Delaware
Republicans Score Political Points, Kill Jobs
This just in from the News Journal, an important partner for the wind turbine tower construction project has pulled out of a partnership with Delawind. You may remember that Delawind was attacked by the right-wing here in Delaware because one of their principles is John Carney. Delawind had applied for financing from the state to […]
FYI: The Gift Kids Really Wanted
Brandywine, Christina, Red Clay and Appoquinimink School Districts have canceled classes for the rest of the week. Winter break begins NOW! According to my kids: BEST. GIFT. EVER. UPDATE: As of now, Christina School District is closed today (12/22) but is scheduled to be open tomorrow.
Fisker On a List It Doesn’t Want to Be On
Scooby sez, “Ruh-roh.” Granted, it’s only one person’s opinion, and it’s at a website called Ask Men (Disclaimer: I am not a regular reader of this site, but its list is yet another Top 10 list. Besides, I usually ‘ask women’. The answer invariably is ‘no’). However, if you make cars, you don’t want to […]
FYI: Schools Closed On Monday
Brandywine, Red Clay, Christina and Appoquinimink Schools are closed on Monday. Gotta love snow days! Please add any additional closings below.
Breaking: Markell Declares State of Emergency
From the press release: Markell Declares State of Emergency for Kent and New Castle Counties Effective at 3:00 PM Motorists In Two Counties Encouraged to Clear Roads as Soon as Possible Wilmington, DE – Governor Jack Markell declared a State of Emergency for New Castle and Kent counties effective at 3:00 pm today. All non-emergency […]
Weekend Foodie Thread
What to do on a snowy day? At the Pandora household we’re making pasta – and, um, drinking mimosas. Now, I’ve made pasta in the past, but today we’re using our new Imperia pasta machine. This is an old fashioned, hand cranked, clamp to the counter machine – that weighs a ton and provides directions […]
Nominations Being Accepted: End Of Year Polling
It is time, once again, to submit your nominations for our end of year polling.
- Scandal of the Year
- Post of the Year
- Biggest Policy Screwup of the Year
- Comment of the Year
- Rookie of the Year
- Blog of the Year
- NEW! Biggest Loss of a Blog
Let It Snow!
Just the possibility of snow brings out the kid in me. And while I know this isn’t the most convenient time for a major snowstorm – and I still have a gazillion things to do – I’m secretly thrilled. So in the spirit of you can’t control the weather here’s Lena Horne performing my favorite […]
Anita Van Sant: Rest In Peace
I was truly saddened to read of the passing of Anita Van Sant. While the low-key obituary was typically self-effacing, Anita was one of the best political campaign managers I’ve ever met. She and her husband, former State Representative John F. Van Sant, were the perfect political team. As the candidate, John knew that his […]
Does Mike Castle Oppose The FDIC Too?
Last week the U.S. House passed an ambitious financial overhaul package. The vote count was 223-202, with some Blue Dogs voting with all Republicans (including Mike Castle) against the bill. Mike Castle released this statement about his vote: “Since the financial crisis began, I have worked with my Republican and Democrat colleagues in the House […]
Carper Fights For His Base
Earlier this year Carper voted with the Republicans to block an amendment to allow Medicaid and Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It caused quite a stir because Carper railed against the unfairness of hurting the profits of drug companies. Carper is doing it again. Byron Dorgan has filed an amendment to allow drug reimportation from […]
More on The War on Christmas Party
Over the past week, I have told several people about our War on Christmas party. I have been very surprised that I had to explain it to many people. Apparently, it is somewhat of an inside joke on the Internet. I guess it is good that most people haven’t been tricked into this whole War […]
Governor Markell Discusses Delaware as a Wind Energy Hub
Governor Markell addressed the AWEA’s Offhsore Wind Workshop a few weeks back, highlighting his plans to make Delaware a hub of offshore wind energy expertise and manufacturing. We’ve been enthusiastic about this previously, and we’re still enthusiastic. Starting with the U of D really evolving as a major research center for applied alternate energy strategies, to the Bluewater Wind effort, to work to manufacture components here there is great groundwork to grow a real next generation piece of the economy right here.
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