Archive for January, 2010
Another Delaware Blogger Returns To Blogging
Anne O’Malia, formerly of Fix Red Clay, has started a new blog called Delaware Children Today. Check it out! Knowing Anne, it should be interesting and provocative!
Wednesday Open Thread
It’s Wednesday so let’s get this open thread started. What’s on your mind? Haiti has another big aftershock, magnitude 6.1. The most powerful aftershock yet struck Haiti on Wednesday, shaking more rubble from damaged buildings and sending screaming people running into the streets eight days after the country’s capital was devastated by an apocalyptic quake. […]
Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Post-Game Wrap-Up A complete record of yesterday’s activity is here. The House of Representatives, with the notable exception of Rep. Earl Jaques, had no problem putting a registered lobbyist on a medical advisory board, and approved HB 3, discussed here in detail yesterday. Any member of the House is welcome to come here and explain […]
Ask Dr. Liberal: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Biden
Dear Dr. Liberal,
Since Tiger Woods seems to be on the cusp of declaring himself to be a sex addict, do you think that means he would have sex with me?
Signed,
Ready for Wood(s)
Darwin Trumps You, Mr. Freshwater
Meet John Freshwater, an eighth-grade school science teacher from Ohio who likes to play loose with the facts, use the Bible as a scientific resource, and, yes, torture children with electricity. The New York Times reports that the school district started the procedure to fire Freshwater back on June 2008 because he burned crosses into […]
Stars and Bars
Close to 150 years ago, the United States quelled a rebellion which cost the lives of 500,000 men and boys but which also led to the freedom of some 4,000,000 African Americans from the shackles of slavery. (Note that the number of slaves does not include the generations of African Americans who died in slavery’s […]
Josh Marshall: It’s Meta Politics
I’m just sharing today what some pundits are saying about the Massachusetts Senate race and Obama’s path forward. Josh Marshall from Talking Points Memo weighs in: The central problem the president is laboring under is the fact that the economy remains in a shambles. And unemployment remains at a toxic 10%. Beyond that though the […]
E.J. Dionne: Find Your Inner Reagan
Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne gave excellent pre-emptive advice to Democrats regarding the outcome of the Massachusetts Senate race. His advice is simply really, communicate. It seems like strange advice for a man with such great communication skills, but it is still needed. The message is just not getting through. But the success of the […]
Lessons For Democrats
The biggest lesson for Democrats in this race? Don’t take your base for granted. If you run on change, deliver it. As many have been saying, it’s hard to sell the idea that we must have 60 votes if it means Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson control the outcome of every vote. Democrats, prove you […]
Late Night Music Video: Dig For Fire, by The Pixies
They weren’t really fans of making music videos, so they always made sure to put in as little effort as possible. They are, however, the inspiration for nearly every band that followed them. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2dBsBW9yjY[/youtube] are you looking for the mother lode? huh? no. no, my child, this is not my desire.
Might As Well Start A Coakley vs. Brown Thread
I have no idea how this is going to turn out. That said, Greg Sargent finally has hard turnout numbers from the Massachusetts Secretary of State… … and they confirm anecdotal evidence that turnout is running much higher than expected in Boston — a boon to Martha Coakley, perhaps, though who knows if it’s enough. […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and it’s open thread time. Let’s go! It’s election day in Massachusetts and they’re set to send teabagging, birther and nude model Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate. Congrats, Massachusetts, that’ll really show those Democrats who’s boss! Nate Silver rates Brown as a 3:1 favorite based on poll results. Be sure to listen […]
Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010
The entire record of the previous legislative session (Thursday, January 14) can be found here. Key legislation that was passed, most of it previously discussed here, included: HB 202 (Rep. B. Short)-Designed to protect policyholders when a health or life insurance company is liquidated. Pretty sure that this bill was a Matt Denn proposal from […]
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