Archive for July, 2010

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Closing the Gun-Show Loophole Is Good Policy, Is it Good Politics?

Only a complete idiot could try to argue that the 2nd Amendment preserves the rights of mentally ill to buy guns at fly by night gun-shows, (cue complete idiots commenting below), so Mike Castle should be given credit for introducing this gun control “no brainer” right? ….

19Jul2010 | jason330 | 19 comments | Continued
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Who is Contacting Me? The Dumbed Down GOP Candidate for Treasurer, Colin Bonnnnnnnnnnniiiiiiiiniiiiiii – That’s Who.

ZOMG! Is he really this dumb? Or is he acting dumb in order to appeal to his base?

19Jul2010 | jason330 | 8 comments | Continued
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Monday Open Thread

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

19Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 19 comments | Continued
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Shakespearean Comedy

Sarah Palin hit the trifecta of dumb this weekend on Twitter, showing her religious intolerance, her poor grasp of English and her arrogance all in one day.

19Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 26 comments | Continued
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Who is Contacting Me? Chip Flowers Via Postcard That’s Who

Yesterday I gave this postcard a B-. As a political direct mail piece it is probably a solid “A” It is full of info without being busy and has a clear call to action. (Read My Plan) But I’m sticking with the B- though because, let’s face it – why is Chip Flowers running for this office?

18Jul2010 | jason330 | 19 comments | Continued
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Tobin Looks at (Possibly) Low Wilmington Democratic Primary Turn Out & The (Possible) Impact

John Tobin, Delaware’s best political number cruncher, observes…
(T)he City of Wilmington, where the Democratic primary is often the deciding election, has enough registered Democrats and higher percentage points in turnout than suburban and rural areas to be a major deciding factor in statewide Delaware Democratic primaries and countywide primaries in New Castle County.
However, [...]

18Jul2010 | jason330 | 18 comments | Continued
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Weekend Open Thread

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

17Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued
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Something to Think About

Two questions to start your weekend – When did it become OK for people to call others faggot, n****r, spic, kike, or other racially insensitive pejoratives? And if you’re on the receiving end of one of these insults, should you have the right to smack the person across the face? When is enough [...]

17Jul2010 | MJ | 45 comments | Continued
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Late Night Video: i-Dosing

Dude, I’m going to try this and then watch “The Big Lebowski”. Oklahoma brings the crazy . . . again.

16Jul2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
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Ask Dr. Liberal – What Up With Chip?

Dear Dr. Liberal,

I’m a Republican, so I’m watching the Chip Flowers versus Velda Jones-Potter primary with amusement. I have a questions though. What was Chip Flowers thinking?

16Jul2010 | jason330 | 70 comments | Continued
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Daily Kos Writes Up Coons-Castle Race

Daily Kos covers the Coons-Castle race and notices the erosion of Mike Castle’s numbers.

16Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
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I’ve Got Your Severe Weather Right Here!

As upper New Castle County dries out from the heavy rains the other day and smack into another sauna, I realized I’ve been saying this a little to often lately, “The weather isn’t usually this bad.” Seriously, after five years of no water in our basement, this year our basement was flooded three times. We’ve [...]

16Jul2010 | nemski | 6 comments | Continued
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Who is Contacting Me? Chris Coons Is. There’s More. He Called Out Mike Castle By Name

Coons says Castle is a Congressional Republican. Oh SNAP!! People HATE Congressional Republicans. I like where this is going.

16Jul2010 | jason330 | 6 comments | Continued
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What We Have Here Is A Failure To Educate

Delaware’s public education system could possibly be considered a failure. No new magic bullet is going to fix the problem. It’s time for parents, teachers the legislature and the Governor to get the job done.

16Jul2010 | nemski | 48 comments | Continued
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Friday Open Thread

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

16Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 16 comments | Continued
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You Have To Be Kidding Me

The DGA tried to influence the Republican primary for governor of Iowa by comparing former governor Terry Branstad to President Clinton, President Obama and Speaker Pelosi.

16Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 14 comments | Continued
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Has This Guy Been Living Under A Rock?

National Post columnist Jonathan Kay argues that conservatives are hurting their movement by continuing to embrace global warming denialism.

16Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 4 comments | Continued
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Late Night Video: Double Rainbow, Dude!

You really have to see/listen to the whole thing.
h/t Brad Wasson

16Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 7 comments | Continued
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Coons Gains Ground In New Rasmussen Poll

A Rasmussen poll released today shows Castle leading Coons 47% to 36%. The last poll (in April) had Castle leading 55% to 32%.

15Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
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Tea Party Denies Claims Of Racism And Then Writes A Letter

Mark Williams, Tea Party Express Chairman, puts pen to paper to prove the Tea Party isn’t racist, and ends up proving they are.  Simply stunning.
Dear Mr. Lincoln
We Colored People have taken a vote and decided that we don’t cotton to that whole emancipation thing. Freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves, and [...]

15Jul2010 | pandora | 12 comments | Continued
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Shadow Campaign for Treasurer

There has been a rotten thread running through the Treasurer’s race this year. The thread is that one campaign is trying to destroy their opponent on the way to the Democratic nomination. This is unbecoming of the two fine candidates that are competing to battle Colin Bonini in the fall. Sadly, the force behind this shadow campaign of destruction is so close to one of the candidates that the solution isn’t as simple as firing a staffer.

15Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 128 comments | Continued
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Thursday Open Thread

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

15Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 39 comments | Continued
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Colorado GOP Has a Plagiarism Problem

We all know that Joe Biden plagiarized a speech by former UK Labour Party leader Neal Kinnock back in 1988. In fact, it ended his presidential campaign. Well, those who fail to heed history are doomed to repeat it.
It seems as though former GOP Congressman Scott McInnis has forgotten the lesson Joe learned. [...]

15Jul2010 | MJ | 2 comments | Continued
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It’s Official: Libertarians Kicked Off the Republican and Democratic Primaries

A ruling by the Attorney General’s office has determined that the Libertarian candidates Will McVay and Brent Wangen can not run in multiple parties at the same time unless they are nominated by that party.

15Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
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Argentina Is For Lovers

Argentina has legalized same-sex marriage.

15Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 3 comments | Continued

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