Archive for 2010

Wednesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 13, 2010 35 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Tornoe’s Toon: Campaign Signs

Filed in Delaware by on October 13, 2010 4 Comments
Tornoe’s Toon: Campaign Signs

Do they annoy anyone else, or just me?

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More Like This, Please

Filed in Delaware by on October 13, 2010 22 Comments

Chris Coons highlights Christine O’Donnell’s job creation policy as 15 empty words: “Believes jobs are created when businesses are freed from endless taxes and bureaucratic red tape.”

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Glen Urquhart Needs An Editor

Filed in Delaware by on October 13, 2010 11 Comments

Glen Urquhart wrote an op-ed for the News Journal. Do you know he hates debt and loves Reagan?

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Tuesday’s Asshat of the Day

Filed in National by on October 12, 2010 3 Comments

Gee, so many to chose from today. We have Ken Buck, the teabag candidate for Senate in CO who Unstable Isotope wrote about in the Open Thread today (he has some women issues, especially with women who have been raped). We have Celia Cohen, who Liberal Geek excoriated for her hit piece on Chip Flowers. […]

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New Delaware Polls

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A Monmouth University poll shows Chris Coons leading Christine O’Donnell by 19%, 57% to 38% while John Carney leads Glen Urquhart by 9%, 53% to 44%. A Fox News poll has a 16% lead for Chris Coons, 54% to 38%.

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Her Masters Voice

Filed in National by on October 12, 2010 68 Comments

Celia Cohen is doing it again.

Apparently her masters, many conveniently located in the sponsorship section of her blog, are done with Chip Flowers. So when they need a political hit-man, Celia takes the job. Why not, she has taken out Richard Korn in the past. Chip is just another upstart that has made some powerful enemies in his rise through Delaware politics. And we all know that Celia doesn’t take kindly to people that make enemies with her Delaware Way friends.

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Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 12, 2010 27 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Guest Post From Mark Brunswick: What Chris Bullock Doesn’t Say

Filed in Delaware by on October 12, 2010 14 Comments
Guest Post From Mark Brunswick: What Chris Bullock Doesn’t Say

Reverend Christopher Bullock has an interesting opinion article on African-Americans and the November elections in the News Journal today. Here’s the link, http://www.delawareonline.com/comments/article/20101011/OPINION07/10110313/African-Americans-increasingly-disillusioned-with-political-process. I agree with most of what he says but I think there’s more.

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Google Wind

Filed in Delaware by on October 12, 2010 0 Comments
Google Wind

Google has announced a large investment in offshore wind power generation on the Atlantic Coast.

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Jim Westhoff’s Opponent…In His Own Words

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Never thought I’d see someone from Sussex County actually make Charlie West seem…articulate. Then again, never saw Jim Westhoff’s opponent, Dave Wilson, before. Check out this video of Wilson, and then come back for some astute commentary from Yours Truly: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258zaY12XRI[/youtube] Ah, I see you’re back. Ignore the stumbling syntax, the real meat is in […]

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Whiny Rich People

Filed in National by on October 12, 2010 3 Comments

Economist Greg Mankiw whines about taxes and threatens to go Galt. Just go, already.

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The Tea Party Tries To Stir Up Controversy

Filed in Delaware by on October 12, 2010 5 Comments

Two Tea Party groups held a press conference in front of the Delaware Democratic Party headquarters to call for the resignation of an aide to Chris Coons. The aide, Marshall Spevak, helped get a Tea Party candidate on the ballot in New Jersey.

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