Song of the Day 3/23: Dead Kennedys, “Police Truck”
There's a reason police act above the law: They are. The so-called "police bill of rights" is a list of special privileges that place them outside the laws that govern…
DL Open Thread Wednesday March 23rd 2022
Look at this FEMA flood zone map for Ft Dupont. It would be funny if it were not so transparently corrupt and sickening.
Also check out the Delaware Call's reporting on the Fort DuPont robbery.
No due diligence. No oversight. No workable business plan. No shame. Just a bunch of well connected people converting public assets into money and shoving that money into their pockets at a furious clip.
One can only conclude that Longhurst and Poore simply don't give a fuck about looking corrupt as hell. Here is Cato the Elder on the topic, once more for good measure.
“Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public property in riches and luxury.”
Meaningful LEOBOR Reform Was Dead As Soon As Sen. Lockman Took Charge
Talk about not learning from history. Tizzy Lockman chose the same failed path that Val Longhurst, for example, tried with the NRA and the Delaware Sportsmen's Association. You know, involve…
Tucker Carlson Tells His Millions of Viewers that Transgender is Not Real
Listen to Tucker Carlson intentionally misgender a Biden administration official and in so doing provide a hateful transgender-denying script to his millions of idiot viewers like Rick Jensen. TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Rachel Levine is…
Song of the Day 3/22: Bobby Bloom, “Montego Bay”
Before Bob Marley, Caribbean music in the U.S. mostly had a Latin flavor and beats that favored ballroom-style dancing. But every once in a while a bit of calypso and…
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
We're in a legislative holding pattern. 'Some' would call it a slog. Passing nothing of any real importance while waiting (in vain) for them to consider something of importance. Anybody…
DL Open Thread Tuesday March 22st 2022
Here we go again. A very popular progressive is beating a centrist corporate lickspittle. You know the rest. A super PAC backing Pennsylvania Senate candidate Conor Lamb is warning prospective…
Townhouses Of Russian Oligarch Traced To Delaware Shell Corporations
One of Putin's most notorious oligarchs--Oleg Derispaka. He owns two Manhattan townhouses, or, more accurately, they are owned by two separate Delaware shell corporations. Betcha they aren't the only entanglements.…
The Onion (Via Atrios) on the NYT Editorial Board
As usual, The Onion nails it. Also this preamble... just read it. There Is A Natural Order To Things Lots of things can be said about the "cancel culture" nonsense…
The Most Blatantly-Corrupt Bill Of The Session
Of many sessions, actually. For all involved, if you didn't want your names besmirched in this piece, you never should have gotten involved, and stayed involved, in this grab of…
DL Open Thread Monday March 21 2022
With regard to Viet Nam, one of the sickest psychos to ever wield power in the United States, Henry Kissinger, once noted "The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.…
Song of the Day 3/21: Бетон (Beton), “Kyiv Calling”
You know how musicians can avoid being sued for copyright infringement? Ask the copyright holders for permission. That's what Ukrainian punk band Бетон, transliterated as Beton ("concrete" in Ukrainian), did…
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 20, 2022
Putin's Placing Blame. Arresting advisors for failing to successfully carry out his war. More from the NYTimes: Signs of Russia’s challenges abound. Late last week, Russian news sources reported that…