Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Judge Rules Kentucky Law Violates Separation Of Church And State
A Democratic Kentucky state representative, who is also a Southern Baptist minister, inserted some language into a 2006 homeland security bill: The safety and security of the Commonwealth cannot be achieved apart from reliance upon Almighty God. A judge has ruled that this language is unconstitutional: Franklin Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate ruled that the law […]
Joe Biden’s Remarks On Ted Kennedy
Joe Biden gives a touching tribute to Ted Kennedy: Here’s a transcript of the remarks, at Talking Points Memo.
Ted Kennedy’s Last Speech
One year and one day ago, Sen. Ted Kennedy gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention. Transcript of the speech, from CNN. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Caroline. My fellow Democrats, my fellow Americans, it is so wonderful to be here. And nothing — nothing is going to keep me away from this […]
Ted Kennedy, “Lion Of The Senate,” Has Died
This is very sad news. U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, a towering figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died at age 77, his family said. “Edward M. Kennedy, the husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle we loved so deeply, […]
Late Night Video: The Birthers Make A Movie
Dave Weigel at The Washington Independent discovered that World Nut Daily has made a birther movie. For the low, low price of $17.99 you can own a copy of “A Question of Eligibility.” On Aug. 4, President Obama’s birthday, WorldNetDaily released and began shipping “A Question of Eligibility.” It’s an hour-long documentary produced by an […]
Torture Still Doesn’t Work
What a surprise – the declassified document that Cheney says proves the effectiveness of the “enhanced interrogation techniques” (and the rest of the world calls torture) doesn’t prove Cheney’s point at all. Spencer Ackerman gives some examples: Those documents were obtained today by The Washington Independent and are available here. Strikingly, they provide little evidence […]
The Summer Of Our Discontent
You’re going to have to color me confused by all the attention given to the Senate Finance Committee and the “Gang of Six” that supposedly hold the future of health insurance reform in their hands. Why is there all this emphasis on this particular committee’s bill? Four of the five committees working on the bills […]
Michael Jackson’s Death Ruled A Homicide
A new chapter in the unhappy and tragic life of Michael Jackson – the LA County coroner has ruled that Michael Jackson’s death is a homicide. Eight weeks after the King of Pop was found unconscious, a search warrant of his doctor’s office revealed Monday what had long been suspected – that Jackson was given […]
Screw Joe Lieberman!
Is anyone else as sick as I am of all these guys with gold-plated government insurance plans telling everyone else they can’t have insurance? Joe Lieberman doesn’t mind spending money for an unnecessary war in Iraq but actually helping people right here in the U.S. is just too expensive. Never mind that reform is supposed […]
Early Morning Oddity
You decide – brilliant back-up plan or just plain insane? They start their meetings with a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the nation’s unofficial loyalty oath. And so it was last week when Republican Party leaders met at a Springfield hotel prior to attending Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair. Republican county chairmen […]
If Loving Bush Was Wrong, Marc Ambinder Doesn’t Want To Be Right
Journalist Marc Ambinder reacts to the news that Tom Ridge admitted to politicizing terror alerts by giving the DFHs (the people who were right about Bush) another kick. The news this morning that former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge believed that President Bush and his top advisers manipulated the terror threat alert system […]
Weekend Open Thread
What’s on your mind? The birthers have a new obsession. I’m beginning to think their obsession is rooted in something else… The may be some new torture allegations in the much-delayed CIA report to be released soon. Remember, this is the report that Cheney says proves torture gave good information. A long-suppressed report by the […]
Actions Have Consequences?
Betsy McCaughey, last seen being dismantled by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, has “resigned” from the position with medical device company Cantel. Dick Armey was forced out of his lobbying shop, and now opposition to health care reform has taken a professional toll on another critic: A New Jersey medical device company, Cantel, just […]
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