Funny, He Doesn’t Look Jewish

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"Cain said he finally realized after much praying that G-D was saying that he needed to enter the presidential race. He compared his situation to Moses, who in the Bible initially questions whether G-D has chosen the right person to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt." Herman, I knew Moses. Moses was a Jewish prophet of mine. Herman, your no Moses. (with apologies to Lloyd Bentsen)

Newt-onian Physics (Edited for Precision)

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Any candidate, named Mitt Romney, at rest will remain at rest in the hearts of true patriot Christian 'mericans, and any candidate. not named Mitt Romney, in motion will remain in motion unless they move up in the polls and get a little media scrutiny.

Veteran’s Day Open Thread [11.11.11]

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At 11:11 am today I was trying to find the number of Delawareans that were killed in WWI. I couldn't find a number, but I did find out that a staggering number of people were killed in that war. (22 million casualties e.g. killed or wounded) Great Brittan alone lost 2.5 million out of 5 million in arms. At least the deaths were not in vain and the horror of "The Great War" made it impossible for any other country to ever contemplate the idea of going to war.

El Somnambulo Seeks Your Help…

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...in assembling the Third Annual MVP List. This list honors those Delawareans who were (M)ost (V)aluable to the (P)rogressive cause in Delaware in 2011. In the past, I have generally limited this list to public officials. However, I am open to suggestions from outside the realm of elective public service.

Penn State and UD Have Something in Common-And It’s Not Good

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Penn State is not officially a state institution per se, but a "state-related institution. As such, it now belongs to the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, and is not part of the fully public Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education." Among other things, this means that, in addition to the university collecting millions upon millions of dollars from the State of Pennsylvania, the Board of Trustees is not obligated, nor do they, make any proceedings/minutes of Board meetings public. That includes to state officials. I wonder if the Board is going to battle FOIA demands from the Feds once that investigation is under way. It wouldn't surprise me if it does.