Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Obama’s Remarks On His Nobel Win
Transcript of his remarks: Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, “Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!” And then Sasha added, “Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.” So it’s good […]
Friday Open Thread
Are you ready for the weekend? I am! Here’s some thoughts to get you started: NASA bombs the moon! Why didn’t Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama save the moon? Huh? At 4:31 a.m. Pacific time (7:31 a.m. Eastern time), one piece of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite — LCROSS, for short — […]
Nobel Peace Prize Awarded To President Obama!
Just announced: The Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a […]
Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Health Care
Keith Olbermann did an hour-long Special Comment last night on health care reform. It’s quite the blockbuster. Part 1: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5:
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Ah, Joe Lieberman – the right’s favorite Independent Democrat. You know, the Joe Lieberman who went around campaigning for McCain/Palin saying that Obama did not have the proper experience for the job of president. Do you remember in January, when there was a push by the left to remove Joe Lieberman’s chairmanship and Obama intervened […]
Thursday Open Thread
Yadda, yadda, yadda. Last week we brought you the story of National Review writer John Derbyshire, who has written a whole chapter in his new book about how women should not have the right to vote. He’s definitely not backing off in his contention and now he’s explaining his logic further – women don’t vote […]
LMAO
Bwahahahahaha! *breathe* bwahahahahahaha! Conservative bloggers are so silly. They got punked by Bill Ayers (as proved by our very own troll, RICO, in yesterday’s Open Thread). Here’s what happened: A conservative blogger by the name of Anne Leary ran into Ayers buying coffee in an airport. Recognizing him, she started talking to him in what […]
Wednesday Open Thread
Spill it. If you have time, you really should read this article on California. (I’m not sure why a British newspaper is writing this article, where are the U.S. papers on this?) Is California’s economic crisis so big that it needs a bailout? But the state that was once held up as the epitome of […]
Carper’s State-Based Public Option Gains Steam
Tom Carper’s hybrid state co-op/public option plan is gaining momentum in the Senate right now. If you want to know what to think about the plan look at who’s praising it. A new proposal by Sen. Tom Carper would spell out how to boost competition in the private market by enacting government-run plans at the […]
Republican Outreach Fail!
The NRCC apparently had a banner day in their communications department yesterday. The NRCC has decided to make Nancy Pelosi their target for the elections and sent out this email: NRCC communications director Ken Spain, quoted in the fundraising email: “”Nancy Pelosi continues to make party politics a higher priority than our national security. Rather […]
Tuesday Open Thread
Babble away. Remember last week when we discussed the growing Becklash? Well, Media Matters is documenting and there’s been a lot more piling on since last week.
Michael Steele Vs. Everyone
Michael Steele is not having a good month. Yesterday, Steele had some words about the American Medical Association: Eric Zimmermann reports that the Republican National Committee has decided it no longer likes the American Medical Association. Michael Steele took a shot at the American Medical Association (AMA) today, saying the organization doesn’t have “credibility” on […]
America Moves From #7 To #1 Most Admired Country
Gee, I wonder what changed from last year to this year? I can’t quite put my finger on it… The United States is the most admired country globally thanks largely to the star power of President Barack Obama and his administration, according to a new poll. It climbed from seventh place last year, ahead of […]
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