Archive for September, 2014

Monday Daily Delawhere [9.15.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on September 15, 2014 • 4 Comments

Late Night Video — Diet Racism

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on September 14, 2014 • 0 Comments

On the money (about 1 and a half minutes long):

QOD — Get Your Gameface On

Filed in National by cassandra_m on September 14, 2014 • 5 Comments

This image seems to be going viral fast and is a photoshopped version of an ad that is part of the Cover Girl Game face makeup (WTF?), and is accompanied by a pretty strong message to fire Roger Goodell. What do you think?

Hijacking a Comment to Create an Open Thread [9.14.14]

Filed in Open Thread by cassandra_m on September 14, 2014 • 10 Comments

Stealing this from Geezer in the Sunday Daily Delawhere thread:

I’ll treat this as the open thread so I can post this link to Thomas Frank’s piece from Salon, which is the best thing I’ve read so far this morning.

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/14/all_these_effing_geniuses_ezra_klein_expert_driven_journalism_and_the_phony_washington_consensus/

John Manifold responds Geezer’s post of the Frank article with this:

Thomas Frank : Ezra Klein
Rousseau : Voltaire

Sunday Daily Delawhere [9.14.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on September 14, 2014 • 3 Comments

Saturday Daily Delawhere [9.13.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on September 13, 2014 • 1 Comment

Apocalypse: From U.S.Petro Or ISIL?

Filed in National by admin on September 12, 2014 • 14 Comments

Ok, then. From the President’s speech we’re sort of at war with ISIL? Not exactly war, according to John Kerry, but sorta. Let’s just call it large scale counter terrorism, he says. More like humanitarian bombings.

Mayrack v Suspenders

Filed in National by jason330 on September 12, 2014 • 15 Comments

It is strange to think that the marquee races this year are for Treasurer and Auditor. It is strange to think that these are even elective office, but they are so let’s take a look, shall we? To me this comes down to whether Suspenders is even going to put up a fight. As of […]

Constitutional Amendment to Undo ‘Citizens United’ Moves Forward

Filed in National by jason330 on September 12, 2014 • 4 Comments

Being an incumbent and 1%er, he is no doubt a beneficiary of the Orwellianly named “Citizens United” decision. But to his credit, Coons appears to be trying to get rid of this affront to Democracy.

Bill to overturn Citizens United takes important step forward
Judiciary Subcommittee passes constitutional amendment to restore protections against corruption

WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights has approved a resolution cosponsored by U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United and restore Congress’ authority to regulate spending on campaigns. On Wednesday, the Committee approved S.J. Res. 19, a constitutional amendment crafted in response to Supreme Court rulings that have drastically expanded the role of money in politics, including Citizens United and, earlier this year, McCutcheon v. FEC.

“Our Constitution guarantees every American political equality and the equal right to participate in elections,” Senator Coons said. “Today, that right is in jeopardy, as a bare majority on the Supreme Court has systematically expanded the political influence of the wealthiest Americans at the expense of average citizens. By dismantling decades-old, commonsense measures to limit the influence of money in politics, the Supreme Court has disregarded the principle of political equality on which our democracy was founded.”

Friday Daily Delawhere [9.12.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on September 12, 2014 • 3 Comments

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Thursday Open Thread [9.11.14]

Filed in National, Open Thread by cassandra_m on September 11, 2014 • 3 Comments

It’s the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and there are memorials and remembrances everywhere. You can see the front pages of newspapers worldwide as printed on 9/12 from the Newseum. Here’s the NJ front page from that day:

Ken Simpler Thinks That Seniors Are Stealing From You

Filed in Delaware by cassandra_m on September 11, 2014 • 169 Comments

He argues in this piece over at Town Square Delaware that seniors who are taking advantage of Medicare Part D subsidies and co-pays are stealing. To be fair, the analogies and even the basic metaphor here are incredibly tortured. Starting with trying to make the hold up a bunch of convenience stores somehow the equivalent of presenting an insurance card to get a discount on medications, then moving on to claim that savings from the Medicare Part D aren’t savings, then working at trying to wrap around all of it around no free lunches, government taking, the NJ needing to report better and Astra Zeneca laying people off. (This was sent to be by a GOP pal, who noted in his email to me “You will have a field day with this!”)