Archive for June, 2011
Weiner Pulling Out
According to various news sources, Anthony Weiner will resign today. This has become a distraction for the Democrats. He needs to get his act together and then he can make a comeback.
How Low Can We Go?
A SuperPAC called Right Turn USA has released a vile racist, sexist ad for the CA-36 special election.
Public Workshops for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Plan
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor in Delaware is the next leg of a Byway that traces one of the major routes for escorting persons held in slavery in the South to the North. The Delaware portion would be the second piece of this Byway, connecting the the Maryland portion that ends at the MD-DE line.
No Post-Game/Pre-Game Today: A Musical Apology
Can’t do the report today. Why?: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Typp86uij9E&feature=related[/youtube] And if that opening riff sounds just a wee bit familiar: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1VoCirpPw[/youtube] Coming tomorrow: A super jumbo-sized Post-Game Wrap-Up. Unless Time the Avenger intervenes. Gotta go to work. Almost out of time.
Presidential Material
Michele Bachmann narrowly escaped having to talk to someone who disagreed with her.
Appoquinimink Names New Superintendent
Today the Appoquinimink School District is announcing that their next superintendent will be Matt Burrows, currently the principal of Redding Middle School. Burrows will replace retiring superintendent, Tony Marchio. Appo is the fastest growing school district in the state, so Mr. Burrows has his work cut out for him.
Couldn’t Make This Up – Tea Party Summer Camp
OMG! Via Gawker: Max Read — Is your child’s summer camp a bit too… Kenyan, let’s say? Don’t worry! There’s still space at the weeklong “Tampa Liberty School,” a camp designed to help children aged 8-12 learn about important concepts like Freedom and The Gold Standard. As the St. Petersburg Times reports, Tampa Liberty School, […]
Speakout for Good Jobs Now Tour
ProgressiveCongress.org in conjunction with the Congressional Progressive Caucus is sponsoring a Congressional listening tour — the Speak Out Tour — of the US, with the goal of giving Americans a chance to talk about the thing they most care about, jobs:
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 15, 2011
The big news is that the Budget Bill, HB 190, has been introduced, certainly the earliest introduction of the Budget that I can ever recall. Feel free to peruse it (especially the Epilog Language, where a lot of the sneaky stuff gets buried, or, at least, did when Nancy Cook controlled the process). I plan […]
A Question About Doom And Gloom
There was a theme to this weeks Republican debate. Doom. We are doomed because of Obama. Our economy is doomed. Medicare and Social Security are doomed. Our grandchildren are doomed. Gays will doom our military and our marriages. And on and on it went. So here’s my question… Can someone be elected President on negativity […]
Coons Calls for Change in Afghan Strategy
In an op-ed in the News Journal this morning, Sen. Chris Coons, arguing that the current strategy is unsustainable, is calling for a change in our mission in Afghanistan, from occupation and nation-building to a counterterrorism approach.
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