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Sports Betting Passes. Markell to Sign Bill This Week.
The Delaware State Senate today passed the sports betting legislation, 17 yes, 2 no, and 2 (Adams, Simpson), not voting. The Governor’s office released the following statement: DOVER — Governor Jack Markell today thanked the legislature for passing the bill that would reactivate a sports lottery in Delaware and for bringing the state more than $50 […]
Torture Architect Yoo to Write Column for Inquirer
Some things El Somnambulo just cannot make up. At a time when newspapers are at death’s door, the Philadelphia Inquirer has hired Bush’s point man on torture to write a monthly column. Philly Daily News’ Attytood columnist Will Bunch is not too thrilled with the move. The Inquirer thus handed Yoo a loud megaphone on […]
Lofink Will Not Seek His Former Seat in 2010
Former Rep. Vince Lofink and his family have moved out of the 27th RD, which means that Earl Jaques will not face a rematch in 2010. The couple has relocated to Hockessin. Come to think of it, that brings up something that Al Mascitti wrote here awhile back. Al was effusive in his praise of […]
Rogue Financier U. S. Drug Informant?
The (UK) Independent reports that Texas billionaire ‘Sir’ Allen Stanford may have been an anti-drug informant for the American Drug Enforcement Agency for a decade and, in return, Stanford was given official government protection to run his scam banking empire free of government oversight. A BBC Panorama programme, to be screened tonight, alleges that the […]
Jeff Montgomery’s ‘Must-Read’ on Harrington and the Delaware State Fair
El Somnambulo believes that nothing demonstrates the moral and ethical decay at the core of the ‘Delaware Way’ more than the cozy relationships between the Delaware State Fair/Harrington Raceway and the state’s political powerbrokers. In today’s News-Journal, Jeff Montgomery writes an essential investigative piece outlining what’s there once the rocks are lifted. It is must-reading […]
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-May 10th
LEAD ARTICLE: Washington Post- Smithfield vs. Mexico…The Dark Side of Agribusiness Come to think of it, is there a bright side to agribusiness? While there may not be a proven link between Smithfield and the swine flu outbreak, Steve Fanairu paints an excellent portrait of how Smithfield runs roughshod over scores of people and endangers […]
Sports Betting Bill Passes: Fascinating Story Superbly Reported by Ginger Gibson
For someone who has not been in Legislative Hall for very long, the News-Journal’s Ginger Gibson perfectly captured the sometimes surreal picture of what goes on there in today’s superb blow-by-blow account of the passage of the sports betting bill. The endlessly-ringing bells that never summon anyone to the chamber, the late-night pizza pigout, the […]
No Viagra Before 10?
“If Viagra Commercial Withdrawal Syndrome persists for more than 4 hours, contact your local TV station immediately.” 2 US congressmen are trying to ban the airing of Viagra and other ‘erectile disfunction TV commercials before the hour of 10 p.m.: Austin Durrer, an aide to (Rep. Jim) Mr. Moran in his Washington office, told Ad […]
DELDOT’s Diversity Training Snafu Gets the (Falling) Star Treatment from AmericaBlog
‘Bulo actually shares John Aravosis’ sense that DELDOT was trying to do the right thing, but it all just went horriblyhorribly wrong. Perhaps some PR muckitymuck should have suggested that stringing together offensive stereotypes and then saying ‘don’t do this’ might lead to some embarrassing moments. And perhaps Aravosis, who runs one of America’s best […]
Showdown at the D(elaware) W(ay) Corral
Classic western. The stoic sheriff up against the outlaws who ‘run this town’. Score one for the outlaws. Nothing says Delaware Way more than former State Democratic Party Chair (He’s a duPont! He’s our duPont! Let’s make him chair! He can raise almost as much money as the Republican duPonts!) Rick Bayard openly lobbying on […]
Reminder and Update: HB 1 Scheduled for Committee Hearing Tomorrow
The Senate Executive Committee is scheduled to consider HB 1 tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the Senate Chamber. Those wishing to testify should register to speak by contacting Mary Ann Hearne in the office of Senator Adams, the Chair, (302.744.4318). In addition to HB 1, Karen Peterson has two important FOIA bills on the agenda: SB […]
Schwartzkopf Firing Retribution by the ‘Delaware Way’ Folks
The news that Pete Schwartzkopf has been fired from his job as Head of Security at the Delaware State Fair is proof that the perpetrators of the Delaware Way are running scared. When you’re scared, you make mistakes. And this was a doozie. The Beast Who Slumbers is not so sleep-deprived that he doesn’t know […]
The Name’s Been Changed, the Crooks Are Still the Same
From those enlightened financiers at AIG comes this groundbreaking announcement. Their retirement fund group is no longer AIG, it is now, wait for it, VALIC. Isn’t that a pickle company? Appropriate somehow: Possibly, and this is entirely idle speculation on our parts but, the fancy public relations firms the zombie insurer retained are known for running focus […]
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