A Strange Coincidence
Georgetown police are investigating a break-in at the Alfred Street home of slain officer Chad Spicer, which occurred at some point over the weekend.
PDD Event — Netroots and Politics
This looks like a really great event from the PDDs. Details are from the PDD announcement:
Lecture and Q&A by Prof. Matt Kerbel, author of "Netroots, Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics".
Comment Rescue: Delaware Banking Secrecy
Allan Loudell, on yesterday's report about Delaware's ranking as the most secretive banking system in the world: Comment by Allan Loudell on 2 November 2009 at 9:25 am: I forward…
The Man With America’s Worst Memory
That would be America's criminal former Vice President, Dick Cheney. According to the Associated Press, the man who had 'other priorities' when he got about a dozen deferments to avoid…
Would Obama Get Rewarded For Deficit Reduction?
Paul Krugman posts this depressing but rather sobering observation: But the political argument against focusing on the deficit is even stronger than he realizes — because there are very good…
Delaware: International Tax Haven
Delaware has been named the most secretive financial jurisdiction, even more secretive than Switzerland. I guess some day we'll be talking about Delaware bank accounts: The United States, led by…
NY-23: Scozzafava Endorses Owens
The GOP war is now fully engaged: Scozzafava released the following statement at 2 :06 p.m.: I want to thank you for your support and friendship. Over the past 24…
How Obama Won — Exerpts from David Plouffe’s Book
Both Time Mag and ABC have put up excerpts from David Plouffe's forthcoming memoir about the Obama campaign:
The GOP Cult
Frank Rich ponders the NY-23 special election and what it means for the GOP: The battle for upstate New York confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a…
Palin-Envy
On the heels of Pandora's Republican Woman post comes Fox "News" look at a little thing that says if you are critical of ex-governor Sarah Palin, you are just envious…