Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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The Conservative Bible Project
Did you know that the Bible had a liberal bias? The brainiacs at Conservapedia want to do something about that. (If you’ve never heard of Conservapedia, it’s Andrew Schlafly’s answer to Wikipedia, which has a liberal bias according to him.) They are starting the Conservative Bible Project where they will re-translate the King James Version […]
Late Night Video – Interspecies Snorgling
Rachel Maddow has a “Moment of Geek” with a video of a rare parrot and uh…just watch the video. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Arrested For Twittering
Put this in the you have to be kidding me files: When deciding how to organize activities of questionable legal nature, it’s not always wise to choose a popular and widely available communications medium that even the police know about. When 41-year-old anarchist Elliot Madison got himself arrested in late September, he learned that lesson […]
Monday Open Thread
Here is your open thread to talk about whatever is on your mind. Chat away. Here’s a story to give you some thoughts – Texas Governor Rick Perry’s cover-up of the execution of an innocent man. The man’s name was Cameron Todd Willingham. I can’t really do justice to the heartbreaking story, but here’s a […]
Americans Prefer A Public Option Even If Democrats Go It Alone
Despite being declared DOA by the press multiple times, the public option is still popular with the American people. The Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll asked Americans about the public option and got some interesting results. QUESTION: Do you favor or oppose creating a government administered health insurance option that anyone can purchase to compete with […]
The Answer is Yes
Steven L. Hayward of the conservative American Enterprise Institute asks the question “Is Conservatism Braindead?” in yesterday’s Washington Post. Hayward’s thesis is that today’s conservative movement is dominated conservative bomb-throwers and activists without any input from intellectual conservatism. To that I say – you’re just noticing this now? During the glory days of the conservative […]
More Republican Patriotism
I think a lot of us were stunned yesterday not by Chicago losing their Olympic bid, but at the glee to which the right reacted to the news. If we examine the record, should we really be surprised? It started on January 20 with Rush Limbaugh’s “I hope he fails,” which was echoed approvingly by […]
Late Night Video – Tears Of A Clown
You knew Glenn Beck was a phony, but here’s a video with the proof. Glenn Beck has Vick’s Vapo-Rub under his eyes to make himself cry during a photo shoot. Extra bonus Glenn Beck: Glenn Beck is trying to sue a man who runs a website called glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com. Conservative yakker Glenn Beck hasn’t (yet) been […]
Weekend Open Thread
What are you doing this weekend? Here’s something interesting, the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes. The Ig Nobels are given by the satirical magazine The Annals of Improbable Research (I’ve told you before that scientist are weird), which is affiliated with Harvard University. The ceremonies are quite funny, with real Nobel laureates handing out the prizes. […]
Big Trouble For John Ensign
This summer John Ensign held a press conference and admitted to engaging in an affair with one of his campaign aides, Cynthia Hampton. Both Ensign and Hampton were married and Hampton and her husband both worked for Senator Ensign. At first it just looked your average hypocritical family values Republican and I stated that I […]
Friday Open Thread
The weekend starts in only 5 hours! Have you been feeling anything different these days? Rachel Maddow uncovered the reason – it’s the Liberty Council’s (affiliated with Falwell’s Liberty University) “Adopt a Liberal” program. Since the landmark 2008 general election, there can be no doubt that a very large percentage of our Nation’s leaders have […]
The Invincible Mike Castle
I know there are posters here that believe Mike Castle is unbeatable and that if he enters the Senate race, he’ll win. It may be true that Castle would win the race, but he will have to work for it and not rely on his name recognition and nice guy reputation. I believe that Mike […]
Military Study Recommends Ending DADT
The death knell is ringing over the DADT policy in the military. A military study is being published which will recommend ending the policy for multiple reasons. An article in the Pentagon’s top scholarly journal calls in unambiguous terms for lifting the ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces, arguing that the military […]
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