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Tuesday Daily Delawhere [10.21.14]

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2014 1 Comment
Tuesday Daily Delawhere [10.21.14]

The Marshall House, on NW Front Street in North Milford. Part of the house was first built in 1787, and the “newer” western portion of the house was built in 1811. The house is now a Victorian tea bar. Photo by xzmattzx.

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Monday Open Thread [10.20.14]

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Monday Open Thread [10.20.14]

Conservative columnist and climate change skeptic George F. Will baffled his fellow Fox News on Sunday panelists by insisting that scientists had not come to a consensus about whether Ebola could go airborne. Uh, Georgie poo, if Ebola was airborne, by now, the population of Dallas, Texas and Cleveland, Ohio, not to mention the whole continent of Africa, would be showing symptoms by now. I really am amazed at the conservative brain, or lack thereof. I mean, George Will is suppose to be one of their smart ones.

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Monday Daily Delawhere [10.20.14]

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Monday Daily Delawhere [10.20.14]

Looking towards North Wilmington from Center City. Photo by xzmattzx.

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Sunday Open Thread [10.19.14]

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [10.19.14]

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [10.19.14]

Fall colors near Corner Ketch. Photo by xzmattzx.

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Saturday Open Thread [10.18.14]

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Saturday Open Thread [10.18.14]

It looks like the betting markets have spoken.  The Senate will be in the hands of the GOP after November 4th.

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The Weekly Addresses

Filed in Delaware, National by on October 18, 2014 0 Comments

President Obama:

Governor Markell:

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [10.18.14]

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [10.18.14]

An alleyway of shopping off the main avenue in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Photo by Darren LoPrinzi.

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Friday Open Thread [10.17.14]

Filed in Delaware by on October 17, 2014 9 Comments
Friday Open Thread [10.17.14]

I can predict that next year’s General Assembly will be all about education and pot. Why pot?

A majority of Delawareans support fully legalizing marijuana according to a new poll, but the issue’s political future isn’t quite as certain.

56 percent of state residents are in favor of it, compared to 39 percent opposing the issue according to the University of Delaware poll.

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Speaking of White Privilege….

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Speaking of White Privilege….

The Wall Street Journal reports that Hunter Biden failed a drug test for cocaine last year and was discharged in February of this year. For reasons passing understanding, he received a commission as a public affairs officer in the Naval Reserve after receiving a special waiver due to his 42 years of age. This was after a career as an attorney, a lobbyist, and an investment banker. Given those careers, it is likely that this was not Hunter’s first encounter with cocaine (yeah, you don’t start at 42).

I am sure Hunter is not expecting there to be consequences, other than public embarrassment and discharge, which have already taken place (and the embarrassment will continue for a while). And he likely will not be. That is quite a privilege.

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Friday Daily Delawhere [10.17.14]

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Friday Daily Delawhere [10.17.14]

Houses on 2nd Street in New Castle.

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Thursday Open Thread [10.15.14]

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First Read: “But here is something else we need to say about the Ebola story: The level of panic doesn’t match the crisis, at least not yet. So far in the United States, one man (from Liberia) has died, and two nurses have been infected from caring for him. And at this rate, it’s possible another health-care worker (or two or three) might get infected, too. But compare this with the thousands who have died from the disease in West Africa, plus the thousands who die from the flu and car accidents each year.”

Three people out of three hundred and fifty million. Three people in one city, one hospital. Three people connected to only one incident. I wonder why that is. I wonder why the public is hysterical. Could it be that the media and certain Republican candidates are stoking the fear for ratings and votes?

If the disease pops up in Cleveland and other cities based on that idiot Texas nurse did (she should be fired as a nurse and have her license forever revoked), then we can start to get a little bit concerned. If it spreads to more people and more cities after that, then we can start panicking.

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [10.16.14]

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Thursday Daily Delawhere [10.16.14]

The Wilmington Friends Meeting House, on West Street in Quaker Hill, Wilmington. The meetinghouse was built in 1817. Famous Delawareans, including John Dickinson, penman of the Revolution, Governor Caleb Bennett, and abolitionist Thomas Garrett are buried in the burial ground.

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