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Looks Who’s Famous :-P

Filed in Delaware by on October 10, 2009 12 Comments

Today’s News Journal had an article on local reaction to the Nobel Peace Prize award: Timothy Pancoast, blogging on Delawarepolitics.net, which bills itself as “Delaware’s Center-Right Voice,” wrote: “Our great leader President Obama has won a Nobel Peace Prize. He has paid far less for that than most people pay to win at the Dover […]

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We Have Achieved Peak Wingnut.

Filed in National by on October 9, 2009 3 Comments

Balloon Juice coined the term. And today we have achieved Peak Wingnut. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama has finally and totally driven all conservatives completely insane. It is a pleasure to watch the self immolation.

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 9, 2009 4 Comments

Are you ready for the weekend? I am! Here’s some thoughts to get you started: NASA bombs the moon! Why didn’t Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama save the moon? Huh? At 4:31 a.m. Pacific time (7:31 a.m. Eastern time), one piece of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite — LCROSS, for short — […]

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Comment Rescue: Unstable Isotope Wants to Have Some Fun!

Filed in National by on December 26, 2008 3 Comments

UI points us to one of the best End of Year voting tasks out there — The Poorman’s 2008 Golden Winger Awards for Excellence in Wingnuttery. Go vote on these now and tell us who you thought were the best candidates for these awards: Wank of the Year Soggy Biscuit The Creamy Baileys Nobel Peace […]

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Silence is Support for Trump – Mike Ramone Must Be Defeated

Filed in National by on September 17, 2020 8 Comments
Silence is Support for Trump – Mike Ramone Must Be Defeated

Republicans are using Russian propaganda to try and cobble together some “October Surprise” aimed at damaging Joe Biden.  

NO DELAWARE REPUBLICANS HAVE CONDEMNED THIS OUTRAGE  

Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday said the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which he chairs, is poised to release a Russian report on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s dealings in Ukraine.

Mike Ramone is silent.  

“Stay tuned. In about a week we’re going to learn a whole lot more of Vice President Biden’s unfitness for office,” the Wisconsin Republican said on a call with supporters, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Anthony Delcollo thinks this is just fine.  

With the help of Russian intelligence Johnson’s committee has been investigating Hunter Biden’s employment by a Ukrainian energy company during the time his father led the Obama administration’s Ukraine policy.

President Trump’s request that Ukraine investigate the dealings of the former vice president and his son resulted in his impeachment in December. Republican senators acquitted Trump in February of charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress.

Cathy Cloutier supports this.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 3, 2009 6 Comments

What are you doing this weekend? Here’s something interesting, the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes. The Ig Nobels are given by the satirical magazine The Annals of Improbable Research (I’ve told you before that scientist are weird), which is affiliated with Harvard University. The ceremonies are quite funny, with real Nobel laureates handing out the prizes. […]

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Obama’s Weekly Video Address

Filed in National by on December 21, 2008 7 Comments

President-Elect Obama is really beginning to freak me out when he says  things like this: Because the highest purpose of science is the search for knowledge, truth and a greater understanding of the world around us. That will be my goal as President of the United States—and I could not have a better team to […]

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