Archive for February 19th, 2009

Bush Lawyers to Be Held Accountable?

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This article from Michael Isikoff in Newsweek provides a glimmer of hope: “An internal Justice Department report on the conduct of senior lawyers who approved waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics is causing anxiety among former Bush administration officials. H. Marshall Jarrett, chief of the department’s ethics watchdog unit, the Office of Professional Responsibility(OPR), confirmed […]

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Anyone Here Speak Islamic?

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I honestly didn’t realize how much I missed Rick Santorum. “A democracy could not exist because Mohammed already made the perfect law,” Santorum said. “The Quran is perfect just the way it is, that’s why it is only written in Islamic.” Can’t. Make. This. Stuff. Up.

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New Castle County Special Election Today

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If you are in the 5th district of New Castle County, today is election day.  Stephanie McClellan has taken a job with the Markell administration, leaving a vacancy. DelawareLiberal endorses Lisa Diller in this race.  She is highly qualified and committed to constituent services.  In addition, she is married to fellow blogger John Tobin. Get […]

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DelawareLiberal In The News

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You have to read between the lines, but Governor Markell did not initially invite Castle to the press conference on the economic recovery package money coming to Delaware. Carper had him added to the invitee list – but thanks to the white hot spotlight that DelawareLiberal turned on the situation, suddenly Castle “was unable to […]

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GOP Guvs’ Love/Hate Relationship W/Stimulus $$’s

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Cutting through the BS, El Somnambulo has detected the common thread in the ‘fiscal conservatives’ agita about receiving stimulus aid. It’s not that they don’t want the money. It’s that they want it with no strings attached. Presumably b/c (a) their states, including Louisiana, Texas and Alaska, have pristine records when it comes to the disbursement […]

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Ohhhh, this is gonna be huge!

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I can’t wait to read this list of true American Patriots! UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland, agreed on Wednesday to divulge the names of well-heeled Americans whom the authorities suspect of using offshore accounts at the bank to evade taxes. The bank admitted conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and agreed to pay […]

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