Archive for June 30th, 2009
End of the 2Q Fundraising
Today, June 30, is the end of the 2nd quarter and the last day to give for donations to appear in the 2Q fundraising reports (federal candidates). I know it’s not an election year, but fundraising reports, especially in the early race are used as a gauge of strength of a candidate. There are two […]
State of Delaware/Walgreen’s: Can This Marriage Be Saved?
It can and it should. In fact, there is no earthly reason why this war of words should have escalated this far. First, allow the Beast Who Slumbers to stipulate that he does have a dog in this fight as he is close to several people who work for Walgreen’s. Not at the corporate level, […]
QOD
During my long drives to work I have time to think about things because I don’t have my Sirius satellite and have to listen to regular radio and all the f’ing commercials. NPR however is the bomb I must say, even when the play David Frum editorials and don’t mention he was Bush’s speechwriter. That […]
Donviti honest thought for the day
Look, I know that Obama said what he said about DOMA. I also know that he has been President for about 6 months now. He has had to deal with a few wars, a collapsing economy and a few other things I can’t seem to think of as if those two were enough. Now, we […]
What to Expect From Delaware Liberal Tonight
This is the last day of the legislative session in Dover. Unstable Isotope and I (at a minimum) will be in attendance and passing along reports. Many of our reports will be available via Twitter (@liberalgeek and @UnstableIsotope), Nemski and DelawareDem will be monitoring the tweets. El Somnambulo will be listening to the audio stream […]
Health Care Monopolies
The next time you hear the anti-reform forces talking about competition, think of this report. But the notion that most American consumers enjoy anything like a competitive marketplace for health care is flatly false. And a study issued last month by a pro-reform group makes that strikingly clear. The report, released by Health Care for […]
WTF Jack ?
The “companies” that I think can afford revenue increases in these terrible economic times are the richest 1500 incorporated in De. (minimal stock-asset value of $660 million). An additional $5,000 per year increase in the franchise tax cap would produce nearly double the revenue in FY10 that the alcohol tax would with no job losses. […]
Iraq Sovereignty Day
This is a day a lot of people have been waiting for: U.S. troops are beginning a pull-out of Iraq. Iraqi forces assume formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops hand over security in urban areas in a defining step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country. Fireworks, […]
Happy Half Way Day
Half way through the year. Already we have had record Unemployment, record bank closings, record lows in the DOW, record foreclosures, record interest rates, record Executive pay, record (fill in the blank) and we still have six more months to go. Personally I think that this coming Christmas Holiday Season is going to be absolutely […]
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