Archive for November, 2010

Happy Blogoversary Delaware Liberal

Filed in National by on November 9, 2010 80 Comments

Today is Delaware Liberal‘s 5th anniversary. Let us all thank Jason330 for starting this playground.

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Call for Questions

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We hope to be interviewing candidates for County Council President in the coming days and weeks. With that in mind, I wanted to seek our community’s questions for Bill Dunn and Tim Sheldon and any other candidate who jumps in this race.

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Tuesday Open Thread

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The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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How Could Christine O’Donnell Have Won?

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Could Christine O’Donnell have won in Delaware? The pundits disagree.

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George W. Bush, Explained

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Barbara Bush kept the body of her miscarried child in a jar and showed it to a young George W. Bush.

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Unshiny Objects

Filed in National by on November 8, 2010 9 Comments

We’ve had enough of the shiny objects that take our eyes off the ball of governing locally and statewide.  Christine O’Donnell has had a house dropped on her, Sharon Angle has run away from the press for good and Charlie Crist is cleaning out his desk.  I grant you that the Protack sockpuppetry and the […]

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Science vs “But… But It Snowed Last Winter”

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I’d pay good money to watch this debate. Reporting from Washington — Faced with rising political attacks, hundreds of climate scientists are joining a broad campaign to push back against congressional conservatives who have threatened prominent researchers with investigations and vowed to kill regulations to rein in man-made greenhouse gas emissions. The still-evolving efforts reveal […]

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United States – Banana Republic?

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NYT’s Nick Kristof discusses rising income inequality in the United States and what it means for the future.

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Question On Raising The Debt Limit

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What happens if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling? And since a lot of Republicans are threatening to do just that I’d like to know specifically what would happen.  I’m seeing a domino effect. I get why the Tea Party is focused on this issue.  Duh, the word “debt” is in the name.  Simple emough […]

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The What If Game

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How would things be different if we had a President Hillary Clinton?

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on November 6, 2010 9 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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The International House Of Dating

Filed in Delaware by on November 6, 2010 24 Comments

The Pandora household has hit a milestone.  Both of my teenagers are dating.  My 16 year old son has been dating his girlfriend since last March, and my 13 year old daughter got a “boyfriend” last month.  In both cases, dating seems to mean a lot of texting and teen skate on Friday nights – […]

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