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A Very Great Day

By cassandra_m May 5, 20093 Comments

Maine's House votes to approve same-sex marriage. This passed the Senate already so I think that this goes to the Governor for signature. DC's City Council votes to recognize same-sex…

GOP Moderates Are to Be Seen, But Not Heard

By cassandra_m May 5, 20097 Comments

Apparently GOP Chair Michael Steele has decided to deal with the flight of moderates from the GOP by defining their role: "All you moderates out there, y'all come. I mean,…

Who Does Paul Clark Think He’s Kidding?

By cassandra_m May 4, 200913 Comments

NCCo County Council President writes a Letter to the Editor today, objecting to the characterizations of the NCCo Council government as being against Open Government: Council’s vote was solely based…

A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part II

By cassandra_m May 4, 200929 Comments

Proposal 2: Rep. John Kowalko developed a revenue proposal that concerns itself with ways to mitigate the 8% pay cut for State workers. Scroll down to the bottom of the…

A Tale of Two Budget Proposals — Part I

By cassandra_m May 4, 20095 Comments

Delaware's massive budget crisis has brought about a budget proposal that provides for deep operating cuts, which includes a very big cut in salaries for state workers. This has been…

Headline of the Evening

By cassandra_m May 2, 20091 Comment

At the HuffPost: Obama Orders Emergency Quarantine of Biden It's funny -- go read the whole thing!

Fear of an Ass (Backwards) Hat –UPDATED

By cassandra_m May 2, 20099 Comments

From the Man Beyond the Cutting Edge: "You wear your hat one way. You like to wear it, you know, kind of cocked to the left, you know, because that’s…

An Open Letter to the NCCo Council

By cassandra_m April 29, 200920 Comments

By rejecting Councilman David Tackett's resolution to make it easier for citizens hear the proceedings in County Council via the web (live or archived video), you put yourselves on the…

The Wingnut Freakout Over the Swine Flu

By cassandra_m April 28, 20099 Comments

Notwithstanding that this flu business will end up being a smaller deal than the tone of the news would tell you, the wingnuts are in Full Freakout Mode over his…

A torture related media observation/question from Eric Boehlert: Does anybody else think it's odd, albeit telling, that for chunks of the corporate press corps, the emphasis surrounding the release of the Bush…

Worst Slide Story

By cassandra_m April 27, 20091 Comment

This is a very clever animation from Newsday -- click the picture to go to their site to see the complete animation!

Apps for America

By cassandra_m April 27, 20094 Comments

I heard this report on NPR on Friday -- which talked about the winners of the Sunlight Foundation's Apps for America contest. The goal of this contest was to have…

Verizon Getting iPhone?

By cassandra_m April 27, 200914 Comments

The perpetual question gets another boost today via this report from USA Today: Verizon and Apple are discussing the possible development of an iPhone for Verizon, with the goal of…