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City of Wilmington Mayoral Race Cattle Call — Spring 2010 Edition

Filed in National by on April 26, 2010 9 Comments
City of Wilmington Mayoral Race Cattle Call — Spring 2010 Edition

Adam Taylor of the News Journal does the work of rounding up the declared and the rumored, so I can do this without appearing to betray any confidences. This list fairly humorous, especially if looking a this field in its entirety. But many kudos to Adam for doing this and for having this story picked up everywhere — I first heard it this AM on WHYY.

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Late Night Video — Star Trek Cribs

Filed in National by on April 25, 2010 0 Comments

The Director’s Cut even!  Very funny: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBXal1GAA4A[/youtube]

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Sunday Reading

Filed in National by on April 25, 2010 2 Comments

Here’s a few Must Read articles for Sunday:

Let us know what you are reading in the comments.

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Since the News Journal Couldn’t Be Bothered to Cover Chris Coons Launch….

Filed in National by on April 20, 2010 24 Comments

Did you notice what was missing from the News Journal today?

Coverage of Chris Coons’ official launch of his Senatorial bid. No wonder they have a hard time getting people to buy this thing. A serious candidate for Senate does the three county tour and the best the NJ can do is show a picture in the dead tree edition.

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Chris Coons’ Senate Announcement Events — Live Reports

Filed in National by on April 19, 2010 36 Comments

So today is the day and Chris is making the traditional 3 county announcement today, ending up at a celebration event in Wilmington. Have you been to any events? If so, tell us about what you saw and who was there and what you think about this pending race in the comments below.

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Chris Coons Kicks Off His Campaign

Filed in National by on April 18, 2010 28 Comments

After spending the first two months since his announcement proving that he can certainly raise money, Chris Coons is officially ready to click off his campaign this Monday 19 April 2010. From an announcement in my in-box from the campaign: Our Sussex County event will be at 10 a.m. on the boardwalk in Rehoboth. Our […]

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Too Good for Their Own Taxes

Filed in National by on April 18, 2010 17 Comments

That could be the alternate title of Celia Cohen’s latest soft shoe — this time around Senator Colin Bonini’s past tax issues with the IRS. His tax issues resulted in a lien on his house for a short time.

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City of Wilmington to Live Stream City Council Meetings

Filed in Delaware by on April 18, 2010 7 Comments

I was at City Council last Thursday where Bud Freel brought up an ordnance (pdf) that would allow the City to sign a contract with a firm that would take he video recorded by WITN of Council Meetings and live stream them over the internet.

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Teabagger Calls for Killing Liberals

Filed in National by on April 16, 2010 22 Comments

They are who we always thought them to be: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpzeI8sgIHU[/youtube] (Via)

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Senator Ted Kaufman Discusses Bank Reform on NPR

Filed in National by on April 14, 2010 5 Comments

John Manifold points to this in the Open Thread and I heard it just abit ago in the car. Man, is he ever good. Dismantling Too Big to Fail needs to be a priority. Give a listen — it’s about 5 minutes long:

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Teapartiers = Delaware GOP

Filed in National by on April 14, 2010 56 Comments
Teapartiers = Delaware GOP

So apparently the Delaware GOP is on the same path as the rest of their party and publicly get in bed with these teabaggers. The teabaggers are having their annual collective tax pout at the state-funded (the state that collects taxes for just such efforts) Wilmington Riverfront (and other publically funded places throughout the state) […]

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Late Night Video — Big Bang Theory

Filed in National by on April 12, 2010 1 Comment

Wingnuts swung into full manufactured outrage when President Obama announced the terms of the new START treaty he signed with the Russians. (The media wasn’t too far behind — I heard alot of factually wrong BS about this agreement once it was announced.) But here’s Jon Stewart reminding everyone that even St. Ronnie announced a goal of a world of No Nukes and showing up the real ridiculousness of the manufactured outrage.

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Teapartiers Less Popular Than the IRS

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Teapartiers Less Popular Than the IRS

This can’t be possible! That’s what you are thinking, right? Well, you would be wrong. Because a FOX Noise poll tells me so:

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