2009 – Page 70 – Delaware Liberal

Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Decisions Edition

By cassandra_m September 18, 2009

Just what the world needs -- a When to Eat Bacon decision tree. Click on the image for more detail. W

Breaking: Big Win For Net Neutrality

By El Somnambulo September 18, 20094 Comments

The Washington Post reports that FCC Chair Julius Genachowski will announce 'new so-called net neutrality rules' on Monday. The rules would "prevent wireless companies from blocking Internet applications, according to a…

Teabaggers on Parade

By liberalgeek September 18, 200911 Comments

The other night Anderson Cooper had Mark Williams on his show. Mr. Williams is one of the leaders of the tea party protests. Unfortunately for Williams, Cooper had done some homework before the interview. Cooper: What you're saying makes sense to me here when I'm hearing what you say but then I read on your blog, you say, you call the President an Indonesian Muslim turned welfare thug and a racist in chief. Williams: Yeah, that's the way he's behaving.

Whose Values?

By Unstable Isotope September 18, 20093 Comments

Talking Points Memo looks at the schedule for the Value Voters Summit and finds these breakout sessions: "Speechless - Silencing The Christians" "Thugocracy - Fighting the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy"…

Friday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope September 18, 200929 Comments

Put your brain droppings here. My WTF of the day: Bill O'Reilly supports the public option?

Overreacting to ACORN

By liberalgeek September 18, 200975 Comments

I am a little disturbed by the latest round of ACORN bashing in Washington this week. After a pair of conservative actors staged their own sting operation to see if…

Massachusetts To Have A New Senator Next Week?

By Unstable Isotope September 18, 200913 Comments

The efforts to change the law in Massachusetts to allow appointment of an interim senator are moving quickly now. State policymakers were reluctant to act, until Kennedy's passing made the…

Calling Them Out on Their Lies

By cassandra_m September 18, 200928 Comments

President Obama made a point of this promise in his speech to the Congress and it looks like it starts now:

Late Night Video — The Definitive 9/12 Video

By cassandra_m September 17, 20092 Comments

Lifestyles of the White and Gullible, indeed...a word of advice -- put down all liquids before watching. The English-only guy is especially fun. But so is the lady on Social Security who wants the government out of her life.

Health Insurance’s War Against Women

By pandora September 17, 200927 Comments

And children. I'm really looking forward to hearing social conservatives defend this... “The point of insurance is to insure against catastrophic care costs. That’s what you’re trying to aggregate and…

The Public Is Smarter Than Republicans Think

By Unstable Isotope September 17, 20092 Comments

Greg Sargent at Plumline finds some data in a Bloomberg poll that suggests that most Americans know that the Republican health-care reform opponents are just trying to scare people. Wow,…

Longing For The Days Of The Child Bride

By pandora September 17, 200913 Comments

Michael Gerson's Washington Post's Lost In A World Without Courtship article is silly and shallow. It also completely ignores one of the major factors determining when people decide to marry. …

Thursday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope September 17, 200919 Comments

It's open thread time - let's throw the floor open. Put your comments, links and topics on your mind right here. Let me do a follow-up to yesterday's Open Thread…