Archive for June 24th, 2010

A Video Dump

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I love crowd reaction shots of important moments at sporting events. And I love weather videos. And since it took me 3 hours to get out of Philadelphia this evening (it seriously looks like a tornado plowed through South Philadelphia, trees down everywhere, roads impassable, roofs blown off), I decided to post some reaction videos […]

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Thursday Open Thread

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The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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General Assembly Update / Thursday June 24, 2010

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Our General Assembly Expert, El Somnabulo, got called away unexpectedly, so you all are stuck with me today. First and foremost, as reported in the comments to the Book Burning post, SB 293 was defeated in committee yesterday. The theocrats and fascists will have to move to Texas if they want to someone else to do the indoctrinating of their children. Although, Texas may have a Democratic governor next year, so there is always South Carolina. Next, Governor Markell has accepted defeat on another of his cost cutting ideas: reducing benefits for future state employees (not current ones).

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David Vitter Cares About Women’s Issues

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Senator David Vitter’s aide for women’s issues resigned today after a 2008 arrest for threatening to kill his (then) girlfriend was revealed.

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