Archive for December 5th, 2011

Scientists Close to Reviving Wooly Mammoths From Extinction

Filed in National by jason330 on December 5, 2011 • 9 Comments

Thousands of years ago, Wooly mammoths were pretty much wiped off the face of the Earth from a likely combination of climate change and over-hunting from humans. But now, about 450 generations after our ancestors armed themselves with sharpened sticks to kill mammoths, scientists are now working to revive them — and they’re actually incredibly […]

Monday Open Thread [12.5.11]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 5, 2011 • 8 Comments

Donald Trump “relishes his role as Republican kingmaker, [and] he won’t close the door on his own independent presidential bid once the next season of his reality TV show, The Celebrity Apprentice, wraps up on NBC next spring — a prospect that could spell doom for the eventual GOP nominee.” Said Trump: “I absolutely have another bite. If the economy continues to be bad and if the Republicans choose the wrong person, I would do it.”

Damn, I love Nancy Pelosi

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 5, 2011 • 7 Comments

“One of these days we’ll have a conversation about Newt Gingrich. I know a lot about him. I served on the investigative committee that investigated him, four of us locked in a room in an undisclosed location for a year. A thousand pages of his stuff.” — Nancy Pelosi. Methinks she will wait until after Newton Leroy Gingrich wins the GOP nomination before she speaks.

This is now more relevant than ever….

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 5, 2011 • 0 Comments

“…a lesser person could not have survived the first few minutes of the onslaught. But out the billowing smoke and dust, tweets and trivia, emerged, Gingrich.”

So who is Jeff Cragg?

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on December 5, 2011 • 2 Comments

Celia Cohen thinks Republicans have found their candidate to challenge Governor Markell next year. His name is Jeff Cragg. Who?

Welcome News Journal Readers

Filed in National by jason330 on December 5, 2011 • 86 Comments

The “bi-partisanship” at all costs espoused by our congressional delegation makes no sense. We are pre-surrendering on all core democratic issues to a radicalized and zealous GOP that views any willingness to negotiate as an exploitable weakness.