Archive for February, 2010
Snowed In Wednesday Open Thread
Well, I guess we all should have plenty of time for blogging today since we’re snowed in. So, here is a fresh open thread for you to play in.
Ezra Klein on the Republicans’s health care reform ransom note:
Just screams “we would like to cooperate with you to reform the American health-care system,” doesn’t it? [...]
What, Exactly, Is Going On In Felton?
SOMEthing is, and it stinks of the Delaware Way.
You may have missed it, but Gov. Markell vetoed a Felton charter change yesterday. I’m not sure I can even recall the last time a governor vetoed a charter change, but it doesn’t happen every day. Or even during every administration.
But the vetoed change suggests an untold [...]
It Shouldn’t Matter, But I Bet It Will – Prop 8 Judge Outed
Via kos:
The biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, is himself gay.
Screams of outrage from the Right in five… four… three…
Never mind that Judge Walker was assigned the case at random. [...]
Mike Castle’s “Trash and Grab”
Rachel Maddow explains the “trash and grab” strategy of the Republican party. “Trash and grab” is the term that has been coined to describe the Republican habit of trashing the stimulus then taking credit for funds coming into their district. Mike Castle comes about 6:00 into the clip, and oh yeah, there’s a picture of Castle with a giant check.
10Feb2010 | Unstable Isotope | 16 comments | Continued
State of Emergency Declared in Delaware
Governor Markell has declared a state of emergency effective at midnight. There is also a driving ban for all non-essential personnel. Stay home and let the doctors, nurses, plows and cops do their work.
Updated Map after the jump…
10Feb2010 | liberalgeek | 18 comments | Continued
DADT Activist Recalled to Active Duty
In a sign that the Obama Administration is moving steadily and firmly in the direction of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Dan Choi, a member of the Army National Guard and Arabic translator, has been recalled to active duty. In 2009, Choi was released from active duty because of the DADT policy.
While it is a [...]
Ho Hum
FYI: It’s snowing… again.
Really cool time-lapsed video of snow piling up during the last storm!
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday, the day before our next winter storm if the forecasters are to be believed. Tomorrow we all may be digging out our cars again and hopefully we’ll all have electricity this time. So let’s get this open thread rolling.
Greg Sargent at Plumline notices that the new media landscape – Fox as [...]
Murtha the Victim of Medical Malpractice
Now, our doctors in this country are well trained and heroic. But they also make mistakes. Indeed, if a doctor at the BETHESDA NAVAL STATION can make a mistake DURING A SURGERY ON A PREEMIMENT CONGRESSMAN, what are the chances that doctors across the land make mistakes of this magnitude every day on regular people like you and me?
9Feb2010 | Delaware Dem | 14 comments | Continued
Democrats To Force Vote On GOP Budget Plan
Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan presented the alternate Republican budget plan. It included privatization of Social Security and Medicare vouchers and would supposedly close the U.S. debt in 50 years. Republican leaders were fairly ambivalent about the budget since they spent all summer saying “we love Medicare.”
Democratic leaders are introducing a resolution to [...]
Late Night Video — Rahm Emmanuel Apologizes
The SNL version of Rahm Emmanue apologies, that is. This is likely NSFW, but strikes me as old school SNL — taking a famous person’s weaknesses, making them funny and using that the comment on a bigger picture. There is likely no chance that they could maintain this sharpness as a regular feature, but I liked this.
8Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
Answering Their Questions in Bullet Time
You know that there was some discussion of President Obama doing another version of Question Time with the Republican Senate Caucus. The response?
8Feb2010 | cassandra_m | Comments Off | Continued
Breaking: NJ Fire in Progress/ Fire Over!
This comes to us via an anonymous tip, and seems to be confirmed on Twitter.
Not sure yet of any details, except it looks like people have left the building.
Picture of fire truck at the building.
Picture of ladder on the roof.
Hoping everyone is OK. Updates as we get them.
Well that was fast — [...]
Ask Dr. Liberal: Coons is in the Club Edition
Dear Doctor Liberal,
Do you think Chris Coons has the guts to really go after Castle? I view Castle as the incumbent in this race and they say to beat an incumbent you need to make the race a referendum on the person. Can Coons do that?
Sparky
8Feb2010 | liberalgeek | 9 comments | Continued
The Running of the Hypocrites
Which is really the only name you can give the Federal government’s budget season opened by the release of President Obama’s budget blueprint last Tuesday. The plan calls for letting the BushCo tax cuts expire (except for people making less than $250K), eliminating the tax subsidies for the oil and gas industry, raising taxes on hedge fund managers; and it calls for investments in public education and college, domestic energy production, the beginning of a fund to finance health care for the uninsured. It is a pretty strong plan (I do have some reservations about some of the energy initiatives) that begins to retilt the playing field back towards the middle class.
8Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 8 comments | Continued
Monday Open Thread
It’s post Snowgasm Monday. How many of you are at work? I had to brave the roads today. Well, let’s open this thread. What’s on your mind?
Will NY governor David Paterson be Spitzered? The hot rumor out there is that the New York Times has a very damaging story about [...]
When The Punishment Doesn’t Fit The Crime, Or… It’s The Over-Reaction, Stupid
Doodling on a school desk is wrong. Hauling a 12 year old girl out of school in handcuffs for doodling her name on her desk in erasable marker is worse.
Alexa Gonzalez was scribbling a few words on her desk Monday while waiting for her Spanish teacher to pass out homework at Junior High School 190 [...]
8Feb2010 | pandora | 7 comments | Continued
Misogyny Bowl 2010
Sometimes the best part of the Superbowl is the commercials. Advertisers go out of their way to feature their funniest and cleverest commercials during the year’s most-watched football game. This year, a theme emerged from the commercials: how much women suck.
Example #1: FloTV ad
Example #2: Dove for Men ad
Women are roughly about 50% [...]
8Feb2010 | Unstable Isotope | 19 comments | Continued
Obama To Hold Televised Health Care Summit
I think the Obama administration has learned an important lesson from the success of question time – Obama is the best salesman of Democratic ideas. We can’t rely on the news media to inform people anymore and question time allowed him to bypass the talking heads and talk straight to the American people. [...]
8Feb2010 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Super Bowl Snack Stadium and Pre-Game Thread
As always, the spectacle surrounding the Super Bowl is often way more fun than the event itself and in that spirit, I give you:
The Super Bowl Snack Stadium
7Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 5 comments | Continued
Palin Bows Before Rush
Sometimes, every once in a while, Sarah Palin will do something that I agree with. Usually it has to do with defending her family. I thought she was right to defend her daughter after Letterman’s failed joke. I also thought she was right to criticize Rahm Emmanuel for calling liberal “retarded.” [...]
7Feb2010 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
Did Sarah Palin Write Crib Notes On Her Hand?
This seems almost too funny to be true.
Via kos:
AP photo showing words written on her palm.
Zoomed in shot of Palin’s hand – Energy, Budget Cut Tax, Lift America Spirit?
Someone please tell me this was photo-shopped. But given this video, shot during question and answer time, it would appear not.
She’s so smoooth. Funny and scary at [...]
Governor Markell Surveys the Political Landscape on CBS News
…and pretty much owns this interviewer. He talks about the Coons-Castle race at about the 5 minute mark and says nice things. The Gov is quite good at this kind of thing, I think — he needs a better questioner than this reporter tho. If you hang until the end, there is [...]
6Feb2010 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
This. Is. Awesome.
The Great DC Snowball Fight at DuPont Circle. Damn, I wish I was there. We did this on the Ellipse back when I was a student at GW. Click through for the video.
6Feb2010 | Delaware Dem | 2 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
