Archive for 2010

Shocker: Al & Tipper Gore Are Separating

Filed in National by on June 1, 2010 43 Comments
Shocker: Al & Tipper Gore Are Separating

Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, are separating after 40 years of marriage. Best wishes to the Gores. Forty years is a long time and I hope they are able to work things out.

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Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 1, 2010 22 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Misery Business

Filed in National by on June 1, 2010 6 Comments
Misery Business

Damn, haters all around. Obama supporters always knew things would be bad with all of the right-wings’ hate and anger, but this past Memorial Day is just an argument to far.

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Filed in National by on June 1, 2010 23 Comments

The decision to delay consideration of casino expansion in Delaware until next session has removed the biggest wild card remaining on the General Assembly’s docket. With modestly-improving revenue forecasts, it looks like a relatively pro-forma denouement for the legislature this year. No doubt the House Rethugs will cry some more about not being appreciated, which […]

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The Full Plate

Filed in International by on June 1, 2010 55 Comments

In addition to the disaster in the Gulf, international relations have deteriorated recently between North and South Korea and between Israel and Turkey.

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I Could Think Of So Many Jokes…

Filed in National by on May 31, 2010 1 Comment

…most of which are inappropriate in mixed company. Perhaps we can turn this thread into a game – caption this story. The Brevard County doctor who was arrested for groping a woman while dressed as Captain America with a burrito in his pants will not go to jail. Instead, Doctor Raymond Adamcik will take part […]

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Memorial Day Open Thread

Filed in National by on May 31, 2010 4 Comments

The Memorial Day edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Thank You

Filed in National by on May 31, 2010 7 Comments
Thank You

To our veterans. All of them. Throughout time. Wartime. Peacetime. These men and women choose, freely, to place their lives on the line for others. To protect us and our nation. And we should not limit this day or remembrance to military veterans, but expand it to all those of our countrymen and women who put their lives on the lines for us. Policemen. Firemen. Paramedics. Anyone who has selflessly sacrificed themselves and their lives for others.

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Chris Coons Calls for the End of DADT

Filed in National by on May 30, 2010 11 Comments

This Memorial Day weekend, Chris Coons is congratulating the House for passing the bill that would eventually repeal DADT as well as congratulating Senator Ted Kaufmann for his YES vote on moving DADT Repeal out of the Senate Armed Services Committee. This is his statement in full:

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on May 29, 2010 8 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Memorial Day Hypocrisy from Mike Castle

Filed in National by on May 29, 2010 25 Comments

Not like this hypocrisy is a new behavior or anything.

On Castle’s website, he posts up the obligatory Memorial Day salute to men and women in uniform. This is the hypocrisy:

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The Latest Offering From C’mon Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on May 29, 2010 0 Comments

They’re baaaacccckkkk!  And, as the shamelessly honest plug states… This week’s episode gets off to a slow start, but is honestly pretty good. Give it a listen….IF YOU DARE!! Tags:  Sex in the City 2, Oil Spill is Bush’s Other Katrina, Breaking News: Mike Castle is gay. etc..etc… Etc… etc… ?  Someone getting a little […]

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John Carney Interviews with Starboard Broadside

Filed in National by on May 28, 2010 0 Comments
John Carney Interviews with Starboard Broadside

The U of D student known as Cpt Robespierre interviewed John Carney about a week ago on a wide range of topics and posted them up at dKos (go rec this) and his own blog. He notes that the topics are these:

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