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  • Thursday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 11
    It’s Thursday and it’s open thread time. Remember, tomorrow is DL’s War on Christmas Party. The WOC party starts at 7 p.m. at C.W. Harborside. We’ll be collecting canned goods to donate to the Food Bank. Come on out and forget your troubles for a while! How did I miss this? A [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • The Individual Mandate

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    The fight over the public option has obscured other parts of the bill. Right now the individual mandate is getting a lot of attention. Ezra Klein explains the purpose of the individual mandate and the consequences if it’s removed: Right now, the insurer sets the rules. It collects background information on [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Exactly

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    Let’s cue up the circular firing squad. John Cole nails exactly what I’m feeling right now: About health care reform is that it is a primer for Banking and Financial Regulation. We get to look forward to watching the House bill get neutered down by the conservadems, the GOP will be [...]
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    Posted: December 17, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Wednesday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 10
    I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for this week to be over (not just because vacation is coming next week). I’m exhausted for yesterday just from reading the comments. Let’s think about something else. How about the “Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2009″ from Bad Astronomy. This is my [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Coalition Of The Bribed

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 10
    The Republicans must be having a hard time building a real grassroots movement. Their anti-health care reform die in was a bust yesterday when only 60 people showed up and none of them actually pretended to die. They are sending anti-reform form letters to Congress through Facebook games. Now, the [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:14am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Another Dispatch From The GOP Brain Trust

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 9
    Fox News has figured out how to sell the GOP jobs plan. Cut wages! Now, with its Republican-inspired “Where are the jobs?” campaign in full swing, Fox has gone “on the job hunt” with a “new” idea for increasing employment: cutting the minimum wage. Jumping off from an op-ed by Washington [...]
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    Posted: December 16, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Do You Need A Pick-Me-Up?

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 4
    Do you need a pick-me-up? I know I do. I don’t like spending time arguing with people who have the same goals. Watch this video (edited) of a confrontation between John Thune and Al Franken. Franken to Thune – you’re not entitled to your own facts. [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:48pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Tuesday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 9
    It’s Tuesday of the seemingly longest week of the year (the week before a 2 week vacation). Let’s open this open thread. Please, if you get a chance, read this fascinating article by James Chartrand. James Chartrand writes about her struggles getting by as writer, until she adopted a man’s pseudonym. I [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Busted!

    —Delaware Liberal

    Eugene Robinson digs up this gem: Sarah Palin is such a cold-eyed skeptic about the Copenhagen summit on climate change that it’s no surprise she would call on President Obama not to attend. After all, Obama might join other leaders in acknowledging that warming is a “global challenge.” He might entertain [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Does Mike Castle Oppose The FDIC Too?

    —Delaware Liberal

    Last week the U.S. House passed an ambitious financial overhaul package. The vote count was 223-202, with some Blue Dogs voting with all Republicans (including Mike Castle) against the bill. Mike Castle released this statement about his vote: “Since the financial crisis began, I have worked with my Republican and Democrat [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Public Option And Medicare Buy-In Dropped

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    Reports are just coming in that there’s a new “deal” on health care reform. President Lieberman wants only to give U.S. taxpayer money to big insurance companies but doesn’t care anything about lowering costs. Do you know the origin of the Medicare buy-in? Joe Lieberman. Joe Lieberman proposed a Medicare [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:35pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Monday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    It’s Monday so let’s get started on our open thread. How’s your holiday shopping going? Despite my doubts about the new fitness shoe craze, I bought some. I’ve been wearing them and they’re pretty comfortable but my thighs are killing me. Is this a sign they’re working? I find this interesting, [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Holiday Gifts That Give Back

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 4
    I’m sure many of you have had the experience of trying to shop for the person who has everything (I know I do). Before you buy them yet another gadget that they can’t use, think about giving gifts of charity. My family tried this last year, and it was a [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Health Insurance Lobby Astroturfs Facebook Games

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 2
    Millions of Facebook users spend their time as digital farmers, pirates or wise guys and the health insurance lobby has found a way to use these games to further their political agenda. . . . Get Health Reform Right, are paying Facebook users “virtual currency” – which is useful in Facebook [...]
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    Posted: December 13, 2009, 11:49am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Weekend Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    Only two more weekends until Christmas! Have you got your Christmas shopping finished? I’m definitely not finished. I think ‘Bulo is not the only listaholic around here. I found this through Facebook: The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials Of All Time. Here’s my favorite: Ayn Rand’s A Selfish Christmas (1951) In this hour-long [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 4:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Carper Fights For His Base

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    Earlier this year Carper voted with the Republicans to block an amendment to allow Medicaid and Medicare to negotiate drug prices. It caused quite a stir because Carper railed against the unfairness of hurting the profits of drug companies. Carper is doing it again. Byron Dorgan has filed an amendment to [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2009, 9:17am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • ACORN Scores A Victory

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 7
    ACORN has scored a court victory, successfully arguing that Congress’s defunding bill was a bill of attainder: A judge has put an injunction on Congress’s ban on ACORN funding. U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon today ruled to put a preliminary injunction on the Congressional resolution that barred ACORN or its affiliates from [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:06pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Friday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 9
    Time for your open thread again. Type away and have fun! We’ve had an invasion of scientific “experts” lately, so I thought you might enjoy this. Wikileaks has the doctoral thesis of one Kent Hovind, in Christian Education from Patriot University. Kent Hovind is currently in prison for tax evasion (he [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Fox News Is Off The Deep End

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 1
    I was doing my normal evening blog surfing and I came across this article at TPM: Fox Poll: Does Obama Want To Cut Taxes, Or Is He Corrupt Instead? To be specific, here’s what the poll asked: “What do you think President Obama would like to do with the extra [...]
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    Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Thursday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    I’m in meeting hell today, so you’ll have to entertain yourselves. Have fun! Progressive hero Alan Grayson tells Cheney to STFU: Some early reviews of Justice Sotomayor are coming in and Clarence Thomas is not pleased. I tend to think this is a sign she’s doing something right. The decision was unanimous, but [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Obama’s Nobel Acceptance Speech

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 13
    Below is a full transcript of President Obama’s acceptance speech. It’s a good one. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:43am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Al Gore On Sarah Palin And Climate Change

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    Al Gore has it exactly right. If Republicans can use Sarah Palin as a source, then Al Gore, who has actually studied this issue, deserves a hearing too: Exactly, Al. Sarah Palin, please explain how a hacked email is going to un-melt the glaciers and sea ice, will undo sea level [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Wednesday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 8
    Here’s an open thread for a rainy Wednesday. Here’s another bizzare GOP sex scandal story: “Green Balloons”. The former speaker of the Missouri House has been charged with a felony after what looks like a bout of sado-masochistic sex that went way too far. Details are still unconfirmed, we should note. But [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Karl Rove To Appear On Rick Jensen’s Show Today

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 1
    Bush’s brain Karl Rove is going to be on famous climate scientist Rick Jensen’s WDEL show today at 1:00 p.m. WDEL is soliciting questions through twitter. Send your questions to @jensen1150wdel. Or you can put your questions here and one of us will try to send them. [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:30am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Watch Rachel Maddow Eviscerate A Guy Who Claims To Cure Gays

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 2
    Richard Cohen, head of the International Healing Foundation, an organization that claims to “cure” gay people was interviewed by Rachel Maddow. Richard Cohen’s book Coming Out Straight has been cited by the Ugandan politicians as a reason for the harsh “kill the gays” bill currently in the Ugandan parliament. Cohen’s 2001 [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Run Sarah Run!

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    The Fix has an interesting item about Sarah Palin. She’s open to the possibility of running as a 3rd party candidate. An astute Fixista flagged a fascinating interview that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave to conservative talk radio host Lars Larson last Friday in which she appears to leave the [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:30pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Tuesday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 6
    It’s Tuesday and it’s already started out badly considering I had a 1.5 hour commute because of a huge I-95 traffic jam. Let’s open thread. This is interesting – was ACORN framed? Harshbarger also notes that the videos were sometimes less than perfect representations of the events they depict. He writes: The videos [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Tedd Petruna, The New Chuck Norris

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 3
    The tall tale of Tedd Petruna first emerged this weekend. Tedd Petruna sent an email that soon went viral about his brave actions thwarting a terrorist attack dry run on an airplane. In an email account of his experience that went national on right-wing blogs last week, Tedd Petruna describes a [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Newest Public Option Compromise: Medicare Buy-In

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    This week is when the most intense negotiations are going on in the Senate. The most contentious part is the fate of the Public Option, with the Senate A%#hole Caucus (Lieberman, B. Nelson, Lincoln and Landrieu) threatening to torpedo the bill if it contains it and several progressives (Sanders, Burris) [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • PPP: Carney Win Almost Guaranteed

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    While PPP polled the Delaware U.S. Senate race, they also polled the open U.S. House seat. Carney holds a commanding lead, and has somewhat low name recognition: Former Lieutenant Governor John Carney leads announced Republican candidate Fred Cullis by an overwhelming 47-24 margin and holds a solid 44-32 lead against better [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Monday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 2
    It’s Monday and it’s open thread time again. Babble away. More evidence our economy is improving: The Treasury Department expects to recover all but $42 billion of the $370 billion it has lent to ailing companies since the financial crisis began last year, with the portion lent to banks actually showing a [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • “Tea Party” Beats GOP On Generic Ballot

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    An interesting poll from Rasmussen (so take it with a grain of salt) shows that a National “Tea Party” would beat the GOP on a generic Congressional ballot: A new Rasmussen poll suggests that the Tea Party movement is far and away more popular than the Republican Party it seeks to [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:15am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Obama: Media Critic

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 7
    Sometimes there are moments when you know that Obama just gets it. Here’s another one of the those moments from Time (via Balloon Juice): But then Obama made a turn, and went after the press, specifically the group of network correspondents who had interviewed Obama on his trip to Beijing. But [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Weekend Video Roundup

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 5
    Commenter anon points us to this video that Charlie Copeland highlighted at Resolute Determination apparently approvingly: Copeland adds: There is nothing that I could add. Indeed. Sarah Palin speaks for God: ABC actually does a decent job explaining the stimulus: Harry Reid shows a bit of backbone and lets loose on Aetna. [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Weekend Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 8
    Are you enjoying your weekend so far? Are you snowed in? It’s snowing here but it’s not sticking yet. I’m glad I got my errands done before the snow hit! Do you know what your cat is doing while you’re away? Apparently it’s not sleeping, it’s mainly looking out windows. Fifty house [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 4:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Another Cheatin’ Politician

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 9
    It’s a Democrat this time – Max Baucus. Baucus was in the news quite a bit this summer and fall because he heads the Senate Finance Committee. He also indulged in an affair. The details of the affair actually aren’t that scandalous, Baucus was separated when the relationship started and [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Burnination

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 10
    The health care debate may be long and frustrating but it can lead to some interesting moments. For example, Tom Coburn and David Vitter thought they’d be clever and cute and add an amendment to force members of Congress into the public option should it pass. Sen. Sherrod Brown decided [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 4:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Friday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 5
    TGIF! My Friday did not start out well. I overslept by an hour this morning and was rushing to get to work. I was only 15 minutes late though! So, what’s on your mind that you wouldn’t mind spilling to bunch of strangers on the internet? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s re-election [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Better Than Expected Job Numbers Announced Today

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 8
    I never thought I’d see the day when 10% (U3) unemployment was considered good news, but the new jobs report showed unemployment edged down from 10.2% to 10% and the economy lost only 11,000 jobs last month. The unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 9:14am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Conservatives: Reclaim Teabagger!

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 11
    NRO wrote an article that may be unsnarkable. Jay Nordlinger documents the use of the word “teabagger” to describe the rightwing activists. To “teabag” or not to “teabag”: That is not the most pressing question of these times, but it is a question to consider. Routinely, conservative protesters in the “tea [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Thursday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 13
    It’s time for today’s open thread so let’s get started. What’s on your mind? All I can say about this is delicious! Former Fox News anchor Eric Burns speaks out (I hear the David Andersons now – commie lib!): I speak out now because it is the time of year when [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • A Preview Of Next Year’s Legislative Battles

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 13
    Speaker Bob Gilligan spoke to the Progressive Democrats of Delaware last night to preview next year’s legislative battles. There are really two big issues we’ll see next year: the budget and the 2010 election. Budget Gilligan told us that they expect at least a $300M-$400M budget gap next year (that’s before the [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • GOP Temper Tantrum – Al Franken Is So Mean!

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 1
    If you find yourself with some extra money on your hands (I know times are tight for a lot of people), Al Franken might be someone to send a few bucks to. The fallout from the pro-rape vote of 30 Republican senators is making them mighty cranky. Of course, none [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 9:28pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Jack Markell Named Head Of The Democratic Governors Association

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    This is just coming through the wires, via Twitter. Jack Markell has been elected the lead the Democratic Governors Association. The national party is starting to notice our governor. Good for him and good for us! Delaware Gov. Jack Markell is just 11 months into his first term, but takes a [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:28pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Carper’s Latest Compromise Plan

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 2
    Harry Reid has a really difficult task, Democrats have decided to lay down all their weapons and craft bills that need 60 votes to even get a vote. Tom Carper is apparently the go-to guy for compromise in the Senate health care debate. Some details of Carper’s latest trial balloon [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 1:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Pro-Life?

    —Delaware Liberal

    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 – the Cheat Street crew) has proposed a new law in Uganda: The Ugandan parliament is currently considering an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 11:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Flip Floppin’ McCain

    —Delaware Liberal

    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 just become senile? Is he just a douchenozzle? Is McCain bitter, a hypocrite, a liar, a hypocritical liar? John McCain, yesterday, [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Obama To Outline Afghanistan Strategy Tonight

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 6
    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 30,000 more troops and plans to have deadlines, including a deadline for leaving by 2017. The revised strategy for Afghanistan that [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:00am EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Senate Health Care Reform Debate Starts Today

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 1
    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 the public option. Don’t worry though, Compromisin’ Carper is on the case: There is one idea that supporters hope could rally [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 2:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

  • Monday Open Thread

    —Delaware Liberal

    Number of comments: 15
    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 tell us your thoughts. First, congratulations to Chelsea Clinton on her engagement: Chelsea Clinton is engaged to her longtime boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, a [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 12:00pm EST
    by Unstable Isotope

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