Unstable Isotope

Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.

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The New Era Of Civility Has Begun!

Filed in National by on January 18, 2011 5 Comments

New civility! John Boehner now describes health care reform as “job destroying” rather than “job killing.”

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The War Will Be Digitized

Filed in International by on January 18, 2011 2 Comments

The New York Times has an account of the development of the Stuxnet worm to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program.

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Monday Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 17, 2011 11 Comments

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Is The Bar This Low?

Filed in National by on January 17, 2011 13 Comments

John McCain wrote an op-ed where he praised Obama’s speech and called Obama patriotic. Apparently, this is news.

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What’s Going On In Haiti?

Filed in International by on January 17, 2011 5 Comments

Former Haitian dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier has returned to Haiti.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 15, 2011 15 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Shameless Stealing

Filed in National by on January 15, 2011 1 Comment

This post by Greg Sargent is the funniest thing I’ve read all week. How much longer will the rest of the world callously turn a blind eye to the epic suffering being endured by America’s persecuted minority of conservative personalities with millions of dollars and worshipful national followings?

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 14, 2011 7 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Sarah Palin Doesn’t Read “All Of ‘Em”

Filed in National by on January 14, 2011 22 Comments

If you only read rightwing news coverage, you might get the idea that the coverage of the shootings was all about Sarah Palin.

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Kovach – The X Factors

Filed in Delaware by on January 14, 2011 56 Comments

What factors contributed to Tom Kovach’s win?

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 13, 2011 9 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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I Voted: Special Election Open Thread

Filed in National by on January 13, 2011 26 Comments
I Voted: Special Election Open Thread

As you know, today is the special election for New Castle County Council President. The candidates are County Councilperson Tim Sheldon and former State Representative Tom Kovach. Use this thread to share thoughts and observations on the election. I visited three polling places this morning (putting up signs). None of the polling places had greeters […]

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Reviews Of Obama’s Speech

Filed in National by on January 13, 2011 57 Comments

Reviews of Obama’s speech last night were overwhelmingly positive with some going further to say it made Sarah Palin’s speech look worse in retrospect.

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