Delaware Park Poker Room Attempts To Set Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Poker Tournament

Delaware Park’s Ironman Poker Tournament, sponsored by Red Bull, WIP Sports Radio and Mobius New Media, will begin August 20 at noon and is expected to run continuously for over 36 hours straight. Delaware Park will be attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the “Longest Continuous Poker Tournament.”

As an economic strategy, austerity blows. But as a political strategy, it also blows

Sometimes big national spending, similar to this little Delaware spending, is clearly what the times call for. No matter… our county is being held hostage by nihilistic teabag economists, and dim wits who think that we need to starve ourselves back to health.

Question of the Day

So who do think are the best Delaware legislators of the 2011 General Assembly session? The worst? Be specific here. It is not enough to say that you think Tony Deluca is an anti-progressive hack. You have to point to something specific, like the double dipping revelations during [...]

Weekend Open Thread

“It was a wrong-headed move, made for all the wrong reasons, but it was mine.” — Failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell (R), writing in Troublemaker that her now infamous “I am not a witch” campaign commercial was a disaster.

Yeah, this picture happened:

Two Funny Things Happened to Me While in Europe

One was the London riot. The other was that the electronic ones and zeros representing my son’s electronic airline ticket blinked out of existence.

Polling Fix

Some new poll results showing the Democrats taking a big lead in the generic congressional ballot question in two different polls, and showing Obama in a very good position in Colorado and North Carolina.

Gold. Simply Gold.

Hat tip to Mike Matthews, who I suppose was searching for the very latest Christine O’Donnell-related items that he did not already own on that vandalized Amazon page we talked about earlier this week.

Our Father Who Art in Sussex

Our good friends down in Sussex County have been reciting the Lord’s Prayer at council meetings, for some time apparently, as it is now referred as a long standing tradition. So last month, four Sussex residents, supported by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, filed suit in Federal District Court to end the practice. This week, the County filed a Motion to Dismiss the case, arguing that the recitation of a Christian prayer does not promote Christianity over other religions. Now that’s some good bull….

Blogger Does Good: The Tommywonk Story

Tom Noyes, the man behind Tommywonk, an expert in the filed of alternative and renewable energy, is leaving the blogging world for a job with the State of Delaware “in the area of renewable energy.” I hear he will be Governor Markell’s top energy advisor, but Mr. Noyes is more circumspect in his announcement this afternoon.

Polling Goodness and More Mitt Comedy

Mitt Romney just told an Iowa crowd: “Corporations are people, my friends.” There is video. And it will be a killer campaign ad. Meanwhile, Obama leads all comers, including the mysterious generic Republican.

Big Brother Big Sisters are looking for Volunteers

A Message from Cindi Saadi, Case Manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Sussex County, Delaware:

Cohen Throws Cold Water on Spence

We read Celia Cohen because she is the canary in a gold mine. Like a Seven of Nine liberated from the Borg, but still has a direct link to the hive mind. Actually, considering she is sponsored by Pete DuPont and all his Chateau Republican friends, she is really none of those things, rather she is a bought and paid for spokesman for the Castle blue bloods that formerly ran the Delaware Republican Party. So it is interesting that her new target is Terry Spence.