Carney To Prospective Breast Cancer Patients: Drop Dead
OK, even I grant you that the headline is a bit alarmist. But not much. John Carney has proposed parking the state mammography van. Alleged savings: $277,000. Because this brain-dead…
The Gun Nuts Are Losing This Time, and They Know It
The signs are all over the place, including the comments here at Delaware Liberal: The jig is up. The fields of public discourse have been spread with all the bullshit…
Will “soft on mass murder” have electoral legs?
Nothing demonstrates the GOP's perfidy like its relationship with the NRA. A positive rating from the NRA should be every bit as poisonous as a positive rating from NABLA. Money…
Open Thread Feb. 21: Prying the Guns From Their Cold, Dead Souls
There is nothing Republicans won't defile in defense of their indefensible worldview. The RWNJ propaganda machine is in full meltdown mode over how articulate and passionate those Florida high school…
Song Of The Day: Feb. 21, 2018
One of the more unlikely concert pairings I ever saw. This guy opening for...Husker Du: Hey, they both were on Warner Brothers at the time..
No Safe Seats for Republicans: Day 258 (Until Midterms)
Democrats continue cleaning up in specials. Democrat Linda Belcher was just pronounced the winner of the special election in Kentucky’s House District 49, a seat that Donald Trump carried by…
Doping Olympic Curler Shows Something Is Wrong With Us
I have managed to get through the Olympics without seeing any of it broadcast, but the constant flow of headlines at general-interest web sites makes a total news blackout impossible.…
Gene Truono Seeks R Senate Nod To Challenge Carper
Here's his website: https://votetruono.com/ It's not clear to me why he's running. He basically tries to out-Carper Carper. To wit: "Early in his career, Gene saw firsthand how the burdensome…
More Guns = More Gun Deaths (Everything else is spin and bullshit)
Gun fetishists, 2nd Amendment enthusiasts, mass murder supporters have so many arguments. They are all bullshit. The United States has more guns and as a result we have more gun…
Open Thread Feb. 20: The Content of the GOP’s Character [UPDATED]
Lest we think all the bad behavior by Republicans and their white enablers is going unnoticed, Paul Krugman notes that their fealty to Trump exposes the rot at the core of…
Song Of The Day: Feb. 20, 2018
Saw this obit in the NYTimes. Arthur Robinson...: ...or Mr. Okra, as pretty much everyone called him, who rolled each day through the streets of New Orleans in a loudly…
Just a Couple of Random Thoughts About Guns
"Guns don't kill people." Then why does the Army issue one to every soldier? "Gun control won't stop people bent on murder." Yet virtually every kind of crime one can…
Open Thread Feb. 19: Marching As to War
The kids at that Florida high school have learned something important: All the talk in the world won't influence politicians. They do a lot of talking themselves, so they know…