Archive for May, 2010
Liveblogging the primaries, 5/18
This is a liveblog to track the results from today’s primary results in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oregon, and the special elections in Hawaii and PA-12.
My bets:
Pennsylvania – Sestak, Onorato, Critz, Pike (ugh)
Kentucky – Paul, Conway
Oregon – Kitzhaber, Dudley
Arkansas – Lincoln (with runoff needed, I hope), Boozman (ditto)
Hawaii – Djou (and pundits will miss the [...]
Beau Biden Released From Hospital
Beau Biden was released from the hospital today, according to press reports. The Delaware Department of Justice released this statement:
Attorney General Beau Biden returned home this afternoon from Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, Department of Justice spokesman Jason Miller said.
Biden’s doctor, Dr. Robert Rosenwasser of Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, made the following statement upon the [...]
Oilpocalypse: Who Should Pay?
I started a small Twitter war last night when I suggested that perhaps we should tax gasoline to pay for the cleanup of the oil volcano in the Gulf.
BP is statutorily limited to $75M in damages for a spill. I suspect that they will end up paying more than that voluntarily, but they will, at [...]
Teacher Uses Assassination To Explain Geometry
Crazy stuff. (via TPM)
The Secret Service investigated an Alabama high school teacher for using the example of shooting President Obama while teaching a geometry lesson.
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A student in the class described the lesson: “He was talking about angles and said, ‘If you’re in this building, you would need to take this angle to shoot the president.’”
The [...]
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
18May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Another “Family Values” Republican Fails To Practice What He Preaches
Typical.
Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), a champion of abstinence education and traditional family values, will resign effective Friday after an affair with a female staffer in his district office, he announced today.
He said in a statement that he “sinned against God, my wife and my family by having a mutual relationship with a part-time member of [...]
The Oceans Will Run Out Of Fish In 40 Years
The greed of the developed world will be the tombstone of the planet.
From AFP:
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned.
“If the various estimates we have received… come true, then we are in the situation where 40 years down [...]
Conservatives Freak Out Over Unimportant Competition
An Arab-American Muslim woman won the Miss USA title and wingnuts went crazy.
18May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Bye Bye Blumenthal?
Connecticut Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal got caught in a big lie. He claims to have served in Vietnam, but he got 5 deferments.
There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and [...]
Monday Open Thread
The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
17May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 34 comments | Continued
Oilpocalypse Update
Oilpocalypse updates: both good news and bad news. Giant plumes of oil have been observed under the water. However, the tube insertion appears to have been successful. Extra special bonus – Palin speaks!
17May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
Late Night Video: RIP Ronnie James Dio
The death of heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio was announced today. He was 67 years old. Here is one of my favorite Dio tunes “Holy Diver.”
16May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | Continued
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
15May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Republican Convention Today
You are to be forgiven if you have no idea that the Republicans are meeting today to give out party endorsements. I have only really seen it discussed on the blogs on the other side of the political spectrum. But the comments section of those threads have been highly entertaining.
The local tea partiers like the [...]
Atlantis
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — There are times in my life that can be pointed to as special moments, good or bad, pleasant or heart-wrenching: the birth of a my son, the love I feel for my wife and the recent death of a my mother-in-law. Of course there are many others, but now I have [...]
14May2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
14May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 19 comments | Continued
Maine GOP Members Redecorate A Classroom
The Maine GOP has been in the news more than usual lately. Maine is generally known for its progressive politics and moderate Republicans but no longer. GOP activists managed to replace the Maine GOP platform with a fringe platform that outlawed atheism and one-world government. They also redecorated a middle school classroom because [...]
14May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
She Plays Softball…You Know What I Mean ;-)
Cable news talking heads discuss Elena Kagan’s and sexual orientation, based on a picture of her playing softball. Yeah, I don’t get it either.
13May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
Don’t Count Your Chickens…
Harry Reid as the Comeback Kid?
A Republican civil war and some rather, well, fowl comments about health care might just be giving Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a fresh chance at reelection this fall.
For months Reid (D-NV) has seemed like a goner as each one of his potential GOP rivals held solid leads in polls. [...]
Where There’s A Good Bill To Weaken, Tom Carper Is There
Tom Carper has introduced an amendment to the Financial Reform bill to pre-empt tougher state laws to weaker federal standards.
13May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 14 comments | Continued
Thursday Open Thread
The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
13May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 37 comments | Continued
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., May 13, 2010
Once again, a truncated Post-Game Wrap-Up as committee reports won’t be read into the record until the beginning of session today.
FWIW, here’s the complete incomplete Session Activity Report from yesterday. If something strikes your fancy, let us know. Nothing struck my fancy, however.
But, never fear, legislative junkies. There’s more than enough intriguing legislation on today’s [...]
Ron Williams Deigns To Notice Local Democratic Races
Ron Williams – what there’s a primary for Sheriff?
13May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 164 comments | Continued
DE-AL GOP Primary: Urquhart Plays The Jamaica Card
GOP DE-AL candidate Glenn Urquhart attacks front runner Michelle Rollins for her ties to Jamaica.
13May2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
