Archive for May, 2009

Don’t Let Your Children Become Lawyers…

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I have been in court all week, hence my lack of posts here, and thus the lack of Around the Horn Friday on Friday. Luckily, it was a slow week, what with the Memorial Day Holiday. So next Friday, I will post an extra large Around the Horn Friday for your reading pleasure. For those […]

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What am I listening to?

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A well-known activist—an anarchic, revolutionary activist—is accused of spying on other activists for the FBI. The strangest thing about the rumor is, it’s true. How Brandon Darby transformed from cop-hater to federal witness. Also…Madison Winn. Accused of being a communist.

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My New Favorite Wine

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My New Favorite Wine

This stuff is the bomb. Riondo Prosecco Spago Nero You can take that to the bank.

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Evening Video: The Cougar

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If you’ve never seen Sarah Haskins, you’re in for a treat.

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Steele Declares Viriginia Is For Republicans

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Grandmaster Steele is predicting a Republican win in the Virginia Gubernatorial Race in November 2010: I would like to congratulate Bob McDonnell for being selected by Virginia Republicans today as their candidate for governor. It is going to be a tough fight, but we are well positioned for victory in November. Given Steele’s inability to […]

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This Space Intentionally Left Blank

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Republicans, fight among yourselves. First, we have Newt Gingrich tweeting from Auschwitz that Sotomayor is a racist. And former Congressman Tom Tancredo doubles down by calling La Raza equivalent to the KKK. Senator John Cornyn is obviously worried about the perception that the war on Sotomayor will take down the entire Republican party, saying this: […]

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Nemski’s Music For the Masses: A Mixtape

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I’m no Nick Hornby but his affections for football, music and literature are ones that I hold as well. In Hornby’s book High Fidelity, he writes about the art of the mixtape: To me, making a tape is like writing a letter — there’s a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again. A good […]

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Delaware in the spotlight

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oh boy where are they going to run now: This is from a NY Times piece that is also now featured on Huffingtonpost Wall Street, Sand Hill Road, LaSalle Street: Some corporate addresses scream money. Then there is North Orange Street, which whispers it. North Orange, a ho-hum thoroughfare in Wilmington, Del., is, on paper, […]

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‘Bulo Went to a Memorial Service…and the Veep Showed Up

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Talk about your ‘Only in Delaware’ moments!  The Beast Who Slumbers attended a memorial service at the Arden Gild Hall today for Robert Cunningham. Bob was a true progressive, fiercely committed to civil rights long before there was a civil rights movement, and fiercely loyal to Joe Biden and to his family. He was also one […]

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G. Gordon Liddy Is A Pig

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In the pig’s own words… Let’s hope that the key conferences aren’t when she’s (Sotomayor) menstruating or something, or just before she’s going to menstruate. That would really be bad. Lord knows what we would get then. h/t Von Cracker What a disgusting PIG.

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Question of the Day

Filed in Delaware by on May 29, 2009 6 Comments

What do Markell, KWS and Beau Biden have in common?

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Fundraising Misses Goal

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Fundraising Misses Goal

The goal to buy Tom Carper’s vote fell short of goals. See that tiny spec of red at the bottom? (I didn’t think so.)

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Cool Web Tool To Help Pass HB5

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Paul S Baumbach and friends developed this cool web tool a to help DE citizens find their senator’s name and number, so that they can call them directly and ask for their support on getting House Bill 5 (GLBT protections) onto the Senate floor. Click Here ->http://dehb5.heroku.com, enter your address or nine-digit zip, and you’ll […]

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