Sunday Open Thread

You guys sure are chatty this weekend. Here's a fresh thread for you. Is the Delaware Democratic party's website fubar-ed for you as well? An excellent diary on anti-vaccine hysteria…

Breaking: Delaware Legislative Travel

Update: The News Journal published Ginger Gibson's article today, "Legislator' travel tabs often missing". State lawmakers can travel when and where they want on the taxpayer's tab. snip Getting into…

CNN Leaves It There

I am always in awe of how astute Jon Stewart and his writers are. This is an astonishingly good takedown of the entire cable culture -- the focus on providing programming and information, bu not necessarily on providing any context (fact-checking, esp) for that information. Indulging themselves in the He Say/She Say without giving you any way of being able to evaluate that info.

Mr. Blumenauer Goes To Washington

The New York Times has a great little piece about Earl Blumenauer, a liberal congressman from Portland, Oregon. Blumenauer was one of the earliest supporters of Senator Obama's bid for…

Fixing the Unfair Crack vs Cocaine Penalties

Senator Ted Kaufman is one of the co-sponsors of a bill introduced into the full Senate this week (it was voted out of the Judiciary Committee back in July) that would finally take on the incredible disparities in sentencing for those who are convicted of possession of either drug.

Saturday’s Open Thread

Cold and rainy Saturday. A great day to watch some college football from the comfort of you living room. Or maybe you would like to discuss some of the following:…

Nope on Hope

Shepard Fairey is a dumbass.  Fairey created the iconic image of Obama with one word, HOPE across the bottom. Turns out he lied about fair use and falsely sued the…