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The RNC Explains The Political Gender Gap

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 201015 Comments

The RNC has a plan on how to recruit women candidates: "Women sometimes need a little more handholding, or they need their friends to help them make a decision. And…

Republican Idiocy, Continued

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 2010123 Comments

Yesterday pandora posted about the preliminary release of the R2K/dKos poll of Republicans. Today the full poll was released (full results). There are some disturbing results: GAYS Should openly gay…

I Have No Idea What They Are Trying To Prove

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 201011 Comments

Last year, professional idiot and accused felon James O'Keefe went around with a camera trying to get a wedding license in Massachusetts to marry another man. Ben Wetmore, the 28-year-old…

Groundhog Day Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 201011 Comments

Happy Groundhog Day! Do you feel like you've opened this thread before? Groundhog Day is not really a holiday that I understand. According to weather records, Punxsutawney Phil has an…

The Party Of Old Ideas

By Unstable Isotope February 2, 201046 Comments

You have to give it to the Republicans. They aren't really the Party of No, they are the Party of Old Ideas. Just one year after the spectacular failure of…

Wondering what the Republican base looks like... Via TPM, Via Kos on Twitter: A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll, conducted among 2,000 self-identified Republican respondents nationwide, gives an interesting peek…

Delaware Green Matters Forum

By cassandra_m February 1, 20102 Comments

This Wednesday begins a 5-week forum series focusing on multiple environmental topics at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark (www.uufn.org) from 7-9pm. The first topic is:

February 3: Environmental Policy and You

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope February 1, 201048 Comments

Is it already Monday? The weekend just flew by again, and I had a three day weekend. Let's get started with a Monday open thread. Will Bunch, blogger at Attytood…

DADT Repeal

By Unstable Isotope February 1, 201013 Comments

The New York Times covers the discussions about the DADT repeal in the Obama administration: But it was in Oval Office strategy sessions to review court cases challenging the ban…

Pentagon: Global Warming Destabilizing Force

By pandora February 1, 20102 Comments

Via The Guardian: The Pentagon will for the first time rank global warming as a destabilising force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world,…

Ask Dr. Liberal: PETA and Its Shadow

By liberalgeek February 1, 20109 Comments

Dr. Liberal – PETA wants organizers of Pennsylvania’s Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in. WTF? Why is PETA determined to turn itself into the Westboro Baptist Church of the Anti-Animal cruelty movement? Don’t they realize that this kind of shit makes people want to beat their groundhogs? Signed, Phil Connors

Calorie Counts On Menus – Good Idea or Nanny State?

By Unstable Isotope February 1, 201017 Comments

An article in this weekend's News Journal highlighted Senator Dave Sokola's bill to require chain restaurants to place the calorie counts on the menus. As a dieter I would be…

Late Night Video — Axe Ball Cleaner

By cassandra_m January 31, 20104 Comments

First thing to know is that this is totally NSFW. Second thing to know is that this it totally NSFW. Third thing to know is that this is screamingly funny, which means you probably should not be watching this at work!