Archive for June, 2011
Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Yeah!!!
I missed this webcast, but I’ll bet the Governors came up with a sure fire way to create jobs, and I’ll bet that the winning job creation strategy rhymes with Hack’s Buts.
20Jun2011 | jason330 | 8 comments | Continued
What Makes Effective Activism?
What makes for effective activism? How do you go from the first step – getting attention – to achieving your goals?
20Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
“Wonder why many minorities have problems with GOP?”
Comedian and Obama impersonator Reggie Brown appeared at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference to tell a few crowd-pleasing jokes.
20Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued
Jon Stewart Rips Fox News A New One
Jon Stewart gets tough with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday.
19Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Dan Pfeiffer Gets Grilled At Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation is happening this weekend in Minneapolis, where Dan Pfeiffer came to spend an hour (or so) in front of this audience to answer questions from Kalli Joy Gray. A number of the questions she asked came from online viewers and twitter.
A few of the questions are silly, but this is a very [...]
R. I. P. Clarence “Big Man” Clemons
The Boss, the Big Man and the E Street Band have been an integral part of my life since I graduated college. I am just so sad to hear of the passing of the Big Man, Clarence Clemons. Hope this helps us all get through it:
“Spirit In the Night”
“Raise Your Hand”
“Jungleland”
R. I. P. [...]
Dads and Politics
Happy Father’s Day.
As my first post as an author here I want at DL, I hope to start a conversation that is only tangentially related to politics.
If you have moment today, share with us a story about your Dad and politics.
I will prime the pump with this story about Jim Sr.
Even though [...]
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
18Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Late Night Video — A Short Film About F**king Bureaucracy
From Roger Ebert’s blog — this great short film that gives the usual travails of dealing with the bureaucracy something of a Tarantino treatment:
17Jun2011 | cassandra_m | Comments Off | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
17Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 1 comment | Continued
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up For June 15 & 16
Unless they’re corporate giveaways or tax breaks for the ‘financial services industry’, bills can run into trouble this time of year. Especially if (a) they cause turf wars or alleged turf wars between different state agencies; or if (b) they pose a threat to the Delaware Way.
Hence, HB 75(Schwartzkopf), which would have put an end [...]
Frontrunner Romney
Mitt Romney is on a charm offensive. Offensive is definitely the right word here.
17Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
More Evidence For The GOP Meltdown
In the latest WSJ/NBC poll, the people who say the government should do more relative to people who say the government should do less has reversed from the 2010 election.
17Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | Comments Off | Continued
Three Foods You Must Eat in Delaware’s Three Counties
Based on this article about the 100 foods you must eat in North Carolina’s 100 counties, I got to wondering about Delaware’s three most essential foods – grouped by New Castle, Kent and Sussex.
Let’s crowd source this mother, but I’ll start. Kent County is hereby represented by the Wagon Wheel restaurant’s [...]
More Like This, Please
I want to see this occur 150,000+ more times within the next year.
16Jun2011 | MJ | 2 comments | Continued
Ron Williams On Double Dippers
Ron Williams writes about an auditor’s report and AG opinion on “double dipping” by state legislators.
16Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 16 comments | Continued
Thursday Open Thread
The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
16Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 1 comment | Continued
Weiner Pulling Out
According to various news sources, Anthony Weiner will resign today.
This has become a distraction for the Democrats. He needs to get his act together and then he can make a comeback.
How Low Can We Go?
A SuperPAC called Right Turn USA has released a vile racist, sexist ad for the CA-36 special election.
16Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Public Workshops for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Plan
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor in Delaware is the next leg of a Byway that traces one of the major routes for escorting persons held in slavery in the South to the North. The Delaware portion would be the second piece of this Byway, connecting the the Maryland portion that ends at the MD-DE line.
16Jun2011 | cassandra_m | 2 comments | Continued
No Post-Game/Pre-Game Today: A Musical Apology
Can’t do the report today. Why?:
And if that opening riff sounds just a wee bit familiar:
Coming tomorrow: A super jumbo-sized Post-Game Wrap-Up.
Unless Time the Avenger intervenes. Gotta go to work. Almost out of time.
Presidential Material
Michele Bachmann narrowly escaped having to talk to someone who disagreed with her.
16Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Appoquinimink Names New Superintendent
Today the Appoquinimink School District is announcing that their next superintendent will be Matt Burrows, currently the principal of Redding Middle School. Burrows will replace retiring superintendent, Tony Marchio. Appo is the fastest growing school district in the state, so Mr. Burrows has his work cut out for him.
15Jun2011 | liberalgeek | Comments Off | Continued
Couldn’t Make This Up – Tea Party Summer Camp
OMG!
Via Gawker:
Max Read — Is your child’s summer camp a bit too… Kenyan, let’s say? Don’t worry! There’s still space at the weeklong “Tampa Liberty School,” a camp designed to help children aged 8-12 learn about important concepts like Freedom and The Gold Standard.
As the St. Petersburg Times [...]
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
15Jun2011 | Unstable Isotope | 3 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
