DL Open Thread Tuesday January 11th 2021

Me: Let's go out to dinner one last time. Ms: One last time? Me: Yeah. One last time before things, you know,  go ka-plooey. Ms: Ok.  Mexican?
True story.  Things had already gone ka-plooey of course.  Mexican restaurants are a trailing indicator. In today's Open Thread please find; the tyranny of President Manchin, mask mandates, recalcitrant dummies, and solo hiking the ADT.

DL Open Thread Monday January 10th 2022

Well, the news blackout was in fine form this weekend, so just a couple of important items made it through the filter:
    • Ending debtors prison in Delaware

    • Holding unvaccinated dipshits accountable through health insurance, and

    • Delaware's most mediocre Dems

Who is Delaware’s Most Mediocre Democrat?

We know the good ones. We know the bad ones (The Dems that have sold their souls and votes for a few measly bucks, or for a spot a little closer to power [Coons, Longhurst, Poore, Pete, KMcG etc]). But there is a whole layer of Democratic elected officials that don't get much mention because they do just enough to stay off the radar. I know. That is  "bad" from an objective perspective. I mean, they've been elected to get shit done for ordinary Delawareans not just mark time and collect a pension. But that style of failure isn't aggressively bad like the terrible office-holding shitheads like Chris Coons. And while a few of these Dems were dis-invited by voters to continue using up Leg Hall oxygen in the last round of Democratic Party primaries, many continue to hide in plain sight. My list of the top mediocre starts with the overly ambitious Bethany Hall Long. What does she stand for? That's easy, she truly believes in the next rung of the ladder. I'd also put the terminally-uninterested John Carney on the "bad through sheer mediocrity" list. Who are your top picks?

Weekend Revisit: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bardea (w/Jordan Howell)

What's the missing ingredient in the Delaware left? I agree with Rob that it is a killer instinct. I already listened this episode of the Highlands Bunker, but I'm revisiting it this weekend. If you a an incorrigible lefty like me, it is really worth a listen.
Highlands Bunker 
Delaware Call Editor Emeritus Jordan Howell joins Rob and Karl in the bunker to sum up the year by talking about media criticism, the effectiveness of confrontational organizing, and Twitter's new favorite movie Don't Look Up.

Happy Anniversary!

January 7th is the one year anniversary of my peak optimism! I honestly and foolishly thought that Republicans would be able to shake off Trump once and for all after the failed coup.