Thanksgiving Day Open Thread [11.24.11]
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is your Open Thread to discuss what's on your mind today.
Only Fools and Clowns Believe Republican Ideology
Pleasepleaseplease start voting these suckers off of the island soon!
Tuesday Open Thread [11.22.11]
It's Tiny Violins Tuesday and here's your Open Thread for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. What's on your mind today?
In Which We Find That John Sigler Doesn’t Know What He Is Talking About
In yesterday's Delaware Voice (New Journal), Representative J.J. Johnson reminds GOP chair John Sigler that he should stick to refereeing the food fights in Sussex County and leave the business of governing to those who will care about its details.
#Fail
That seems to sum up (as of this writing, which is shortly before the Super Committee deadline) the rather expected results of the work of said Super Committee.
Late Night Video — Senator Coons on This Week
Senator Coons was on one of the Sunday Yack shows -- ABC This Week -- this morning:
Speechless
We've all seen (I hope) the video of the UC Davis Police pepper-spraying the OWS protesters who were sitting, arms-locked and -- most importantly -- peacefully, when the police decided that mistreating students was the most important thing they could do that day. (This video is 8+ minutes long and is an amazing document of the public reaction to this incident as well of the police retreating in full embarassment.)
Bill Dunn Running for NCCo President
Bill Dunn ran a very competitive campaign against Paul Clark in the Dem primary for NCCo President in 2008. You also know him from his work on the Civic League of New Castle County. Bill has lots of supporters among the readers of this blog, so do your best to get out and support him as he announces.
In Which We Find That John Carney Still Doesn’t Get It
There are still 14 million people unemployed in America and today we find that John Carney is still working on stuff that creates no jobs:
Zombie Casino Alert! Part II
Another article in the NJ today provides some information on the purported losses to Delaware casinos as a result of the added competition from Maryland and Pennsylvania. An industry group points to a 2.5% loss of revenue over 2010 numbers, while the casinos point to a 13% loss in revenues for slots.
A Note To John Carney — 14 Million Unemployed Are More Important Than the Deficit
Since Representative Carney is using his time in Congress to sign bi-partisan letters to the Deficit Supercommittee to Go Big in cutting the deficit, I thought I'd use my platform here to remind him of what the genuine crisis is right now.
Occupy Delaware Starts Saturday, November 5
As noted yesterday in a couple of comments in the Open Thread, Occupy Delaware begins its occupation at H. Fletcher Brown park in Wilmington, DE at 10AM. You can check for details at OccupydDE.org (where there is also notice of the next planning meeting on Wednesday 2 November). Occupy Delaware also has a Facebook page that all of you should subscribe to and a Twitter presence if you monitor that.
Late Night Video — Where Occupy Wall Street Headlines Come From
Hysterical! via From Pine View Farm