Archive for April 15th, 2011
Crossing the Line (Again)
It didn’t take long for some of our less informed denizens of Sussex County to blow a gasket over the passage of SB 30. Today, the Fatman over at WGMD was spitting nails. He adamant that SB 30 was “a gay marriage bill, let’s not fool ourselves. We need to call it what it is.” […]
Cathy Cloutier Wants You To Have A Great Day!!
Some things I just can’t make up. My wife and I are headed to where I work, and what should greet us at the intersection of Foulk and Grubb Roads? A large blue sign that reads: “Have A Great Day!! State Senator Cathy Cloutier 5th District”. That’s it. Wasn’t there yesterday. May not be there […]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Baconfest!
It has been a really long time since I’ve done this — but with the excitement of the Queen opening and the Ignite Wilmington event and other things going on in Wilmington, I thought I’d post up a report on the Chicago Baconfest. Because we *need* one here in Wilmington.
Obama’s Open Mic
At Jason330’s request… Obama’s Bring It moment. Perhaps not realizing his mic was on, Obama’s private remarks were caught by CBS correspondent Mark Knoller, who was able to listen to through a live audio feed. “I said, ‘You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We’ll have that debate,” Obama said, describing his negotiations […]
Democrats, please do more of this.
What was supposed to be a routine vote in the House—to knock down an amendment authored by [batshit insane confederate] conservative Republicans—turned into pandemonium on the House floor Friday, as Democrats tried to jam the plan through, and hang it around the GOP’s necks.
Happy Tax Day, Part 2
This is an awesome infographic depicting just how miserly the Corporate contribution to tax revenues really are — in spite of their campaign to convince us otherwise.
Now We Know What This Birther Nonsense Is About
The Arizona legislature vies for the title of most insane. (Spoiler: I think they’re winning.)
Happy Tax Day
The U.S. has a low 24% tax-to-GDP ratio in 2009, compared to 34.3% in the UK, 25.6% in Korea, 30.3% in Switzerland and 46.4% in Sweden. The only countries in the OECD lower than us is Mexico (17.5%) and Chile (18.2%).
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