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Wednesday Open Thread [11.19.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on November 19, 2014 • 4 Comments

“Republican leaders have intensified their planning to prevent a government funding showdown, weighing legislative options that would redirect GOP anger at Barack Obama’s expected action on immigration and stave off a political disaster. Speaker John Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and their top aides and deputies are mulling several options that would give Capitol Hill Republicans the opportunity to vent their frustration with what they view as an unconstitutional power grab by the White House — without jeopardizing the government financing bill.”

These people sound like insane sociopaths. A need to vent? Really? Jonathan Chait: “That a shutdown gives Republicans any actual leverage, as opposed to imagined leverage, is another right-wing fantasy. It is now fairly well-established that the sole impact of a government shutdown is to make the public hate the party that controls Congress. The gun the conservatives are holding is pointed at their own head.”

Wednesday Daily Delawhere [11.19.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 19, 2014 • 5 Comments

Houses on Green Street in Middletown. I don’t usually post pictures of random un-famous houses, but I loved the color of the tree. Does anyone else think that the fall colors this year have been especially … .well… colorful and longlasting. Prior years recently the peak color was short and sweet with more brown and […]

Tuesday Open Thread [11.18.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on November 18, 2014 • 5 Comments

David Roberts, a writer for Grist, has succinctly encapsulates what has been and is wrong with our politics over the last thirty years. And to be clear, it is something that is wrong with our current brand of post-modern conservatives, and not something that is wrong with anyone else.

You must read them all….

Tuesday Daily Delawhere [11.18.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 18, 2014 • 0 Comments

The Brandywine River. From xzmattzx on Flickr.

Monday Open Thread [11.17.14]

Filed in National by Delaware Dem on November 17, 2014 • 6 Comments

Monday Daily Delawhere [11.17.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 17, 2014 • 0 Comments

Walking across The Green at the University of Delaware in Newark. From xzmattzx on Flickr.

Sunday Daily Delawhere [11.16.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 16, 2014 • 0 Comments

Stone walls in Brandywine Creek State Park in Chateau Country. The walls were built in the late 19th century by Italian masons for Henry duPont, who used them to surround his massive estate. From xzmattzx from Flickr.

The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware, National by Delaware Dem on November 15, 2014 • 0 Comments

President Obama:

Governor Markell:

Saturday Daily Delawhere [11.15.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 15, 2014 • 0 Comments

The rolling hills of Ashland, from Ashland Clinton School Road. From xzmattzx on Flickr.

Friday Daily Delawhere [11.14.14]

Filed in Delaware by Delaware Dem on November 14, 2014 • 1 Comment

St. Andrew’s School, the private boarding school that was the setting and filming location of Dead Poets Society. The Episcopal school was founded in 1929 by A. Felix du Pont.