Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Friday Open Thread
Woohoo, it’s Friday! Does anyone have any exciting plans for the weekend? Let’s get this open thread started. On the lighter side, “20 Unholy Recipes: Dishes So Awful We Had to Make Them.” Interestingly, a lot of the recipes are from the 70s. They all look so awful, it’s hard to pick just one. Jellied […]
Metaphor Fail
Brand new Massachusetts Senator and conservative darling Scott Brown was interviewed on Fox (of course) and asked about the incident in Austin, Texas. His answer was interesting, to say the least. Seriously. The new Republican Senator from Massachusetts went on FOX News this evening and was asked about the nut who crashed his plane into […]
Falling In Love Again
George Bush left office with approval ratings in the 20s. He was responsible for getting us into a disastrous war based on lies and for the worst recession since the Great Depression. For a year, Republicans had been quiet about Bush and it looked like Bush was about to be disappeared down the memory hole. […]
Thursday Open Thread
It snowed last night! Why do you hate us Weather Goddess? In other news, it’s actually Thursday and the week is more than halfway over! Are you ready for your open thread? But he seemed like such a nice, moderate guy: Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell wasted little time overturning an order by his predecessor, Tim […]
Warm Up Your Dialing Fingers
Next week President Obama will convene his bipartisan health care summit. It’s expected that sometime in next few days, the Senate bill + reconciliation sidecar will be introduced. The reconciliation bill is to correct some of the issues that the House had with the Senate bill. We don’t know exactly what’s in it but it’s […]
Mt. Vernon Statement
Conservatives had an event for the launch of the CPAC conference where they unveiled a new document called the “Mt. Vernon Statement.” This is a statement of conservative principles that they expect all Republicans to sign. The Mount Vernon Statement Constitutional Conservatism: A Statement for the 21st Century We recommit ourselves to the ideas of […]
Regular Folks
The Tea Partiers are just regular folks. A tea party gathering in Asotin County, Washington turned more than a bit ugly on Saturday when a featured speaker actually called for the hanging of Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), the fourth ranking Democrat in the Senate and a vulnerable re-election candidate. “How many of you have watched […]
Wednesday Open Thread
Did you ever have the feeling that half the week has gone with you even noticing? That’s the feeling I’m having this week. It’s already Wednesday! So, are you ready for an open thread? The short, pain-filled life of King Tutankhamun: King Tutankhamun, the boy pharaoh, was frail, crippled and suffered “multiple disorders” when he […]
Castling
[Ed. note – cassandra_m contributed considerably to this post.] 2009 presented quite a dilemma for Mike Castle. The Republican party required obedience from all its members for their policy of no to succeed, but Mike Castle needed to keep his moderate credentials for his voters in Delaware, a blue state. Mike Castle knew what he […]
Sabotage Fail
When Evan Bayh announced his retirement, it suddenly put a fringe Democratic candidate Tamyra d’Ippolito into the spotlight. In Indiana to qualify to be on the ballot, you need to gather 500 signatures from each of Indiana’s 9 Congressional districts. On the Democratic side, only Evan Bayh had qualified. On the Republican side, there are […]
Tuesday Open Thread
Welcome to another snow day Tuesday! Even though we only got a dusting last night, it was enough to make the commute a nightmare this morning. So, what’s on your mind? Let’s get started. One story that has been fascinating me lately is the story of Amy Bishop, the Harvard-trained Ph.D. biologists who shot 6 […]
Free Advice For Chris Coons, Part 2
Like we discussed yesterday, we at Delaware Liberal are offering absolutely free advice to Chris Coons in his Senate run against Mike Castle. Unlike a lot of people, I believe Castle is beatable. In fact, I think Coons could be in a great position if he plays his cards right. Castle is the de facto […]
Health Care Summit: Make ‘Em Put Up Or Shut Up
The Obama administration may finally be learning how to deal with Congress. Obama has proposed a bipartisan health care summit for February 25, basically answering the critics who have said the process has not been transparent enough. Jonathan Cohn and others noticed some interesting passages in the invitation: It came when President Obama issued his […]
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