Cutbacks Start in New Castle County
New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer is taking steps to cut back on spending. Unlike his counterparts in state government, Meyer currently is not looking at program cutbacks.
Must Watch TV: Jake Tapper Interviews Kellyanne Conway
You've heard about it. Now you can watch it.
JFC Looking At Cutting Education Funding
Sometimes it is like we don't even have Democrats controlling the state of Delaware.
February 8, 2017 Open Thread
Prison Standoff Review, 20 Years of Breaking Environmental Laws, $330K Man in Jail, Dover Mall Access Gets Okay, Botched Hibachi Robbery
This lawsuit says everything you need to know about President Baby-Hands and his mob of lunatics
Melania Trump’s lawyers alleged in a lawsuit filed Monday that the First Lady’s “unique once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to profit from her White House role was damaged by a Daily Mail article…
Delaware’s Syrian Refugees Ready for Their New Home
Delaware Public Radio is reporting that the Syrian family set to resettle in Delaware have rebooked their flight for this week given that the courts have struck down Trump's Muslim ban.
To counter-protest, or not to counter-protest? That is the question
We have a sub-group of activists on this blog that has formed around the idea of actual visits to the offices of the congressional delegation.
I have learned, through this group, that Planned Parenthood is discouraging counter protests on Feb 11th, the day a bunch have assholes have picked to protest affordable healthcare for women.
Prison Reform Front and Center
In the wake of the Vaughn Correctional uprising that ended in the death of Steven Floyd, prison reform is on the minds of many. It's too bad that it took the death of a guard to put prison reform on anyone's agenda. But this is the way things work in the States, we wait till something spirals out of control before we do something about it.
February 7, 2017 Open Thread
Route 1 Access for Dover Mall, Smyrna woman poisons husband, Girl Scout robbed, Aubrey Plaza
Dover Paid Out $300K For Cop Kicking Man in Jaw
Often times we bust on the News Journal, but in cases like this, the News Journal did a lot of good to get this information out in public.
“Any negative polls are fake news”
Donald Trump tweeted this morning, "Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting."
Delaware Requires Public School Teachers and Administrators to Force Students to Recite the Pledge of Allegiance
When the Department of Education has procured and distributed American flags in each free public school, any principal or teacher of such free public school who fails to require the salute and pledge as set out in § 4105 of this title shall be fined not more than $50 or imprisoned not more than 10 days.
Culture Beats Strategy
Once you've internalized this axiom; "Culture Beats Strategy" it is easy to easy to see every contest or competition through that lens. That was a nice strategy the Atlanta Falcons had last night. too bad that were playing against a team with a strong culture. A strategy is a nice thing to have. A culture is essential.
When a team, group, company or family builds a culture it doesn't need for things to go perfectly. People know what to do in situations that haven't been thought through and game planned. A team with a culture has a lot of group cohesion around a few basic assumptions. People can take independent action because they know the organization's goals without having to be directed. A strategy is merely a list of things you want to happen. A culture operates on an entirely different plane.
When Republicans beat Democrats with policies that add up to a lot of threadbare nonsense under the most fleeting scrutiny - they are winning on culture. Democrats seem to be constantly confused about this. They shouldn't be. Culture beats strategy.
Group membership means something to people in a culture. Group membership is a means to personal ends for people executing a strategy. Members of a culture share values, spoken and unspoken, and you don't need to explain how any given policy fits into the values of a culture. It either does or doesn't on its face.