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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

By El Somnambulo March 15, 201152 Comments

They're ba-a-a-ck, and so am I. The Delaware General Assembly reconvenes this afternoon in Legislative Hall, and they are primed for a run of about a month or so before…

Wisconsin Update

By Unstable Isotope March 15, 201113 Comments

A new poll in Wisconsin show that Democrats have a good chance at re-taking the state Senate majority. State Democrats have said that they already have 45% of the signatures they need for recall elections.

Sussex County GOP Chair Resigns

By MJ March 14, 20118 Comments

Sussex County GOP Chair Ron Sams has resigned. Sussex County Republican Chairman Ron Sams announced during a meeting of the party’s executive committee tonight he was resigning in May. Elbert…

Save the Working Class Rally

By cassandra_m March 14, 20115 Comments

This event happens TOMORROW - The rally is being held to support the working class in Delaware, the blue collar people who build the cars, repair the homes and who plow our roads.

Guest Post: Delaware’s Education Insight Project (Part 1: What Is It?)

By liberalgeek March 14, 201133 Comments

The following is a guest post by Mike Oboryshko. Mike is a Red Clay parent and a friend of mine and of this blog. Last Friday, a pair of RFPs…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope March 14, 201110 Comments

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

Next Time They Totally Won’t Get Fooled

By Unstable Isotope March 14, 20119 Comments

Politico says they're really going to ignore an O'Keefe "sting" the next time, they've learned their lesson.

Who Is This Communist?

By Unstable Isotope March 14, 201115 Comments

Quiz time: What communist said the following? "...where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost"

Governor Markell on the WaPo Editorial Page

By cassandra_m March 14, 20118 Comments

Yesterday, Governor Jack Markell had an editorial published in the OpEd section of the Washington Post. Titled Taxes are the wrong focus for economic growth, he makes the case that businesses want to be in places with a good quality of life -- where talented people and their families want to live:

‘Sovereign Citizen’ With Ties to Delaware’s 9/12 Patriots Arrested In Alaska For Alleged Plot To Kill Police, Federal Judge

By jason330 March 13, 201124 Comments

This Teabagger, Francis "Schaeffer" Cox, is a piece of work. In addition to being arrested for "conspiracy to commit murder, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit arson, misconduct involving weapons in the third degree, hindering prosecution in the first degree and tampering with evidence,"...

Modern Republicanism Exposed

By jason330 March 13, 20113 Comments

Lawrence Kudlow candidly betrayed typical Modern Republican cruelty when, regarding Japan, he said “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.” That but of inhumanity didn't cause a sir, because we all know individual Republicans are heartless. This is dog bites man stuff. What is interesting, and frankly shocking...

And Now…A Word From Our Betters

By Unstable Isotope March 13, 20114 Comments

Larry Kudlow explains how we should prioritize after the devastating Sendai earthquake.

Nuclear Power, When it Fails it Fails Big

By jason330 March 12, 201118 Comments

It is like playing with fire, except the fire is extremely poisonous.

TOKYO — Japanese officials announced Sunday that the cooling system at a second nuclear reactor crippled by Japan’s devastating earthquake had failed completely, even as they took the extraordinary step of flooding a separate reactor with seawater in a last-ditch effort to avoid a nuclear meltdown.