Markell’s Final Report Card
From a progressive viewpoint, I can only be disappointed by the mediocrity of Markell's tenure, but I'm sure the Corporate-Clinton Democrats are quite content.
January 16, 2017 Open Thread
More shootings in Wilmington, Housing Not Handcuffs Community Justice Walk, and Carney appointments,.
Sen. Marshall Proposes Minimum Wage Increase
If memory serves, this is a far more modest proposal than in recent years. SB 10 provides for a 50 cent increase each year for the next four years, and then, post-2020, ties minimum wage increases to Social Security Cost-of-Living increases.
More Than Pee Jokes
I watch these videos and my reaction vacillates between laughing and crying.
Circus Folds Up Tent
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is set to close.
January 15, 2017 Open Thread
Trump's Inauguration, Cory Booker, Trump and Plagerism, Wilmington's Worker's Compensation Problem, and Trump kicks off MLK weekend Trump-style.
Coons’ BFD and I Don’t Care
So Senator Chris Coons accidentally acts like a Democrat and will vote against the Sessions' confirmation and we are supposed to sing high praises of his bravery and fortitude? Fuck that shit. That's what real Democrats are supposed to do.
Bernie Sanders Rip Carper and Coons Some New Assholes
It's going to be a tough four years for the Corporate-Clinton Democrats who fucked everything up in 2016. The Left is not going to stand for your bullshit like voting against cheaper prescription drugs. There will be a price to pay for your pragmatism, for selling out to the highest bidder. You Clinton supporters own this shit.
January 14, 2017 Open Thread
Congressional Republicans talk about Ethics, Trump is fast but too fast and really unpopular, Sixers win three in a row, and the Union release their 2017 schedule.
Is Lisa Blunt Rochester Our Only Hope?
Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester is now a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. This great news.
Dumba$$
Hi Middle America, poor white people, and everyone else so mad that the world was no longer favoring just you and your shitty circumstances, that you voted for a maniacal…
The Vindication of Christine O’Donnell
In addition to denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and yanking health insurance out from under a minimum of 30,000 Delawareans, the GOP's "repeal of the ACA will accomplish a lot of what Christine O'Donnell was campaigning for back in 2010, even while retaining O'Donnell's incoherence.
This is from a debate that aired at 7:30 pm on October 13th, 2010:
The News Journal on Doing Nothing
So, like, the News Journal had this really cute editorial about, umm, Mayor Dennis Williams not writing any emails. I mean really who writes emails anymore?