Archive for May 20th, 2009
UD to Go ‘Big-Time’ in Football?
The Beast Who Slumbers must have been in hibernation when the News-Journal’s Martin Frank wrote this interesting speculative story on May 12. But, it appears that the University of Delaware, currently a big fish in the small pond of whatever they’re now calling Division 1-AA football, harbors visions (delusions?) of gridiron grandeur. And that, in […]
Daddy’s Little Girl
For years we have understood the importance a father plays in girl’s life. Now, it seems that having a daughter may return the favor. In remarkable research, the sociologist Rebecca Warner and the economist Ebonya Washington have shown that the gender of a person’s children seems to influence the attitudes and actions of the parent. […]
No Wonder Miss California Hates ‘the Gays’
Turns out that her ‘Christian’ faith may be the only thing keeping her on the home team. According the award-winning LGBT website Towle Road, quoting from the Star magazine, which likely hasn’t won any awards, Carrie Prejean’s mother is gay, and her dad just may be as well. Here, Star Magazine tells it as only […]
Republicans Are Stupid, and Democrats Are Stupid Too
For weeks, the Republicans have been united in one thing – fear-mongering about closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. The Obama administration had requested $80M in funding in the supplemental war funding to close the prison and relocate the prisoners to federal prisons. The Republicans have never had a shortage of talking points about terrorism, […]
Email to IC’s Office Re “Management Consultant” RFP
Michael.Gould@state.de.us Dear Mr Gould, My firm has a few quick questions that we need answers to prior to making a bid on bid number: 04-02-09-MG (Please see attached). After you read the questions, I hope you will agree that it would be impossible for anyone to make an informed, honest proposal to offer consulting […]
Donviti Interview Tip #57
When interviewing during Spring and Summer months take into account construction
Secret Government in Session-Day 2
The News-Journal is all over Joint Finance Committee secrecy this year: DOVER — The budget-writing Joint Finance Committee spent Tuesday locked in closed-door session and adjourned for the day without taking any formal action. …The 12-member JFC, made up of House and Senate members, goes into closed-door “orientation” and then opens the doors to announce […]
QOD Special Edition
If you didn’t know already Delawareliberal is sponsoring a Summer Concert at the Twin Lakes Brewery in Greenville on 8/15 2-6pm. This is not a partisan event. We are going to be holding this event for Charity only. A cancer charity that has yet to be named. (if you know a charity that would like […]
Quote of the Day
Vietnam teaches several lessons, the first of which is that the United States can have normal relations with countries whose political systems and ideologies it rejects. That is as true of Cuba and Iran today as it was of Vietnam or China. — Roger Cohen
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