Archive for April, 2009

2010 Statewide Races Wikipost As of 4/14/65

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Is Scott Spencer for real?  Is the only question floating over the heads of the Delaware Democrats.   Not being sure about the ultimate answer to that question – I’ll stick with my original prediction. Also – In light of  Delaware Dem’s post yesterday which revealed that Mike Castle has raised peanuts and is headed for […]

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Late Night Music Video: Elbow – Grounds For Divorce

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwQdpod9BFw[/youtube] there’s a hole in my neighbourhood, down which of late I cannot help but fall

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Good Times

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Do you remember when FOX News was building up the anticipation of anti-war rallies and the immigration rally during the Bush Years? That was great.

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So Long…

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CSN Tribute to Harry Kalas from Mike Meech on Vimeo.

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Picture of the Day

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Picture of the Day

I just love behind the scenes pictures. Here is yet another candid of Obama and Clinton.

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Tea Parties Could Backfire On Republicans

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Well, they wanted our attention, and now they’ve got it.  All eyes, cameras and microphones will be on Wednesday’s Tea Parties, and if I were a Republican I’d be very nervous.  For the last few weeks we’ve seen snippets of what’s to come – and it ain’t pretty.  Although I will give conservatives credit.  They’ve […]

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Castle Not Running for Senate.

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Get used to that headline. The 2010 general election is approximately 500 days away. Yes, that is a long time and anything can happen, but in this day and age, if a politician does have serious designs on running in an election that is sure to be hotly contested, there would be tell tale signs […]

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The Can of Worms is Opened.

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I was struck by the juxtaposition of two items on Daily Kos open thread today. The first is this: Glenn Beck backs out of keynoting San Antonio tea party. Could that be because of the next item: Speaking of Glenn Beck, from his website’s message boards (all errors from the original): My son, is an […]

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All Conservatives are Hypocrites.

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Did you hear that every conservative alive on the planet joined in unison and screamed for the resignation and imprisonment of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas? No? Well, how could that be? Because they have been screaming about the alleged intentions of President Obama to take away the rights of Americans. So surely when they hear […]

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Monday’s Open Thread

Filed in Delaware, International, National by on April 13, 2009 4 Comments

Today’s a traveling day for me, but if you’re looking for inspiration check out DV’s imagine if you changed one word post here, DelawareDem’s posts and insightful analysis here and here, ‘Bulo’s whale of a tale here as well as his thought provoking post about Lincoln, and Jason’s Republicans are the butt of the joke […]

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Harry the K Has Died

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Harry the K Has Died

I just heard news that Harry Kalas, longtime Phillies announcer has died. hat tip to the 700 Level for the image.

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The GOP has Become a Rump Regional Party…or is it just play acting?

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Interesting poll findings on what America thinks for France, New York and San Fran. (Read the poll and come back to discuss….) [three minutes later…] Okay…So why has the GOP decided that the only authentic Americans are white southerners? I think it is for the same reason that adult “careers” are presented to children in […]

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Breaking News from 144 Years Ago: Was Lincoln Dying of Cancer When He Was Shot?

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The answer is, (a)maybe and (b) scientists now have the technology to find out. But, here’s the question raised in this Philadelphia Inquirer article:  Should we find out?  Here’s the long (Lincoln) and short (synopsis) of it. A small Philly museum has part of a pillowcase that has some of Lincoln’s blood and brain matter […]

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