Unstable Isotope
Opinionated chemist, troublemaker, blogger on national and Delaware politics.
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Another Dispatch From The Braintrust
Microchips are becoming the new black helicopters for the extreme right. Georgia is outlawing involuntary microchip implantation based partly on the testimony of a woman with psychiatric problems. At least one Republican candidate for Congress thinks we should go the opposite direction. Republican Pat Beroche (IA-03) thinks we should implant microchips to keep track of […]
Shitty Deal
For a second time yesterday, all the Senate Republicans + Ben Nelson were able to block the financial regulation reform bill from coming to a vote in the Senate. On the same day, however, Goldman Sachs was busy giving an assist to financial reform by getting grilled by a Senate committee. Carl Levin chewed up […]
The Democratic Party Could Do A Public Service
We’ve all been watching recently the slow and painful progress of the financial reform bill. Yesterday the Republicans hung together to block debate from even beginning on the Senate bill. Mitch McConnell used his usual dishonesty in explaining why Republicans were blocking the bill: “A vote for cloture is a vote that says, ‘We’re done […]
Bankrupting Arizona
The new Jose Crow Arizona immigration law has a provision that allows citizens to sue if they think the law hasn’t been enforced vigorously enough.
A Team Of Moderates
The NJ decides that Michelle Rollins is a moderate using their own magic formula.
I Don’t Get This Guy
A doctor who is a Lt. Colonel in the Army is also a birther. He’s so steeped in the birther delusion that he’s willing to ruin his career and go to jail over it. Formal court martial charges have been brought against Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Army doctor who believes President Obama may not […]
Resignation Watch
We’ve all been watching the great Republican purge for about one year now. Republicans like Dede Scozzafava and David Frum have been kicked out of being Republicans in good standing for not showing sufficient deference to wingnut orthodoxy. We’ve watched Republican party leaders like Michael Steele and Eric Cantor have to apologize for offending conservative […]
A Woman’s Place Is In The House (of Representatives)
This is from an actual newsletter sent from the Republican party in Ohio. It’s referencing the OH-13 House race, where the incumbent is Betty Sutton. I know I keep seeing polls that show Democrats are in trouble in November. Sometimes, though, I have a hard time taking it seriously – specific Republicans are a lot […]
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