Archive for March, 2017
March 10, 2017 Open Thread
Winter is coming, Is that a bulge in your pants?, Wilmington University loves their families, Christina Montessori, Poulty at risk
Why you should call the Republican’s bullshit “American Health Care Act” plan “Trumpcare”
1) Trump is deeply unpopular, so this association will be bad for this tax break for millionaires masquerading as a health care plan.
2) Trump doesn’t want you to call it “Trumpcare” and anything that annoys the Republican President is good by me.
Our First Look At Delaware Elections 2018
Over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be examining every key 2018 race in depth. However, to get the juices flowing and to get the grassroots recruiting, today we’ll list every race that will be on the 2018 ballot. Uh, except for row offices, which really should be appointed rather than elected. If you […]
Carney Looking to Raise Property Taxes, More Coffee Klatches
Instead of raising income taxes on the far richest in Delaware and those that can afford it, Carney is looking at raising property taxes. Do both, sir, do both. “Here’s the way I look at taxes: they ought to be fair; they ought to be simple; they ought to generate revenue; and they ought to […]
March 9, 2017 Open Thread
How America got Stephanie Hansen elected to Senate (link) Serial attacks raise fears among women, UD students (link) UD professor made historic star discovery (link) More Delaware correctional officers call it quits (link) North Wilmington Jewish center receives 4th bomb threat of the year (link)
Lewes Sculptor, Kristen Visbal, Just Kicked Some Fucking Ass
I saw this fearless girl statue, and loved it at first sight. Then I come to find out that it was done by a Lewes based artist, and I love it even more.
March 8 2017 Open Thread
Serial kidnapper, Wilmington Police use of force guidelines, Nationwide Healthcare Services, Rehoboth City Hall Over Budget, Chuck Wicks, Shorebirds, Seals
Kavips separates the ominous from the merely odious
In a Dkos diary, Kavips unearths an item buried in a Memorandum to several to several heads of departments. Since we are in the habit of expecting appointees to act in the best interest of the Republic, within its established laws, norms, and traditions, we don’t scrutinize this sort of language like we probably should. After all, Hitler couldn’t have been Hitler without a willing corps of functionaries interpreting and enacting his will in ways large and small.
Here, Um, Come the Marines
The Few. The Proud. The Disgraceful. Turns out that there’s an invitation-only all-male Facebook site called Marines United, 30,000-plus members, that posts nude and compromising pictures of female Marines with all kinds of comments, including invitations to rape: From the attached NY Times story: Now the Defense Department has opened a criminal investigation and the […]
We need special prosecutor
Just the facts:
-Donald Trump has never disclosed his financial ties to Russia and Russia connected interests in the former Soviet States.
-The Trump administration has enlisted senior members of the intelligence community and Congress in efforts to counter news stories about Trump associates’ ties to Russia.
-A Trump deal in Azerbaijan has been linked to corrupt officials who support the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
-The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) puts a legal burden to conducting due diligence on American companies operating overseas.
– The FCPA not only applies to U.S. based companies but also to U.S. citizens working for a foreign subsidiary. The FCPA also applies to individual directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants and any stockholders acting on behalf of a U.S. company.
– The consequences of not complying with the FCPA are significant — the company and its officers, directors, and employees are subject to criminal and civil penalties.
March 7, 2017 Open Thread
Serial kidnapper strikes again, Family of slain DOC officer wants answers, Drunk attacks Dogfish Head sign, Wilmington City Council, Distracted Drivers
Shorter Coons: Dems have no cards. Actually, we have one card that we will never play.
This is going to get a lot of coverage but listen closely to what Coons is actually saying.
1) The minority has no leverage in the Senate.
2) The only leverage we have is closing down the government.
3) We’ll never close down the government.
Somebody correct me if I’m wrong, but this strikes me a pretty stupid pronouncement on a number of strategic and practical levels.
That said – It is nice to see that Coons is trying to find his resistance voice.
“Surf fishermen” win Delaware beach access clash
A coalition of 14 communities pooled their resources to hire Tim Willard, a Georgetown attorney, and lobbyist, Joe Conaway to press for some reasonable sounding limits on beach truck traffic. The communities lost.
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