Archive for February, 2011
Chris Coons Continues To Impress
Coons used the Huffington Post to release the first draft of the “serious close” portion of a speech he gave at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s Congressional Dinner.
I wasn’t sure where he was going with it, but the example he used to illustrate his point brings it home. Read it and [...]
Regional Pride
One of the best things about being from the mighty Mid-Atlantic is growing up knowing what a pizza and an italian subs are supposed to taste like.
One of the other best things is being on the Amtrak Northeast Corridor.
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
12Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Money Wasting Bullshit & Hot Harpies of Doom
If trying to figure how to punish unmarried women for having sex is the number one preoccupation of dim witted Republicans, then concocting schemes to flush tax dollars down the toilet, and being enthralled by foxy babes who hate on Obama are each vying for second place.
In the money wasting bullshit category, this week’s [...]
An Unconstitutional Sentiment
A group of ministers want to make unannounced visits to Wilmington’s classrooms so they can monitor teachers, administrators and overall school performance. What the frack?
12Feb2011 | Delaware Dem | 25 comments | Continued
Forget Islamic Extremism, There is a New Life or Death Threat in Town
What is the biggest threat to restoring America to its Reagan era awesomeness? What threat eats away at our Toby Keith-like purity and goodness more than unmarried women having sex? What threat unites the craziest Republican teabag with the craziest Republican blue blood? It is the devious and fully committed to evil..
12Feb2011 | jason330 | 20 comments | Continued
Why Mubarak Resigned
Gawker has found the photo which made Mubarak resign.
12Feb2011 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
Fox News Poll: Obama Leads all opponents by large margins.
He leads Romney 48%-41%. He leads Huckabee 49% to 41%. He leads Palin 56% to 35% and Gingrich 55% to 35%.
Palin and Gingrich would give Obama a 40+ state landslide, including recent statewide polls shows Obama beating Palin in such ultra liberal places like Alabama, Texas, Wyoming and Tennessee. Oh, even though Jeb Bush says he will not run, Fox polled his name anyway, and Obama destroys him 54% to 34%.
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Nicholas Kristof blogs this afternoon:
But the game isn’t over, and now a word of caution. I worry that senior generals may want to keep (with some changes) a Mubarak-style government without Mubarak. In essence the regime may have decided that Mubarak had become a liability and thrown him overboard — without any intention of instituting [...]
Christine O’Donnell is Concerned, and is Issuing Orders
Christine has tweeted her thoughts. Does it disturb anyone that Christine and Ahmadinejad both want this revolution to be seen as for radical Islam?
11Feb2011 | Delaware Dem | 13 comments | Continued
Delaware Delegation Proposes National Park
The Delaware Congressional delegation introduced a bill to designate a national park in the state.
11Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
11Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Mubarak Resigns!
Hosni Mubarak has resigned as president of Egypt.
11Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
Slap an Idiot Day
Supposedly, today is Slap an Idiot Day. So who would you slap? For me, it would be Ayotte and Knotts.
11Feb2011 | MJ | 13 comments | Continued
The Comic Stylings of Christopher Coons
CSPAN won’t let me embed the video, so you can watch it online here.
11Feb2011 | Delaware Dem | 2 comments | Continued
Good Morning Delaware – February 11, 2011
It is a light local news day today, but here are the highlights.
11Feb2011 | Delaware Dem | 3 comments | Continued
Smiley Punks Kovach – How Will Kovach Respond?
Councilman George Smiley was able to slip a controversial rezoning through by putting it on the consent agenda. How will new County Council President Tom Kovach respond?
11Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Democracy Is Just Too Messy
Documents show that the Chamber of Commerce planned an intimidation campaign against it’s critics like Think Progress, the SEIU, StopTheCamber.com, and Change to Win.
11Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
Thursday Open Thread
The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
10Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Egyptians Win!
Several news sources are reporting that Hosni Mubarak is announcing his resignation tonight.
10Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 15 comments | Continued
Will Ron Sams Be Voted Out On February 16th?
Looks like this might just happen.
As of February 3rd, “34 GOP Executive Committee members” had signed a petition asking Ron Sams to resign. At the next GOP meeting (on February 16th) Ron Sams and the Vice Bryan Shupe will apparently not be present. All interested parties may wish to attend to see what happens. The [...]
Good Morning Delaware – February 10, 2011
Your daily local news round up. Putting the Delaware in Delaware Liberal.
10Feb2011 | Delaware Dem | 14 comments | Continued
Couldn’t Happen To A More Deserving Bunch
Some members of Congress who turned down their health care benefits are finding coverage hard to find and expensive.
10Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
World’s Shortest Sex Scandal
GOP Representative Christopher Lee resigned 3 hours after Gawker revealed flirtatious emails he sent to a woman he found on Craigslist.
9Feb2011 | Unstable Isotope | 18 comments | Continued
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