Archive for August, 2012
Open Thread [8.26.12]
Another Sunday and it’s another weekend where I haven’t gotten my own projects or errands done. Time for the primaries to get here!
DRAFT2: Business History of RNC’s “We Built This!” night speaker Demolishes “We Built This!” night premise
I still need to find that link for the FSM stats, and I’m open to suggestions for titling this for max impact. It is easy to see why Delawarean Sher Valenzeula was asked to speak on the RNC’s “We Built This” theme night in Tampa. She is a successful latina small business person who built her business all alone without any government support whatsoever. Her story is a real rebuke to President Obama’s take on capitalism.
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Open Thread [8.25.12]
How’s your Saturday going? Looks like the editors here have all been busy today, including me. So I’m stopping in here for abit to put up an Open Thread.
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Shooting at the Empire State Building
Another day and another shooting — this time at the Empire State Building where it looks right now several people have been shot — at least one killed — by someone who was fired by a firm in the building a year or so ago. The NYPD appears to have shot and killed the shooter.
Delaware Political Weekly: August 18-24, 2012
‘I Don’t Need No More Steenkin’ Debates’. That’s the conclusion that Wilmington Mayoral candidate Dennis P. Williams has reached. He may be right. There have been something like 18 of them, and Williams has taken part in something like 17. However, recent surfacings of the famous Williams temper suggest that he may be staging a strategic retreat from the arena that often provides a glimpse into that temper.
The Polling Report [8.24.12]
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There was a lot of polling information this week, and there is more below, although today, it doesn’t change any state from red to blue or vice versa. This morning, I decided to focus on some internals of recent polls, and some forecast models. First, Charlie Cook said yesterday that, with the unemployment rate at 8% and with two thirds of the country thinking we are going in the wrong direction, then how in the hell is President Obama winning this election?
There is quite an easy answer, and I will let fellow GW alum John Sides explain.
Here’s the new Map, showing Missouri becoming a Strong Romney state, which is the only change from yesterday.
OPEN SOURCE dKos DRAFT: Featured speaker on RNC’s “WE BUILT THIS!” night
[I’m posting this draft for comments and suggestions. I’m thinking I’ll post it at dKos on Monday. Thanks to everyone who has chipped in so far.] It is easy to see why Delawarean, Sher Valenzeula was asked to speak on the RNC’s “We Built This” theme night in Tampa. She is a woman, latino, and a successful small business person who built her business all alone without any government support whatsoever. Her story is a real rebuke to President Obama’s take on capitalism, right?
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Rethugs Want Melloy Off Ballot
Apparently, [Republican Mayoral candidate] Kevin Melloy’s check for the filing fee bounced, and Rethugs would rather have nobody carrying the R banner in the City than, you know, pay the fee themselves:
Not Buying the Most Dangerous City in America Label
You know by now that Parenting Magazine put out a piece yesterday that states that Wilmington is the most violent city in America, ahead of places like St. Louis, Baltimore and New Orleans:
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