Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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OK, This Is Weird
I don’t know if you’ve been following the strange tale of the war supplemental bill. Two controversial amendments were attached to the funding. One amendment is funding for the International Monetary Fund (unpopular with Republicans) and the other amendment is the Lieberman-Graham FOIA amendment. The Lieberman-Graham amendment would allow the Secretary of Defense to exempt […]
Breaking News
Virginia governor Democratic primary That was over quick. State senator Creigh Deeds pulls off an impressive victory over a big name with big money Terry McAuliffe. Democratic Primary For Governor (70% of Precincts Reporting) Creigh Deeds 101,278 (50%) Terry McAuliffe 53,117 (26%) Brian Moran 48,632 (24%) Deeds will face Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell in […]
Lakhdar Boumediene Speaks
Lakhdar Boumediene was held for 7.5 years in Guatanamo without being convicted of a crime. He was finally released by a federal judge. ABC’s Jake Tapper interviewed Boumediene and he talks about what happened to him. Boumediene said he endured harsh treatment for more than seven years. He said he was kept awake for 16 […]
Beck In The Saddle
Another really funny video from Andy Cobb. In this one, we get an excerpt from Glenn Beck’s mind, and it’s a scary place. We’ve seen several from him already, like “Regulation Vacation” and “Teabag Party.” To watch more videos, his YouTube channel is here.
Brad DeLong Has A Proposal
Even though we’ve seen improvement in the overall economy, the economic recovery will be long and painful. The latest unemployment numbers showed a jump in unemployment to 9.4% (U3) and the economy still lost >300,000 jobs last week. There’s been talk in some places of a second stimulus package because the first was not large […]
Newsweek Takes On Oprah
As much as we complain in the blogosphere about how the media covers issues, sometimes the media gets things right. The latest issue of Newsweek decides to examine some of the lifestyle advice offered on Oprah Winfrey’s show. The article is titled “Live Your Best Life Ever!” and it highlights some of Oprah’s celebrity guests […]
Happy Birthday Tetris!
Yesterday, the game Tetris turned 25 years old. I haven’t played Tetris in a long time. For a while I was addicted to Tetris. When I was a young grad student, we had a computer with Tetris on it in the shared grad student organic chemistry T.A. office. We all used to play it and […]
Repeal of DADT, Why Are We Waiting?
A new poll by Gallup shows that 69% of Americans favor repeal of the military Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. Repeal of the policy is even favored by 58% of people who call themselves conservative and 60% of people who attend church weekly. I think it’s difficult to get 70% of Americans to agree on […]
Call Carper’s Office
Getting good healthcare reform is going to be one helluva fight. The “public option” is one of the most difficult parts of the plan. A good public option will help reduce healthcare costs by bargaining with providers and the for-profit companies are already mobilizing the opposition. So they’re pulling out all the stops — pushing […]
Coleman Does Blogger Outreach
I think Norm Coleman really just wants my attention. Coleman gave an interview to a vlogger at the Conservative Heartland Leadership Conference and said the following: “In the end, we need to compete, as I’ve said before, we need to compete in each and every kind of forum,” said Coleman. “And whether it’s on the […]
The War On Sotomayor Is Ineffective
There are new poll results from the Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll. Click on the link to get the full results (including regional and party breakdowns). Overall numbers: Opinion of Sotomayor: 56 favorable, 29 unfavorable On whether Sotomayor is a racist: 8 yes, 61 no On whether “empathy” is important for a justice: 52 yes, 29 […]
Surprise, Surprise: Limbaugh Is A Hypocrite
The news Wednesday was that Rush Limbaugh said he might support Sotomayor after all. Here’s what he said: We know she’s Catholic. We also know she has no record on abortion. Sonia Sotomayor being Catholic and having not said a word about abortion, I find that interesting. All libs who want to go anywhere in […]
Rachel Maddow Discusses Obama’s Egypt Speech
Rached Maddow had a tremendous segment last night on Obama’s quite incredible speech in Egypt. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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