Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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The GOP Is Soft On Terror
Ever since Obama became president, the suddenly chatty former VP Dick Cheney has been running around beating his chest about how strong he is on terrorism and that Obama is weak. In fact, a lot of criticism for the right is that Obama doesn’t say the word “terror” enough. Ever since the Christmas Day attempt, […]
GOP Civil War Explodes In Florida
The Florida Senate race has been a leading indicator of the trends of the national GOP this year. When Senator Mel Martinez decided to retire, the very popular, moderate Republican Governor Charlie Crist decided to seek the seat. However, Club for Growth favorite Marco Rubio also jumped into the race. No one thought he had […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and you should all be back into your regular routine again, right? It’s time for your open thread, time to chat about whatever you want. Are you cold? Blame the Arctic Oscillation. The NYT environment blog DotEarth has the story. Look at this graph: A big driver of the outbreaks of record cold […]
Rush Limbaugh Praises Health Care Reform, Unionized Hospitals
Over the Christmas holiday, Rush Limbaugh was rushed to the hospital in Hawai’i because of chest pains. He praised the treatment he got there: “Based on what happened to me here, I don’t think there is one thing wrong with the American health care system. It is working just fine, just dandy.” The SEIU points […]
Beck Vs. Birthers
Birthers are going after Glenn Beck because he doesn’t talk about Obama’s birth certificate enough. A birther group has been flooding Glenn Beck’s radio show with phone calls: Here’s the explanation and the mission, as posted on Dec. 21 on the forum of the anti-Obama church ATLAH Worldwide: Anyone that gets through will say this: […]
From The Department Of Karma, Part 2
First term Democrat-turned-Republican Rep. Parker Griffith didn’t get the reception he hoped for when he switched to the Republican party. Griffith will face at least two challengers for the Republican nomination (gee, a newly-minted Republican doesn’t pass the purity test?), angry former donors and now faces the resignation of almost his entire staff. The quitting […]
From The Department Of Karma
This weekend the Minnesota Star Tribune wrote an editorial calling on Minnesotans to fill out their census forms. Minnesota is in danger of losing a Congressional district in 2010. Guess who’s district is mostly likely to disappear – none other than anti-census nut Michele Bachmann: The Star-Tribune says in its editorial over the weekend: It’s […]
Monday Open Thread
It’s your back-to-work open thread time. For a lot of people, today is their first day back at work for 2010. Are you ready? Nate Silver at Fivethirtyeight posted this interesting graph: health care spending per capita vs. life expectancy. The U.S. is a big outlier on the graph. In general life expectancy increases with […]
Vote For Me, I Want To Do Nothing
Mike Castle wants to be a Senator. By all measures, he’s a great Republican recruiting victory, he’s a popular former governor and popular multi-term Representative. He has high name recognition and is considered a moderate which is probably a good fit for an overwhelmingly Democratic state like Delaware. So, he’s invincible right? Yesterday’s News Journal […]
Was Fox In On The Scam?
The “grassroots” groups that grew up around the tea party movement were generally funded by industry-backed groups. The tea parties were heavily promoted by Fox News with some of their biggest stars, like Glenn Beck, reporting from the protests. One of the PACs raised money from the tea party protestors, but most of the money […]
The Aughts: The Failed Conservative Experiment
Devilstower’s at Daily Kos blogged today about the lost decade of aughts. I recommend reading the whole thing if you get a chance but here’s an excerpt: Don’t forget the naughts, because this decade, no matter what anyone on the right might say, was conservatism on trial. You want less taxes? You got less taxes. […]
Weekend Open Thread
Happy palindrome day 01-02-2010! Welcome to the 2nd day of 2010. For me it’s already much better than the 2nd day of 2009. One year ago today I didn’t know if I would have a job in a month. Now the economy still sucks but there are definite signs of improvement. Humor? I don’t get […]
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