Archive for April, 2010
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s time again for our daily weekday ritual, the open thread. I hope you have plenty to talk about.
The perception of the U.S. in world has risen sharply again, for the second year in a row:
For the first time since the annual poll began in 2005, America’s influence in the world is now seen [...]
Legislative Pre-Game Show Plus Rant: Tuesday, April 20, 2010
OK, folks, it’s rant time. The obligatory and halfhearted hearing into the Insurance Commissioner’s office can only be described as pathetic.
Based on published reports and what was reported at DL, there appeared to have been next-to-no preparation by the respective committee members. Little in the way of followup questions. And the weak post-hearing handwringing that [...]
Frivolous HCR Lawsuits Hurts Florida AG’s Poll Numbers
The race to replace Florida governor Charlie Crist had been seen as a likely Republican retention. Florida Attorney General Republican Bill McCollum (of Clinton impeachment manager fame) is running against Florida Chief Financial Officer Democrat Alex Sink. McCollum had a comfortable lead and much higher name recognition.
McCollum, along with Attorneys General from other [...]
Dirty Tricks In The Treasurer Race?
I received an email from the Flowers for Treasurer campaign about some possible dirty tricks. The Flowers campaign was getting word from voters that they were receiving late night, early morning and generally annoying phone calls purported to be from his campaign.
Hopefully, each of you saw the Dialogue Delaware story in Sunday’s News Journal [...]
Another Loss for the Civil Rights Community
Another leader in the fight for equality, Dr. Dorothy Height, died this morning.
Dr. Height was a towering figure in the fight for civil rights. She not only led the fight for justice in the Black community, but she was also a strong supporter of equality for the gay and lesbian community. I had [...]
Is Karl Rove Setting Up a “Shadow RNC”?
This story has apparently been bouncing around for a few weeks, but has just recently come to my attention. It’s no secret that many old guard, big money Republicans have been less than thrilled with the leadership ability shown by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele. And while many big donors have been avoiding or [...]
19Apr2010 | Scott P | 5 comments | Continued
Chris Coons’ Senate Announcement Events — Live Reports
So today is the day and Chris is making the traditional 3 county announcement today, ending up at a celebration event in Wilmington.
Have you been to any events? If so, tell us about what you saw and who was there and what you think about this pending race in the comments below.
Monday Open Thread
Welcome to your Monday open thread. Are you ready for the week to start? My weekend, once again, felt extremely short. Has someone been messing with my clock?
Editing fail!
An Australian publisher is reprinting 7,000 cookbooks over a recipe for pasta with “salt and freshly ground black people.”
Penguin Group Australia’s head of [...]
Volunteers Needed This Weekend
As you may have heard, this week has been declared a week of service here in Delaware and it is National Volunteerism Week. In that spirit, Delaware Liberal has volunteered to help out a regional charity, Rebuilding Philadelphia, with a project for them this Saturday. This is how the project was presented to us:
This [...]
Why Are We Talking About Tiger Woods But Not Ben Roethlisberger?
After looking at the release of the police report, I don’t understand why Ben Roethlisberger was not charged with rape.
In one of two handwritten police statements, the woman recalled that she told Roethlisberger, “No, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without saying [...]
Republicans’ False Populism
Republicans have been pretty shameless in their attempts to exploit the financial crisis for electoral gain. Even though the bailouts were done under Bush, they’ve managed to pretend it was all Obama’s fault. Now Republicans have been pretty shamelessly pushing talking points that the new financial regulation bill will create more taxpayer bailouts [...]
19Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Chris Coons Kicks Off His Campaign
After spending the first two months since his announcement proving that he can certainly raise money, Chris Coons is officially ready to click off his campaign this Monday 19 April 2010. From an announcement in my in-box from the campaign:
Our Sussex County event will be at 10 a.m. on the boardwalk in Rehoboth.
Our Kent [...]
Too Good for Their Own Taxes
That could be the alternate title of Celia Cohen’s latest soft shoe — this time around Senator Colin Bonini’s past tax issues with the IRS. His tax issues resulted in a lien on his house for a short time.
18Apr2010 | cassandra_m | 17 comments | Continued
City of Wilmington to Live Stream City Council Meetings
I was at City Council last Thursday where Bud Freel brought up an ordnance (pdf) that would allow the City to sign a contract with a firm that would take he video recorded by WITN of Council Meetings and live stream them over the internet.
18Apr2010 | cassandra_m | 7 comments | Continued
Gandhi Tea Party Quote Campaign FAIL
Teabaggers claim that Gandhi said, “First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” Too bad he never did. It was actually said by a progressive rep of a labor union fighting for “social unionism.”
17Apr2010 | Rob Tornoe | 13 comments | Continued
Weekend Open Thread
I hope everyone is having a beautiful spring weekend! You shouldn’t be inside looking at your computer, but if you are here’s an open thread to play in.
Hooray for sanity in Arkansas!
Circuit Judge Chris Piazza ruled today that Act 1, an initiated act approved by voters in 2008 that bans any unmarried person living with [...]
42 Grows To 1,000s Of Web Cam Images In The Lower Merion School District Case
When this story first broke (background here) the School District was adamant about the number of times they activated the web cam. Once would have been one time too many for me, but they kept repeating the number 42.
District spokesman Doug Young acknowledged yesterday that officials had remotely activated computer webcams 42 times, but only [...]
Gannett Lays Off Workers and Profits Soar? Great Success!
Newspapers aren’t dying; they’re committing seppuku. And it’s their corporate owners who are sharpening their swords. Just ask anyone at the News Journal.
16Apr2010 | Rob Tornoe | 18 comments | Continued
Teabagger Calls for Killing Liberals
They are who we always thought them to be:
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Another Backwards B Moment?
First, let me say that what happened to a fundraiser for Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) and her boyfriend at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference last weekend was horrible. These people were brutally attacked and sustained serious injuries. Plain wrong and inexcusable.
What’s also inexcusable…
Since then the story has been making the rounds of the right-wing interwebs. [...]
When Talking Points Strike Back
Remember how, not long ago, Republicans were saying how bad the health care reform bill was because it was created through “backroom deals”? And remember how a lot of smart people pointed out that, um, that’s how all legislation is made? And that quite possibly, far from being done in a secretive manner, the ultimate [...]
16Apr2010 | Scott P | 3 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
It’s time for a TGIF open thread. Share your thoughts, both deep and shallow with your fellow addicts posters right here.
Washington Mutual Bank was the biggest Savings & Loan bank failure in the history of the U.S., with $307B in assets when in failed in September 2008. The Senate is investigating the failure [...]
Delaware Teabonics
A Delaware Liberal special correspondent sends us some pictures from yesterday’s Sussex Tea Party.
16Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
Fox News Gives Hannity A Public Spanking
It’s hard to know where the line is with Fox News, but Sean Hannity must have crossed it:
Angry Fox News executives ordered host Sean Hannity to abandon plans to broadcast his nightly show as part of a Tea Party rally in Cincinnati on Thursday after top executives learned that he was set to headline the [...]
Sussex County Council President on the Take?
What would you say if I told you that the President of The Sussex County Council was paid $5,000 in salary by the largest developer in Sussex County? Sounds pretty fishy, eh? Well that is exactly what developer and Republican candidate for US Congress Glenn Urquhart is doing with his campaign funds.
Let’s review. Glenn Urquhart [...]
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