Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Want!
I want this wine! A close-up of the label: The chemistry is from actual wine chemists, illustrating some of the conversions that turns grapes into wine. So, DV, can you hook me up?
Products Targeted to Women Generally Tick Me Off
There’s a new candy bar being introduced, and it’s targeted to women. Here are some of the descriptions: Try it in public. A chocolate bar that shimmers. Definitely eat it with the lights on. Finally a chocolate you don’t feel so guilty about eating. Under 85 calories per finger. That’s a sexy little figure. Just […]
Republicans Are Stupid, and Democrats Are Stupid Too
For weeks, the Republicans have been united in one thing – fear-mongering about closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. The Obama administration had requested $80M in funding in the supplemental war funding to close the prison and relocate the prisoners to federal prisons. The Republicans have never had a shortage of talking points about terrorism, […]
RNC Voting Today!
The meeting of the Republican National Committee ends today with votes on resolutions. If you remember, party activists forced a resolution to change the name of the Democratic party to the “Democrat Socialist Party,” despite the opposition of the Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele. The resolution would have forced Steele to refer to Democrats as […]
“This Change Comes In A Teabag!”
Michael Steele gave a speech at the RNC meeting today. (Full text available at this link.) Some excerpts… The era of apologizing for Republican mistakes of the past is now officially over. It is done. The time for trying to fix or focus on the past has ended. The era of Republican navel gazing is […]
Kennedy’s Brain Cancer Is In Remission
Good news: Sen. Edward Kennedy’s brain cancer is in remission and he is expected back in the Senate after the Memorial Day recess to spearhead healthcare reform, according to Democratic colleagues. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday that he spoke with Kennedy’s wife, Vicki, in the past few days and was told the […]
A PSA For Our Friends In Pennsylvania
Today is primary election day in Pennsylvania. I know some of our readers are from Pennsylvania, so here is information from the Philadelphia Inquirer: Here’s some basic information on balloting, and where to turn for help: * Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be […]
Gallup: Republicans Are Tanking
There are new poll results out from Gallup about partisan identification, and it’s not good news for Republicans. The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the […]
Rick Perry: I Was Just Kiddin’ About That Secession Stuff
When we last heard from Rick Perry, Republican governor of Texas, he was at a “Tea Party” saying this: “There’s a lot of different scenarios,” Perry said. “We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows […]
Joe Biden’s Revenge?
The New York Times‘s Maureen Dowd has admitted to “inadvertently” plagiarizing from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo. Maureen Dowd, if you remember, exposed Joe Biden’s plagiarism in 1987. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, in an email to Huffington Post, admits that a paragraph in her Sunday column was lifted from Talking Points Memo […]
Obama’s Notre Dame Speech
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P_pvUoLnRU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVbzQC0qjHU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cia9WR2Zj4Q&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT0jT2b0JIY&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Here’s the part of the speech concerning abortion, where so much of the controversy was occurring. It’s very wise and well written. Will the anti-abortion crowd reach out to him? As I considered the controversy surrounding my visit here, I was reminded of an encounter I had during my Senate campaign, […]
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