Archive for March, 2010
A Blog That Combines Literature And Politics
Correct grammar, rich language and content? What’s the blogging world coming to? Broken Turtle Literature and Politics from a microcosm called Delaware. Here all the multifaceted players across the great capitalist contradiction are reduced to a few actors: a handful of banking and chemical oligarchs squatting in châteaux, a stable of artists downwind who either […]
Morning Funny — New RNC Logo
Courtesy of the indispensable Crooks and Liars (via the Delawareliberal twitter feed):
Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 30
Better late than never. No, no, not the post-game show from last Thursday’s session, but House Resolution 38, introduced and passed Thursday (March 25), “PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 21-27, 2010 AS FOOD CHECK-OUT WEEK IN DELAWARE.” Memo to Rep. Pam Thornburg: If you’re gonna do a resolution like this, it might be more effective to do it […]
A Little Perspective, Please
I don’t know how closely you’ve been following the developments in the pedophilia scandal surrounding the Catholic Church lately. He’s facing charges that he not only ignored the problem, but also personally intervened to stop the canonical trial of a Wisconsin priest accused of molesting 200 deaf boys. Obviously the pope is under a lot […]
DE GOP is on the comeback trail?
Apparently not if the new voter registration numbers are to be believed. As with the registration figures during the 2006 and 2008 election cycles, the Democratic Party enjoys not only increasing number of state citizens, but also an increasing disparity between itself and the supposedly reinvigorated DE GOP.
So This Is What They Meant by Bipartisan
We all know that Republicans have been going on about how much they want to work in a bipartisan way with Democrats, but we always figured they were doing it with their fingers crossed behind their backs. It turns out, though, that we were wrong — Republicans really do want bipartisanship. Yesterday, on FOX News […]
Two More Casinos
That is going to be the proposal from Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf in an amendment to House Bill 194 that he is filing today for debate on Thursday. This is the entirety of the Press Release from the Delaware House of Representatives House Majority Caucus:
I’ve Just Met the New State Senator from the 5th District–I Think
Some of you will recall that #2 on my list of Most Vulnerable Delaware Republicans is/was State Sen. Cathy Cloutier. For those of you who missed my Magnum Opus on this race, or who just want to relive the snark, here is my analysis. That seat is far more vulnerable today as the Democrats have […]
Monday Open Thread
Welcome to a dreary Monday open thread. What can we do to brighten your day? Perhaps an open thread will work? For some reason, CBS invited lunatic Rep. Michele Bachmann on Face the Nation and she was as fact-free as ever. Bachmann, who is by most measures stark raving mad, didn’t disappoint. Given the national […]
BREAKING NOW: Delaware Awarded Race To The Top Funding
It’s just been announced – Delaware and Tennessee are the first awardees of the Department of Education’s “Race To The Top” Grant. Update: The New York Times has a story up now. There’s not much more detail on how much the grant is and what it’s going to be used for. Delaware and Tennessee beat […]
GOP Donors Are Suckers
If Republican donors were mad about the Palin family clothes grab on donor’s dimes, I wonder how they’ll feel about this: The Daily Caller examines the Republican National Committee’s FEC filings, and discovers a few things that are not likely to go over well with GOP donors. Such as: Once on the ground, FEC filings […]
In Which We Find the Local GOP Bamboozling Again About Budget Discipline
Today’s installment of GOP bamboozlement comes via the News Journal, where they are now trying to convince people that they want to constrain government spending. You should read the whole thing, but I’m not so sure who this convinces:
FBI Raid On Militia Group
The FBI conducted a raid on a Christian militia group called Hutaree. Sources have said the FBI was in the second day of raids around the southeastern Michigan city of Adrian that are connected to a militia group, known as the Hutaree, an Adrian-based group whose members describe themselves as Christian soldiers preparing for the […]
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