DL Open Thread Tuesday February 7 2023
Philadelphia TV stations jumped on this under-researched & poorly worded state police tweet/press release… then oopsie, no “shooting incident” after all.
The “shooting incident” that wasn’t
For some, Fox News retained a wisp of legitimacy for a while by pretending the “news” was not the same as the “entertainment/opinion” programming. They’ve dispensed with the pretending.
Fox News Goes Full On Qanon
Fox News contributor Sean Duffy dropped all veneer of analytic speculation by declaring his opinion that President Joe Biden is “compromised” by the Chinese.
The Republican former congressman and co-host of Fox Business’ The Bottom Line was Outnumbered’s #OneLuckyGuy on Monday, and he joined the panel to discuss the push for Congress to ban TikTok and cut off the data collection from the Chinese-owned social media platform. The topic drew renewed interest after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon last week after it floated across a large swath of the country.
Time flies
The “shooting incident”, a reminder that gun fun is everywhere, and thanks to a truly foolish and corrupt Delaware congress it’s “Open Carry” season as well. Sometimes I fool myself and think I’m safe. Far from it, I’m at risk every time I leave my two acre “safe zone” and go to the store. Per the dreaded Chinese Balloons: Let’s just pretend they could not have done the same thing, and better, by satellite.
It’s particularly amusing because Appoquinimink owes its existence to white flight from the “unsafe” school districts further north.