Delaware Liberal

I think that we are conditioned by TV news to think that weather events like this approaching storm are over-hyped, ratings-chasing, bullshit. I hope that this storm turns out to be over-hyped, ratings-chasing, bullshit.

I've been reading a lot of Steve Jobs commentary and this clicked. It is from actor/comedian/technophile, Stephen Fry who was a long time friend of Jobs.

God oh mighty this shit is depressing.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will extend his requirement that federal disaster relief be paid for by cutting spending elsewhere in the budget to Hurricane Irene.

It discusses Jobs' particular genius:

"Steve Jobs may not be the greatest technologist or engineer of his generation. But he is perhaps the greatest user of technology to ever live, and it was Apple's great fortune that he also happened to be the company's founder."

Here is a super-paranoid version cribbed from a dkos diary. The basics: [ ]Flashlights [ ] batteries [ ] candles [ ] Battery-operated radio and/or TV. [ ] More batteries…

It is going to be Perry. I'm running 97.6% correct on these prognostications, so scoff at your own risk. The GOP can't escape it's basic programming. It is hard wired to pick the strict daddy figure. Republicans are children who...

He is looking at it. You have to read between the lines, but it is there. It is a shame, really. I liked Kovach for about ten minutes before he realized that he needed to become a nutbag to run statewide as a Republican.

Earthquake hits outside D.C., and measures 5.8 on the Richter Scale. It was felt up and down the East Coast, including here in Delaware.