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Debunking Sunday Part II: Regulations kill Jobs

Filed in National by on October 23, 2011 2 Comments

According to Republicans, any and all regulations passed by the Obama Administration have obliterated the economy and so suffocated businesses that they were forced to lay off millions of workers. By contrast, according to the Republican Party, the simple repeal of these and all government regulations will lead to the creation of billions and billions of jobs. But analyses and reports from CNN, the New York Times, McClatchy papers, the Associated Press and the Economic Policy Institute all call this Republican charge false.

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Sunday Open Thread [10.23.11]

Filed in National by on October 23, 2011 5 Comments

This is awesome.

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Debunking Sunday Part I: Climate Change

Filed in International by on October 23, 2011 3 Comments

So Republicans have been paying people to “cloud” the issue of Climate Change for decades now. University of California-Berkeley physicist is one of those people. But when he actually tried to disprove climate change, the results he reached were not to the liking of his benefactors.

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Cain’s Secret Plan….

Filed in National by on October 23, 2011 2 Comments

…. In responding to criticism that his tax plan would hurt working families, Cain said yesterday he has a secret plan to “fix” his policy that he hasn’t “told the public” about yet. That reminded me of this scene from the West Wing.

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Sunday Daily Delawhere [10.23.11]

Filed in Delaware by on October 23, 2011 2 Comments
Sunday Daily Delawhere [10.23.11]

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Saturday Open Thread [10.22.11]

Filed in National by on October 22, 2011 12 Comments

The DCCC outraises the RNCC 2 to 1. Rasmussen has Cain up big in Iowa. Obama leads all comers nationally. And self driving cars are here. I want one.

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Saturday Daily Delawhere [10.22.11]

Filed in Delaware by on October 22, 2011 3 Comments
Saturday Daily Delawhere [10.22.11]

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The Iraq War is finally over.

Filed in National by on October 21, 2011 16 Comments

Sources tell ABC News that President Obama will announce today that U.S. troops in Iraq will draw down to zero by the end of the year.

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What kind of blackmail material does Nancy Cook have?

Filed in National by on October 21, 2011 6 Comments

Markell will appoint former State Senator Nancy Cook to serve out the remainder of Thomas Weyant’s four-year term, which expires in December of next year. Weyant announced last month that he would retire on November 1.

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Friday Open Thread [10.21.11]

Filed in International, National by on October 21, 2011 4 Comments

Coons seeks to ban bath salts. Hillary has a laugh with Karzai about the hillarity that is Herman Cain. Uncanny similarities between 2012 and 2004. Obama on Mt. Rushmore? He would be there already if he were a Republican.

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Everyone Wants to Raise Taxes….

Filed in National by on October 21, 2011 5 Comments
Everyone Wants to Raise Taxes….

… the difference is the Republicans want to raise them on the middle class and the poor. The Democrats want to raise them on the rich who can afford it.

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“Never vote for a party that wants to prevent you from voting.”

Filed in National by on October 21, 2011 1 Comment
“Never vote for a party that wants to prevent you from voting.”

So a news story came out analyzing South Carolina’s new voter photo identification law. The analysis by the Associated Press finds that the law would hit black precincts the hardest, disenfranchising nearly half of the black voters at the historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina. And Republicans celebrated.

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Georgetown Elementrary Needs Sweatpants.

Filed in Delaware by on October 21, 2011 0 Comments

“Our nurse is in desperate need of sweatpants in sizes 5 – 6, 7- 8, 10 -12 in unisex colors. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated as our needs continue to grow at Georgetown Elementary.”

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