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The Deltones, a cappela group from the University of Delaware that was chosen to compete with 15 other groups on a new reality show on NBC called "The Sing-off," were a hit among the judges last night. They have advanced forward to the next round. The Deltones have 15 members, 10 alumni and five current UD students. The winners of “The Sing-Off” will get $200,000 and a recording contract.

If you can't make PDD's meeting with Senator Coons in New Castle tonight, then perhaps you can attend the Public Service Commission's hearings on Bloom Energy this week. The PSC hearings this week are tonight at the Cannon Building Hearing Room, 861 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, Delaware at 7 p.m. and tomorrow at the Carvel State Office Building Auditorium, Mezzanine Level, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington, Delaware, also at 7 p.m.

One of the issues we will be discussing with Senator Coons tonight is the American Jobs Act, the DADT repeal and the prospect for the repeal of DOMA in the future, and his opinions on the budget and the horribly named Super Congress. If you can't make it tonight, what questions do you have. If you can make it, please join us at the special meeting of the Progressive Democrats for Delaware at 6:30 p.m. at the Delaware Democratic Party Headquarters, located at 19 E. Commons Blvd, in New Castle. PDD meetings are open to all like-minded voters.

In addition to endorsing the racist ravings of a Sussex County disk jockey, DE GOP Chair John Sigler promoted the gathering on the GOP state website as a Republican event. It was in fact a fundraiser for an ultra-conservative PAC. How "ulta-conservative" is the PAC in question? So conservative that Joe Booth is too liberal for them.

In a deal with the State of Delaware, Capital One will get more than $5.5 million from Delaware's Strategic Fund and a tax rebate up to $1.5 million for creating 500 jobs in the state by 2013.

Attorney General Beau Biden says he will oppose the merger of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and Pittsburgh-based Highmark Inc. unless regulators require Blue Cross to set aside $45 million to pay for programs that support uninsured Delawareans.

Details are still emerging, but in the face of strident objections by Delaware's few remaining sane Republicans, John Sigler attended a "Take Back Our State event" hosted by racist, WGMD radio personality Bill Colley. As of now we are not sure if this "Take Back Our State event" was a full blown KKK meeting, or some subsidiary group affiliated with more mainstream Republican racists. If this turns out to be true that Siglar shared a stage with Sussex County preeminent hate mongers and race baiters, the DE GOP Chair, should face some difficult questions from the press and from Delaware's Democratic State Party Chair. It would seem to be incumbent on John Daniello to discern the DE GOP official stance on Bill Colley's shockingly racists statements. Particularly his recent statements about the President of the UNited States' mother having sex with African "savages" in order to civilize them. More as this develops.

"Now the Republicans, you know, when I talked about this earlier in the week, they said, well, this is class warfare. You know what? If asking a billionaire to pay their fair share of taxes, to pay the same tax rate as plumber or teacher is class warfare, then you know what? I'm a warrior for the middle class. I'm happy to fight for the middle class. I'm happy to fight for working people, ‘cause the only warfare I've seen is the battle that's been waged against the middle class over the last 10, 15 years." - President Barack Obama, September 22, 2011