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State’s Plan To Strengthen Delaware Schools

By pandora December 1, 20098 Comments

Gotta love timing, and since I'm on an education kick today I might as well post on the latest press release. (Full content below) Interesting stuff, and a lot of…

Tuesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope December 1, 200913 Comments

It's Tuesday and it's December! Can you believe how fast this year went by? It's time for an open thread to tell us what's on your mind. Post away. Here's…

Pro-Life?

By Unstable Isotope December 1, 20099 Comments

A member of the Ugandan parliament who is also a member of the religious group "The Family" (prominent U.S. members include John Ensign, Tom Coburn, Mark Sanford and Bart Stupak…

Flip Floppin’ McCain

By Unstable Isotope December 1, 20093 Comments

I'm not even sure of the best word to describe this story. Is McCain just lying and hoping nobody can remember his health care plan from last year? Is he…

Do We Need To Merge School Districts, Or A New Mindset?

By pandora December 1, 200960 Comments

In today's News Journal, State Auditor R. Thomas Wagner Jr. claims that consolidating Delaware's 19 school districts could save the state 50 million a year. Those against the idea…

Obama To Outline Afghanistan Strategy Tonight

By Unstable Isotope December 1, 200917 Comments

Tonight at 8 PM Obama will be giving a speech at West Point to explain his administration's plans for Afghanistan. We've already heard some details - he's adding at least…

‘Bulo Remembers 2009-Today: “Bad Sex in Fiction”

By El Somnambulo December 1, 20091 Comment

I am El Somnambulo, and I'm a listaholic. All this month, I'll bring you a selected survey of those Year-End lists that intrigue my sick mind and that you might…

Senate Health Care Reform Debate Starts Today

By Unstable Isotope November 30, 20091 Comment

The debate on the health care reform deal starts today in the U.S. Senate at 3 p.m. There is still one major sticking point in the negotiations: the fate of…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope November 30, 200933 Comments

It's Cyber Monday today, supposedly the biggest online shopping day. I suppose you're all back at work ready to go? Well, it's also open thread time and it's time to…

Republicans Have Big Ones Too — Bills That Is

By nemski November 30, 20092 Comments

Remember the lie about the Health Care legislation was longer than War and Peace? Turns out that out of the top 10 longest bills, half of them have been written…

Hal Turner, FBI Informant

By Unstable Isotope November 30, 20097 Comments

[Warning - this post contains some offensive language. -- UI] Hal Turner is a rightwing radio host known for his extremist, far right views. He has a small, hard-core following…

Another Republican Presidential Contender Bites The Dust

By Unstable Isotope November 29, 200934 Comments

This time it's Mike Huckabee, and it's not a sex scandal. It's a clemency scandal (another one). The man accused in the execution of 4 police officers in Washington state…

100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire

By cassandra_m November 29, 20092 Comments

I loved this show and saw it almost entirely in DVD or via bittorrent. In fact, this show is how I even found out about bittorrent. In any event, this was a brilliantly written show, with alot of memorable and true characters -- with an extra special bonus throughout the seasons if you knew anything at all about Baltimore politics or law enforcement.