National

By RE Vanella

I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for my own failure in everyday life.

--George Orwell, ‘Why I Write’

Wherein we learn once again, that when a white guy tries to get on a plane with a gun it is just an "honest mistake". Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, R-Georgetown, facing…

What is there to say? Terrible. Horrible. But Americans... even murderous Americans...need easy access to guns and ammo, because otherwise tyranny. On and on.

Two reading from the Book of "We are really in the shit now". One from Steve Newton via FB, and one from William Butler Yeats. As for me... While I am one to rage against the "center" as it is thought of nowadays. I understand the utility of "the center" as George Washington might have thought about it. In that I get that the secret to maintaining a Democracy is creating a system in which the losers can lose with dignity. A system that allows the runner up think, "Well... we lost, but the system is fair, so we'll get 'em next time." The idea of a "center" is good for maintaining that fantasy. We once had that. We don't anymore, so I guess we are pretty well fucked.

Josh Marshall hits it squarely. As I’ve read and reread these hideous three tweets, I’ve realized they are not just a disgrace but something like a primary text of Trumpism.…

Trump's economic advisor Gary Cohn said Thursday that an American family could save $1,000 under the Republicans' proposed tax reform plan, and that would be awesome for the economy because…

I'm seriously asking. Not what is Trump going to do, what are we going to do? What are the most practical, helpful things we can do to help out?

This Cape Gazette Editorial is chock a block with common-sense.

A reference in the Sept. 22 edition of the Cape Gazette stood out because of its unusual nature. An article discussed the experience level of a California contractor hired by Rehoboth Beach for its treated wastewater outfall project. The reference came in a discussion about the potential perception problem created by dumping treated effluent in ocean waters. A municipal employee for a California water district talked about an ocean outfall built to discharge extra-salty water left over from a reverse osmosis process that removes salt from seawater. The process provides fresh water for a parched region. People there were concerned that the effluent would make kids sick or harm marine animals. "Mulligan said the perception was ... mitigated by public confidence in California's regulatory climate, which is very strict."

You'd think Carney's willingness (eagerness?) to play ball with trickle-down, wingnut economics would buy him some slack among discredited deficit alarmist.

A new report has given Delaware an "F'' grade for its fiscal health.