Archive for March, 2017
March 14, 2017 Open Thread
Kidnappings and robbery related, Storm craps out, More prison officers needed, Joe Biden, Gas Prices
2017 Podcast Teaser Trailer
This was a 2-minute soundcheck. There is also a lost episode somewhere in the internets in which Donviti and I discuss the DL/BlueDelaware breakup. I’ll post that if I ever find it. But this is all prologue to the announcement that the 2017 Podcast relaunch is in the works.
[audio mp3="https://delawareliberal.net//wp-content/uploads/2017/03/REe18890844daa7ead57ec43dabd5d341e.mp3"][/audio]Carper would have quit
..but now he is staying on out of some misbegotten notion that doing so will “help” the country.
Democratic Party Now Less Popular that Trump
Democrats suck. It isn’t just me saying that. It is a national consensus. The Party of Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Hillary Clinton, has a favorability rating 11 points lower than Mike Pence, nine points lower than the least popular President in history, and even one point lower than the loathsome GOP. The Democratic Party is […]
On revenue Carney claims his hands are tied, but are they?
John Carney claims that he is powerless, impotent, useless. His hands are tied. There is nothing he can do to raise revenue that doesn’t involve cutting taxes for multi-national corporations in the name of “growth” in order to stay “competitive” with other rival tax havens.
That is a bunch of bullshit and someone with the guts to call Carney out on that bullshit is John Kowalko.
Delaware Elections 2018: United States Senate, aka the Race to Change the Face of Delaware Politics
This race has the potential to be the most important Delaware race in at least 45 years. In 1972, upstart Joe Biden defeated incumbent US Senator J. Caleb Boggs in a year where the D’s suffered defeat after defeat (It was the Nixon defeats McGovern presidential landslide). It’s quite possible that the 2018 US Senatorial […]
Hurrah for Longhurst
Delaware Public radio is reporting that “House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst (D-Bear) is calling on the state to restore funding for public after-school programs”. This is a good start, no, a great start.
March 13, 2017 Open Thread
Delaware’s drug war must change, Winter Storm, UDance marathon, Pike Creek blaze
March 12, 2017 Open Thread
Oberly resigns, Snow is coming, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Smyrna wins basketball title
March 11, 2017 Open Thread
Repeal and Replace in Delaware, Delaware City Refinery fined $150K, Dover Election Board, Winter Weather, Harriet Tubman Day, Philadelphia Union vs Toronto FC Match Preview, New Receivers for Eagles
Question of the Day
How much did the Stephanie Hansen campaign end up spending? I ask because the figure $1,000,000 is hardening in the internet hive-mind, and I don’t think that is accurate.
Borowitz is keeping my spirits afloat
These headlines from just the past couple of weeks:
Middle-Schooler Who Wrote G.O.P. Health-Care Bill Claims He Has Not Been Paid
Republicans Hate People Voting
Two bills have been introduced to change absentee voting in Delaware. But Delaware Republicans will most likely stand in the way because they concept of an oligarchy hates it when people vote.
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