Unstable Isotope

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

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Thursday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 17, 2010 8 Comments

The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Reflecting On Obama’s Speech

Filed in National by on June 17, 2010 12 Comments

Even if progressives and political junkies didn’t like Obama’s speech, others thought the speech did what it was supposed to do.

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Dispatch From The BP Braintrust

Filed in National by on June 16, 2010 4 Comments

BP Executive Carl-Henric Svanberg wants you to know he really cares about the “small people.”

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Wednesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 16, 2010 17 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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O’Donnell Supporters Get Excited

Filed in Delaware by on June 16, 2010 16 Comments

O’Donnell supporters have been pushing poll results showing her leading Mike Castle by 47% among likely Republican voters. Dialogue Delaware finds that these results are a bit misleading.

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Tuesday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 15, 2010 14 Comments

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Financial Reform Conference

Filed in National by on June 15, 2010 0 Comments

Right now the Financial Reform bill conference is taking place and it’s being broadcast. You can go to this link to watch the hearings. Here’s a great post by Joan McCarter at Daily Kos on what to watch for during the hearings.

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President Obama Doesn’t Care About White People

Filed in National by on June 15, 2010 41 Comments

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa): “…the president has demonstrated that he has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race — on the side that favors the black person.”

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Another Tale Of GOP Minority Outreach

Filed in National by on June 14, 2010 4 Comments

Welcome to the North American DMZ: The Republican nominee for a New Mexico congressional seat suggested during a radio interview that the United States could place land mines along the Mexican border to secure the international boundary. Asked Monday to clarify, Tom Mullins emphasized that he does not advocate doing so. Mullins says border security […]

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Historians Agree: Bush Sucked

Filed in National by on June 14, 2010 17 Comments
Historians Agree: Bush Sucked

98% of historians informally surveyed by the HNN rated Bush’s presidency as a failure. 61% rated it Bush as the worst president with an additional 35% rating him in the bottom 10.

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Monday Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 14, 2010 25 Comments

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Oh Great, A Reason To Stay In Afghanistan

Filed in International by on June 14, 2010 5 Comments

Afghanistan has a $1T deposit of industrially important minerals, like lithium, copper, gold, iron and cobalt according to a just-released Pentagon study.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on June 12, 2010 46 Comments

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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