Well, tonight is the last dinner party of the year! I decided to post this to see what, if anything, anyone is serving on the eve of our new year.

Our menu is quite lovely:

First Course: Lobster and Crab chowder

Second Course: Orange Roughy in a Citrus Sauce, Rice Pilaf, and green beans sauteed in olive oil, red onions and a touch of balsamic

Third Course: Chocolate layered cake (milk chocolate mousse filling) served with Toasted Hazelnut Gelato (will have a ribbon of chocolate)

Toasting Champagne: NV Diebolt-Vallois Blanc de blanc

Yum!!! I can’t wait! This is definitely a lovely way to bring in the new year with our friends!

Well wishes to you and yours in 2007!! Oh, and let us know what you’re making!!!

Posted by Justin in Food and recipes at 1:28 PM PST

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Wanna buy a replica of the noose used to hang Saddam Hussein?

Click here!

Posted by Mike Matthews in Dumb stuff at 6:41 PM PST

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Though I don’t really give two fucks whether Saddam lives or dies, I do know one thing: That hellhole was a better place with him than without him. I’ll put down $1000 plus interest that that country won’t get it together in the next half-century. Saddam was a brutal motherfucker who at least knew how to keep his pathetic country straight.

They should put him back in power and give him a medal for doing what needed to be done with those fucking fanatics! There’s always Rep. John Atkins, whos foray into pro-spanking legislation may just earn him a welcome spot in Iraq.
And George Bush can burn in hell, by the way! Send that bitch to the gallows!

Update: A sensible, right-leaning moderate chimes in:

Finally, even though I know he is guilty, and deserves to die, I still can not help but look at the pictures of the gallows and get a chill. There is something so final, so irreversible, so barbaric and primitive about capital punishment (in particular, hanging) that I still can not embrace it, even for scum like Hussein. Advocates of capital punishment will tell you that the finality and the barbaric aspect of the act are features, not bugs.

Update II: I suppose I should shield myself. Yes, I know Clinton lied as well when he claimed Saddam had WMD. I know the Democrats authorized war and many of them claimed he had WMD. For fairness’ sake, I believe most of them should be hanged, too! Not so much because they voted for the war but because most of them are colossal wastes of space. The only difference between Clinton’s lying about WMD and Bush’s lying about WMD is that Bush came to office with a perfect team of neo-cons that had been preparing the lie for a decade that would ultimately lead to this disastrous war.

Update III: Apparently, Saddam is dead. Most interesting is that the news stations are playing file footage of Saddam during his more promising days as brutal dictator. The footage is of him partying with friends and shooting guns in the air. You know…the basic dictator stuff. I’m thinking on file video the major “liberal media” outlets should be playing is that video of Donald Rumsfeld shaking Hussein’s hand. I don’t see that happening, though.

Posted by Mike Matthews in Common Sense at 6:30 PM PST

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Rep. John Atkins — he of the 41st Representative District — has found himself in more trouble generated over one fateful night out than most people will be afforded in a lifetime. As has been reported in just about every media outlet in Delaware, Atkins and his wife Heather were involved in some awesomely scandalous affairs back in October. The story only gets thicker.

After having an enjoyable night out at at a Halloween party (word has it that Rep. Atkins’ wife showed up in a police-officer-porn-star costume!) at that ultimate Ocean City den of debauchery — Seacrets — Atkins and his wife got in their vehicle and headed north to their home in Millsboro. Drunk, of course. Never mind that my sources tell me Atkins and his wife had already been fighting in the parking lot at Seacrets and required some security contact. Now they were pulled out of the parking lot. They were pulled over for speeding by the Ocean City Police Department and the hard copy of that report was made public by yours truly. Of course the story revolving around Atkins’ use of his state representative license plate and ID as a means to diffuse the situation is well documented. As the police report shows, Atkins claimed he would have two friends pick him and his wife up because he both of them were completely fucked up and unable to drive. Atkins blew a .14 and his wife a .16.

The two friends show up, Atkins and his wife get into the friend’s truck and the other friend drives their car. The story gets even better, though, because this lovable foursome then headed to another local bar — this time to the drunk’s paradise Smitty McGee’s.

Of course, to be continued…!

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 9:25 PM PST

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Coming soon…(really) further adventures of Rep. John Atkins and that as-promised look at Beau Biden’s political future! Patience, my children!

Update (12:05 am): Sorry. I promise an update tonight. I had a wonderful dinner at Harry’s Savoy (prime rib…medium rare!) and then a birthday party to go to. I’m just getting home. I’ve now got THREE sources willing to dish some dirt on Rep. Atkins. It keeps getting thicker and thicker…more later today…promise!

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 11:35 AM PST

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Ryan Cormier is one of a handful of respectable journalists at The News Journal. Victor Greto and my old editor, Jill Fredel, are “good people,” too. Ryan’s just got a cool, I-don’t-give-a-fuck-attitude that seems to be missing from the MSM (holla, conservatives!) these days.

And that’s why he interviewed me for his piece on YouTube. Check out Nancy Willing’s Delaware Way — I actually didn’t know the story was going to print today, but I checked her blog earlier and she had the scoop along with a totally sexy picture of your hot host MM.

Nancy’s also got a pretty nifty and concise photo review of 2006 (included is a hot pic involving Sen. Biden and Christine O’Donnell!) and has even provided a link to some totally scandalous and awesome pics of what got Miss Nevada into some trouble.

Happy holidays to all of you — and go pick up a paper and check out the article in which I discuss YouTube. It starts on page A1!

Posted by Mike Matthews in Friends at 3:28 PM PST

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Joyeaux Noel, Buon Natale, Kurisumasu Omedeto, Feliz Navidad. Nollaig Shona Dhuit. Mele Kalikimaka. Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men.

Since it is Christmas, I thought we might give the politics a short rest. Time enough tomorrow to follow the exploits of the rogues gallery of wife beaters and theives, alcoholics and blood money opportunists that masquerade as our current crop of public servants. Today is a day to enjoy the good things in life: Friends, Family, and Mikey’s new phone. Christmas lights and candles, good food, good conversation, beautiful music, Bailey’s Irish Cream and the drunken ramblings of seldom-seen friends. New pajamas. A digital camera. Simple relief that the office parties are now over, the shopping has ceased, and you finally get a minute to breathe.

One of the Christmas stories in my family, is originally from my grandparent’s parents, Rosa and Pasquale of Abruzzi, Italy. This story draws its origins from the agrarian culture the Abruzzese still practice, in their beautiful hills by the sea. Beginning on Christmas Eve morning, all the animals are fed and watered well, groomed, petted and given treats in preparation for midnight, when they recieved the greatest gift. Since the animals were the primary witness to Jesus’ birth, when the Holy Spirit came, he gave them the gift of tongues, temporarily, in typical mysterious Holy Ghost fashion. Which makes Christmas Eve, the Night the Animals Talk. Easy comparisons to DWA aside, I find this a charming story, and have fed and watered my animals well, so that when they talk amongst themselves, they have nice things to say about me.

I’m having seven fishes for dinner. Whatever you do today, I hope it is done with people you love, that you enjoy it, and that we can all just get along. Peace. Merry Christmas.

Posted by Susan in General at 11:28 AM PST

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With apologies to Jason for stealing his prolific feature, I present to you this comment rescued from someone who joined the fun a bit too late in commenting on Ron Williams’ recent column discussing Rep. John Atkins’ wife-beating, sloshed-as-a-muthafucka-incident. The comment:

Tom Carper got away with beating his first wife because he was a Democrat.

Discuss?

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 6:20 PM PST

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If you try to reach me on my cell, you’ll get to meet my sister. Long story short: I got a new phone online. Yes. It’s the one I was saving up for so I can make DWA totally portable! The phone shipped today, so that means my line was transferred to the new phone. As of about 1 pm this afternoon my phone no longer works. I contacted Cingular and had them forward all my calls to my sister’s phone.

So, if you need to call me, youi’ll get my sister. Depending on her mood, she may or may not give me the message. Best way to get in touch with me is via email.

Happy holidays, heathens.

Posted by Mike Matthews in Personal at 4:17 PM PST

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I like to contact individuals before I outright call them on their bullshit. Rep. Wayne Smith is one of my reliable contacts for debunking information about himself (does that make sense?). As there seems to be many people out to get him (and, I’m sure some people have good reason), I have been extremely cautious in printing things about Rep. Smith because they seem so circumstantial. I sent an email on Dec. 20 to Rep. Smith regarding the wifebeater-drunk’s debacle. He generally gets back to me — literally — in a few hours. Here’s the email:

Hey, how you doing? My readers want to know if you’ll be investgating Atkins at all. In fact, I’ve received more than half-a-dozen emails from people wondering if you’ll do something. One great quote from an email:

“Atkins is to Wayne Smith as Mark Foley was to Dennis Hastert.”

Too funny! Do share the dirt!

I’ve yet to receive a reply. Where you at Rep. Smith? I know you’re one of those Christian types and you’ve got a big celebration coming up, but how about sharing some love with your buddy Mike Matthews and offer me a reply? Perhaps Rep. Smith is having dinner with nutball Dan Gaffney?

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 5:56 PM PST

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As if on command, everyone’s favorite elitist state magazine has profiled 10 local blogs in its January 2007 issue. Of course, there are many elitist magazines in the state, but the one I speak of today is Delaware Today, which has done a pretty damn good job of including a balanced round-up of some popular blogs (Of course, Jason is right…are Delaware’s Business Blog and Tom Carper piece-of-shit blog really that widely read?) Anyhow, here’s my write-up:

Down with Absolutes!

Bloggers: A rogue’s gallery of cranky Delawareans, though Wilmington’s Mike Matthews handles the bulk.

Subject matter: Politics, miscellaneous

Description: DWA deconstructs politics and delivers it with the tact of a sledgehammer. The language may border on PG-13, but these guys rarely miss the mark.

Recent excerpt: “Maybe you all in the 1st Senate District should have voted for Les Hendrix. ‘Cause that mofo’s done more for the beauty of the East and Northsides than any [blank] representing that district has EVER done before!”

Of course I always enjoy getting my huge ass licked and my giant ego stroked, but I’m a bit disappointed DT has simply classified me as “border[ing] on PG-13.” Bitches better recognize this shit’s pushing X! Either way, they know how to properly give respect to the best independent citizen journalists in the state. And I’m not speaking of myself.

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 6:43 PM PST

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Dan Gaffney: What a hack! Gaffney is up to his old sensationalist tricks again. And it’s all involving State Rep. John Atkins — the same John Atkins who’s been covered ad nauseum on this blog, lots of others and via a column by Ron Williams in today’s News Journal. Apparently, this mess is so convoluted that I’ve literally received nearly four dozen tips, rumors, and other gossip in the last five days. It’s simply too much to catalog!

However, one stunning constant is the fact that Dan Gaffney is a douche. Though he may deny it, I continue to hear that there was some prayer circle prior to Atkins’ appearance on his radio show. Dan may be correct in stating it didn’t happen before the radio show, however, it still happened. I’m not mocking prayer. I’m mocking his silly, stupid prayer “circle.” Jordan Warfel can come in with his silliness to defend prayer, but everyone knows that shit don’t work! I’ve been praying for my fat ass to go away for years and the only thing — for me — that works is eating less and working my ass out at the gym! Prayer has FAILED me!

Anyhow, the latest word I’m getting is that House Majority Leader Wayne Smith is failing to initiate an investigation on John Atkins. In fact, one of my sources has hilariously analogized: “John Atkins is to Wayne Smith as Mark Foley is to Dennis Hastert!” Too…too rich!

In the end, Dan Gaffney is still a douchebag who is actually owed a HUGE thank you! A big thank you for helping reveal Rep. John Atkins for the amazingly foolish and entertaining ass he is! For helping to reveal another dishonest politician in this disgustingly decadent state!

So, Rep. John Atkins and his wife blew the blow test. Dan Gaffney, rather, just blows! But I still love the Ken-doll-looking moron!

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 10:24 PM PST

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Update: The Lady O’Donnell today informed me she was featured on Entertainment Tonight, ummm, tonight! She spoke of this wretched controversy, of course. Again, I’m scouring for a clip, so I’ll put it up if I can find it.

Christine O’Donnell is a lovely woman. Totally lovely. So lovely that I commented several months ago: “Wow. I bet she would have made a great Miss America 15 years ago.” Well, not really, but that anecdote does introduce this story quite nicely. You see, the Lady O’Donnell was back to her old tricks today! She was on FOX News’ show with Neil Cavuto to talk about the controversy surrounding Miss USA. Turns out young women like to drink from time to time. Problem is, homegirl only turned 21 this week.

The Lady O’Donnell went on one of her deliciously fantastic moral tirades on Cavuto’s show. I’ve been unable to find a clip thus far, but I do have the Lady O’Donnell’s official statement on this matter. This was sent to me by her and I’m guessing she won’t mind me reprinting it:

My first thought is … would he have done the same thing if it were a man?

Trump is thinking with the wrong side of his brain.

If a Miss USA gets pregnant and does not have an abortion, she must step down. So let me get this straight; snorting cocaine, making out with underage girls, and underage drinking is exceptable behavior for Miss USA, but getting pregnant is not?

By not firing Miss USA, Trump is condoning illegal drinking and cocaine use. He is actually contributing to the problem of underage drinking and all the problems that arise from it … teen-age pregnancy, drug use, date rape, promiscuity. The public should hold Trump’s feet to the fire.

I am all about second chances … when someone is repentant! Miss USA is only sorry because she got caught. She needs tough love, not a second chance. This sends the wrong message to young women around the world.

Trump is in a powerful position of influence to make some positive changes. He messed up here, and it will harm young women. Where is his conscience?!

Would he allow this if it were MISTER. USA?
God bless,

Christine O’Donnell

PS: Merry Christmas!!

God I love her. I mean…Lord Jesus…I really love her. She is just so wickedly to-the-point and spins nothing — even if it’s completely inane! Though I can’t find the FOX News clip, please gorge on the following WGMD Podcasts featuring the effervescent Lady O’Donnell guest-hosting “The Jared Morris Debacle Show” on Saturday. These clips were obviously posted at my request because no one besides me, Gaffney, and a few Sussex retards listen to that station. But Christine’s got some broadcasting talent. And, unlike Gaffney and Morris, she’s got a face made for TV.

Click here for part 1.

Click here for part 2.

And for all of you kind folk with a sense of humor or need for some good music, I present to you one of David Byrne’s BEST songs. Appropriately titled Miss America (right click, save as). It’s more a social commentary on America, but I think it’s the right kind of dirty that Lady O’Donnell can appreciate. Lyrics:

I love America,
Her secret’s safe with me!
And I know her wicked ways
The parts you’ll never see.

Oh Supergirl, you’ll be my Supermodel
Although you have a reputation.
Can I afford to move above my station?
I’m not the only heart you’ve conquered.

I love America,
But boy can she be cruel.
And I know how tall she is
Without her platform shoes.

Oh Supergirl, you’ll be my Supermodel
Although at times it might seem awkward.
Don’t run away, oh don’t you recognize me?
I’m not the only heart you’ve conquered.

I kissed America,
When she was fleecing me.
And she knows I understand
That she needs to be free.

I miss America,
And sometimes she does too.
And sometimes I think of her
When she is fucking you.

(I love America,
Siempre Confiado en ti
I love America,
Porque me trates asi?)

Oh Supergirl, you’ll be my Supermodel
Although your pants are around your ankles.
And when you’re done, I’ll be your Dirty Harry.
It will be just like in the movies.

Oh Supergirl, you’ll be my Supermodel
Although at time it might seem awkward.
Don’t look away, I’ll be your teenage fanclub.
I’m not the only heart you’ve conquered.

Posted by Mike Matthews in First State Filth at 8:08 PM PST

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Xerox has set up a website — www.letssaythanks.com — with art from elementary-aged children around the country and turned them into cards. Even though I think the war is bullshit, our soldiers have no choice but to follow their Commander in Chief, and Xerox will send the card you select to a soldier for free — you don’t get to send the card to a specific soldier, though. There are only a few designs, but they’re quite lovely coming from these kids. Anyway, just thought I’d share.

Send them a card, honay!!

Posted by Justin in General at 3:02 PM PST

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Christine O’Donnell post removed temporarily. I was adjusting some of the formatting and it all got screwed up. Be back by tonight.

Posted by Mike Matthews in General at 1:02 PM PST

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