The Party Of Old Ideas
You have to give it to the Republicans. They aren't really the Party of No, they are the Party of Old Ideas. Just one year after the spectacular failure of…
Republican Idiocy
Wondering what the Republican base looks like... Via TPM, Via Kos on Twitter: A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, conducted among 2,000 self-identified Republican respondents nationwide, gives an interesting peek…
Delaware Green Matters Forum
This Wednesday begins a 5-week forum series focusing on multiple environmental topics at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (www.uufn.org) from 7-9pm.
The first topic is:
- February 3: Environmental Policy and You
Monday Open Thread
Is it already Monday? The weekend just flew by again, and I had a three day weekend. Let's get started with a Monday open thread. Will Bunch, blogger at Attytood…
DADT Repeal
The New York Times covers the discussions about the DADT repeal in the Obama administration: But it was in Oval Office strategy sessions to review court cases challenging the ban…
Pentagon: Global Warming Destabilizing Force
Via The Guardian: The Pentagon will for the first time rank global warming as a destabilising force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world,…
Ask Dr. Liberal: PETA and Its Shadow
Dr. Liberal –
PETA wants organizers of Pennsylvania’s Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in. WTF? Why is PETA determined to turn itself into the Westboro Baptist Church of the Anti-Animal cruelty movement? Don’t they realize that this kind of shit makes people want to beat their groundhogs?
Signed,
Phil Connors
Calorie Counts On Menus – Good Idea or Nanny State?
An article in this weekend's News Journal highlighted Senator Dave Sokola's bill to require chain restaurants to place the calorie counts on the menus. As a dieter I would be…