OOTWG’s (Old Out of Touch White Guys) Lost Big Yesterday
We know that there is no guarantee that a woman is going to make a better legislator simply by virtue of being a women, and yet these are the kinds…
Yesterday Proved Again Why Russia and Stormy Matter
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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: May 9, 2018
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Jose Matthews wins Red Clay Seat – Indian River Comes in Last
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Song Of The Day: May 9, 2018
More Memphis and more John Hiatt:
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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: May 8, 2018
OK, we need to do a post-game wrap-up from last Thursday as it was an eventful day. Underage marriage is on the way out as the bill is on the…
Delaware: today is school board elections.
You don't have to have kids in school. You don't have to be registered to vote. You don't have to be a member of a party. You just need to…
King Trump to decide if America will honor treaties and agreements today
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Song Of The Day: May 8, 2018
I get to delay my decision--John Hiatt or Memphis--for at least one more day. Because, when it comes to Memphis, there is only one King. Today, you're ridin' with him. …
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A more true ideological spectrum for Delaware Democrats
There is a lot of evidence supporting Thomas Piketty's observation that the real split in American society is not a Left/Right 50-50 split, but more like a 99-1 split between Very Rich People (VRP) and Everyone Else (EE).
Given that, let's imagine that we can dispose with most of what passes for political discourse by observing that the VRP has been very good at manufacturing a fabric of false narratives about left v right - all of it intended to distract from the actual 99-1 split.
Now that the scales have fallen from our eyes, let's further imagine that we can put all of the elected Democrats in Delaware on a more true ideological spectrum from 0 to 5. Zero being 100% VRP, and 5 being 100% EE.
It is fairly simple to get started.
Carper is a hard 0. He is brazenly and proudly a member of the VRP, as is ...