Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Weekend Open Thread
It’s the weekend and I hope you’re enjoying it. I’m getting a new dishwasher installed today. I can’t wait! So let’s start this open thread. Michael Steele is in quite a bit of trouble. He wrote a book but forgot to let the party know he was doing it. It’s his 12-step plan for Republicans […]
Giuliani Forced To Backtrack
Rudy Giuliani was forced to backtrack on his comments that there were no domestic terrorism incidents under Bush on CNN yesterday: “I usually say, ‘We had no major domestic attacks under President Bush since September 11,’” he told Wolf Blitzer. “I did omit the words, ‘since September 11,’ and I apologize for that,” he went […]
Friday Open Thread
It’s Friday and it’s open thread time. Let me congratulate BCS champion Alabama for kicking Texas’s freshman quarterback around. Alabama was probably the best team but who knows how they would have played against Boise State. If only there was a way of determining who was really the best team… Let’s start with some good […]
Newest 9/11 Revisionist – Rudy Giuliani?
I can’t believe Rudy Giuliani passed up the opportunity to talk about 9/11: Rudy Giuliani, the man who was mayor of New York City during the 9/11 attacks, appeared on Good Morning America today to say President Obama should take lessons from former President George W. Bush on how to prevent a terrorist attack. “What […]
Broder Should Stick To Writing Castle Press Releases
David Broder, the “dean” of pundits writes a particularly disgusting column today. Was Christmas Day 2009 the same kind of wake-up call for Barack Obama that Sept. 11, 2001, had been for George W. Bush? The near-miss by a passenger plotting to blow up an American airliner as it flew into Detroit seems to have […]
Can I Call Her Dumb?
Starbursts! Sarah Palin’s charming opening debate line for now-Vice President Joe Biden — “Hey, can I call you Joe?” — was scripted after she repeatedly referred to him as “O’Biden” in preparation sessions, former McCain campaign senior adviser Steve Schmidt told “60 Minutes.” Schmidt was interviewed by Anderson Cooper for a segment about “Game Change: […]
Joe Biden’s Mother Seriously Ill
I don’t know any more than this story: Vice President Joe Biden’s mother Catherine Eugenia “Jean” Biden, 92, has taken seriously ill in recent days, prompting the Vice President and his family to travel to Wilmington, Delaware, where they have gathered around her bedside. Mrs. Biden, whose husband Joseph Biden Sr. died in 2002, was […]
American Enterprise Institute: Stimulus Worked!
Republican politician have been running around bashing Obama’s stimulus plan for a while now. Meanwhile, the economy has slowly been recovering from Bush’s FUBAR economic policies. Even the conservative American Enterprise Institute agrees that the stimulus worked: AEI has its economic outlook, by John Makin. Notice anything strange here? We can expect 2010 to be […]
Thursday Open Thread
It’s Thursday and it’s open thread time. Where did I put my needle? The good Chris Matthews was out yesterday and he asked a Republican strategist a trick question – what have Republicans done for us in the last 20 years? It didn’t seem like an unreasonable question. Harris’ goal was to make the case […]
Not Quite There Yet
U.S. officials realized that underpants bomber Abdulmutallab was a risk after he was on the flight: U.S. border security officials learned of the alleged extremist links of the suspect in the Christmas Day jetliner bombing attempt as he was airborne from Amsterdam to Detroit and had decided to question him when he landed, officials disclosed […]
Role Model
Bristol Palin proves that Sarah Palin is not the only Palin who’s ready to cash in. As a part of the completely logical choice of having the mother of a 1-year-old child be the spokeswoman for abstinence-only education, Bristol Palin is opening a public relations firm. Bristol Palin, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter, has […]
Wednesday Open Thread
I guess one good thing I can say about this week is that it’s moving quickly. It’s already time for an open thread! Tell us your deepest feelings, we’ll keep it just between us. Republicans, you stay classy! Nick Ayers, the executive director of the Republican Governors Association, tweeted a series of jokes this morning […]
Rep. Oberle Announces Retirement
Celia Cohen gets the scoop: Bill Oberle has decided not to run for re-election this year, bringing to an end a 34-year legislative career that has made him the longest-serving Republican in the Delaware General Assembly. He made his plans official Tuesday evening by telling the other Republicans in the House of Representatives during a […]
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