February 2, 2011 – Delaware Liberal

February 3 — Call Beau Biden to Demand Tougher Penalties for Mortgage Fraud (EDIT)

By cassandra_m February 2, 20117 Comments

If you've been following the foreclosure mess, you know that last year, with promises by some AGs that people would go to jail. That effort into large scale investigations seems to be dead in the water, while banks remain free to continue their bad practices.

Earth-like Planets? Yes. Earth-like Life? Almost Certainly

By jason330 February 2, 20112 Comments

These days when we have a whole political party that is openly hostile to science, and a decent faction of the nation's population that is antagonistic to reason and rationality,…

ACA Repeal Stunt Amendment Fails in Senate Tonight

By cassandra_m February 2, 201129 Comments

The GOP brought up their amendment to repeal the ACA on a bill meant to reauthorize the FAA. It failed pretty spectacularly — largely because the GOP amendment didn’t propose a way to *pay* the $1+ trillion cost of repeal.

Not Sure What To Make Of This

By pandora February 2, 201132 Comments

Yesterday, my 13 year old daughter told me she had deleted her Facebook account. When I asked her why, she said... It was taking up too much of her time…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 20115 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

The GOP Healthcare Plan – “Race To The Bottom”

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 20113 Comments

Publius at The Fourth Branch explains the Republican health care plan as "a race to the bottom."

Criminal Organization Releases Planned Parenthood Video

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 201112 Comments

Live Action, who claims to be an anti-abortion group but admitted to running a prostitution ring to at least 12 Planned Parenthood workers, released a video yesterday,