So, Corporations Think They’re People?

So, Corporations Think They’re People?

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The Hobby Lobby case gave us yet another reminder that corporations are pushing for full recognition as people; in this case a person with a particular religious belief. The Supremes seem totally hell bent on actualizing this fiction which historically started with a very mistaken decision based on an event decades ago in a area where I went to college, Santa Clara, California.
Contact the FCC NOW On Net Neutrality

Contact the FCC NOW On Net Neutrality

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July 15 is the closing date for comments on the FCC's proposal to let ISP's create fast lanes to the internet -- charging people for faster service, while likely deteriorating the service of those who can't or won't pay more. From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Unfortunately, the FCC is considering a plan that would allow some Internet providers to provide better access to some websites that pay a fee to reach users faster. This kind of “pay-to-play” Internet stifles innovation. New websites that can’t afford expensive fees for better service will face new barriers to success, leaving users with ever fewer options and a less diverse Internet.
Wilmington City Council Steps Up to Try to Control the City’s Costs

Wilmington City Council Steps Up to Try to Control the City’s Costs

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The last city budget process highlighted once again the difficulty of using that fast-track process to start implementing some budget discipline within the city’s operations. Indeed, that budget not only raised the property taxes of city residents, but also left the city with a surplus – a surplus that no one understands its purpose. There were multiple problems brought up during the hearings – the number of vacant but budgeted positions, the fact that the city isn't paying its portion of the water and sewer bill, and the fact that the budget largely ignored the WEFAC finding that the city’s financial difficulty can’t be resolved by taxing its way out of it. On top of that, city residents really pushed back on city council people over the passage of that tax increase.  To respond to this, City Council is finally exercising its prerogatives as the body that approves spending, to start pulling spending back. This week they started with the staffing at the Fire Department, and they promise to look at all City Departments with an eye to reduce funding for vacant positions and look for better efficiencies.

Late Night Video — Bill Maher Shooting the Zombie Lies in the Head

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Zombie Lies. Perfect description of the perpetual GOP talking points -- the ones they keep repeating even though they've been definitively proven to be a lie. But those lies/talking points never go away and the usual GOP suspects can pick up where they were 6 years ago, get in front of a TV camera and it is as though the past 6 years never happened. The lies keep coming back as do the liars that tell them. Maher here wants to know why they can keep saying them over and over again -- my opinion is that the journalists who will tell you that their job is holding people accountable are also telling you a Zombie Lie. Bill Maher and his New Rules:

Late Night Video — “I’m the Guy Doin’ My Job, You Must Be the Other Guy!”

This is President Obama earlier today in Texas talking about the complete uselessness of GOP obstruction (and lawsuits). I like him when he's not really worried about reaching out to the GOP, and yet he always does. This is definitely dripping in well-deserved ridicule for the GOP and their no-show job ways, but he still invites them to work with him. Still -- I REALLY wish that there was more of this from Democrats across the board. The GOP is absolutely vulnerable on the do-nothing charge and that should be part of the narrative from now until election day:

The Delaware Test

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This is a good weekend, I'm putting off the house work activity (or I'm going to save this for some office timewasting on Monday) -- The Delaware Test was created by some Delaware denizens of Reddit. It's a bunch of questions, including a fair number of political ones. Take it and tell us: 1) your score; 2) what you think of these questions and 3) what question is missing.

BREAKING: Richard Korn acquitted on all charges

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BREAKING Richard Korn acquitted on all child porn charges ‪#‎netde‬ ‪#‎courtsde‬. Judge found while 50 images of child porn on computer state could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt Korn knew images were there or viewed them. A tearful Korn declined comment after saying, "I just want to go see my children"

Breaking: UD Pulls the Plug on the Data Center/Power Plant

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I just got an email on this and there isn't much available yet. From WDEL:
UD announced it has terminated its lease with The Data Centers (TDC), putting a halt to TDC's plans to develop a data center on the site of the former Chrysler plant. A report issued Thursday, UD faculty and administrative leaders concluded that the proposed facility, which included a 279-megawatt power plant is not consistent with their first class science and technology campus.