Archive for July, 2010
Conservatives Come Out Against Birth Control – Guess They’re Okay With Teen Pregnancy And Abortion
We’ve always known the Conservative stance on sex had more to do with controling women than with preventing unwanted pregnancy and abortion. And now they’ve proved it once again.
Amanda sums it up:
In a common sense world, there would be no controversy over including contraception in the slate of preventive services that the federal government will [...]
Born-Again Deficit Hawks
Matt Yglesias shows that there is zero historical evidence that Republicans care about deficits.
14Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 12 comments | Continued
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
14Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 57 comments | Continued
Who’s Running – Republican Primary Edition
A summary of the Republican primaries in Delaware.
14Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 49 comments | Continued
Chris Coons Takes a Stand on Off Shore Oil Drilling
Chris Coons releases a video statement on stopping drilling off of the Delaware shores and investing in Delaware’s alternative energy business.
14Jul2010 | cassandra_m | 13 comments | Continued
C’mon Delaware Episode 11 w/ Special Guest Liberalgeek
Liberalgeek uses his trademark guilelessness, naivety and facts to talk me down after my very harried day of Democratic existential panic.
13Jul2010 | jason330 | 21 comments | Continued
Filing Deadline Passes – State of the Races
The filing deadline has passed. What’s changed since Monday?
13Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
13Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued
Strutting Budget Peacocks
John Kyl can’t accept an addition of $33 billion to the deficit (a 3% increase) to help the unemployed. However, addition of $678 billion to the deficit is no problem since it’s tax cuts for the rich.
13Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 62 comments | Continued
C’mon Delaware Episode 11 Teaser
Look. I know nobody listens to this, and believe me I am fine with that. Moreover, if you were ever thinking about listening I would not recommend tomorrow’s podcast which might have something to do with the DNC rolling out it’s mid-term election strategy on this weekend’s news shows. [...]
12Jul2010 | jason330 | 5 comments | Continued
5 Who SHOULD Be Challenged
2nd RD-Hazel Plant: “Vote for me and I promise to not show up for work. This is a promise that I’ve proudly kept for the last two terms, and I’m deeply committed to not showing up for the next one either, should you honor me by voting for me to continue in my no-show job.”
11th [...]
Monday Open Thread
The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
12Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued
The ‘Lower 41′: Smith & the City
Three districts. All three tied up in the redistricting politics of 2002, particularly as applied to the City of Wilmington. At least two of the three to inevitably be very much involved in the redistricting of 2012. One of these districts may not even survive. At least not in Wilmington. Its # could show up [...]
12Jul2010 | El Somnambulo | 1 comment | Continued
Can The Palestinians Get Their Shit Together?
Nicholas Kristof has an interesting column questioning whether the Palestinians can organize a non-violent protest against Israel. Turns out from the Palestinian perspective, youths throwing rocks is a non-violent protest. Kristof writes:
Despite being stoned and tear-gassed on this trip, I find a reed of hope here. It’s that some Palestinians are dabbling in a strategy [...]
2 More Days To File – Who’s Unchallenged
Next entry in our Who’s Running series, Who’s Unchallenged
12Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 25 comments | Continued
NJ Smacks Miss Jamaica 1965
“Maybe it is Time To Run For Office in Jamaica? ” – I don’t know which is the bigger story: that Rollins’ business interests in Jamaica are still her top priority, or that the News Journal would take such a naked shot at her about it.
11Jul2010 | jason330 | 17 comments | Continued
Weekend Open Thread
The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.
10Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | Continued
From The Mouths Of The “Big Boys” And “Little Girl”
Here’s a new twist to the victim card. Sharron Angle says that Harry Reid is “trying to hit the girl.”
“It is also the corruption in Washington, DC that is characterized by Harry Reid, lets-make-a-deal cronyism, politics as usual, and so we’re saying dirty tricks Harry is up to his dirty tricks one more time and [...]
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
9Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 22 comments | Continued
What’s Happening In The 32nd District?
In the 32nd district William McVay is now running as a Republican, Democrat and Libertarian.
9Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 48 comments | Continued
9th District Democratic Candidates Abound
Last night the 9th district Dems met with the potential candidates to run against John Marino to replace Dick Cathcart. Rick Griffiths is the endorsed candidate and has been ramping up his campaign for months. Yesterday, Rebecca Walker filed to primary Rick. Walker has faced off against Cathcart twice in the past and had yielded [...]
9Jul2010 | liberalgeek | 25 comments | Continued
Beaten Down By The Man
Rush Limbaugh and others argue that the tanning tax is discrimination against white people.
9Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 9 comments | Continued
Breaking Now: Federal Court Strikes Down DOMA Section 3
This is breaking on Twitter right now. The ruling isn’t out yet but a Federal District Court has struck down Section 3 of DOMA. Lambda Legal explains the court challenge:
May 6, 2010 in Boston, eight married same-sex couples and three widowers were in Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to [...]
Hire the Qualified
There is a new movement that has come from some of the people active in the Delaware social media scene to preempt some of the awful discrimination that is now facing the unemployed and others.
In an economy that now has 5 unemployed workers for every open job, some employers have started putting disqualifiers in their [...]
Lemonade, Sharron Angle Style
Sharron Angle continues to bring on teh crazy.
8Jul2010 | Unstable Isotope | 2 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
