DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021
Thank whatever you believe in that the 20th anniversary of 9/11 passed with as little flag-waving horseshit as it did, but Jesus Christ on a tandem bike, can we stop…
How are Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine requirements for schools & workplaces being covered on Fox News?
Here is a roundup via Media Matters. Basically, Biden is Josef Mengele, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Hitler rolled into one. Fully vaxed-up anti-laxer, Sean Hannity warns “you will be canceled” and…
Song of the Day 9/11: Pat Benetar, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”
Joe Biden is hitting America's homicidal Republicans with his best shot -- a vaccine mandate that's popular with over 60% of the public, even in deep-red states. Somebody should tell…
DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 11, 2021
Yes, I know what day it is. No, I'm not gonna devote this thread to it. Although you may wish to comment. Your prerogative, that's why it's an open thread.…
DL Open Thread: Friday, September 10, 2021
I hear there's a House Committee meeting taking place today. Don't (Not allowed to) know what it's about. Can't (Not allowed to) attend. Business as usual under the thumbs of…
Andrew Sharp Joins REV to talk about the Delaware Independent
E140 - Covering Them Fairly (w/Andrew Sharp) Journalist Andrew Sharp joins Rob in the bunker to talk about Delaware Independent, a new independent outlet covering western Sussex County and Kent…
Hear Coons explain how Glorious Bipartisanship and “Faith” are going to fix climate change
If you want to hear Coons tell Notre Dame University a bunch of nonsense wrapped in horseshit about how glorious bipartisanship and "faith" are going to cure climate change, you…
The 9/11 attacks were wholly preventable
Strange how the media celebration of the anniversary doesn't mention how Bush utterly screwed up.
Song of the Day 9/9: Big Daddy Graham, “Let’s Call in Sick”
The obituary identifies Big Daddy Graham, who died yesterday at 68, as a longtime WIP radio-show host, and that was definitely the most successful of his various gigs. But anyone…
DL Open Thread Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021
If you want to read stories about anti-vax, anti-mask assholes, the media is there for you -- can't swing a dead cat on the internet without hitting one of those.…
I like this Jill Biden goes back to the classroom story
Who could dislike someone who can turn the world on with her smile? How are the GOP haters going to hate someone who can take a nothing day and suddenly…
An appalling example of the degeneracy of the idle rich
Ben Dupont's great great uncle. Irénée du Pont (1876-1963) was the former president of the DuPont company, head of the family trust, and reported racist, anti-Semite, and extreme right winger.…