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Health Care Reform: The Back-Up Plan

By Unstable Isotope January 18, 20102 Comments

Apparently the Democrats do have a back-up plan if Coakley loses her race and nudie teabagger Scott Brown becomes the next Senator from Massachusetts: As I noted last week, the…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 18, 201020 Comments

It's Monday and at least some of you get to enjoy a 3-day weekend. The rest of us have to work. So let's open this thread. The danger of Facebook:…

President Obama On Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Unstable Isotope January 18, 2010

Yesterday President Obama gave a very moving speech on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. Transcript THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Praise be to God. Let me begin by thanking…

Today We Celebrate The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Unstable Isotope January 18, 201055 Comments

Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a man who had a vision and the gifts to make everyone else not only see the vision…

Will The Real Mike Castle Please Stand Up?

By Unstable Isotope January 17, 20109 Comments

Mike Castle is trying to have things both ways. He's trying to reassure the rightwing the he's their guy while trying to maintain his cred as a moderate Republican. Even…

Weekend Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 16, 201011 Comments

It's time for your open thread. Hopefully this will be enough to tide you through the weekend. Satan writes a letter to Pat Robertson: Dear Pat Robertson, I know that…

Thanks, Tom Carper!

By Unstable Isotope January 16, 20107 Comments

The pharmaceutical industry lobbying group PHARMA is threatening to pull its support for the health care reform legislation because of a change in the health care bill. The drug industry…

Friday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 15, 201020 Comments

TGIF! It's a planet-wide edition of your open thread. Jim Inhofe declares himself #1! Inhofe suffered his latest indignity at the hands of Rolling Stone, which awarded him the 7th…

Limbaugh Doubles Down On Teh Stupid

By Unstable Isotope January 15, 20106 Comments

Oh Rush Limbaugh, you never fail to disappoint (and I do mean disappoint). Limbaugh is still pushing some conspiracy theory that President Obama is going to steal money intended for…

Washington Times: Obama Has Passed More Cuts Than Bush

By Unstable Isotope January 15, 20107 Comments

I know, what you're thinking: Delaware Liberal is linking to the Washington Times? Has the world gone mad? The Washington Times did a study of the budget under Bush and…

Delaware To Appeal Sports Betting To SCOTUS

By Unstable Isotope January 15, 20102 Comments

In what I would call a surprise decision, the Markell administration has announced that it plans to appeal the sports betting decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gov. Jack Markell…

I Was Wrong: Republicans Do Have New Ideas

By Unstable Isotope January 14, 20102 Comments

Marco Rubio is the Republican Senate candidate in Florida who is cleaning Crist's clock. He's a darling to the Tea Party/Club for Growth set. He proposed an interesting idea for…

Thursday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope January 14, 201017 Comments

Open thread time! Because Katrina response was so great: According to multiple sources, Obama last night called George W. Bush and formally asked him to participate, along with Bill Clinton,…