2011 – Page 119 – Delaware Liberal

Video from the Save the Working Class Rally Last Week

By cassandra_m March 21, 20119 Comments

For those of us who coulodn't be at the rally, there is video of portions of it up on You Tube. There was not a microphone, so according to Jim Westhoff, "we had to stand on the park bench and do it old school. It felt very Huey Long-ish."

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 21, 20114 Comments

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Libya Is Not Iraq

By Unstable Isotope March 21, 201167 Comments

Marc Ambinder explains how the military intervention in Libya lays out a new standard for international interventions.

Good Old Time in Sussex County

By MJ March 20, 201115 Comments

Last night was the annual Sussex County Democrats Spring Dinner, held once again at the CHEER Center in Georgetown. A sell-out crowd of 200 people (and this is an off…

Intelligent Design Is Not Science

By pandora March 20, 201111 Comments

Read this statement: The measure from Republican state Rep. Bill Zedler would block higher education institutions from discriminating against or penalizing teachers or students based on their research into intelligent…

Weekend Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 19, 201136 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Weekend Reads

By cassandra_m March 19, 20111 Comment

Here are a few features that you may have missed this week:

This “Agencia Loco” Clip Will Make You Happy

By jason330 March 18, 20112 Comments

A telenovela about a dysfunctional advertising agency, revolving around a plucky junior copywriter in a wheelchair and the raging executive who accuses her of stealing bananas.

Friday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 18, 201126 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

While Slashing the Budget of the IRS…

By jason330 March 18, 20116 Comments

turning the IRS into the uterus police. Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied...

Time To Make The Districts-Part Trois

By El Somnambulo March 18, 201128 Comments

In which we create a new Senate district downstate. But...will the 'new' district be truly new? I propagandize, you decide. OK, kids, for those of you who came late to…

Bombs Are Free, So “Bomb” the Libraries

By jason330 March 18, 20111 Comment

We all know that bombs are free. In the age of teabaggery, we also know that EVERYTHING other than military action is prohibitively expensive. Taking these items as givens, I humbly present state and local governments with budget bill words and phrases that can pass under teabagger radar.

Chris Coons Sponsors DOMA Repeal

By Unstable Isotope March 18, 20112 Comments

Chris Coons announced he's co-sponsoring a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the provision of DOMA that states marriage is between a man and a woman.