In Delaware Hindu is Runner Up
We are an outlier among North Eastern states where Judaism is the runner up.
Governor Two-Face Strikes Again
The other day Governor Two-Face signed an executive order to end racism, discrimination in state government. This is good, very good. That same day, Governor Two-Face refused to financially support early childhood education in Delaware. This is bad, Trumpian bad. The News Journal summed up Governor Two-Face's problem succinctly, "Our schools and educational system need to improve, but we don't want to pay for that improvement." It's time to lead Governor Carney, not hide.
March 2, 2017 Open Thread
Religious Unity, The Bidens, UDairy Creamery, Budget Cuts
Top Posts for February 2017
Not surprisingly, the SD10 Special Election dominated the traffic last month, occupying 6 of the top 10 spots. Kellyanne Conway not being attractive is turning into a real SEO evergreen up there with the all-time champion, "Bacon number lower than 4"
The Republican President Speaketh
So, the Republican President holds his shit together for an hour and pundits burst into orgasm. The bar is really fucking low right now.
March 1, 2017 Open Thread
Referendum failure, Wilmington University, West Chester Bus, Port of Wilmington
Nicole and Tony Sittin’ In a Tree, P-I-S-S-I-N-G…
...on the current and should-be future Labor Secretary, Patrice Gilliam-Johnson. Who are Nicole and Tony? That would be Senator Nicole Poore and disgraced ex-Senator Tony DeLuca. Poore has a six-figure…
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: February, 2017
I don't know if the music is just better so far this year or if I'm getting better at finding it, but I found a lot of great music this…
Conservatives In Revolt Against GOP Draft ACA Replacement
We all know how this ends:
1) Paul Ryan will cave in to the GOP "hardliners" who want to repeal the ACA outright without a replacement in place.
2) Millions of people will be screwed in the process,
3) At their moment of maximum electoral peril Democrats will bail the GOP out by hacking together some abysmal "compromise" and
4) The GOP will salvage a win at the ballot box by claiming that the entire problem was created by Obama and the Democrats.
How A Potential Boondoggle Became a Full-Fledged Boondoggle
The scheme was so crazy that it might well have been dreamt up by a tiny group of cronies downing a few libations at Crabby Dick's in Delaware City. In…
Question of the Day
The Republican president said yesterday, "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated." What are some other complicated things that the Republican president is encountering?
Carper and Coons both voted to confirm Trump’s money launderer
Your representatives in the US Senate just blithly voted to confirm Wilbur Ross as secretary of commerce despite the fact that Ross appears to have recently been involved with laundering hundreds of millions of Putin's money through a Cyprus bank that caters to wealthy Russians. Ross and his Cypriot bank is also connected to a $100 million cash payment to Trump for a distressed Florida estate the Republican President purchased at auction for $40 million two years ago.
That wealthy Russians use Trump to launder money is one thing. Cheaters are going to cheat. But that Carper and Coons care so little about their "advise and consent" role in the Senate is truly disgusting.
Waiting for FDR
So while Delaware waits for Governor Carney to act like a Democrat (hint, it's not going to happen), Chief Justice Leo Strine testified yesterday asking the Bond Committee to raise the gasoline tax. As much as I would like to see the gasoline tax raised, they only way I would support it is if income taxes on the richest is raised as well. A gas tax would be a burden on the working class and poor in Delaware. If they need to pony up some more money than the folks in 19807 need to pay as well.