Archive for June, 2014

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [6.10.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on June 10, 2014 • 2 Comments

Second Amendment Activists Shoot Down Tyranny in Las Vegas

Filed in National by jason330 on June 9, 2014 • 23 Comments

Las Vegas couple who spread freedom and liberty by shooting to death two police officers, and a third person delivered a anti-tyranny message as they left home before the ambush with a shopping cart of weapons, a neighbor said.

“We gotta do what we gotta do,” Jerad Miller told Kelly Fielder, adding that he and his wife, Amanda, were departing for an “underground world.”

Amanda Miller then embraced the neighbor and said, “I am so sorry.”

Fielder said she had heard the husband make anti-government statements in the past — including a desire to overthrow the government and President Obama and kill police officers — but was not alarmed by them.

Monday Open Thread [6.9.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 9, 2014 • 23 Comments

First Read:

“There’s an important thing missing from these highlights: direct criticism of President Obama or those in his team… Clinton’s book was always expected to be an important tell about her 2016 ambitions: If she aired dirty laundry, she probably isn’t going to run (because such criticisms wouldn’t help her with the Democratic base). But if she was 95% positive, she probably is going to run. Well, I think we have our answer here, right? This is someone who’s still involved in politics, rather than an ex-politician who’s ready to dish and tell.”

I will be receiving my book Wednesday, and I can’t wait to read it. Another excerpt:

“I wasn’t alone in getting it wrong. But I still got it wrong. Plain and simple.” — Hillary Clinton, quoted in her forthcoming memoir, about voting to authorize the Iraq war. More from Hillary: ““… I should have stated my regret sooner and in the plainest, most direct language possible. … I held out against using the word mistake. It wasn’t because of political expediency. … [I]n our culture, saying you made a mistake is often taken as weakness when in fact it can be a sign of strength and growth for people and nations.”

Duh. If only she had said that in 2007 and 2008. She gave Obama an opening by refusing to say that.

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: May 2014

Filed in Arts and Entertainment by El Somnambulo on June 9, 2014 • 3 Comments

I hope you check this stuff out as there’s so much great music that gets lost in the shuffle, but shouldn’t. Music lovers, here we go!….

Americans Hate Insurance Companies and Really Like Medicare

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 9, 2014 • 8 Comments

This outfit called Morning Consult has done some polling to gauge American attitudes towards some aspects of our health care system and then created a word cloud of the responses. Interestingly, “expensive” and “greedy” are associated with insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies and hospitals. Americans are more positive about nurses and Medicare. I’m posting the two word clouds for Insurance Companies and Medicare (thinking that the idea of being able to buy into Medicare as a Public Option was really a missed opportunity by Congress), but you should go over and see all of their word clouds — it is an interesting narrative:

Monday Back to Daily Delawhere [6.9.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 9, 2014 • 6 Comments

We are going to alternate weeks now, between Daily Delawhere and Daily Elsewhere.

Late Night Video — Bill Maher vs the Ammosexuals

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 8, 2014 • 0 Comments

Hysterical and perfect — Maher points his wit at the Open Carry Ammosexuals, but not the 2nd Amendment:

Sunday Open Thread [6.8.14]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on June 8, 2014 • 1 Comment

I LOVE this story — a British WWII vet busts out of his retirement home to go to Normandy for the D-Day celebrations.

An 89-year-old British World War II veteran who went missing from his retirement home was found in France enjoying a D-Day anniversary get-together with former comrades, police said Friday.

Bernard Jordan slipped out of The Pines care home in the seaside town of Hove in southern England on Thursday wearing his medals under his raincoat.

The former Royal Navy officer then joined a coach party heading for events marking the 70th anniversary of the landings at Ouistreham in Normandy, northern France.

Sunday Daily Elsewhere [6.8.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on June 8, 2014 • 1 Comment

Late Night Video — Feminist Terrorist Sleeper Cell

Filed in National by cassandra_m on June 7, 2014 • 24 Comments

Great video from representatives of the Lady Parts Justice Feminist Terrorist Sleeper Cell, a terrorist group responding to the crazy petition by one more exercise in bogus male victimization that is called “A Voice for Men” at Change.org asking the White House to classify Feminism as a Terrorist Group. I never thought of myself as terrorist material, but the Lady Parts Justice Feminist Sleeper Cell seems like my kind of terrorism: