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Abramoff: The Gift That Keeps on Giving [Updated]
Yesterday, the FBI raided the offices of the wife of John Doolittle (R-CA). This raid is part of the ongoing and growing Abramoff lobbying scandal. It appears that her firm was involved in fund raising for an Abramoff “charity.” Update: Doolittle resigns post on appropriations panel. Looks like the leadership forced him out. If I […]
Why Did Rove Have Research in Motion Shut Down Last Night?
If you are a user of a crackberry, you were non-plussed this morning. Last night Research in Motion (the blackberry people) had a serious meltdown of their systems. I wonder if Karl had them pull all of his emails off of their servers and caused a system failure… (h/t Fred)
Beginning of the End of Delaware’s Corporate Hegemony?
The Economist has an article about how North Dakota is trying to woo corporations away from Delaware with their new shareholder-friendly incorporation laws. There are some interesting stats in the article, specifically the one that says that each household is subsidized $3000/year by the tax gain on incorporation services. If you think the NCC tax […]
Work For Romney, Shack up with Other Staffers
The NYT has a great little article about the spending patterns of the top candidates (and McCain) and what it tells us about them. My favorite is about how Romney’s staffers end up sometimes tripled up in hotels as swanky as the Super 8 in Parsippany, NJ. This is why I write about politics, not […]
LNG Plant Dealt Another Blow
The whiners across the river lost another round of “Whose River is it Anyway?” The Supreme Special Master issues a ruling today that reaffirmed the ownership of the Delaware River (to the NJ shoreline) belongs to Delaware. The Supreme Court still has to rule, but NJ and DE have been down this road enough times […]
Sports Betting Takes Next Step
Kudos to Drew Volturo at DSN for continuing to cover the inevitable progression of Delawares Gambling problem into sports betting. The revenue projections, job projections, and additional tax revenue are making this an offer that the legislature can’t refuse. Here is the textbook example of the slippery slope…
Around the Horn Friday: Special Election Edition I
If you live in the 7th Representative District, get out and vote tomorrow, and vote for Bryon Short. Good luck Bryon! We start things off right with Tommywonk (a nutritious part of this delicious breakfast). Tom has a nice piece on one of the many things that brought down Imus, guest rebellion. I am fascinated […]
Imus is Done
Don Imus was cut loose from CBS today in the culmination of his week-long battle with his critics. Now I may be alone in this, but don’t think this was quite a fair state of affairs. I am no Imus fan, but a personality that I am a fan of, Bill Maher, was treated to […]
Bryon Short: The DelawareLiberal Interview
Bryon Short is the Democratic candidate for the 7th District to replace Wayne Smith. The special election it this Saturday. Bryon and I have been exchanging emails for the past few weeks and I deeply appreciate that he took the time to respond to me and my inane questions and provide the answers to them. […]
Self-evaluating Prejudice
I was out at a restaurant a week ago and spotted a nice enough family out with their kids. It was final four season, so it isn’t all that unusual to see them wearing college sweatshirts. What got me was the school whose sweatshirts that they were wearing. It was Liberty University. This irked me. […]
Around the Horn Friday: Hoppin’ Down the the Bunny Trail Edition
It has been a busy week for me personally, so sorry that I haven’t posted much. Damn corporate intrigue. Luckily, in my relative absence, donviti has stepped in and filled the void. Great posts dude. Myself, Tom Noyes, Jason and donviti (just missing Dr. Nick) all converged on Iron Hill last week for Drinking Liberally. […]
Cheney Grandson to be Raised by Lesbian Couple
Cheney’s daughter will be giving birth to a baby boy next month. Presumably the baby will leave the hospital to the shouts of well-wishers saying things like “Sinner!” or “God hates Lesbians” or some other traditional Judeo-Christian offering of peace. You should see them at funerals…
Why Mormonism May be a Problem for Romney
I don’t care what religion a candidate is. Just don’t shove it down my throat (Hint, hint George). But that doesn’t mean that the same sort of whack jobs that supported Bush only because he was born again don’t exist in Mormonism. A friend shot me a link to a blog where the Mormon husband […]
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