Archive for March 2nd, 2010
Kudos to Senator Kaufman!
The Huffington Post reports the Senator as being the 34th supporter of passing the public option via reconciliation:
Bunning Relents – Our Long National Nightmare Is Over
Jim Bunning found a flicker of compassion inside of his cold, dead heart: Under increasing pressure from Democrats and members of his own party, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) Tuesday night abandoned his one-man filibuster of a one-month extension to unemployment benefits and other programs. In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one […]
Dispatches From the GOP Braintrust
Michael Zak, a blogger at Big Government (one of Andrew Breitbart’s sites) compares ACORN to the KKK: ACORN does indeed operate like the Mafia, but it more closely resembles another organization that began as an affiliate of the Democratic Party, the Ku Klux Klan. Aside from intimidating some bank executives, ACORN does not engage in […]
BREAKING: Astra Zeneca to Cut 1/3 of Delaware R & D Force
Ya see, these obscene tax breaks and other incentives come with no guarantee. Say buh-bye to 550 top-paying jobs. No doubt, what WON’T be cut is Astra Zeneca’s steady stream of contributions to our corporate controlled legislators. Here’s the bad news: Cuts at AstraZeneca’s brick complex on US 202 between Wilmington and Chadds Ford include “550 research […]
Tuesday Open Thread
Welcome to Tuesday! If we keep getting more of this springlike weather I might start getting used to it. Let’s start our open thread. Who knew, Wilmington is not the whole entire world: “January, according to satellite (data), was the hottest January we’ve ever seen,” said Nicholls of Monash University’s School of Geography and Environmental […]
Problem Solving 101
Washington, D.C. is the latest area to legalize same-sex marriage and this has caused a problem for Catholic Diocese of Washington. They’ve threatened to quite doing humanitarian work in Washington, D.C. but I guess the backlash and the taxpayer subsidies are too much to pass up. The Catholic diocese of Washington has found a unique […]
The Calorie Tax
We’ve spent a whole year talking about health care reform in our country but have spent very little time talking about lifestyle reform. As a calorie-watcher, I know how difficult it is to purchase the right kinds of foods. More nutritious foods are more expensive and don’t keep as long. The results of a new […]
The Secret Doings of the Politico Editorial Meeting
This is damned awesome — a very cool website and a damned funny take on the ohsoinsidery Politico:
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