2012 – Page 123 – Delaware Liberal

Deregulating Pit Bulls

By cassandra_m May 3, 201219 Comments

The City of Wilmington instituted a set of laws aimed at regulating the burgeoning and sometimes dangerous pit bull breed. I don't remember the exact circumstances, but these regulations were instituted after a couple of serious attacks on people and kids by these dogs in the city.

National Day of Reason

By cassandra_m May 3, 20124 Comments

Today's news will be filled with events commemorating the National Day of Prayer, but I wonder how many of us know about the National Day of Reason?

Time to Pay the Piper

By MJ May 3, 20122 Comments

Scene: you have a disabled family member whose care you've given to the DC government. The DC government places your loved one in a group home and forgets about him.…

The Saga of Political Dissidents

By nemski May 3, 201220 Comments

We haven't written at all about the escape of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, his rescue, his return and, now, change of heart, but I have a simple question for you…

Romney Fumbles Grenell Resignation

By nemski May 3, 20123 Comments

When the time came for Mitt Romney to stand up and take a stand, he cowered behind aides and homophobes. The question remains, if Grenell was being forced out by the forces in the Republican Party, why didn’t Romney or his campaign stand up and say, “No!”

Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” Sells For Almost $120 Million

By nemski May 3, 20123 Comments

The amazing thing about this is that it only took 12 minutes to sell this. 12 minutes!

BOOM: Castle Becomes a Lobbyist

By nemski May 3, 20122 Comments

After the mandatory layoff, a year, Mike Castle has filed to become a lobbyist So he moves from being Boehner’s bitch to being someone else’s bitch.

Polling and Electoral Map Report [5.3.12]

By Delaware Dem May 3, 20125 Comments

Virginia gets put in the Strong Obama category for the first time, while Nevada and Wisconsin are just barely not Strong Obama states (at 8 and 9 point leads for the President, respectively). Meanwhile, is Montana competitive?

Lobby and Campaign Reform Making Headway

By nemski May 3, 20121 Comment

Three bills that focus on campaign reform (HB 300, HB 310) and lobbying reform (SB 185) are making their way through the General Assembly.

Salem Unit 1 Reactor Offline

By nemski May 3, 2012

Since Monday, the Unit 1 reactor just over the river has been offline after several failures.

Thursday Daily Delawhere [5.3.12]

By Delaware Dem May 3, 20125 Comments

Your WTF Video of the Day

By liberalgeek May 2, 20125 Comments

A North Carolina pastor has a pretty straight-forward way to make sure your kids don't turn gay. Beat the shit out of them.

Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok?

Gun Nuts Gone Amok

By MJ May 2, 20126 Comments

A self-appointed border guard and racist is suspected in the murder of 4 people before he took the chickenshit coward's way out and killed himself. Longtime white supremacist and border…