Chip Flowers Fumbles the Implementation of his “Economic” Program

Over the weekend, you may have noticed that a discussion started in the Friday Open Thread comments about how State Treasurer Chip Flowers' first attempt to expand the duties of his office has run into something of a brick wall. If you look at the comments there, you'll note that the Flowers' Fan Club is out in force again, and they are hanging their defense of Chip Flowers on arguments that rely alot on conspiracy theories and not much on the facts on the ground.

Mayors vs. Bloggers!

The past few years have seen an awful lot of angry citizens taking government into their own hands -- including recalling local officials. Some of this is clear payback by wealthy constituents (the recent Miami mayoral recall), and others are focused on officials who campaigned on one thing and did another. The U.S. Conference of Mayors seems to be blaming bloggers for this recall fever.

Who Cares What the S&P Thinks?

Yesterday's big news was the S&P placing US Treasuries on a "negative watch" -- they did NOT change the bond rating of AAA, but the negative watch launched off a good deal of breathless reporting and some of the usual opportunistic bull from Republicans. Tommywonk provides an explanation of what this means.

Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Baconfest!

It has been a really long time since I've done this -- but with the excitement of the Queen opening and the Ignite Wilmington event and other things going on in Wilmington, I thought I'd post up a report on the Chicago Baconfest. Because we *need* one here in Wilmington.

Happy Tax Day, Part 2

This is an awesome infographic depicting just how miserly the Corporate contribution to tax revenues really are -- in spite of their campaign to convince us otherwise.