Markell & Democrats Propose New Gun Control Laws
In many places across this country, Republicans are dismantling gun control legislation so that more criminals and terrorists, as well as the mentally ill, can have unlimited and unrestrained access to as many weapons they can buy, so that they can kill as many people as they want. But not in Delaware.
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse
There is now an iPhone application that, for $1.99, offers an "express lane" for confessing your sins. With password-protected profiles, the app also offers users the option to "choose from seven acts of contrition as well as add sins not listed in the standard examination of conscience."
Supporting the Constitution
it is not hard to see which party is more for the Constitution and which is more against it. 26 Republicans out of 242 in the House voted for the Constitution, or in percentage terms, 11%. 89% of the Republican Party have just told you their constitution posturing was just that... posturing. Meanwhile, 65% of the Democrats voted for protecting civil liberties.
A Traitor’s Flag
The recent censorship of a painting reveals a lot of truth.
Plurality of Delaware Supports Marriage Equality
A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling found that 48% of Delawareans favor marriage equality, with 47% opposed (31% strongly opposed) and 5% undecided.
PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Fails House Vote
The PATRIOT Act renewal was blocked in the House. Twenty-six Reoublicans (including 8 GOP freshman) voted against reauthorization.
Holy Bleep! The Two Stephens, Sondheim & Colbert, Together At Last!
How cool is this? My all-time favorite composer, Stephen Sondheim, is gonna have a NYC revival of his groundbreaking musical, Company, featuring Neil Patrick Harris, Patti LuPone and...Stephen Colbert! "Company"…
Bring It.
Before she sleeps in a cot in a federal prison for the next decade, Christine O'Donnell proposes to investigate me and my colleagues at Delaware Liberal and other groups that she believes are “funded with one million dollars or more from billionaire leftist George Soros." Unlike Ms. O’Donnell, I and my colleagues have not received untold millions from ideological benefactors.
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
Olbermann’s New Gig
Keith Olbermann and Current TV have announced that Keith Olbermann is joining and will have a primetime show on the channel. Keith Olbermann announced on Tuesday that he will host…
The Markell Budget: Comfort the Comfortable, Afflict the Afflicted
As the Joint Finance Committee peels back more layers of this rancid budgetary onion, we see the priorities of this administration, and what we see is an ostensibly progressive administration time and time again comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted.