Archive for April, 2011
Playing Chicken with the Debt Ceiling
Business Week provides a Must Read analysis of the current state of the Debt Ceiling debates.
19Apr2011 | cassandra_m | 20 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
19Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 33 comments | Continued
Who Cares What the S&P Thinks?
Yesterday’s big news was the S&P placing US Treasuries on a “negative watch” — they did NOT change the bond rating of AAA, but the negative watch launched off a good deal of breathless reporting and some of the usual opportunistic bull from Republicans. Tommywonk provides an explanation of what this means.
19Apr2011 | cassandra_m | 11 comments | Continued
This Idea Will Totally Work!
A delegate to the Utah Republican convention has an interesting small government idea.
19Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 12 comments | Continued
The Idea Of Seniors Shopping For Health Insurance Is Insane
If you have ever had to purchase individual health insurance you know exactly how insane Paul Ryan’s senior health insurance vouchers are. If you haven’t then you might want to read a post I wrote in November 2008.
Fact: Individual health insurance is only cost competitive if you’re young and healthy, because health insurance has nothing [...]
More Money Less Problems
The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council’s April revenue report mirrors continued positive growth seen last month when the panel projected a $155 million surplus for the current and 2012 fiscal years. Time to restore some program and spending cuts.
19Apr2011 | Delaware Dem | 19 comments | Continued
Sanity In Arizona?
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the so-called birther bill.
18Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Late Night Video — Google Exodus
The story of Exodus if Moses had Google and Facebook.
18Apr2011 | cassandra_m | 3 comments | Continued
Just Wondering…
This weekend phone books were dropped off at my door. Does anyone under 60 still use those big, bulky books? I hate the idea of just dumping them into the recycling bin… any other ideas?
18Apr2011 | pandora | 13 comments | Continued
Monday Open Thread
The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
18Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 27 comments | Continued
A Museum Curator Visits The Creation Museum
PZ Myers passes along some observations from a museum curator who visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky and wrote about it in a peer-reviewed journal.
18Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Late Night Video — Tea Party Rally Fail
The tejadis held rallies all over the US this weekend trying to rally their crazed and delusional troops into not seeing the political train wreck that is the Ryan Budget passed by the House last week.
17Apr2011 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
NYPD Blues
Seems as though the NYPD over-reacted a bit in this situation.
Glad I live in Delaware.
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
16Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Gentlemen, May I Have Your Attention
On Friday there was another debate over gender specific terms. I would like to take this opportunity to give you the female perspective on this issue, and, perhaps, engage in a little consciousness raising.
First, saying a female “has balls” is not a compliment. It is a way to say that a female has achieved the [...]
Is WDEL Intending To Mislead?
WDEL talks to some random pilot who thinks that we don’t need more air traffic controllers.
16Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 21 comments | Continued
Crossing the Line (Again)
It didn’t take long for some of our less informed denizens of Sussex County to blow a gasket over the passage of SB 30.
Today, the Fatman over at WGMD was spitting nails. He adamant that SB 30 was “a gay marriage bill, let’s not fool ourselves. We need to call it [...]
Cathy Cloutier Wants You To Have A Great Day!!
Some things I just can’t make up.
My wife and I are headed to where I work, and what should greet us at the intersection of Foulk and Grubb Roads?
A large blue sign that reads:
“Have A Great Day!!
State Senator Cathy Cloutier
5th District”.
That’s it. Wasn’t there yesterday. May not be there tomorrow. But let the public record [...]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Baconfest!
It has been a really long time since I’ve done this — but with the excitement of the Queen opening and the Ignite Wilmington event and other things going on in Wilmington, I thought I’d post up a report on the Chicago Baconfest. Because we *need* one here in Wilmington.
15Apr2011 | cassandra_m | 4 comments | Continued
Obama’s Open Mic
At Jason330’s request… Obama’s Bring It moment.
Perhaps not realizing his mic was on, Obama’s private remarks were caught by CBS correspondent Mark Knoller, who was able to listen to through a live audio feed.
“I said, ‘You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We’ll have that debate,” Obama said, describing his [...]
Democrats, please do more of this.
What was supposed to be a routine vote in the House—to knock down an amendment authored by [batshit insane confederate] conservative Republicans—turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP’s necks.
15Apr2011 | Delaware Dem | 19 comments | Continued
Happy Tax Day, Part 2
This is an awesome infographic depicting just how miserly the Corporate contribution to tax revenues really are — in spite of their campaign to convince us otherwise.
15Apr2011 | cassandra_m | Comments Off | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
15Apr2011 | Unstable Isotope | 11 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
