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Legislative Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show-Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010

By El Somnambulo January 14, 20102 Comments

According to the Legislative Record, nothing happened yesterday. Of course, in the case of the House of Representatives, we know that committee meetings took place. So, El Somnambulo, you may…

The Haiti Disaster Brings Out Teh Stupid

By Unstable Isotope January 14, 2010126 Comments

We've already heard about the disgusting statements of Pat Robertson about the Haiti earthquake disaster. Rush Limbaugh also couldn't help making an ass of himself about the Haiti crisis. On…

R. I. P. Teddy Pendergrass

By El Somnambulo January 14, 20101 Comment

The soul singer who first burst onto the scene with Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and was one of the greatest stars ever to come out of the TSOP…

Scott Brown: Tea Party Who?

By Unstable Isotope January 14, 201020 Comments

Conservative centerfold and MA-Sen candidate Scott Brown now says he's never even heard of the Tea Party movement. On Wednesday, Republican senate candidate Scott Brown told reporters in Massachusetts that…

Markell Names Widener Dean to Probe Bradley Fiasco

By El Somnambulo January 13, 2010

In a move that absolutely had to be made, Gov. Markell has announced an investigation into the systemic failures that enabled Dr. Earl Bradley to abuse children under his care…

The Return of Ask Dr. Liberal

By liberalgeek January 13, 20105 Comments

Is your political party adrift? Your marriage in crisis? Your prize Holstein under-producing or your teenager not getting you while your shaman, priest or large animal vet stands idly by?…

Pat Robertson: Haiti Deserved It.

By Delaware Dem January 13, 2010138 Comments

What is with Pat Robertson and always saying victims deserved their tragedies. Whether it be hurricanes, terrorist attacks like 9/11 or earthquakes, the victims are somehow the perpetrator, according to the oh so Christian Pat Robertson.

I’m Having Trouble Seeing This Marriage End In Anything Other Than Divorce

By pandora January 13, 201012 Comments

Cenk Uygar (the Seminal at Fire Dog Lake) has issued an invitation to tea parties. I issue a challenge to the tea-party movement. If you’re true to your word, and…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 13, 201015 Comments

It's Wednesday and today's open thread has a theme: polling. A new poll by CNN shows that Americans are in line with Obama's political ideology. Even in most generic poll…

DE Sports and Video Lottery Commission Recommends Against New Casinos

By cassandra_m January 13, 201038 Comments

...or -- perhaps we should call this Watching the Delaware Legislature Put Their Ninny Hats On. Ginger Gibson at the News Journal documents the atrocities. This is a completely mind-boggling recommendation by this Commission and flies in the face of the recommendations (and data gathered) by their own commissioned study: Several lawmakers insisted that any financial harm to the existing racetracks was unacceptable, even if job losses there were compensated for with new jobs at new venues.