Archive for October, 2011

The Birthers Have a New Angle, and a New Target

Filed in National by on October 21, 2011 9 Comments

Well, they haven’t given up on their paranoid conspiracy theory that somehow one day old Barack Obama traveled to Hawaii from Kenya in 1961 to plant newspaper announcements in the local island papers, but they are taking employing a new strategy to prevent brown and black people from assuming offices of power, and they are going after a Republican darling, probably only because he is brown, but also probably to garner some bipartisan or nonpartisan cred.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [10.21.11]

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2011 0 Comments
Friday Daily Delawhere [10.21.11]

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Markell Issues Executive Order on FOIA Requests

Filed in Delaware by on October 20, 2011 20 Comments

Governor Markell signed an executive order today that marks a step forward to a more open and transparent state government. He also signed legislation creating a universal FOIA form.

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Question of the Day

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 1 Comment

So now that DADT has been repealed for some time now, and now that we have gone some time with gay soldiers serving our nation openly and honorably without the apocalypse occuring or mass defections of straight homophobic soldiers, can all the right wing Christianist freaks like David Anderson admit that they are so very very hysterically wrong?

Hey, I am not asking the question. A Major on active duty is.

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This is Pretty Cool….

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…. but I think I would freak out, flip the kayak and be mistakenly eaten by the whale… if I were in the same situation. Thank god there are no whales in the Indian River and Assawoman Bays.

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Thursday Open Thread [10.20.11]

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 13 Comments

New polling on that anti-worker and anti-union evil Republican bill in Ohio: it looks like it will be repealed by the voters. Oh yes, and you can literally have mind blowing sex! No, Delaware Liberal is not becoming a porn site. Click through for the explanation.

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Well, Herman Cain is Over….

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 16 Comments

He is pro-choice. Seriously. Click through for the video.

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Congratulations to Cherelyn Homlish

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Ms. Homlish will be recognized as a Champion of Changeat the White House today for her efforts in helping victims of domestic violence, which include chairing the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She will join 13 other professionals in the field in a discussion on the problem of domestic violence.

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Dear Mr. Limbaugh…

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 2 Comments

Dear Mr. Limbaugh: Evelyn’s Appeal from Strongheart on Vimeo.

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Gadhafi Dead?

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 8 Comments

Conflicting reports from various sources has former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi either injured and captured or killed outright. Reports from Libya’s Interim Transitional National Council indicate that Moammar Gadhafi has been killed.

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Parody

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 3 Comments

Click through for Republican reaction to the “12 Monkeys” reenactment in Ohio, where our reality meets parody and vice versa.

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [10.20.11]

Filed in National by on October 20, 2011 7 Comments
Thursday Daily Delawhere [10.20.11]

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Wednesday Open Thread [10.19.11]

Filed in National by on October 19, 2011 12 Comments

Cain leads in South Carolina and Florida, and scores in a word association poll, but I am still convinced Cain is a proxy for skeptical Perry voters who will flock back to him at some point. Meanwhile, America loves #OWS.

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