Archive for June, 2016

Thursday Open Thread [6.30.2016]

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Thursday Open Thread [6.30.2016]

Former McCain Campaign Advisor Mark Salter: “He’s an ignoramus whose knowledge of public issues is more superficial than an occasional newspaper reader’s. He casts his intellectual laziness as a choice, a deliberate avoidance of expert views that might contaminate his ill-informed opinions. He excused his failure to consult professionals before commenting on the Brexit vote by dismissing foreign policy advisers in general, including his own… He’s a charlatan, preposterously posing as a business genius while cheating investors, subcontractors, and his own customers. He’s rich because his father left him a great deal of money… He possesses the emotional maturity of a 6-year-old. He can’t let go of any slight, real or imagined.”

“Whatever Hillary Clinton’s faults, she’s not ignorant or hateful or a nut. She acts like an adult, and understands the responsibilities of an American president.”

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Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 30, 2016

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Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 30, 2016

It looks like the General Assembly has scrounged up enough money for the Bond Bill by finding figurative money under the seat cushions. Complete, of course, with dire warnings from Chamber worry trolls:

“It tells me that they are clearly focused on short-term remedies for something that is a long-term problem,” said Robert Perkins, executive director of the Business Roundtable and a former aide to Republican Govs. Pete du Pont and Mike Castle. “This is the equivalent of looking under the cushions of your sofa to find loose change to pay your electric bill.”

The Roundtable, which represents various Delaware business owners, released a study late last year that called for legislators to find more stable sources of revenue and stop the continually growing cost of things like education, Medicaid, and employee health care costs.

“If people did not recognize last August when we released that study that there was a structural problem then, they must now,” Perkins said. “Cobbling together a state budget, which has many, many important programs that must be funded, is not a practice that is sustainable in the long-term.”

You remember that ‘study’, don’t you? Paid for by the Business Roundtable to provide pro-business talking points. Cut corporate taxes, do away with the estate tax, raise taxes on seniors.  That’s the one.  No mention of raising taxes for Delaware’s wealthiest.  And not a peep from the General Assembly this year.

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Libertarian Johnson fumbles faith question

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Libertarian Johnson fumbles faith question

I’d love to see the libertarians rise up and build something out of the GOP’s rubble. Something based on rationality and reason rather than the base superstitions and tribal hate that the Republican’s hold dear.

I’m not optimistic about it having read Libertarian Presidential candidate, Gary Johnson’s response to a softball faith question posed by CNN’s Chris Cuomo:

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Thursday Daily Delawho [6.30.2016]

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Trolling Republicans this 4th of July

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Trolling Republicans this 4th of July

I’ll be trolling some Republican family members this weekend. Let me know in the comments if I’ve forgotten anything.

“I’m glad Bill Clinton talked Donald Trump into getting into the GOP primary. Who could have ever guessed that he’d actually win the nomination? Bill Clinton, I suppose.”

“The Benghazi hearing really helped out Clinton this year. Do you think Trey Gowdy was being paid by the Clinton Foundation? It sure seems like it.”

“How stupid must Mitch McConnell feel now that Merrick Garland said he would have probably voted to uphold that abortion ban? Pretty stupid I’d imagine.”

“Yes, the famous Stonewall Inn was named after Stonewall Jackson. He was gayer than Liberace. Didn’t you see Ken Burns’ documentary. Jackson was basically “out” for his day.”

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Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 29, 2016

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Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 29, 2016

Colin Bonini had company this year. The Annual Operating Budget passed the Senate, but only by a 15-6 vote.  All the nos were from R’s with only Cloutier, Lawson and Lopez voting for the budget.  An amendment failed that would have removed a $290,000 to the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy. The center is run by McDowell ally Dr. John Byrne. The amendment predictably failed on a straight party vote, 9 yes, 12 no.  I may have time to slog through the Epilogue Language which, as longtime legislative observers know, is often where special favors for legislators and their pet projects are buried.  However, today is not that day.

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Wednesday Open Thread [6.29.2016]

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Wednesday Open Thread [6.29.2016]

These polls are utterly disastrous for Trump and his Republican Party. The Wave is here.

FLORIDA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 51, Trump 37
IOWA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 45, Trump 41
MICHIGAN–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 50, Trump 33
NORTH CAROLINA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 48, Trump 38
OHIO–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 46, Trump 37
PENNSYLVANIA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 49, Trump 35
VIRGINIA–PRESIDENT–CNN/ORCClinton 45, Trump 38

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Wednesday Daily Delawho [6.29.2016]

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Madison and Christy Sheats are not outliers

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Madison and Christy Sheats are not outliers

March:

“It would be horribly tragic if my ability to protect myself or my family were to be taken away, but that’s exactly what Democrats are determined to do by banning semiautomatic weapons.”

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99 trial balloons go by…

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It pretty much has to be Warren now, right?

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A Special Message from Chairman Copeland

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This is kinda pathetic.

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500

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500

On June 26, 2016, a 15 year old young man was shot in the arm in the area of 27th and Moore Sts in Wilmington.  He was taken to the hospital and I presume he is recovering.  You would be forgiven if you read that and thought that this is the normal flow of criminal activity in Wilmington.  This young man was the 500th victim of a shooting in Wilmington since Mayor Dennis Williams took office.

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Tuesday Open Thread [6.28.2016]

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Tuesday Open Thread [6.28.2016]

Ryan Cooper highlights Hillary Clinton’s “secret weapon”:

[W]e shouldn’t forget the final and most powerful advantage Clinton will have: President Obama.

No sitting president in modern times has ever campaigned at full strength for his party’s nominee. George W. Bush was persona non grata on the campaign trail by 2008. Bill Clinton was seen as damaged goods by Al Gore in 2000, who distanced himself from the Clinton name (despite the 42nd president’s tremendous popularity at the time). Ronald Reagan was already elderly in 1988 and did not have a great relationship with George H.W. Bush. LBJ quit politics altogether in 1968. Eisenhower did campaign a bit for Nixon, but he was also old by 1960, and avoided much of the campaign.

President Obama, by contrast, is still quite young (indeed, he is 14 years younger than Clinton herself), and by all accounts is eager to help Clinton, who represents the best chance of preserving his legacy. Any lingering sense that a soon-to-be former president should refrain from campaigning to preserve the dignity of the office is utterly dead. And as he finishes his presidency, Obama is more popular today than he has been since the bin Laden raid — part of an upward trend that shows no sign of slowing.

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