The Next Elected Office Mike Protack Will Lose

This is an interesting article -- one that details Protack's long-time losing streak and continues the tradition of local Republican Party officials running away from him or trying not to acknowledge his existence. If this is the candidate that NCCo Chair Fleming ends up with that is not an especially auspicious start of this chairmanship.

Late Night Oddity — What Happened to these Barbies?

Barbie has been around for a very long time and I suppose that every product needs to be refreshed periodically, but totally upping the ante so that you completely blow by all of the crazy narratives little girls are sold by their Barbies to get them to think that being torn apart by birds is the New Glamorous is sorta nuts.

Invitation to Screening of Coal Country

Everyone is invited to a special Coal Country movie screening being co-hosted by Harmony on the Hill at Wilmington Friends Meeting and the Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club. The movie sneak preview (about 40 mins of the whole movie, I understand) and discussion is at Wilmington Friends Meeting at 4th & West Streets, Wilmington, on Thursday November 12th at 7 p.m. This event is FREE and open to the public.

Late Night Video — POX News

The beloved children's TV show, Sesame Street has its 40th Anniversary this month and they have been rerunning episodes and skits to celebrate that event. After this piece aired, wingnuts got their whine on,complaining that PBS was specifically trying to brainwash the kids:

Call It! Final Predictions of Nov 3 Elections

This weekend's dramatic turn of events up in NY-23 means that the teabaggers bagged a real scalp from the establishment Republicans and no matter the outcome, the Republican Party (at least the part that is serious about governing) has a real problem on its hands. The media will be repeating that this election is a referendum on Obama (while the only nationalized election is NY23) even though Obama is holding his own with approval ratings pretty close to his election winning numbers and these other races haven't been nationalized in the way NY 23 has been.