Archive for nemski
A Dad, a husband and a data guru
Words Are Made to Bend
When the Overton Window turns into the Overton Wall
31Jul2010 | nemski | 3 comments | Continued
Hell, Yeah!
Representative Anthony Weiner calls out Republican cowards as the GOP denies health coverage to American heroes.
30Jul2010 | nemski | 7 comments | Continued
Christine O’Donnell: Jersey Girl?
Christine O’Donnell has many problems, though we never thought living in Jersey would be one of them.
30Jul2010 | nemski | 45 comments | Continued
Buying Boehner
John Boehner is for sale, however, Oompa-Loompas are not.
29Jul2010 | nemski | 3 comments | Continued
Christine O’Donnell: Starbursts For Everyone
A handful of Starbust Boys got little chubbys this afternoon as Christine O’Donnell was interviewed by right-wing apologist Rick Jensen on WDEL.
28Jul2010 | nemski | 22 comments | Continued
No Homo Mayors, Burn a Koran
What do homosexuals and burning the Koran have to do with each other? Not much, unless you are the weak-minded pastor of a Gainesville FL church.
26Jul2010 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
Delaware State Fair
Some photos from opening night at the Delaware State Fair in Harrington.
24Jul2010 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued
He Likes It! Hey, Mikey! . . . Wait, Not So Much
Mike Castle believes that the Delaware River Basin Watershed is important, but not important enough.
23Jul2010 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued
Late Night Video: i-Dosing
Dude, I’m going to try this and then watch “The Big Lebowski”. Oklahoma brings the crazy . . . again.
16Jul2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
I’ve Got Your Severe Weather Right Here!
As upper New Castle County dries out from the heavy rains the other day and smack into another sauna, I realized I’ve been saying this a little to often lately, “The weather isn’t usually this bad.” Seriously, after five years of no water in our basement, this year our basement was flooded three times. We’ve [...]
16Jul2010 | nemski | 6 comments | Continued
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Educate
Delaware’s public education system could possibly be considered a failure. No new magic bullet is going to fix the problem. It’s time for parents, teachers the legislature and the Governor to get the job done.
16Jul2010 | nemski | 48 comments | 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 [...]
Blevins – The LOLCats Version
Making Delaware stupider every day, the LOLcats edition.
2Jul2010 | nemski | 11 comments | Continued
Latin America Welcomes Our Chinese Overlords
When the Council of Americas warns us that we should beware of Chinese influence and investment in Latin America, it gives one pause. Pause to collect your thoughts and say, “Please invest more.” You see, the Council of Americas believes that the United States can do no wrong, and, well, that China is filled with [...]
2Jul2010 | nemski | 1 comment | Continued
Austerity is a Bitch
What president believed in his heart and soul that austerity was the answer to pull America out of its economic mess? Herbert Hoover. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Hoover wasn’t a great man, he was just a shitty president. The work Hoover did in feeding millions of people during the Great War and [...]
2Jul2010 | nemski | 21 comments | Continued
Getting Better with Age
Sometimes people do get better with age while others getting older ain’t much fun. Look at Melville whose Moby Dick was published when he was 32 and that was about it. Or on the flip side, look at Clint Eastwood who has directed several masterpieces after the age of 60. Timothy Eagan, a political writer, [...]
1Jul2010 | nemski | 8 comments | Continued
A Blog Post About Nothing
Remember a few days ago when the FBI caught a ring of Russian spies. I’m sure Fox News was all a twitter over it.
Actually, according to espionage journalist Davie Wise, it was much ado about nothing.
And how many secrets from the White House, the Pentagon or the C.I.A. could a Russian spy living in [...]
The Oprah Presidency?
Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker must hate that she doesn’t have a penis. What else could I infer from her vapid column in today’s Washington Post, “Obama: Our first female president”. The premise of the piece is interesting, take Toni Morrison’s famous analogy that Bill Clinton was our first black president, and turn it on its [...]
30Jun2010 | nemski | 13 comments | Continued
Boehner Can’t Relate to SPF 35 and Above Americans
As The Orange One (aka Jim Boehner) comes out swinging against the financial reform package, the White House hit back. Robert Gibbs said that Boehner is out of touch with regular Americans.
At his daily briefing, Mr. Gibbs said Mr. Boehner was “opening one’s mouth and removing most of the doubt that you’re completely out [...]
Vulcans Rule, Klingons Drool
The Obama Administration has set a new course for US Space policy that embraces arms control. Actually the arms control policy is an old course favored by Reagan, Bush I and Clinton, but not Bush II (is anyone surprised?). President Obama’s team will look to international cooperation instead of the “Go it alone” attitude favored by Bush and Cheney.
29Jun2010 | nemski | 5 comments | Continued
Three Is The Magic Number
Paul Krugman opines that we might be well on our way to a third depression.
28Jun2010 | nemski | 23 comments | Continued
The Politics of Science
Science writer Chris Mooney (Unscientific America and The Republican War on Science) has a recent column in The Washington Post about how scientists need to approach the general populous in getting their facts heard and understood. Mooney looks at climate change denialism, anti-vaccine hysteria and Yucca Mountain. (He doesn’t include opposition to evolution or denial [...]
28Jun2010 | nemski | 11 comments | Continued
Death by iPhone?
Admittedly, I find Maureen Dowd as useless as Christine O’Donnell. Her column today, “Are Cells the New Cigarettes”, begs the question, Is Dowd the new David Broder?
I’ll skip all of Dowd’s references to bad science, but the one item she stumbles upon I found quite interesting. As San Francisco was debating whether or not to [...]
Going Immobile
Delaware unveiled it’s new website, but use your desktop because it is not mobile friendly.
4Jun2010 | nemski | 8 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
