Delaware Antiques Show 2009

Winterthur's annual event brings in paying visitors, but few buyers.

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This post was written by liberty56 on November 10, 2009

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Without Bush, media lose interest in war caskets

by Byron York, Washington Examiner Remember the controversy over the Pentagon policy of not allowing the press to take pictures of the flag-draped caskets of American war dead as they arrived in the United States? Critics accused President Bush of trying to hide the terrible human cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “These young men and women are heroes,” Vice President Biden said in 2004, when he was senator from Delaware. “The idea that they are essentially snuck back into the cou

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Herb Moses

Sometime it is good to remember things. Politicians do not like that.The curious case of Herb Moses is one example. From The Delaware Curmudgeon:Who Is Herb Moses?From Business & Media Institute:“Moses was the assistant director for product initiatives at Fannie Mae and had been at the forefront of relaxing lending restrictions at the company for rural customers, according to the Feb. 23, 1998, issue of National Mortgage News (NMN).And since Barney Frank has declared that a person’s family is fa

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What is Sports Betting?

Sports betting is the art of predicting the results of a sporting activity, then placing a wager or a bet on the out come. Sports betting is a form of gambling whose legality and general acceptance varies from nation to nation. In the United States, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 makes it illegal to operate a “betting, gambling or wagering scheme”, except for in the states of Delaware, Nevada, Montana and Oregon. In many European nations bookmaking (the professi

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The History of Sports Betting

People have been betting on sporting events for a long time. Both the Greeks and Romans engaged in the practice. In more recent times, sports betting has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. Betting on sports became popular in the United States in the 19th Century. The advent of television made betting on sports like baseball, football and basketball more popular among gamblers. Delaware recently proclaimed that the state wants to allow single bets, in addition to its permission of ma

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