May 2011 – Delaware Liberal

Tuesday Open Thread

By cassandra_m May 31, 201114 Comments

Welcome to our Tuesday Open Thread. First day back at the grind after a long weekend and apparently we are in for a real heat wave all week. It is too early to have to crank up the AC. Just make sure all of your new plants have plenty of water this week.

American Whites: From God Complex to Aggrieved

By nemski May 31, 201116 Comments

What happens when you control most of the wealth in a country? Naturally, you cry "Racism!"

NJ Truthiness Watch — Amtrak Edition

By cassandra_m May 31, 20114 Comments

Sunday's editorial has the NJ wagging their wizened finger at Democrats for not embracing Rep. Mica's idea of carving out the Northeast Corridor for a rail privatization scheme.

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., May 31, 2011

By El Somnambulo May 31, 201130 Comments

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend, I hope that Tony DeLuca enjoyed a terrorist-free Memorial Day weekend, and I hope that Monsignor Greg Lavelle stopped crying about…

Germany And Switzerland to Shut Down Their Nuclear Power Plants

By cassandra_m May 30, 20111 Comment

Some months ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced a decision to try to extend the working life of Germany's oldest nuclear power plants. Yesterday, Chancellor Merkel flip-flopped on that unpopular decision and -- announced that Germany's ruling coalition has decided to shut down its nuclear power plants by 2022

Job Fair in Dover Tomorrow

By cassandra_m May 30, 20115 Comments

Delaware's Congressional Delegation -- Senator Coons, Senator Carper and Representative Carney -- are hosting a job fair tomorrow at the Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover from 9AM to 2PM.

Memorial Day Open Thread

By cassandra_m May 30, 20115 Comments

Welcome to your Memorial Day Open Thread. Hope that you all have been contributing to Delaware's economy by going to the beach with your family or getting your friends together to help you build an outdoor kitchen to your house.

Late Night Video — Artfully Visualizing Our Humanity

By cassandra_m May 29, 2011

This video podcast from the TED Talks people features Aaron Koblin, who specializes in taking massive amounts of data -- or massive groups of people -- to create visualizations. I'm…

Weekend Open Thread

By cassandra_m May 28, 201116 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Chris Coons Votes Against the Patriot Act Extension

By cassandra_m May 28, 201117 Comments

Senator Coons asked the Senate to limit the extension of the Patriot Act to one month so that the Senate could seriously review and revise the law to reflect current lessons learned to scale back some of the broad authorities granted to government under the original Patriot Act.

R. I. P. Gil Scott Heron

By El Somnambulo May 28, 20112 Comments

One of our true visionaries. Never was able to successfully defeat his demons, although he tried. And tried and tried. Some samples of his genius: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcHOq8i5Pyk[/youtube] 'Winter In America' [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upKsTCKYm4E&feature=related[/youtube]…

Priorities

By Unstable Isotope May 28, 20116 Comments

Sorry I haven't been around, but priorities people. It looks like you've had real fun while I'm on vacation so I doubt you've even noticed my absence. Now it's time…

‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses: Only One Way to Kick Off Summer Edition

By El Somnambulo May 27, 20111 Comment

Bulo's Memorial Day Playlist to kick off summer with.