Archive for March, 2011
I Found A GOP Jobs Plan!
Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin has begun a “jobs for mistresses” job creation plan.
22Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Bulo On Al’s Show Today
Yep, I’m on the Al Mascitti Show, Tuesday, March 22 at 10 am. WDEL-1150 am, your LOCAL news and talk station.
The usual trenchant analysis, cheeky irreverence, and, of course, the latest in wrestling news. Find out about the Parts Unknown Tour! There are 155 million reasons to listen.
Al’s show is on every weekday from 9-12. [...]
Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 22, 2011
The big news: $155 million.
That’s right, DEFAC (Delaware Economic & Financial Advisory Council), the group that officially sets the estimated revenues for the state, came out and identified an additional $155 million in state revenue, about 50% in the current fiscal year, and 50% for the upcoming fiscal year. While this is not the [...]
It’s Always Sunny/DWTS Predictions Mashup
FYI…Rob McElhenney as Mac, was rocking a Deer Park Tavern T-Shirt on tonight’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but that is ancelillary to the main point of this post. To wit…
21Mar2011 | jason330 | 7 comments | Continued
Video from the Save the Working Class Rally Last Week
For those of us who coulodn’t be at the rally, there is video of portions of it up on You Tube. There was not a microphone, so according to Jim Westhoff, “we had to stand on the park bench and do it old school. It felt very Huey Long-ish.”
21Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 9 comments | Continued
Monday Open Thread
The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
21Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 4 comments | Continued
Libya Is Not Iraq
Marc Ambinder explains how the military intervention in Libya lays out a new standard for international interventions.
21Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 67 comments | Continued
Good Old Time in Sussex County
Last night was the annual Sussex County Democrats Spring Dinner, held once again at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. A sell-out crowd of 200 people (and this is an off year) gathered for some good food (catered by Georgia House) and live and silent auctions. The main speaker was Lt. Governor Matt Denn, [...]
20Mar2011 | MJ | 15 comments | Continued
Intelligent Design Is Not Science
Read this statement:
The measure from Republican state Rep. Bill Zedler would block higher education institutions from discriminating against or penalizing teachers or students based on their research into intelligent design or other theories that disagree with evolution.
Zedler said he filed the bill because of cases in which colleges had been [...]
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
19Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 36 comments | Continued
Weekend Reads
Here are a few features that you may have missed this week:
19Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
This “Agencia Loco” Clip Will Make You Happy
A telenovela about a dysfunctional advertising agency, revolving around a plucky junior copywriter in a wheelchair and the raging executive who accuses her of stealing bananas.
18Mar2011 | jason330 | 2 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
18Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 26 comments | Continued
While Slashing the Budget of the IRS…
turning the IRS into the uterus police.
Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied…
18Mar2011 | jason330 | 6 comments | Continued
Time To Make The Districts-Part Trois
In which we create a new Senate district downstate. But…will the ‘new’ district be truly new? I propagandize, you decide.
OK, kids, for those of you who came late to class, or just didn’t bother to show up, you will want to read these two seminal treatises on redistricting here and here. Well, perhaps not seminal [...]
Bombs Are Free, So “Bomb” the Libraries
We all know that bombs are free. In the age of teabaggery, we also know that EVERYTHING other than military action is prohibitively expensive.
Taking these items as givens, I humbly present state and local governments with budget bill words and phrases that can pass under teabagger radar.
18Mar2011 | jason330 | 1 comment | Continued
Chris Coons Sponsors DOMA Repeal
Chris Coons announced he’s co-sponsoring a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the provision of DOMA that states marriage is between a man and a woman.
18Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Comment Rescue: What’s The Strategy Kenneth?
Geezer said, “Given the turnout in Delaware, perhaps liberals should persuade O’Donnell-style nutcases to run in every election, if only to drive Democratic turnout.”
Then I said something. Then Anthony Weiner (D-NY) said what I said, but a lot better:
17Mar2011 | jason330 | 13 comments | Continued
St. Patrick’s Day Open Thread
The St. Patrick’s Day version of your semi-daily open thread.
17Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 23 comments | Continued
North Korea (Not China) To Invade America in Red Dawn Remake
So as not to needlessly antagonize our Chinese overlords, the already shot remake of “Red Dawn” is being touched up in editing to remove China as the menace to American liberty and sovereignty.
That makes sense because North Korea is about as formidable an adversary to the feisty WOVERINES!! as the original 1984 bad [...]
A Tea Partier’s Letter To His Teacher Wife
A Tea Partier in Ohio writes a letter of apology to his teacher wife for voting for John Kasich.
17Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 16 comments | Continued
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 17, 2011
The leprechauns are still at play in the General Assembly’s session reports–as apparently are the Legislative Council staff assigned to update them. We know that action took place yesterday, but we’ll just have to use sources other than the official record to tell you what that activity was. I understand why House committee reports are [...]
17Mar2011 | El Somnambulo | 4 comments | Continued
Equality Delaware Poll: Delaware Favors Civil Unions By Large Margin
Equality Delaware released a poll showing that Delaware voters support civil unions by a 2:1 margin – 62% support, 31% opposed.
17Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 18 comments | Continued
Jack Markell To Deliver 2012 Democratic National Convention Keynote
I don’t know if that headline is accurate. Time will tell. But judging by how much attention he is getting for his revolutionary suggestion that business development is not all about low taxes, he could very well headline in Charlotte. And who knows, if he added something about REALLY sharing the pain with our wealthiest individuals and corporations, maybe he could parlay that speech into the 2016 Democratic nomination?
But seriously folks…I kid…. raising taxes on Delaware’s wealthiest individuals and corporations, even by 1 measly percent, is utterly impossible.
16Mar2011 | jason330 | 1 comment | Continued
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
16Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 22 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
