Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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California Prop 8 Upheld
This story is just now breaking. The California Supreme Court has upheld Prop 8. Prop 8 defined marriage as between a man and woman. The 18,000 same-sex marriages performed between the original court decision and the Prop 8 vote will be allowed to stand. The vote was 6-1. Prepare for more litigation. It is believed […]
What Is HB 162?
HB 162 is a bill introduced on May 13 and is sponsored by Rep. Mulrooney, Sen. DeLuca and Sen. Sorenson. The text of the bill is the following (link here for all bills of the 145th General Assembly): AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO VESSEL TO VESSEL PETROLEUM TRANSFERS. […]
SCOTUS Pick To Be Announced Today
News reports are coming out that Obama plans to announce the pick of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the United States. U.S. President Barack Obama tapped U.S. Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court on Tuesday, officials said, making her the first Hispanic in history picked to wear the robes of a […]
Someone’s Got Issues
I saw a link to this article on Daily Kos and it’s just too good not to pass on to the folks at Delaware Liberal. Sam Schulman at The Weekly Standard has an article about opposition to same sex marriage, but it’s not for the reasons you might think. Basically, same sex marriage is just […]
Your Brain Is Cool
What happens if you’re a scientist who studies the brain and you have a stroke? This talk by Jill Bolte Taylor (part of TED series) really is a must see. She had a stroke in the left side of her brain, which is the part that controls logic and reason. It’s a fascinating talk (just […]
Weekend Fun Video
Earlier this week, ‘bulo posted about the hiring of a “speed reader” by Henry Waxman. Rep. Barton has backed off of his threat to require reading of the whole nearly 1000-page bill, but clearly was intrigued by the concept. In the video, the speed reading clerk is asked to read an amendment. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_SB7g_Yb-0[/youtube]
The “Mad” Scientists
If you’ve been reading Delaware Liberal for the past month, you’ve probably noticed the addition of a certain scientist with an attitude. You’re probably wondering what happened to the shy, retiring scientists in white coats that you’ve come to expect. And you might wonder, why are scientists so mad? What brought this on? Perhaps my […]
Signs of Economic Recovery: State Unemployment
The latest regional unemployment numbers are out and the news is decidedly better: Twenty-one states recorded over-the-month unemployment rate decreases, 18 states and the District of Columbia registered rate increases, and 11 states had no rate change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The overall unemployment rate rose […]
We Told You So
Waterboarding is torture, duh. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUkj9pjx3H0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Conservative shock jock “Mancow” (real name Erich Muller) got waterboarded to see if it was torture. Listeners had the chance to decide whether Mancow himself or his co-host, Chicago radio personality Pat Cassidy, would undergo the interrogation method during the broadcast. The voters ultimately decided Mancow would be the one […]
Dick Cheney Is A Cowardly, Gullible Fool
I love this take on Dick Cheney by Josh Marshall: This [Cheney] is someone who not only organized and seemingly directed a policy of state-sponsored torture. He did it in large part to get people to admit to crankish conspiracy theories he got taken in by by a crew of think-tank jockeys in DC whose […]
RNC’s New “Daisy” Ad
OOGA BOOGA! OOGA BOOGA! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7qkEholuT8[/youtube] Obama made it clear in his speech that he will close Guantanamo and he’s tired of the fear-mongering. It’s interesting watching the Republicans play the Democrats by arguing about the terrorist supervillians with secret powers that can only be contained in Cuba. Does anyone remember there wasn’t even a prison […]
Comment Rescue: The Pew Poll
Anonie comments on the new Pew Poll results: anonie // May 21, 2009 at 9:40 pm From a comprehensive Pew Research Report released today. From 2002 to 2009, voters’ partisan identification has moved from virtual parity — 43 percent Republican and 43 percent Democratic at the height of George W. Bush’s popularity in the immediate […]
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