Archive for July, 2010
Friday Open Thread
The Friday version of your semi-daily open thread.
23Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
The ‘Lower 41′: Q: Are We Not Districts? A: We Are Paramecium!
Guidelines for drawing districts following the Census call for compactness, contiguity, and honoring the integrity of community, wherever practicable.
Today, we ‘honor’ four districts that were drawn with none of those standards in evidence. Artificial constructs designed to preserve an artificial majority. Any or all of the four could have, and should have, been grounds for [...]
He Likes It! Hey, Mikey! . . . Wait, Not So Much
Mike Castle believes that the Delaware River Basin Watershed is important, but not important enough.
23Jul2010 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued
Who is Contacting Me? Chip Flowers at the St. Joe’s Carnival in Middletown, that’s who.
He was working the 8th & 9th RD crowd like a champ and I stopped to have a picture taken with him (which didn’t turn out owing to the shittiness of my iphone camera and the bad lighting, so here is a picture of the ferris wheel). And here is my take on Flowers…
23Jul2010 | jason330 | 15 comments | Continued
Reflections on the Netroots Nation Science Panel
Reflections on the Netroots Nation 2010 science panel.
22Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Shirley Sherrod Gets Her Apology
Shirley Sherrod who was unjustly smeared by Fox News and Andrew Breitbart gets a formal apology from the President and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
22Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
Freedom Of Religion? Yeah, Right
Digby posts the latest hypocrisy from the christianists.
Never let it be said that the Right misses an opportunity to stir up the hate. Kind of ironic that this crap comes from the don’t blame us, it was a lone wolf crowd.
22Jul2010 | pandora | 31 comments | Continued
Thursday Open Thread
The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
22Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Navarro Gets the Democratic Nod
After months of wrangling, last night the New Castle County Democrats endorsed Trinidad Navarro for New Castle County Sheriff. This marks a huge victory for Navarro, as his primary opponent, Michael Walsh, has been New Castle County Sheriff since Ronald Reagan was first elected. It will be interesting to see if Walsh stays in the [...]
22Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 19 comments | Continued
Drinking Liberally At The Beach!
Here we go again! Everybody ready? No need for your birth certificate this year!
Drinking Liberally in Sussex!
Thursday, July 29th
The Purple Parrot
247 Rehoboth Ave
Rehoboth Beach, DE
7:00 p.m.
As of now we will be meeting on the patio. The host/hostess will be able to direct you to our location, and I’ll make up a Drinking Liberally table [...]
Tornoe’s Toon: Christie Takes Atlantic City
If you didn’t catch the news yesterday, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is pushing for a plan that would allow the state to takeover Atlantic City’s casinos and entertainment district within a year, and remodel the city to become a Las Vegas of the East:
Christie hopes to prioritize using casino tax revenue to [...]
22Jul2010 | Rob Tornoe | 21 comments | Continued
UPDATED: O’Donnell Skips Delaware, Attempts to Land Big Wingnut Fish
Politico’s David Catanese gives the thirsty O’Whackjob campaign a sip of media water with this post about how O’Donnell has pinned her hopes on two big endorsements: Jim DeMint, and celebrity con artist, Sarah Palin.
22Jul2010 | jason330 | 23 comments | Continued
Who is Contacting Me? Gate Crasher – Michelle Rollins, That’s Who
Rollins has nice signage. She also has a nice location on the corner of Rt13 just off the Rt 1 exit for north Smyrna. Too bad her campaign is dead in the water.
22Jul2010 | jason330 | 21 comments | Continued
Dem Primary Voters Will Not Care About the Statewide Races
John Tobin crunches the numbers and finds out there are a measurable chuck of voters that will enter the voting booth to vote in the state rep race and simply pass on picking between Chip Flowers and Velda Jones-Potter race for State Treasusrer.
21Jul2010 | jason330 | Comments Off | Continued
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
21Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 30 comments | Continued
Tornoe’s Toon: Chris Who?
According to a recent Rasmussen poll, Chris Coons is narrowing the gap with Mike Castle, whose support has fallen below 50% for the first time in this race.
Castle, who had previously led Coons by more than 20 points, now leads the general election match-up 47-36, which is only marginally better than Christine O’Donnell’s 41-39 match-up [...]
Beware of Winguts Bearing Tapes
Dedicated public servant Shirley Sherrod was fired from her USDA job after conservatives edited a tape of a speech she gave and viciously smeared her reputation.
21Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 55 comments | Continued
Who is Contacting Me? Colon Bonini, By Postcard, One Day Late
Bonini’s postcard is a flawed A+ The main message could not be any more clear.
“Please Vote Colin Bonini – State Treasurer”
No party id. No platform. No Promises. Just vote for me, with a design that underscores the simplicity of the message.
If it stopped there it would be a home run. The [...]
21Jul2010 | jason330 | 11 comments | Continued
C’Mon Delaware The Podcast – Episode 12 of 15
Well, Donviti got a taste of the good life this week. Spoiler alert: He liked it. Boating is RV-ing for rich people. The security is so lax at the United States Navel Academy that they let someone like Donviti in. Being nestled in Annapolis, surrounded by a floatila of [...]
21Jul2010 | jason330 | 9 comments | Continued
Judge Rules Libertarians Can’t Run in Democratic & Republican Primaries
Judge Vaughn upheld the AG office’s decision that Libertarian candidates Brent Wangen and William McVay can not run in the Democratic and/or Republican primaries.
20Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
20Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
C’Mon Delaware Podcast Episode …uh…12(?) Teaser
As someone who knows Mike Castle’s craven and cowardly Bush era conservative voting record as well as I do, it is an odd feeling for me to pass through the looking glass into the MC Escher/up is down world of Pristine Christine O’Donnell, where Mike Castle is a liberal and America was founded by snake [...]
20Jul2010 | jason330 | 7 comments | Continued
She’s Asking For It
Men’s Health list the top 10 signs to look for when trying to pick up women looking for sex. Bet there will be an app for this soon. Let’s examine part of the list…
Chatting Up The Bartender
A flirtatious woman can hardly contain herself. She won’t let a male waiter or bartender take her order without [...]
Darn That Liberal Media!
The “liberal” media has been busy. Fox News refused to air an ad by Vote Vets but Pennsylvania TV stations continue to air propaganda against Joe Sestak from Bill Kristol.
20Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Tobin’s Look at Primary Power Shifting to The NCC Burbs
This is in effect “part 2″ of Tobin’s last post which observed that Wilmington may have a diminished impact on state wide Democratic primaries this year owing to the fact that the city is not hosting State Rep and State Senate primaries featuring seasoned campaigners with experienced ground games.
So…who is going [...]
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