Archive for March 25th, 2011

Ignite Wilmington Speakers Announced

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Look at the list of speakers. Notice anything odd?

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A Tale Of Two Republicans

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Currently there are two posts on the blogoshere written by Delaware Republicans.  Over at TommyWonk, Michael Stafford lays out why religious beliefs and science are compatible.  He states, correctly, that in order to understand the Right’s anti-science stance one must understand that it’s rooted in religion – and not a particularly deep religion. As a […]

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Friday Open Thread

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The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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The Wilmington State of the City Tantrum

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Last night, Mayor Jim Baker of Wilmington was scheduled to deliver his annual State of the City Address to the City Council and the public. As always, he had prepared remarks and started with an overview of the state of the city’s budget and his plan to deal with the budget shortfall. He pretty quickly abandoned those remarks to deliver an explosive tantrum at the Wilmington City Council, castigating them (and blaming them) for the increased tensions and difficulties in getting administration initiatives passed.

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What’s Up With Indiana?

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A prosecutor in Indiana was revealed to have sent an email to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker suggesting that he fake an assassination attempt.

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Triangle: Remembering the Fire

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That is the name of a HBO documentary about one of the worst factory disasters in American history. Today is the 100th anniversary of this tragedy. The New York Times has been running a series of articles all week on this tragedy. The Triangle Shirt Waist Factory was a sweatshop that employed hundreds of immigrant […]

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