Archive for 2010

Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on July 24, 2010 16 Comments

The weekend version of your semi-daily open thread.

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Who is contacting me? A guy who gets it, John Kowalko

Filed in National by on July 24, 2010 2 Comments

I am pleased to consider myself part of John Kowalko’s constituency that lives beyond the borders of his Newark district.  Who else in the Delaware legislature could write this and mean it: The last two years have seen very significant accomplishments made on behalf of a progressive agenda in Delaware. I feel very comfortable in […]

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Delaware State Fair

Filed in Delaware by on July 24, 2010 4 Comments
Delaware State Fair

Some photos from opening night at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington.

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Van Jones at Netroots Nation

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 6 Comments
Van Jones at Netroots Nation

UI asked in the Open Thread if anyone saw this while it was live streamed earlier today. This is smart and compassionate and fun and hugely inspirational. Worth taking the time to watch:

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Newt Gingrich Endorses Sharia Law

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 40 Comments

Newt Gingrich thinks that Muslims shouldn’t be able to build an Islamic center near Ground Zero unless Saudi Arabia allows churches and synagogues to be built.

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 10 Comments

The Friday version of your semi-daily open thread.

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The ‘Lower 41’: Q: Are We Not Districts? A: We Are Paramecium!

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 66 Comments
The ‘Lower 41’: Q: Are We Not Districts? A: We Are Paramecium!

Guidelines for drawing districts following the Census call for compactness, contiguity, and honoring the integrity of community, wherever practicable. Today, we ‘honor’ four districts that were drawn with none of those standards in evidence. Artificial constructs designed to preserve an artificial majority. Any or all of the four could have, and should have, been grounds […]

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He Likes It! Hey, Mikey! . . . Wait, Not So Much

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 4 Comments
He Likes It! Hey, Mikey! . . . Wait, Not So Much

Mike Castle believes that the Delaware River Basin Watershed is important, but not important enough.

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Who is Contacting Me? Chip Flowers at the St. Joe’s Carnival in Middletown, that’s who.

Filed in National by on July 23, 2010 15 Comments
Who is Contacting Me?  Chip Flowers at the St. Joe’s Carnival in Middletown, that’s who.

He was working the 8th & 9th RD crowd like a champ and I stopped to have a picture taken with him (which didn’t turn out owing to the shittiness of my iphone camera and the bad lighting, so here is a picture of the ferris wheel). And here is my take on Flowers…

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Reflections on the Netroots Nation Science Panel

Filed in National by on July 22, 2010 10 Comments
Reflections on the Netroots Nation Science Panel

Reflections on the Netroots Nation 2010 science panel.

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Shirley Sherrod Gets Her Apology

Filed in National by on July 22, 2010 20 Comments

Shirley Sherrod who was unjustly smeared by Fox News and Andrew Breitbart gets a formal apology from the President and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.

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Freedom Of Religion? Yeah, Right

Filed in National by on July 22, 2010 31 Comments
Freedom Of Religion?  Yeah, Right

Digby posts the latest hypocrisy from the christianists. Never let it be said that the Right misses an opportunity to stir up the hate.  Kind of ironic that this crap comes from the don’t blame us, it was a lone wolf crowd.

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on July 22, 2010 7 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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