The Weekly Addresses

In this week's address, the President spoke to the need for meaningful criminal justice reform in America. In his weekly message, Governor Markell discusses statewide efforts to embrace the new economy and how those efforts support job growth, including a commitment by JP Morgan to hire 1.800 people in Delaware by 2019.
Friday Open Thread [10.30.15]

Friday Open Thread [10.30.15]

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Paul Krugman's take on the debate:
At one point during Wednesday’s Republican debate, Ben Carson was asked about his involvement with Mannatech, a nutritional supplements company that makes outlandish claims about its products and has been forced to pay $7 million to settle a deceptive-practices lawsuit. The audience booed, and Mr. Carson denied being involved with the company. Both reactions tell you a lot about the driving forces behind modern American politics. As it happens, Mr. Carson lied. He has indeed been deeply involved with Mannatech, and has done a lot to help promote its merchandise. PolitiFact quickly rated his claim false, without qualification. But the Republican base doesn’t want to hear about it, and the candidate apparently believes, probably correctly, that he can simply brazen it out. These days, in his party, being an obvious grifter isn’t a liability, and may even be an asset.
Carson, Trump, Fiorina, Rubio and Christie were each caught in easily disprovable bold faced lies. Perhaps it's because Republican just lie with more frequency and daring. And that is because Republican voters want to be lied to. They do not want to live in a world where a black man with a funny name is not only President, but a rather successful one who has turned the country around from the disaster left from the previous Republican President. They do not want to live in a world where "coloreds" and women don't know their place. A world that has more orientation than straight, more religion than Christian.
“Fuck You, David. You’re Fired.” [Updated]

“Fuck You, David. You’re Fired.” [Updated]

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Yeah, that sounds like our esteemed New Castle County Executive and former felon Thomas P. Gordon. And those were the words he allegedly said to former Chief Administrative Officer David Grimaldi yesterday afternoon after Grimaldi allegeldy questioned his choice of a risk manager, because the risk manager was actually Gordon's girlfriend. Yeah, this is going to get real ugly, really fast.
If You Are Okay With Officer Field’s Behavior Then You Are Part Of The Problem

If You Are Okay With Officer Field’s Behavior Then You Are Part Of The Problem

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There is no excuse. Not one. And if you think there is an excuse for Officer Field's behavior then you really are part of the problem. Know who else is part of the problem? The teacher and the administrator. Not one of the adults involved demonstrated skill in deescalation. All of them demonstrated the art of escalation. Talk about an adult pissing contest. And I'm fine with all of them being fired. No loss there. Not kidding. If you think kids don't pull out their phones during class then you don't know kids. (My daughter was so guilty of this in high school and yet no one laid a hand on her. They. Wouldn't. Dare. And that is what privilege looks like.) Hell, this isn't even a kid problem. Mostly everyone is guilty of this behavior. If you're okay with Officer Field's behavior, hope you're okay if you're flipped out of your chair and thrown across the room at a restaurant that doesn't allow cell phone use. That's okay, right? The truth is this would never have happened to a white, middle class girl. Not. Ever. It's why white boys accused of crimes are shown in their yearbook pictures while Tamir Rice (a 12 year old) is portrayed, not only as a potential criminal threat, but far older than his years. And this incident is a flippin' pattern that those parsing this horrendous video ignore.