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• PPP: Carney Win Almost Guaranteed

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 13
  While PPP polled the Delaware U.S. Senate race, they also polled the open U.S. House seat. Carney holds a commanding lead, and has somewhat low name recognition: Former Lieutenant Governor John Carney leads announced Republican candidate Fred Cullis by an overwhelming 47-24 margin and holds a solid 44-32 lead against better [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• Historic Addition to CSW

  —Dave Burris

  I’m absolutely psyched to make this announcement. Beginning soon, Coastal Sussex Weekly will feature a weekly entry that rotates between the Lewes Historical Society, the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society and the Milton Historical Society.

  I’ve always been of the mind that the vast historical importance of our area is something [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:32am EST
  by Dave

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• News of Historical Proportions

  —CoastalSussex.com

  I’m absolutely psyched to make this announcement. Beginning soon, Coastal Sussex Weekly will feature a weekly entry that rotates between the Lewes Historical Society, the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society and the Milton Historical Society.

  I’ve always been of the mind that the vast historical importance of our area is something everyone [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:30am EST
  by David Burris

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• Phone Call

  —Salisbury News

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  George Bush, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:19am EST
  by joealbero

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• Matt Taibbi Chews Tacks, Spits Out BushcObama Fiscal Policy Madness (For The Middleclass, Anyway)

  —Delaware Way

  Americans need to keep reading up on what's going on between the Beltway, K Street and Wall Street. Good to know that Matt Taibbi and the Rolling Stone magazine are grabbed up along the Main Streets.
  Taibbi's newest piece is a video on Obama's selling out to Wall Street. [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:53am EST
  

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• This Is Why We Need The Public Option

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  In a third-quarter earnings conference call in late October, officials at Aetna announced that in an effort to improve on a less-than-anticipated profit margin in 2009, they would be raising prices on their consumers in 2010. The insurance giant predicted that the company would subsequently lose between 300,000 and 350,000 [...]

  Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:10am EST
  by pandora

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• Bulo Remembers 2009-The Best in Science, i.e. ‘The Cool Stuff’

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

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  OK, a confession. Science class was where I caught up on my sleep in high school. Guess I always intuited that ‘other people’ could handle the ’science thing’ much better than I ever could. And they have. Today, I proudly present the Popular Science (aka ‘Science for Dummies’?) Best of What’s New [...]

  Posted: December 05, 2009, 9:23am EST
  by El Somnambulo

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• State Releases Comprehensive "Plan To Strengthen Delaware's Schools"; Public Has 30 Days To Comment Before January Adoption

  —Delaware Way

  Regulations submitted to help every child receive a world-class education

  DOVER – To improve the quality of Delaware schools and better prepare Delaware students for college, work and life, the Governor and the Department of Education have created an education reform action plan that represents the input of more than 100 [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 2:11pm EST
  

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• Better Than Expected Job Numbers Announced Today

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

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  I never thought I’d see the day when 10% (U3) unemployment was considered good news, but the new jobs report showed unemployment edged down from 10.2% to 10% and the economy lost only 11,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:14am EST
  by Unstable Isotope

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• Obama's Analytical Governing Style

  —TommyWonk

  New York Times columnist David Brooks presents an interesting contrast between the passionate Obama campaign and the analytical Obama administration:
  Many Democrats are nostalgic for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign — for the passion, the clarity, the bliss-to-be-alive fervor. I remember that fervor, but even in the midst of [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:23am EST
  

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• Today's Quote

  —Delmar DustPan

  It is better to die
  on your feet
  than to live on your knees
  — Emiliano Zapata [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:08am EST
  

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• Behind the Numbers

  —DelawarePolitics.net

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  Public Policy Polling’s Tom Jensen spoke with DP about the Polling done by PPP in the state of Delaware. Mike Castle seems to holding his own from earlier in the year. While his approval ratings are lower than he is used to seeing, he is better off than many officials [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:41am EST
  by David Anderson

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• Healthcare/ Consolidation

  —DelawarePolitics.net

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   There would seem to be some similarities between healthcare reform and the proposed school consolidation here in Delaware.

    Like those who support healthcare reform, those who support school consolidation , tell us about how much money it will save the tax payers. But when you look behind the numbers and [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 9:54pm EST
  by Frank Knotts

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• Why do Delaware Asian Students get preferential treatment?

  —Kilroy's delaware

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  We hear so much about the problematic disparities between black and white students but yet nothing is being done about the achievement gap between Delaware Asian students and white students. Relax,  I am just being sarcastic to get your attention. Review the attached DSTP Disaggregated Report by race for Reading Pay  close [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:38pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

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• Going Rouge – Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare

  —Redwaterlily's Ramblings

  Ok – who will buy this for me? I just can’t spend money on anything with Palin on the cover – even if it’s from the lefties…

  Introduction
  Richard Kim and Betsy Reed

  On the evening of November 4, 2008, progressives were in an ebullient mood. After eight long years of Republican [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 2:23pm EST
  by redwaterlily

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• The Politics of the RttT

  —Transparent Christina

  Getting back to Vander Ark, he accurately wrote “NCLB reflected a consensus that 1) measurement and transparency would help us understand the problem, 2) that a basic template for school accountability would ensure that things would get better for underserved students, and 3) the federal government should play a bigger role in ensuring equity and excellence.” So, [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:44am EST
  by John Young

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• Politico Throws Down The Red Meat On Senate's Health Care Reform Struggles

  —Delaware Way

  Glenn Thrush reports that the core battle for health care reform is between two public option strategies. Sure, Tom Carper is getting some attention in the fight, but in the ring, in one corner it's Rahm Emanuel with the trigger that Republicans can swallow and in the other' [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:07pm EST
  

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• Features of state response to intervention initiatives.

  —Transparent Christina

  Future research should also examine the effect of RTI on outcomes at both the school and district levels, including early identification of reading and other academic difficulties, student response to instruction, reduction in inappropriate referrals to and placement in special education, and ongoing collaboration between general and special education at [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:50pm EST
  by John Young

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• Announcing the DelawareLiberal War on Christmas Party

  —DelawareLiberal.Net

  Number of comments: 15
  As you all know, this is the time of the year that we liberals like to get our war on.  The war on Christmas has been a tradition since Bill O’Reilly made it up out of thin air.  This year we are hoping to get the better of Christmas and [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 10:00am EST
  by liberalgeek

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• Reorganizing DNREC

  —TommyWonk

  Last year Bill Lee and Charlie Copeland proposed that DNREC be split into two pieces, drawing a line between Natural Resources and Environmental Control. It seemed an odd time to propose creating a new cabinet department, but one can give Lee and Copeland credit for putting forward a substantive [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:43am EST
  

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• Double Mills Newsletter is Out

  —Delmar DustPan

  The latest edition of the Double Mills Newsletter "The Mockingbird" is out on their web site. Double Mills is the gristmill located between Delmar and Mardela Springs. The newsletters are always interesting, this edition looks at prohibition, one room school houses, Indian corn and a number of other grist [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:00pm EST
  

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• Jud Bennett Writes: The Beaches are Moving!

  —Delaware Way

  LOCAL EVENT:
  “The Beaches are Moving,” a 60-minute video, which examines the conflict of coastal development and beaches, will be presented by the Southern Delaware Group of the Sierra Club in the
  Community Meeting Room of the South Coastal Library,
  43 Kent Ave., Bethany [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:02pm EST
  

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• But Copenhagen is still on!!

  —The Colossus of Rhodey

  Unbelievable, considering that Climategate just gets "better and better." Now, according to the Times of London, it seems global warming advocate "scientists" have admitted to ditching temperature data: SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away... [...]

  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:58am EST
  by Hube

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• Every Little Thing She Does: Peanuts Style!

  —Transparent Christina

  Funny Vid O’the Day featuring music of the 80s……what better combination? Answer: none. Linus sings The Police Powered by ScribeFire. Posted in Uncategorized [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:33pm EST
  by John Young

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• Tall people make us short people look ridiculous, don't they?

  —miriam's ideas

  
  
  These short people would look a lot better without those tall people next to them.
  
  I wonder who they all are? [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 1:13pm EST
  

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• ONCE UPON A TIME, IN WASHINGTON

  —Salisbury News

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  Once upon a time, our government worked together for the common good. The bill of rights (first ten amendments) was added to the Constitution in order to reach unity of purpose. In my lifetime I witnessed, for better or worse, Tip O'Neil working with Ronald Reagan, Ted Kennedy working with' [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 8:25am EST
  by joealbero

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• How Do You Decide On a High School When Their Placement Tests Are All On the Same Day?

  —Red Clay Now

  I have a child entering high school next year and I noticed that most of the high schools all have their placement tests on the same day. Isn't this frustrating?
  
  Here are the high schools I have found so far - Saint Mark's High School, Saint Elizabeth High School,' [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:10am EST
  

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• Matt Denn Announces Strategic Partnership To Increase Participation Of Minority And Women Businesses On ARRA Funded Projects

  —Delaware Way

  (presser)Lt. Governor Denn works with federally-funded office to increase access to stimulus opportunities for Delaware minority- and women- owned businesses.
  Agreement with Minority Business Enterprise Center of Philadelphia will expand opportunities in Pennsylvania for Delaware businesses
  Wilmington- Lt. Governor Matthew Denn announced this week a partnership between his office, [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:22am EST
  

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• Kilroy’s Crystal Ball Fleming vs Protack

  —Kilroy's delaware

  Protack says he’s running for NCCo Council “Protack will look to keep the district in Republican hands, with Councilman William Tansey (R-Greenville) vacating the seat after two terms. Tansey announced he would not seek re-election at a Monday meeting of the Christiana/Mill Creek Republican Committee.” If anyone thinks Mike Protack is going unchallenged they better think [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:22pm EST
  by kilroysdelaware

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• The official Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

  —DelawarePolitics.net

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  Presidential Proclamation — Thanksgiving Day

  A PROCLAMATION

  What began as a harvest celebration between European settlers and indigenous communities nearly four centuries ago has become our cherished tradition of Thanksgiving. This day’s roots are intertwined with those of our Nation, and its history traces the American narrative.

  Today, we recall President George Washington, [...]

  Posted: November 25, 2009, 2:25am EST
  by David Anderson

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