Delaware

Moderate: Unclear On The Concept

Filed in Delaware by on May 28, 2010 18 Comments

Last night so-called moderate Mike Castle voted against repeal of DADT. DADT repeal is supported by 78% of Americans.

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Bonini Gets Coveted Has-Been Out-of-State Governors Endorsement

Filed in Delaware, National by on May 28, 2010 11 Comments

Former governors Christine Todd Whitman (NJ) and Jim Gilmore (VA) appeared in Delaware on Wednesday to support the campaign of Colin Bonini for State Treasurer.

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Weekend Foodie Thread

Filed in Delaware by on May 22, 2010 11 Comments

There’s a reason I don’t post our daily Open Thread.  My last “Weekend Foodie Thread” was in December!  But since Spring has sprung, fresh veggies have returned and grills are being fired up I’m feeling inspired.  And… I was asked about why I haven’t posted on this at the last Drinking Liberally! Let’s start with […]

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Political Advertising

Filed in Delaware, National by on May 21, 2010 4 Comments

We’re going to be inundated with political ads between now and November. Thanks to some hard work over at the Huffington Post, we can enjoy some of these in this mash-up they put together the other day. Note the prominence of Mike Castle (Confederate-DE At Large).

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Doodle 4 Google

Filed in Delaware by on May 21, 2010 6 Comments
Doodle 4 Google

Periodically, Google has contests to illustrate the Google banner. The latest contest is for US students. Why am I telling you this? Because as a 9-year-old from Delaware has an entry that you can vote for, http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html#grade-4-6. That is the student’s entry above. h/t Transparent Christina

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That Hypocrisy Show

Filed in Delaware by on May 21, 2010 25 Comments
That Hypocrisy Show

wRong Williams is funny, not in the intentional stand-up comedian way, funny in a Gerry Ford-bumping-his-head-kind-of-way. For years Williams has lamented over the fact that bloggers have a little more leeway than newspapers in reporting rumors and such. He always fails to mention that many times, the blogging of rumors turn out to be truth. […]

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Kickoff for Rich Griffiths in the 9th

Filed in Delaware by on May 20, 2010 3 Comments

This evening, Rich Griffiths will kick off his campaign to unseat Dick Cathcart in the 9th RD.  Rich is a great candidate.  I have met him several times, and he is earnest, organized and focused on winning in November. Rich will make his official announcement this evening at 6:30 PM at the Corbit-Sharpe Residence in […]

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Where There’s A Good Bill To Weaken, Tom Carper Is There

Filed in Delaware by on May 13, 2010 14 Comments

Tom Carper has introduced an amendment to the Financial Reform bill to pre-empt tougher state laws to weaker federal standards.

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Episode 2 of C’mon Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on May 12, 2010 41 Comments

Jason330 and Donviti have created their latest podcast.  Just like U2’s album, Pop, it is over-engineered and over-produced.  Nonetheless, it is available here for your enjoyment. The words that Jason used to describe this episode are: Michael Castle, Secret word, puff knuckle, RSmitty, Donviti = asshole, not haters, Stroke, Jet Magazine, Gandolf, Anson Williams, Vasectomy, […]

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SB 234 Passes

Filed in Delaware by on May 11, 2010 10 Comments

The House has passed the Universal Recycling bill, 26 to 12, with 1 present but not voting and 2 absent. ‘Bulo will cover the meat of this tomorrow in his daily legislative roundup, specifically as to what amendments passed and were defeated, but I wanted to pass along the result and Governor’s statement, which is below:

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show Plus RANT: Tues., May 11, 2010

Filed in Delaware, National by on May 11, 2010 4 Comments

Not that it’s hard to do, but today I will demonstrate the sheer cravenness of politicians, especially, but not exclusively, legislators. J. L. Miller wrote an excellent article in yesterday’s News-Journal about the ‘one size fits all’ Scarlet Letter of the online sex offender registry, especially as it applies to minors. I have  previously written […]

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School Board Elections Today

Filed in Delaware by on May 11, 2010 3 Comments

If you live in the following school districts, remember to vote today. One At-Large seat is being contested in Appoquinimink. The candidates are Julie D. Johnson and Valerie Jones-Rabb (02-25-10). In the Brandywine School District, two candidates are running unopposed for Districts B and E. In the Christiana School District, George E. Evans, Eric M. […]

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BP Oil Spill – Some Delaware Perspective

Filed in Delaware by on May 8, 2010 2 Comments
BP Oil Spill – Some Delaware Perspective

What if the BP Oil Spill happened off the coast of Delaware?  This image put Rehoboth Beach in middle of the spill. For more comparisons, go to http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/

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