Archive for May 8th, 2009
Nah nah nah nah. Hey Hey Hey. Goodbye.
From VetVoice: CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty has gone off the deep end, or at least he thinks American Soldiers have. Check out this quote from Feherty in the April issue of D Magazine: [I]f you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator […]
An Unstable Isotope PSA
With apologies to Donviti… I’m interrupting your normal blogging to bring you an important message: The new Star Trek movie was Teh Awesome! You must go and see it! What are you waiting for? Also, the guys who played Bones and Nero were hot! You may now resume your normal blogging.
And The Run on Sports Betting (and Other Gambling) Begins
Revenues are brutally insufficient everyplace, and multiple other states are taking a hard look at sports betting (via Stateline.org) to add to their coffers without raising taxes too: […]In New Jersey, state Rep. Ray Lesniak (D) is part of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a 1992 federal law that essentially bans sports betting except for […]
Disillusioned
I recently saw a huge Markell supporter who is also a State employee. I asked him how he was feeling these days. “Disillusioned” was his response. It seemed to me that he wanted to really rip into the Governor, but that he still had residual goodwill from the election that kept him from screaming. I […]
Maybe A Ouija Board Would Help?
Mormon’s explain why baptizing the dead is okay. The practice is rooted in the belief that certain sacred sacraments, such as baptism, are required to enter the kingdom of heaven and that a just God will give everyone who ever lived a fair opportunity to receive them, whether in this life or the next. Church […]
Take a Look at Expensive Photo Ops
One of the photos from the useless and expensive Presidential photo op. How much was that supposed to have cost?
Are you sitting down?
You should, because I’m sure if you read this you’d be shocked! The U.S. government is pouring billions into General Motors in hopes of reviving the domestic economy, but when the automaker completes its restructuring plan, many of the company’s new jobs will be filled by workers overseas. According to an outline the company has […]
Cape Henlopen School Board Race News Update and Request for Volunteers
The Cape Henlopen School Board election is 5 days away and Meyer Persow is working hard and campaigning like crazy for the At-Large seat. His work has been paying off — he had an impressive performance in this week’s debates; has been out and about meeting voters; he’s been endorsed by the Victory Fund and […]
Brandywine School District Elections May 12th
I’m sure many of you have seen the signs peppered up and down Shipley and Foulk Rd among other places. I reached out to both candidates via email Wednesday evening in the hopes that some very basic questions would be answered. I have not heard back from either candidate. Below are the questions I submitted […]
Writing Checks
At some point you have to ask yourself if you’ve had enough. At what point in life do you stop questioning everything. At some point you succumb. You bend over, clench and say ok. When does that happen for me? It hasn’t yet and I’m beginning to wonder if I’m ever going to be able […]
Breakin’ Up Is Hard To Do
Another sad day for the GOP. “Joe” the “Plumber” says he is leaving the GOP. Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he’s so outraged by GOP overspending, he’s quitting the party He’s just noticing this now? Anyhoo, I know the GOP will miss this man of great intellectual heft: But he […]
Sports Betting Bill Passes: Fascinating Story Superbly Reported by Ginger Gibson
For someone who has not been in Legislative Hall for very long, the News-Journal’s Ginger Gibson perfectly captured the sometimes surreal picture of what goes on there in today’s superb blow-by-blow account of the passage of the sports betting bill. The endlessly-ringing bells that never summon anyone to the chamber, the late-night pizza pigout, the […]
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