Unstable Isotope
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Letter From Haiti
Guest post by Paul Baumbach Crossposted at Paul’s Progressive Postings This is from a friend of a friend of my sister. She is in Haiti, and in her emails she shines a light into what is really happening in Haiti, not what the media is reporting: This afternoon, feeling helpless, we decided to take a […]
Thursday Open Thread
It’s Thursday and the day after the State of the Union address. Amazingly, I’m not hung over. President Obama didn’t say “let me be clear” one time last night (that I caught). Although he did say “Middle Class,” “jobs” and “Main Street.” (My own personal drinking game.) Let’s open this thread. The teabuggers were pretty […]
The Teabugger Justification, For What It’s Worth
Supposedly, this is what the teabuggers were up to. I don’t believe it, because it doesn’t make any sense. Mystery solved? NBC is reporting that James O’Keefe and his three companions were carrying out a plan to gauge how the staff of Sen. Mary Landrieu would respond if their office phone system were disabled, following […]
Chris Matthews – The New Harry Reid?
One of the biggest WTF moments of the night was Chris Matthews reaction to Obama’s speech. Chris Matthews offered a strange analysis of President Obama’s State of the Union address on MSNBC: “I forgot he was black tonight.” “I was trying to think about who he was tonight, and it’s interesting,” Matthews said. “He is […]
Justice Alito – The New Joe Wilson
Now we know why the Supreme Court doesn’t want cameras in the chamber. Alito shakes heading, mouthing “not true,” as Obama says recent Supreme Court decision will let lobbyists and corporations own our elections. Highly inappropriate for Alito to do this. You’ll notice the Sup Ct doesn’t even clap when the president enters. They are […]
SOTU Response Preview
Virginia governor Bob McDonnell is giving the response to the State of the Union speech. Some excerpts have already been released. Excerpts from Governor Bob McDonnell’s Republican Address to the Nation Excerpts as Prepared for Delivery Washington, Jan 27 – Below are excerpts from tonight’s Republican Address to the Nation, to be delivered by Virginia […]
State Of The Union Preview
The White House has released excerpts of tonight’s SOTU speech: Excerpts of the President’s State of the Union Address We face big and difficult challenges. And what the American people hope – what they deserve – is for all of us, Democrats and Republicans, to work through our differences; to overcome the numbing weight of […]
Wednesday Open Thread
It’s Wednesday, Hump Day! Tonight is Obama’s 1st SOTU address and we’ll have coverage (liveblog, I think) of the address right here on Delaware Liberal. Stay tuned! All right, let’s open this thread. Voters in Oregon approved two measures to raise taxes. One measure raised taxes on families with incomes >$250,000/yr and the other measure […]
Rasmussen Gives Castle A Big Lead
Rasmussen polled the U.S. Senate race in Delaware on Monday, and found a 30-point advantage for Mike Castle. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely Delaware voters shows longtime GOP congressman Mike Castle leading New Castle County Executive Chris Coons 56% to 27%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and 13% are undecided. […]
Will Sarah Get Scozzafava’d?
Former presidential candidate John McCain is facing a tough primary this year against uber-wingnut former Congressman J.D. Hayworth. The polls show McCain leading by more than 20% but he is vulnerable. Last week he announced that Sarah Palin would campaign for him in Arizona (oh how the might have fallen). Some Palin fans are not […]
Was He Dressed As A Pimp?
What’s up with this? The FBI, alleging a plot to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in downtown New Orleans, arrested four people Monday, including James O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the the advocacy group’s credibility. FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abbetted […]
The Republican Plan To Kill Reconciliation
The Republicans have a plan to defeat Democrats in the Senate trying to use reconciliation. I asked a senior GOP Senate aide to explain the game plan for making this an “extraordinarily difficult exercise.” He said the leadership — Senators Mitch McConnell, Jon Kyl, Lamar Alexander, etc. — are discussing how to exploit the fact […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and one day before President Obama’s first State of the Union address. What would you like to hear him say? I hereby declare this thread open. An honest man is hard to find. Yesterday, The Los Angeles Daily News featured a video of Santa Clarita councilman Bob Kellar informing a group of cheering […]
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