Archive for December, 2013
Friday Open Thread [12.27.13]
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How to Legalize Cannibis — Please. Get this done soon — Mark Kleinman is looking for some good discussion in how to do it well:
The initiative process may be the only way of accomplishing legalization in some states, but the ordinary process of legislation, where feasible, is likely to yield better outcomes.
The bulk of the revenue of a legal cannabis industry, like the bulk of the revenue of the beer industry, will come from people with substance abuse disorder. Thus the commercial interest will be opposed to the public interest in minimizing the growth of the clinically impaired population.
In the face of the lobbying power of the cannabis industry, it will be difficult to maintain high taxes or tight regulation. A state-monopoly system at retail might be preferable. The doctrine of “commercial free speech” makes the regulatory problem harder; one advantage of a state monopoly would be better consumer information. But the state lotteries demonstrate that a revenue-driven state monopoly can be just as ruthless as any private enterprise.
Friday Daily Delawhere [12.27.13]
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Here is the third Christmas Light House, located on Kelly Driver in Corner Ketch.
The Year End Chip Flowers Fingerpointing
This is a comment rescue, from a piece that John Manifold linked to for us from Delaware State News, where Chip Flowers is still trying to avoid taking responsibility for the basic management of his office. This time, he wants you to know that the OMB is responsible for terminating an exempt employee that he hired. And “politics” is at fault for the OMB leaving him with the Personnel bag, as it were, even though the employee has already resigned and is done with her medical leave:
Thursday Open Thread [12.26.13]
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Steve Benen says that even though 2013 was a bad year for President Obama, it is not, as some pundits describe it, the worst year EVAH!!!!! in all history for any human being alive or dead. Indeed, the President did accomplish some important things this past year…
Thursday Daily Delawhere [12.26.13]
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This is another Christmas Light House near Summit Bridge Road in Blackbird. The homeowners also broadcast a small radio signal with Christmas songs. The game of one-up-manship is on!
Christmas Day Open Thread [12.25.13]
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What are you doing online at Delaware Liberal? It’s Christmas. Well, I got nothing but this pretty picture for you. We will be back full tilt tomorrow… Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Christmas Day Daily Delawhere [12.25.13]
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Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night! From ours here at Delaware Liberal to yours, we hope you enjoy the warmth and blessings of the season.
Yes, we have sources everywhere Governor.
I debated about whether to post this, but here is a picture of Governor Markell enjoying a holiday vacation with his lovely wife Carla in St. John, USVI yesterday. Happy Holidays, Governor!*
El Somnambulo’s 25 Favorite Songs of 2013
I am El Somnambulo, and I’m a listaholic. I listen to lots of music so that you don’t have to. I don’t like my Top 25 list this year, I love my list this year.
If you sample these songs, I can almost guarantee that you’ll find some stuff you’ll want to investigate further. (BTW, Cecile McLorin Salvant‘s ‘Womanchild’ would have been high on this list if only I could have found an online version. She’s great and, if there’s any justice, she’ll make tons of money.)
So here we go, as always, counting down from #25 to #1:
Christmas Eve Open Thread [12.24.13]
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Since it is Christmas Eve, I thought I would address a move Pope Francis made last week. During the 2004 election, conservative Catholics were strutting around like they owned the religion, and owned the country. They were emboldened by the socially conservative bent of President Bush and the Republican Congress. Remember, this was a Congress that came out of recess to solely address, debate and vote on the Terri Schiavo case. In the run up to the 2004 election, Boston Cardinal Raymond Burke announced that Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry was not welcome to receive communion in any church in his diocese.
Well, Pope Francis removed Cardinal Burke from the Congreation of Bishops, which has great influence on finding the future leaders of the church. And it would seem that Burke’s public statements about denying communion are the reason why. Here is Pope Francis’ thoughts on the openness of the Church in his Evangelii Gaudium….
Christmas Eve Daily Delawhere [12.24.13]
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Delaware has at least four major Christmas Light Houses. Here is, I believe, the original, the “Marsh Road House” even though it is really off Silverside, near the entrance for the Top of the Hill Apartments.
Income Inequality
You know income inequality is getting to be a big topic when even Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe talks about it fervently this morning. Of course, he falls back on the tried and true conservative position that we can’t raise taxes ever on anything, and the expert guest agreed.
Um, why can’t we? New data from the IRS shows that the wealthiest Americans have seen their share of taxes decline rather significantly under Obama.
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