Archive for May 16th, 2011

God Dissed By Wheelchair Bound Egg Head

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If you ever wondered why God decided to afflict Stephen Hawking with motor neurone disease, you need wonder no longer.

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Q: What do Newt Gingrich’s Health Care Views and His Extra-Marital Sexual Relationships Have in Common?

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A: More positions than the Kama Sutra * Newt Gingrich yesterday: “I agree that all of us have a responsibility to help pay for health care. And I think that there are ways to do it that make most libertarians relatively happy,” Mr. Gingrich told the host David Gregory. “I’ve said consistently, where there’s some […]

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Congressman Carney Hosts a Discussion on Nuclear Power Safety

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This event is TOMORROW NIGHT (Tuesday, 17 May 2011), so try to make plans to go if you are interested. I don’t have anything to add to this, so will just post the entire press release below:

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Read TownSquareDelaware.com or Something

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I’m not even sure what TSD is, so I’m making no promises about the content. (My contribution, when they get around to posting it, is pretty good.) In addition to being a liberal, I am a business owner and I have co-authored a book on the topic of employee satisfaction. I see employee engagement as the best way for companies to build a durable competitive advantage in the post tech-boom world. Delaware companies that “get it” are going to be the focus of my writerly efforts for as long as TSD can stomach having a liberal on the contributors list.

What’s that? A little snark already? Oh yes.

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Trump will not run for President.

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Donald Trump has decided not to run for president. His statement: “This decision does not come easily or without regret; especially when my potential candidacy continues to be validated by ranking at the top of the Republican contenders in polls across the country.”

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‘Bulo on Al’s Show Tuesday…Will Spend $320 Million…

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vicariously. If you’d like to make your voice heard as to how to spend/invest/fritter away the  budget surplus, call us tomorrow. I’ll be on at 10 a.m. , the Al Mascitti Show, WDEL 1150-AM. Al’s show is on every week day from 9-12 noon.

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We Hit The Debt Ceiling Today

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In case anyone cares. In the meantime, the hostage strategy will continue to play out — Republicans are threatening to create a recession, on purpose, unless Democrats give them a whole lot of unspecified spending cuts. If Dems fail to comply with the demands, the GOP will refuse to act and on August 2, we’ll […]

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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COLAGE

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The News Journal wrote a story of the group COLAGE, a group that supports the children of gay and lesbian parents.

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El Somnambulo Unveils His Choice for New Castle County Executive

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FWIW, this name came to me after eating a delicious India/Pakistani dinner prepared by the Arden Dinner Gild. Several meals later, this name still makes real good sense to me.

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The Reason Mike Huckabee Isn’t Running For President…

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Mike Huckabee is too busy re-writing history to run for president.

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