Month: April 2021

County Councilman Jea Street very publicly resigned as co-chair of council's safety committee after condemning the fatal shooting of Lymond Moses. "I go all the way back to when I…

Coons has negotiated the infrastructure package in half by himself. Huzzah for compromise!! Just wait until his SUPER SECRET BIPARTISAN caucus gets going!

Coons said that "several fairly seasoned senior Republicans" told him they were willing to support a $1 trillion infrastructure package and pay for some of it but objected to Biden's plan to raise the corporate tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. Thehill.com

Anybody who has been paying the least bit of attention to Coons' nonsense knows how this is going to end. Collins is, regrettably, voting no. All Republicans are voting no, but most have enough dignity not to look like idiots on their way to their no vote.

In today's Delaware-centric open thread Delaware AG says criminal/ex-police chief not fit to serve as Newport's town commissioner. Also, WTF Newport? He was elected with 32 votes. Jesusfuckingchrist, get your shit together. People waiting to claim vouchers for Delaware surf tags go away mad. Did you just say. “Fuck these people”? Or "Surf fishing, my ass”. Don't lie. I know you did. More than 50,000 women In Delaware live in contraceptive deserts. That is fucking pitiful. Every Delawarean should be ashamed. Get these women some goddam contraceptives. It is now illegal in Delaware to discriminate on the basis of hair. Also, if you feel like you are about to comment on someone's hair, just don't. Okay? God (or whatever) bless the ACLU and Community Legal Aid Society for successfully suing Delaware into property reassessments. A 2nd Amendment enthusiast in Harrington shoots into a car driving down his street. Cuz, you know... freedom! tyranny? rap music? Who the fuck knows? But first, keeping a pet deer that you’ve house-trained seems like a terrible idea.

It seems Jim Clyburn knew what he was doing after all. When the South Carolina Congressman endorsed Joe Biden just before the South Carolina primary and Biden carried the state,…

In today's seulement international open thread, what is Ramadan, anyway? Japan is dumping tons of Fukushima wastewater Into the sea. Sounds like a plan. Covid is real, y'all. India overtakes Brazil to become the second-worst hit country as Covid cases soar. Heck of a Job Johnson - Brexit fallout, violent riots have broken out in Northern Ireland. Kiwis getting shit right - New Zealand is now requiring banks to disclose climate risks when making loans. But first... Biden to announce withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by September 11. Its weird symbolism, but our entire war in Afghanistan has been nothing but weird symbolism.

This "patriotsfordelaware.com" site reads like typical GOP dumbassery with all the flags and calls to empty flag worship.  But there is something troubling going on here.  The focus appears to…

Why are Republicans suckers for every half-witted conspiracy theory ever concocted? Consider the latest obsession of Tucker Carlson, poster boy for mediocre white dudes, the so-called Great Replacement theory. It…

The news is tiring again today, but some light breaks through and change is possible as Maryland repealed the state’s police bill of rights. Also, on this date in 1743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-09), was born in Albemarle County, Virginia. All drunk on the Enlightenment, he wrote "all men are created equal". Of course he meant American born white men of property were equal to Brittish born white men of property, but we commoners had our own interpretation. And a fellow commoner named Abe Lincoln worked to lock in the more expansive meaning, so Happy Birthday Thomas, you red-headed devil!

Very lackluster open thread this morning. All the more room for you to thread away. But first.... colonialism and slavery are still super popular in the the USA. How else can you explain the way we train our cops?