January 13, 2010 – Delaware Liberal

Markell Names Widener Dean to Probe Bradley Fiasco

By El Somnambulo January 13, 2010

In a move that absolutely had to be made, Gov. Markell has announced an investigation into the systemic failures that enabled Dr. Earl Bradley to abuse children under his care…

The Return of Ask Dr. Liberal

By liberalgeek January 13, 20105 Comments

Is your political party adrift? Your marriage in crisis? Your prize Holstein under-producing or your teenager not getting you while your shaman, priest or large animal vet stands idly by?…

Pat Robertson: Haiti Deserved It.

By Delaware Dem January 13, 2010138 Comments

What is with Pat Robertson and always saying victims deserved their tragedies. Whether it be hurricanes, terrorist attacks like 9/11 or earthquakes, the victims are somehow the perpetrator, according to the oh so Christian Pat Robertson.

I’m Having Trouble Seeing This Marriage End In Anything Other Than Divorce

By pandora January 13, 201012 Comments

Cenk Uygar (the Seminal at Fire Dog Lake) has issued an invitation to tea parties. I issue a challenge to the tea-party movement. If you’re true to your word, and…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 13, 201015 Comments

It's Wednesday and today's open thread has a theme: polling. A new poll by CNN shows that Americans are in line with Obama's political ideology. Even in most generic poll…

DE Sports and Video Lottery Commission Recommends Against New Casinos

By cassandra_m January 13, 201038 Comments

...or -- perhaps we should call this Watching the Delaware Legislature Put Their Ninny Hats On. Ginger Gibson at the News Journal documents the atrocities. This is a completely mind-boggling recommendation by this Commission and flies in the face of the recommendations (and data gathered) by their own commissioned study: Several lawmakers insisted that any financial harm to the existing racetracks was unacceptable, even if job losses there were compensated for with new jobs at new venues.

Pre-Game Show: State Legislative Committee Day-Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

By El Somnambulo January 13, 20101 Comment

First, a brief primer for newcomers. On Wednesdays when the General Assembly is in session, virtually the entire legislative day is devoted to committee meetings. For the House, other than…

Haiti Earthquake – Please Help

By pandora January 13, 20104 Comments

As more and more information comes out of Haiti there is no doubt that the scope of this tragedy will be grow. The Red Cross estimates that 3 million people…

California Prop 8 Trial

By Unstable Isotope January 13, 20106 Comments

Right now in California a trial to determine the constitutionality of Prop 8 is just underway. Prop 8 is the proposition that overturned a court ruling in California allowing same…

Ginger Gibson Finds the JFC Still Not Open

By cassandra_m January 13, 20104 Comments

Last year's hard won HB 1 victory was supposed to mean that legislature business was to be done in the light of day -- with ample and good notice to the public of meetings and hearings as well as making sure that minutes or recordings of meetings were made and made public.