Wednesday Open Thread [7.18.12]
Two more days til the weekend, but if you are anything like me you are still working overtime to escape this heinous weather. There's a massive and serious drought in…
Late Night Video — Jon Stewart Piles On Bain
Oh yes, and this is hysterical. Unfortunatly, it spans two videos, so there is that. It is worth it, I promise you:
QOTD — Should Penn State Football Get the Death Penalty?
Buzz Bissinger has written one righteous condemnation of the Penn State football program and Penn State administration in this week's Daily Beast. He suggests the NCAA impose a 5 year ban for Penn State's football program -- something that would certainly be meaningful to Penn State as a punishment.
Regular Americans Losing Their Political Voice
Using the conservative mantra that Money = Speech, this inforgraphic shows just how much ordinary Americans are being drowned out of the conversation and our Government. Because those with the money can simply buy the policy they want, increasingly, what Americans clearly want to happen is simply not being done.
DISCLOSE Act Vote Tonight
The full name is Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act. It is meant to rebalance the books that have been utterly upended by Citizen's United, allowing unlimited spending by corporations. As specifically allowed for in Justice Kennedy's majority opinion for Citizen's United, nothing stops Congress from asking for greater transparency for those donations.
Romney’s Evasive Character Unfit for Presidency
That is the title of this intriguing article by Robert Creamer, published over at The Democratic Strategist. In it, he details the multiple things we have learned about Romney over the past few months in an argument to show that Romney is fundamentally unfit to be President. Go read the whole thing, because it is the entire argument that is interesting, not just these key bits:
All Apologies
While the Romney people are demanding apologies from President Obama, the Obama Truth Team send out this video that reminds us all that Romney isn't talking about issues, he is just attacking and making up stuff:
Saturday Open Thread [7.14.12]
It is a nice, rainy Saturday meaning that all of our plants get watered for free for a change. It is also a busy Saturday as pretty much everyone I know in the city is knocking on doors, looking for votes for candidates. And it's Bastille Day! The closest great celebration of this is over at Fairmount Park at the Eastern Penitentiary, featuring a Marie Antoinette hauled off to the guillotine yelling, "Let them eat Tastycakes!" with thousands of Tastycakes launched off into the crowd. Fun!
Late Night Video — 50 Shades of Grey, Narrated by Gilbert Gottfried
You are warned -- NSFW or around kids. Turn the sound down if you are watching this while standing in line for ice cream or something.
WHYY Sponsors Wilmington Voter Forums
WHYY will sponsor another round of voter forums designed to let Wilmington voters frame the issues that they want Mayoral candidates to address in an upcoming televised debate. This is NOT a candidate forum, but this is a place where voters can come together to provide input to the kind of questions they want Mayoral candidates to answer. They did this in 2010 in prep ration for televised debates for DE Senate and representative races. Both Pandora and I went to the one held in the city that year and we were impressed with this process and what came out of it. If you have the chance to go, I highly recommend it.
Calling All Fashion Police: The Olympic 2012 US Uniforms
The uniforms (at least the Opening Cenremony ones) were unvieled this past Tuesday and they aren't getting good reviews. Designed by Ralph Lauren and Made in China, these uniforms seem to be a disappointment everywhere. Think “Chariots of Fire” meets American Airlines flight attendant.
Mitt Romney Has Secret Black Friends
And he won't tell you who they are. This is from TPM, who has some of the video of Rmoney making this claim of secret support from black leadership.
City of Wilmington Mayoral Cattle Call — Post July Filings Edition
So the primary filings are in and done and the primary for Mayor in Wilmington is officially set.