Archive for July, 2012
Thursday Open Thread [7.5.12]
It is just too hot and it will be too hot all week. Fall cannot get here fast enough.
A Delicious Tip
Wall St. Journal and Dow Jones News just reported that Sheldon Adelson has been personally implicated in developing a policy for the providing of prostitutes to high rollers at Las Vegas Sands Macao.
We, Especially Young Men, Are Driving Less
I have witnessed this phenomenon first hand. When my brother and I turned 16 we couldn’t wait to drive – and drive we did. When my son got his license… shrug. He didn’t want to drive. Worse, he only drives if I make him. My nephew is staying with us for the summer. He’s sixteen, and guess what? He has no interest in driving.
Mitt Romney Is Not Having a Good Week
At least that is what it looks like from the radio and online news I see. Let’s start with his campaign not knowing how to settle on whether the penalty for not having health coverage built into Romneycare and Obamacare is a penalty or a tax
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Independence Day Open Thread [7.4.12]
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
– The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
The Polling Report [Fourth of July Edition]
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The only change in our map from last week is moving North Carolina from barely Romney to Lean Romney. Otherwise it has been a pretty quiet polling week, as with all other things. Obama leads Romney 310 to 206 with 22 votes tied. And would some please poll Missouri. Not you Rasmussen and We Ask America. Someone reputable.
Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2012
1. The Dark Knight Rises – Is he good or is he bad? Christian Bale is less an actor than he is a guy who keeps his a-hole persona intact no matter what.
2. Prometheus – Not as good as the original, but what is?
3. The Avengers – I missed this when everyone else saw it, but I have a soft spot for super hero movies other don’t start Christian Bale.
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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [7.3.12]
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I have a feeling this is going to be a light week around here, and in the political world too, what with the Fourth of July holiday falling right in the middle of the week. Damn you Gregorian Calendar!
Who is this guy and what did he do on this night 236 years ago?
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