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Coup In Honduras

By Unstable Isotope June 28, 200937 Comments

It appears there has been a coup in Honduras and a new president has been sworn in. The details are still a bit sketchy, but the old president was exiled…

Pawlenty Will Sign Franken’s Election Certificate

By Unstable Isotope June 28, 20096 Comments

A real, open question in the never-ending Minnesota Senate battle is whether probable 2012 presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty would sign Franken's election certificate or hold out for another possible battle…

Fixing The Health Care Bill

By Unstable Isotope June 28, 200913 Comments

Ezra Klein has an idea... Health reform, remember, is a long game. The Senate Finance Committee will not write the health reform bill. They will just write their version of…

Obama’s Debut Speech

By Unstable Isotope June 27, 20096 Comments

It's hard to remember a time when we weren't talking about Barack Obama. But it was only 5 short years ago that a not-yet Senator Barack Obama burst onto the…

SB 121 Signing Today

By Unstable Isotope June 27, 200920 Comments

2nd Update: SB 121 will be signed into law by Jack Markell on Thursday, July 2 at 3:00 PM at Camp Rehoboth. Thanks MJ. Update: The signing is postponed due…

Late Night Video: Don’t Eat The Marshmallow

By Unstable Isotope June 26, 20091 Comment

Joachim de Posada (in this short video) discusses the study of delayed gratification on children. Another video from the TED series.

Delusions of Grandeur

By Unstable Isotope June 26, 200913 Comments

Mark Sanford explains his refusal to resign as governor of South Carolina in Biblical terms. King David didn't resign after the Bathsheba affair did he? In case you thought it…

Can You Spot The Error?

By Unstable Isotope June 26, 200918 Comments

Someone will put the answer in comments. See if you can answer the question before clicking the comments. Here's a new fundraising pitch by South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, conservative…

Psssttt…Jay…We’ve Been Telling You This For Months

By Unstable Isotope June 26, 200911 Comments

Jay Rockefeller is "getting it." On Thursday, Rockefeller admitted he expects little bipartisan support. "There is a very small chance any Republicans will vote for this health-care plan. They were…

Drinking Liberally Tonight

By Unstable Isotope June 25, 200911 Comments

I'm posting because liberalgeek hasn't put anything up. Tonight, Deer Park Tavern in Newark, 7 PM. Be there or be Amish.

Should Sanford Resign?

By Unstable Isotope June 25, 200941 Comments

Soon we're going to start hearing calls for Sanford to resign, if they haven't started already. I just want to give one liberal's perspective on public/private behavior of elected officials.…

Get The Champagne Ready

By Unstable Isotope June 24, 200915 Comments

Sources tell us that SB 121 (AKA HB 5) has passed the Senate after a 4 hour debate. All the amendments have been defeated. The bill now goes to the…

Democratic Party Rules Committee Meeting Tonight

By Unstable Isotope June 24, 20095 Comments

We got a tip from Rebecca Young that the New Castle County Democratic party rules committee is meeting tonight (7 PM at party HQ). I believe the meeting is open…