Archive for July, 2009
A Musical Salute to the Scopes Monkey Trial
On July 21, 1925, the ”monkey trial” ended in Dayton, Tenn., with John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution. The conviction was later overturned. 84 years to the day later, it is once again time to ponder those eternal verities: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpNoQaB2LT0[/youtube] Chris Smither- “Origin of Species” [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_EyXPs2_Jk[/youtube] Elvis […]
We’re Back! (All of Delaware Breaths a Sigh of Relief)
We’ll have to check to see if some wingnuts tried to bring us down or what.
Early Morning Open Thread
Sarah Palin’s resignation speech is copy edited by Vanity Fair.
Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is arrested for breaking into his own home.
Atwater City Councilman Gary Frago (California) sent racist emails about the Obamas to staff and community members.
President Obama fights back against Senator DeMint’s “waterloo” comment.
News Journal Gets Around to Admitting That The Sainted Mike Castle Got Booed
Around 8:00 last night (56 hours after I broke the story here in Delaware) the NJ decided to acknowledge the video clip of Castle getting booed by Republicans and being forced to prove that he knows the “pledge of alliegience.”
Another Bloodthirsty Fox Pundit
Fox News Pundit Lt. Col. Ralph Peters hopes that the Taliban will just execute the American soldier they captured to save the U.S. the trouble of putting him on trial.
Comment Rescue: Polly Adams Mervine Fails to Impress DL Commenter
grunk says: “She showed, gave an opening statement, then left. Took no questions.”
Georgetown Delaware Wingnut Birther Lady Now Officially Famous
Rush Limbaugh (link) used her on his radio show today to illustrate his claim that “there’s (birther anger) bubbling up out there.” RUSH: State of Delaware, Mike Castle, town meeting, woman wants to know why nobody’s interested in the fact that he hasn’t shown anybody his birth certificate. If you couldn’t understand her, she was […]
Gov. Markell on C-SPAN This Morning
Governor Markell is at the National Governor’s Association meeting in Mississippi this week and appeared on C-SPAN this AM to talk about a number of topics.
Breaking: Markell to Veto ‘Bottle Bill’
The Office of the Governor has just released a statement announcing that Gov. Markell will veto the ‘Bottle Bill’, which would have rolled back the nickel deposits on certain bottles and cans. Here is the text from the Governor’s office: DOVER – Gov. Jack Markell said Monday he will veto House Bill 201, which would have […]
What Are Our Favorite Republicans Up To?
Michael Steele doesn’t know what an individual mandate is, Mark Sanford is thankful to God for his affair and a former head of the NRCC decides that the Bush doctrine isn’t so great after all.
40 Years Ago Today
Forty years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon.
DE GOP Leader, Mike Protack Breaks W/ Mike Castle
It looks like Protack has his issue: Mike Castle sucks. (Who didn’t see that coming?) Protack now has his own blog topping a video of him trashing Castle and someone set up this site bootmikecastle.com in late june with most posts coming in the last few days. Bonus Morning Castle Conjecture: George reads the ogre’s body […]
Washington Independent Picks Up Castle v. “Birthers”
The clip is viewed as proof that the “birthers” movement will dog Republicans.
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