June 2009 – Page 18 – Delaware Liberal

U.S. Health Care Doesn’t Measure Up

By pandora June 16, 200918 Comments

Can we please drop all this We're #1 nonsense when it comes Health Care. Seriously, we have nothing to brag about. Despite having the most costly health system in the…

Give the People What They Want

By cassandra_m June 16, 200910 Comments

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwSpepjnpWQ[/youtube]

Another very interesting poll is from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. (Excerpts below the jump are from the full report in pdf at the link.)

Required Reading

By Delaware Dem June 16, 20098 Comments

During the Green Revolution in Iran, you should really be reading two sites every hour: The Dish by Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic. Liveblogging the Uprising by Nico Pitney at…

Michelle Obama Likened to Escaped Ape by Prominent South Carolina Republican

By jason330 June 16, 200912 Comments

I've heard some half-hearted non-apology apologies, but this one takes the cake. "I am as sorry as I can be if I offended anyone. The comment was clearly in jest."…

Joint Finance Committee Cuts Higher Ed Salaries…Or Not

By El Somnambulo June 16, 20096 Comments

J. L. Miller and Rachel Kipp report in today's News-Journal that the Joint Finance Committee has cut the salaries of employees at the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and…

OHHH For the love of GOD!

By Donviti June 16, 20093 Comments

Favre says he is considering playing again

Bwah Ha Ha Ha Ha, Dumb Ass

By nemski June 15, 20096 Comments

The other day I am perusing Facebook as I am wont to do and I see that Mike Matthews has posted a note about blogging etiquette --- which in itself…

Late Night Oddity: New Trend in Sports

By nemski June 15, 20091 Comment

Gymnast Shawn Johnson Euthanized After Breaking Leg

Discrimination is Not a Religious Liberty.

By Delaware Dem June 15, 200919 Comments

First, a hat tip to Mike Matthews for posting this first. But I want to do more than discuss it as if there were two legitimate points of view at…

Late Night Educational Video

By Unstable Isotope June 15, 20093 Comments

This is a video by a behavioral economist about how people make decisions. Hint: it's not always rational.

Look! Torture works

By Donviti June 15, 20091 Comment

It works of course, if you are torturing them and are hoping they tell you what you want to here. Besides that little bitty nuance, torture is effective! Wooohoooooo!!!!!! WASHINGTON…

Serious QOTE

By Donviti June 15, 200912 Comments

Are anti-abortion folks supportive of health care being a right?

Deep thought

By Donviti June 15, 20095 Comments

A poor person getting over on the government for a few thousand bucks is easier to villafy than a multibillion dollar corporation