Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Will We Soon Return To $4/Gallon Gas?
Matt Yglesias has a question: What I can see is the present, where markets react to any sign of good economic news with a big jump in oil prices. And the news in question is of the “things aren’t getting bad quite as quickly as we feared” genre of good news. What if six months […]
Word of Advice
When you’re making a statement about a victim of a crime, don’t do the following: attack the victim in the statement express concern about how the crime will affect your movement. express concern about the state of the victim’s soul If you feel the urge to do these things, you’re better off making no statement […]
Late Night Video: Young Conservative Anthem
Apparently, this is supposed to be serious. Is this supposed to attract young people to the party? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkeZ2P4SiY8&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Truthfully, I couldn’t even get through the whole thing because the gestures were distracting me.
This Space Intentionally Left Blank
Republicans, fight among yourselves. First, we have Newt Gingrich tweeting from Auschwitz that Sotomayor is a racist. And former Congressman Tom Tancredo doubles down by calling La Raza equivalent to the KKK. Senator John Cornyn is obviously worried about the perception that the war on Sotomayor will take down the entire Republican party, saying this: […]
Fundraising Misses Goal
The goal to buy Tom Carper’s vote fell short of goals. See that tiny spec of red at the bottom? (I didn’t think so.)
Withheld Photos May Show Rapes
The Telegraph (U.K.) is reporting today that the photos withheld from release show pictures of rape and sexual abuse of prisoners. At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee. Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults […]
Another Republican For Same Sex Marriage
Former Bush Solicitor General Ted Olson is joining with David Boies to advocate for repeal of California’s Prop 8. Olson and Boies opposed each other in the Bush v Gore case in 2000 (I’m not sure if I can forgive Olson for helping to give us Bush). Olson is no doubt very conservative, his name […]
Michele Bachmann Gets A Comic Book
This is a clever idea. Everyone’s favorite nutty Republican is getting her own comic book! The folks at the Dump Bachmann blog have decided to release a comic book. The comic book is titled “False Witness” and it features real quotes from America’s dumbest* Congressperson. *Yes, there’s a lot of competition.
The GOP Loses Another One
I noticed this hidden gem in The News Journal article on local reaction to the Sotomayor nomination: Temple law Professor Jan Ting, a former Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who recently switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, said the “activist” attacks are “conservative boilerplate.” “If you want to appeal to your base, you […]
Sensitive Newt Tweets from Auschwitz
Disgraced, ethics-free former Speaker Newt Gingrich sent twitters from Auschwitz this morning. Gingrich is at Auschwitz to film a documentary. He sent the following two messages: Imagine a judicial nominee said “my experience as a white man makes me better than a latina woman” new racism is no better than old racism – about 1 […]
Hannity Is Still An Idiot
Keith Olbermann interviewed Erich “Mancow” Muller on Countdown last night. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy During the interview, Muller reveals that Hannity still doesn’t believe waterboarding is torture. Mancow reaffirmed that the practice was indeed torture and said that his “psychological state” going into the experiment was that […]
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