for weeks. Thirty vendors. Over 100 beers. A whole bunch of people drinking beer. Can it...
My response to Biden: Yawn!
So I wake up this morning ... and immediately check my phone for my text from Barack Obama, announcing his Veep pick. I didn't have one ...
Front Pages for August 23, 2008
Normally I just put the front pages up and let you see for yourself, but I thought it interesting to point out the difference this morning b...
Bean snags call-center script ... calls it "push poll"
Fellow blogger and friend Matt Margolis, aka The Buffalo Bean, has gotten his hands on a script for a Jon Powers call center . The script as...
On Tap: Brewfest ...
I'm pretty jazzed about trekking out to HSBC Arena tomorrow to go to the Buffalo Brewfest 2008 . It's $25 to get in, which gives you...
I got my text ... it's Bigfoot!
But ABC's Jake Tapper says it's a hoax . Darn. To be honest, I'm surprised one of my friends didn't send me a hoax Obama tex...
Joe Mesi - one of Golisano's "chosen ones"
A blog on the other side of the state has announced that Joe Mesi will be one of the first politicians to recieve the official endorsement ...
Davis officially files as 3rd Party Candidate
Thanks to Buffalo Pundit for the tip on this. Jack Davis has filed with the State Board of Elections to run on his own minor party line. Da...
NYS Dems - falling apart?
The news from the last week in state government has been particularly poor for the Democratic Party. First there was Malcolm Smith getting c...
Reason Show Notes 082008
I start the show with an interview of Win McCormick. Below is a link to his book on Amazon ...
Weekly update ...
News, notes and necessities items of interest the week of August 18, 2008 an occasional update from me, Scott Leffler News: ...
Money problems? Cap your own spending!
As I write this, the state Assembly and Senate have been called back to Albany for a special session to try to trim $1 Billion from the stat...
An open letter to Don Postles ...
A friend tells me he heard Channel 4's Don Postles lamenting on WBEN over the weekend that no other radio station in WNY covers local ne...
ESPN.com features Wilson story ...
ESPN.com has the Wilson "hazing" (sexual assault) story on it's front page this afternoon. The story itself is a decent telli...
WIVB: Buffalo News downsizing
According to WIVB , the Buffalo News is offering buyouts to about 10 percent of it's workforce in an effort to reduce costs ... The news...
State senator threatens lobbyists ...
If it weren't for the fact that Fred Dicker wrote this story , I'd find it nearly impossible to believe. According to Dicker's s...
Disorderly conduct in the 26th
You may or may not have heard about the latest Jon Powers "scandal." This one involving a disorderly conduct ticket from the City ...
Pols continue attempt to ban everything ...
I've complained about Felix Ortiz before. He seems to want to outlaw everything in an attempt to make us "safe." Now, he's...
Hockey Night in Canada Schedule out
And so are the Sabres. Buffalo is 100% and completely missing from HNIC . Thanks to Bob Confer for the link.
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