Archive for April, 2010
Monday Open Thread
*Sigh* It’s Monday. I wasn’t quite ready for the weekend to end, but the weekend is always too short. At least it’s time for your open thread, so that means your Monday is already half over! What’s on your mind?
George Will admits that conservatives want activist judges. They want the right [...]
More 1Q Numbers
Republican Glenn Urquhart, running for the GOP nomination for the open Congressional seat has announced fundraising numbers for 1Q of $512,000. $500,000 of that money comes from Mr. Urquhart himself. This number is certainly more impressive than Rose Izzo’s $700 fundraising number. Will Urquhart make a race of it with Michelle Rollins?
12Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
At Least He’s Consistent
I’m not sure why National Review’s John Derbyshire doesn’t get more attention from the blogosphere. He’s not as prominent as other conservatives but he is a fountain of misinformed cultural commentary. We talked about Derbyshire once before when he released a book and included a chapter about how women’s suffrage should be repealed. [...]
12Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
Castle Fundraising Fails to Meet Expectations
$826,000 is a good haul, out of context. But it fails to meet Castle’s own expectations, and when you consider that Castle had over a one month head start over Coons, the context becomes clear. This is a competitive money race.
11Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 42 comments | Continued
Tina Fey is Back As Sarah Palin!
This time bringing you the hysterical plans for the Sarah Palin Network:
11Apr2010 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
The Brutal Politics for House Progressives
If you read nothing else today, this article is the one you should settle in with.
Ryan Grim and Arthur Delaney at the Huffington Post write one of the best articles I have seen in a long time surveying a political landscape — but this time for House Progressives. Ranging from details on the financial extractions by the House Committees from Progressives, to the role they played in trying to keep the Public Option open to some of their own internal fractiousness, this article paints a pretty tough picture of the politics of being in the Progressive Caucus.
11Apr2010 | cassandra_m | 5 comments | Continued
Rollins Mixes Business with Politics
So new GOP Congressional candidate Michele Rollins sent out an e-mail to her list (below) with a phone number to her campaign. But when you call that number, you get the answering machine machine message for “Rollins Jamaica.” You see, Michele Rollins is chairman of Rollins Jamaica, a 7,000-acre complex of luxury hotels, residences and golf courses near Montego Bay, Jamaica. This is in addition to her serving on the board of directors of Wilmington Trust Company, which of course allowed her to take outrageous bonuses at the tax payer’s expense.
11Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 14 comments | Continued
Weekend Open Thread
I hope you’re enjoying your nice spring weekend, now that our taste of summer has gone. Who can keep up with this weather? So now it’s time for a weekend open thread. Come and play!
I think you already knew that Glenn Beck was a big phony. He can care less about [...]
Mommie Dearest
What sort of monster does this?
Russia threatened to suspend all child adoptions by U.S. families Friday after a 7-year-old boy adopted by a woman from Tennessee was sent alone on a one-way flight back to Moscow with a note saying he was violent and had severe psychological problems.
Attaching the note was priceless. I bet Amazon.com [...]
Bad News Saturday Morning
The 4 missing miners from the Montcoal mine disaster were found dead, making the total death toll 29. The Polish president, his wife and several other officials were killed in a plane crash on the way to a commemoration for Polish victims of Stalin in Russia today.
10Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 23 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
Welcome to your TGIF open thread. I guess our taste of summer is over today. At least the rain will keep the pollen level down (*crossing fingers*).
Massey Energy CEO Don Blakenship really is a monster:
Massey’s chief executive officer, Don Blankenship, continued to defend his company’s record and disputed accusations from miners that he [...]
Justice Stevens Is Retiring
This is not unexpected, but it’s now official.
The announcement came in a statement from Chief Justice John Roberts:
Associate Justice John Paul Stevens has earned the gratitude and admiration of the American people for his nearly 40 years of distinguished service to the Judiciary, including more than 34 years on the Supreme Court. He has enriched [...]
Stupak to Announce Retirement Today
Insider sources are saying this morning that Democratic Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan will announce today that he will not not seek re-election this fall. He is expected to have a news conference later this morning to officially announce his intentions.
Had Stupak run for re-election, he would have faced challenges from just about every direction. [...]
Is Our Media Learning?
Back in December, NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen had a proposal – fact check the Sunday morning talk shows. The proposal was eagerly embraced in the blogosphere but seemed to go nowhere. ABC’s Jake Tapper, the interim host for This Week has decided to give this a try:
The idea was first proposed by [...]
Deep Thought
“Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive now.”
- The shock of the old: Welcome to the elderly age
The Tea Parties Are About Race
I know you’re really shocked to hear this. This week sort of feels like a “I told you so” type of week. Two different incidents of unstable people threatening lawmakers because of radicalization over health care reform. Now we get some results of a new survey about people who support the Tea [...]
9Apr2010 | Unstable Isotope | 30 comments | Continued
Charlie and the Flip Flop Factory
Remember when, in his 2008 campaign for Lt. Governor, Charlie Copeland said that he would crack down on polluters? And remember when, when Valero closed in 2009, Charlie Copeland blamed it on people who cracked down on polluters?
8Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 1 comment | Continued
Jack Comes Through for Delaware Again (Updated).
Governor Markell delivers yet again, this time facilitating an agreement to reopen the Valero Delaware City refinery under new ownership, bring 600 new jobs to Delaware and cutting pollution significantly at the same time.
8Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 13 comments | Continued
Moving Past the Ignorance
As you know, a number of Republicans or conservative bullies have called in death threats to numerous Democratic Representatives and Senators. Some have been arrested. Including a little punk by the name of Gregory Lee Giusti, a 48 year old resident of, get this, a public housing complex in San Francisco. He [...]
8Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 40 comments | Continued
Questions for the Insurance Commissioner
Next week, a joint committee will be holding a hearing with the Insurance Commissioner, Karen Weldin Stewart to discuss a BCBS issue and allegations raised by the partisan, Caesar Rodney Institute. DelawareLiberal may be in attendance at the hearing, but all of the questions will be issued by the members of the committee.
However, I thought [...]
Get Your GOP Talking Points Now and Beat the Rush
Via Dave Neiwert at Crooks and Liars, we get a sneak preview of what at least one influential conservative wants to be a main Republican talking point this fall. While blabbering incoherently talking to Sean Hannity Tuesday night on Hannity’s FOX News show, Newt Gingrich regurgitated the factually untrue and already debunked right-wing myth about [...]
8Apr2010 | Scott P | 7 comments | Continued
Another Round of Anti-Government Violence
We don’t know much about this case yet, but it sounds troubling:
An East Texas man who federal prosecutors allege left explosive devices including pipe bombs in multiple area mail boxes, was motivated in part by anger at the government, Brit Featherston, first assistant U. S. attorney for the Eastern District of Texas tells TPMmuckraker in [...]
Thursday Open Thread
Welcome to your almost-daily open thread. Do you have any burning issues that you just can’t wait to talk about? Share them here.
The man charged with threatening Nancy Pelosi lives off government largesse (of course he does):
The San Francisco man arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over her support for [...]
The Delaware Round Up.
A daily round up (since I am famous for rounding things up) of political news and blog posts in Delaware.
8Apr2010 | Delaware Dem | 1 comment | ContinuedSocial Media
