Archive for March, 2011
Guest Post: Delaware’s Education Insight Project (Part 2: What Will It Look Like?)
The following is a guest post by Mike Oboryshko. Mike is a Red Clay parent and a friend of mine and of this blog.
In Part 1, I introduced the Education Insight Project, and went over the RFPs that define the beginning of design and implementation. In Part 2, we will get into some more detail.
What [...]
Michigan Governor’s Power Grab
Michigan’s new governor Rick Snyder has proposed a bill that will allow him to take over local governments and replace them with cronies.
16Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 4 comments | Continued
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 16, 2011
The return of the Solomonic solons to Dover apparently took Legislative Council by surprise. Either that, or there were some new, very exciting, solitaire games uploaded to their computers. The supposed information and research arm of the General Assembly provides this detailed snapshot of what went on yesterday. That’s right, in legislative time, according to [...]
16Mar2011 | El Somnambulo | 4 comments | Continued
Pity The Rich
A new survey found that almost half of millionaires don’t think they’re wealthy and need at least $7.5M for true comfort.
16Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 20 comments | Continued
Two Deep Nuclear Thoughts
I have a nuclear reactor in my back yard. If the Japanese can’t design a safe nuclear reactor, can anybody?
16Mar2011 | jason330 | 7 comments | Continued
Update on Sussex County GOP
It seems that the Ron Sams resignation is music to the ears of the teabaggers. But these folks aren’t done.
Last week, Cape School Board member and 9/12 “Patriot” Sandi Minard, published a letter calling Sams a liar concerning the need to move the February and March meetings of the Sussex GOP. Our friends [...]
Sheriff Jeff Wants to Be Supercop
Today was the day that Sussex County Sheriff Jeff “Supercop” Christopher (Teabag-Sussex) made his initial presentation to the County Council. Prior to this morning’s meeting, Supercop had never spoken to the Council, although he has accused them in emails to the 9/12 “Patriots” of blocking his agenda.
I knew the day would start [...]
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
15Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
They’re ba-a-a-ck, and so am I.
The Delaware General Assembly reconvenes this afternoon in Legislative Hall, and they are primed for a run of about a month or so before the Easter break.
Two topics will dominate talk in the Hall during that time–money and redistricting.
I fully expect all four caucuses to discuss both of these topics [...]
Wisconsin Update
A new poll in Wisconsin show that Democrats have a good chance at re-taking the state Senate majority. State Democrats have said that they already have 45% of the signatures they need for recall elections.
15Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
Sussex County GOP Chair Resigns
Sussex County GOP Chair Ron Sams has resigned.
Sussex County Republican Chairman Ron Sams announced during a meeting of the party’s executive committee tonight he was resigning in May.
Elbert Collins, of Laurel, whose wife works on the election committee, was at the meeting where the announcement was made.
“Ron simply gave a speech, indicated that he has [...]
Save the Working Class Rally
This event happens TOMORROW – The rally is being held to support the working class in Delaware, the blue collar people who build the cars, repair the homes and who plow our roads.
14Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 5 comments | Continued
Guest Post: Delaware’s Education Insight Project (Part 1: What Is It?)
The following is a guest post by Mike Oboryshko. Mike is a Red Clay parent and a friend of mine and of this blog.
Last Friday, a pair of RFPs were awarded to develop some major new technologies for Delaware schools, as part of Delaware’s Education Insight Project. This project was outlined in Delaware’s Race To [...]
Monday Open Thread
The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
14Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Next Time They Totally Won’t Get Fooled
Politico says they’re really going to ignore an O’Keefe “sting” the next time, they’ve learned their lesson.
14Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Who Is This Communist?
Quiz time: What communist said the following?
“…where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost”
Governor Markell on the WaPo Editorial Page
Yesterday, Governor Jack Markell had an editorial published in the OpEd section of the Washington Post. Titled Taxes are the wrong focus for economic growth, he makes the case that businesses want to be in places with a good quality of life — where talented people and their families want to live:
14Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 8 comments | Continued
‘Sovereign Citizen’ With Ties to Delaware’s 9/12 Patriots Arrested In Alaska For Alleged Plot To Kill Police, Federal Judge
This Teabagger, Francis “Schaeffer” Cox, is a piece of work.
In addition to being arrested for “conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit arson, misconduct involving weapons in the third degree, hindering prosecution in the first degree and tampering with evidence,”…
13Mar2011 | jason330 | 24 comments | Continued
Modern Republicanism Exposed
Lawrence Kudlow candidly betrayed typical Modern Republican cruelty when, regarding Japan, he said “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.”
That but of inhumanity didn’t cause a sir, because we all know individual Republicans are heartless. This is dog bites man stuff. What is interesting, and frankly shocking…
13Mar2011 | jason330 | 3 comments | Continued
And Now…A Word From Our Betters
Larry Kudlow explains how we should prioritize after the devastating Sendai earthquake.
13Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 4 comments | Continued
Nuclear Power, When it Fails it Fails Big
It is like playing with fire, except the fire is extremely poisonous.
12Mar2011 | jason330 | 18 comments | ContinuedTOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown.
Comment Rescue: Garrett’s Corollary to Godwin’s Law
12Mar2011 | jason330 | 1 comment | ContinuedGarrett’s Corollary to Godwin’s Law: A legitimately despotic, cruel, inhumane action or regime cannot be blithely dismissed, ignored, or discounted by the invocation of Godwin’s law.
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
12Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 11 comments | Continued
“Teabag Governor Says “F-YOU” to the Governed” of the Day: FL’s Rick Scott
With so many vying for the title of “Most Stupid Teabag Governor” there is a perpetual traffic jam between Chris Christie, Scott, Walker, Rick Perry, and Florida’s Rick Scott. Florida Gov. Rick Scott’ decision to rejected high speed rail, jobs, and $28 million a year put him out in front temporarily a few weeks ago, but now we find that Scott’s teabag-onomics will keep him in the running for years to come.
12Mar2011 | jason330 | 13 comments | Continued
This Is Not A Godwin’s Law Violation
A state senator in New Hampshire told a mental health advocate that “defective people” should be shipped to Siberia to die because of “overpopulation.”
12Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 11 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
