Tuesday Open Thread

Welcome to our Tuesday Open Thread. First day back at the grind after a long weekend and apparently we are in for a real heat wave all week. It is too early to have to crank up the AC. Just make sure all of your new plants have plenty of water this week.

Germany And Switzerland to Shut Down Their Nuclear Power Plants

Some months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a decision to try to extend the working life of Germany's oldest nuclear power plants. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel flip-flopped on that unpopular decision and -- announced that Germany's ruling coalition has decided to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2022

Job Fair in Dover Tomorrow

Delaware's Congressional Delegation -- Senator Coons, Senator Carper and Representative Carney -- are hosting a job fair tomorrow at the Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover from 9AM to 2PM.

Memorial Day Open Thread

Welcome to your Memorial Day Open Thread. Hope that you all have been contributing to Delaware's economy by going to the beach with your family or getting your friends together to help you build an outdoor kitchen to your house.

Chris Coons Votes Against the Patriot Act Extension

Senator Coons asked the Senate to limit the extension of the Patriot Act to one month so that the Senate could seriously review and revise the law to reflect current lessons learned to scale back some of the broad authorities granted to government under the original Patriot Act.

R. I. P. Gil Scott Heron

One of our true visionaries. Never was able to successfully defeat his demons, although he tried. And tried and tried. Some samples of his genius: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk[/youtube] 'Winter In America' [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E&feature=related[/youtube]…

Priorities

Sorry I haven't been around, but priorities people. It looks like you've had real fun while I'm on vacation so I doubt you've even noticed my absence. Now it's time…