Archive for 2010

Colin Bonini Still Thinks Governing is a Stunt

Filed in National by on June 15, 2010 29 Comments

So here we have another episode of the Delaware Republican party — the Supposed to Be Governing Division — putting out news and PR bait in form of silly bills rather than actually working at the State’s problems. In other words, its reruns from these people again.

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Tuesday Open Thread

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The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Financial Reform Conference

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Right now the Financial Reform bill conference is taking place and it’s being broadcast. You can go to this link to watch the hearings. Here’s a great post by Joan McCarter at Daily Kos on what to watch for during the hearings.

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C’Mon Delaware (the podcast) Episode 7

Filed in Delaware by on June 15, 2010 12 Comments

This is the “walking the dog, talking about things we like in Delaware Broadcast”

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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Due diligence is essential during these last weeks of session, as bills fly through w/o, in many cases, much consideration either by the legislators or the public. Other bills will be introduced as props for the upcoming campaign. Cassandra will have a particularly instructive one for you in another post today. Lobbyists are swarming around […]

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President Obama Doesn’t Care About White People

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa): “…the president has demonstrated that he has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race — on the side that favors the black person.”

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Another Tale Of GOP Minority Outreach

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Welcome to the North American DMZ: The Republican nominee for a New Mexico congressional seat suggested during a radio interview that the United States could place land mines along the Mexican border to secure the international boundary. Asked Monday to clarify, Tom Mullins emphasized that he does not advocate doing so. Mullins says border security […]

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Historians Agree: Bush Sucked

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Historians Agree: Bush Sucked

98% of historians informally surveyed by the HNN rated Bush’s presidency as a failure. 61% rated it Bush as the worst president with an additional 35% rating him in the bottom 10.

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Constitution Smonstitution

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Buoyed by recent public opinion polls suggesting they’re on the right track with illegal immigration, Arizona Republicans will likely introduce legislation this fall that would deny birth certificates to children born in Arizona – and thus American citizens according to the U.S. Constitution – to parents who are not legal U.S. citizens. The law largely […]

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Oh Great, A Reason To Stay In Afghanistan

Filed in International by on June 14, 2010 5 Comments

Afghanistan has a $1T deposit of industrially important minerals, like lithium, copper, gold, iron and cobalt according to a just-released Pentagon study.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 12, 2010 46 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Don’t Tease The Panther

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Don’t Tease The Panther

Media Matters has a preview of Glenn Beck’s new hilariously awful novel The Overton Window. Rule #1 is don’t tease the panther.

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