Archive for January, 2015
John Carney Announces for Governor.
No, he hasn’t, but he is done something pro-environment and non-corporate that may force his recall by Carperdyne Industries. And that, coupled with Congressman Carney’s normally backbenching silent service in Congress since 2011, points me to the conclusion that Carney is gearing up. Like with Bluewater Wind prior to his first gubernatorial run.
From WDEL:
A Delaware Democrat isn’t on board with the Obama administration’s consideration of a proposal to open up Atlantic coastal waters for oil drilling. Congressman John Carney tells WDEL News offshore drilling in the Atlantic was a bad idea when it was first proposed 5 years ago, and it’s an especially bad one now.
“We’re more energy-independent from foreign oil than we’ve been in a long, long time–greater production with existing offshore wells, as well as onshore sources of oil, and so this is just unneccessary, and a great risk to our beaches in southern Delaware,” said Carney.
Out spent and out witted Democrats better come up with a kick-ass message
The Democratic Party, especially the top leadership responsible for messaging, sucks ass. The Party is a directionless clusterf*ck, attempting to woo voters by being a slightly less vile version of the GOP. I think we can all agree on that much. Now they are going up against the Koch Bros and their $1 billion in attack ads. The bottom line is the beltway consultants who have wrecked the party are shitting themselves, and for good reason.
Wednesday Daily Delawhere [1.28.15]
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A railroad bridge over casino spiele Capitol Trail in Newark. Photo by xzmattzx.
Nancy Pelosi Stands up to Theocratic Error and Hate
Theological error from none other than Nancy Pelosi’s highly credentialed (by his organization) Canon Law expert in the Diocese of San Francisco.
What blizzard?
<a href="http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/77803-webcomic-snow-bust-down-the-shore?linktype=hp_topstory"><img class="thumbnail large" src="https://delawareliberal.net//wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Snow-Day-1200.jpg" alt="“Chip" /></a>The most surprising fact about Monday night's nor'easter is the 11 inches of snow it dropped in Delaware was the exact same color as pavement.
Delaware’s “Charles Darwin Day” the first in the US
Kudos to Jack Markell. This is exactly the kind of crumb Markell is a master of tossing out to starving liberals. Nice work Gov! Now get back to the real work of governing and privatize public education, reduce the minimum wage, or figure out how to exempt millionaires from paying taxes.
Delaware Gov. Jack Markell (D) has declared Feb. 12 as “Charles Darwin Day” in the state.
Praising Darwin’s theory of evolution as “the foundation of modern biology, an essential tool in understanding the development of life on earth,” Markell’s proclamation says Feb. 12 — Darwin’s birthday — “is a time to reflect and celebrate the importance of his scientific achievements.”
Tuesday Open Thread [1.27.15]
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Whenever I see a news story that references a state-run news agency in a foreign country, like Russia, for example, or North Korea, the adjective “state-run” is always a pejorative, indicating to the reader that the news or quote you are about to read is not to be trusted, because it is coming directly from the suspect government in question, a government that is so distrustful of an independent media and the freedom of press and speech that it has set up its own propaganda arm.
Keep that in mind when you read that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, of course a Republican, is setting up his own state-run news agency. The agency will be called “Just IN” will provide pre-written stories for small Indiana news outlets on breaking news as well as “personality driven profiles.” Stories will be written by the Pence administration’s communications team. Yes, this is a valuable use of taxpayer money. I wonder which child’s education was cut to pay for the Republican propaganda?
Delaware is First in something else not to be proud of….
….and that is in states with the most uneven and unequal economic recovery. According to a new research paper released yesterday by the Economic Policy Institute, in 39 states, the top 1% of wage earners earned at least half of all income gains between 2009 and 2012. In 17 of those states, the top 1% earned all income growth, while everyone else’s wages stayed stagnant or declined.
But where did the 1% gain the most?
You guessed it.
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: January 27-29, 2015
I would first like to thank the meteorologists for making this article necessary. Was this the new ‘faith-based’ meteorology? Rest assured I won’t be watching the insipid smile-meisters on the Weather Channel to find out what went wrong with their model. Don’t have the time. (Personal to Al Roker: Eat something, willya? The human shar pei look is disconcerting.)
I’m now assuming the General Assembly will meet today, so you’re gonna get the Full Monty weekly preview. The last preview before the six-week break for meetings of the Joint Finance Committee meetings. Which reminds me, the Governor will submit his proposed budget later this week, which, of course, plays a central role in the work of the JFC.
Deep Impact
This is cool, and I am going to waste hours playing with this. Becky Ferreira reports that a blizzard was not the only thing we missed out on yesterday.
[A]n enormous space rock missed Earth by a narrow margin of 745,000 miles, or about three times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. With a diameter of 550 meters and a velocity of about 35,000 miles per hour, the asteroid, known as 2004 BL86, will be so bright in the evening sky that it will be visible through binoculars. Scientists don’t expect another object of this size to pass so closely to Earth until August 7, 2027.
But what if this asteroid had hit the Earth? Well, now you can play with Purdue University’s Impact Earth tool I linked to above.
Tuesday Daily Delawhere [1.27.15]
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A calm and snowy Hoopes Reservoir, near Mount Cuba. Photo by xzmattzx.
The Vanderbilt Rape Case Is Horrific
We saw this very thing in the Steubenville rape case – the victim consoled their attacker, said that they didn’t believe their attacker had done anything wrong. Little did they know.
It was after Vandenburg and three other football players were charged with her rape that she would see graphic videos of the alleged attack, she testified. Prosecutors played videos of the alleged attack for jurors that they said were shot from Vandenburg’s cellphone. A Nashville detective testified that police were able to recover the videos from a laptop. […]
Earlier this week, McKenzie testified that Vandenberg was “amped” and coaching players to violate the woman. McKenzie said he did not touch her but took pictures. He also testified that Banks and Batey violated the woman.
There’s also testimony that Vandenberg handed out condoms and covered a security camera. Those acts seem pretty deliberate for a guy saying he was too drunk to instigate rape.
Monday Open Thread [1.26.15]
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Wall Street Journal: “Potential presidential candidates — top-tier contenders and long-shots alike — have already spent years quietly laying groundwork, building email lists, recruiting staff, and generally doing the scut work of building an organization on which to call if they flip the switch and launch a 2016 campaign. Mr. Biden, who said this week that he is still weighing a presidential run, is one of the few potential candidates with no political organization, nonprofit, foundation, or campaign staff-in-waiting.”
That is because Biden is not running for President, and, according to the Politico article linked inside, is only saying he is considering it in order to be some kind of Plan B in case Clinton dies, implodes, or something else truly horrible happens.
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