Archive for January, 2011

Wednesday Open Thread

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The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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A Metaphor For Our Times

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Dan Burton wants to enclose Congress in plexiglass.

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Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Weds. Jan. 12, 2011

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OK , kids, this has to be short as the plow has come through and I gotta go to work. As chronicled in the News-Journal, yesterday’s session was largely ceremonial. Deepest sympathies go out to Sen. Cathy Cloutier, whose father passed away, and who was unable to make session. Deepest scorn goes out to Sen. […]

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The Tea Party In Delaware And Arizona Have A Lot In Common

Filed in Delaware, National by on January 12, 2011 9 Comments

In the words of Mistermix, What The Hell Is Happening In Arizona? A nasty battle between factions of Legislative District 20 Republicans and fears that it could turn violent in the wake of what happened in Tucson on Saturday prompted District Chairman Anthony Miller and several others to resign. Miller, a 43-year-old Ahwatukee Foothills resident […]

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Colin Bonini Has Few Friends

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Colin Bonini still can’t explain why he voted for Anthony DeLuca for Senate Pro-Tem and he gives some insight into his decision-making contest.

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Teabag Republicans Love Pure Bullshit Example 5,572 – The gold standard

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There will be a lot written about the fact that the Republican shooter in Arizona wanted a return to the gold standard. The gold standard is a big thing amoung teabaggy 2nd Ammendment Republican gun nuts. Glen Beck has made some great money by telling the morons who follow him to hoard gold.
Amanda Marcotte at Pandagon makes the case that the love of gold among whack-job Republicans has no basis in any intellectual arguments about money supply at all – but is based on pure and shallow emotion.

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Look at me with all this egg on my face

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I should not have jumped to conclusions. It has now been confirmed by multiple sources that Jared Loughner was a raging liberal all whacked out on the hate message that streams out of the liberal media 24/7. You’ve heard that right?

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You Have To Be Kidding Me

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The Joe Wilson AR-15. Get yours before they run out!

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Tuesday Open Thread

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The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Sussex County GOP Meeting – All That Was Missing Was Spit Balls

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Anon referenced these two posts over at Delaware Politics in an earlier thread.  It truly is popcorn worthy. Let’s start with some snippets from Angel’s post: For those of you who are unaware, Don recently announced he would be running for the Delaware GOP Chair seat against Tom Ross.  Don simply sent out an email […]

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Legislative Pre-Game Show, Tuesday, January 11, 2011

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Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. The 146th Delaware General Assembly convenes today for what will be a challenging session.  With the economic recovery going slowly, and with less Federal assistance to get the state through tough times, this shapes up to be at least as challenging a year fiscally as […]

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Tea Party Fundraising With Giffords Incident

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The Tea Party Express is raising money off the Giffords tragedy.

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Katz in Maine Skiing Accident

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Katz and his school-age daughters were among eight people injured on Dec. 28 after a ski lift derailed at the Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Resort and they fell 35 feet to the ground. We hope Mr. Katz and his daughters are not too seriously injured, and that they all recover fully.

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