DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023
Did The Civil War Even Take Place? Gotta wonder after this happened in Mississippi: A white supermajority of the Mississippi House voted after an intense, four-plus hour debate to create…
The Best Thing I’ve Ever Seen on TV
Station 11
Song of the Day 2/8: Honey Cone, “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show”
I didn't watch Biden's SOTU speech, but I saw plenty of still pictures of Marjorie Taylor Greene. They didn't remind me of a clown -- more like one of those…
Biden delivered a good speech – Republicans acted like a bunch of clowns, as expected
I didn't watch the speech, but reviews are good. Biden was his usual steady self, but also lively and energetic. He was up for a taking on the dumbfucks in the GOP head-on. Bravo. They aren't accustomed to that.
Not that it matters. U.S politics hasn't been about what Democrats do or say for a while now. Steadily and seriously, Biden and Obama both rescued the country from the disastrous terms of erratic Republican clowns. But you wont hear anything about it in the news. Short memories.
No, our politics is all about the clown show. The media LOVES the excitement of the clown show. They love asking Democrats to respond to the clown show. And so Democrats always appear to be reacting, rarely acting. And yet, the clown show is exactly why Democrats keep wining and Republicans keep losing.
There are still Americans that want our politics to be steady, serious and sober. Most Americans take one look at this clown show, and say "I'll take whatever the <I>'not this clown show'</I> option is please."
Only Chris Coons keeps trying to pretend that the Republicans are not a clown show. Who can say why? I think he gets off on it.
DL Open Thread Wednesday February 8 2023
Arizona got Bonini'ed. One slight difference this donk and Bonini is that Bonini always voted against budgets because "very strict adherence to principles" while this person... wait, no they are the…
A-hole on A-hole violence
Where is the a-hole community leadership? Why aren't they condemning this? Trump is smearing DeSantis as a groomer The very stable geniuses at Truth Social are upset DeSantis intends to…
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf to Speak at the Wilmington Public Library Thursday, February 9th at 6pm
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association for nine years with the Denver Nuggets, Sacramento Kings and Vancouver Grizzlies. In 1991,…
News-Journal FINALLY Wakes Up To Ft. DuPont Boondoggle
9 years too late. Maybe someone, anyone, from the News-Journal could have read our coverage dating back to 2014? I'll only link to one article this time. You can find…
Song of the Day 2/7: Spinal Tap, “Christmas With the Devil”
MAGAt Nation (motto: Nostra braccas semper nodantur, roughly "our knickers are in a perpetual twist") is raising holy hell about Sam Smith's performance at the Grammy Awards. Seems the British…
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…
Atrios Nails It
Atrios wrote this as part of his explanation of why the Very Sensible Centrists are full of shit when they talk about trans kids, but it applies whenever they play…
“What’s the Matter With Delaware? A Book Talk & Discussion Event” 3/1 @ 4pm
It's a zoom thing, so no excuses. And don't give me that "I'm working" or "I'll be at work." bullshit. “What’s the Matter with Delaware? A Book Talk &…
Song of the Day 2/6: Tom Jones, “Delilah”
Many people don't listen to lyrics, and even those of us who do often know the chorus of a popular song but get hazy on the verses. You can hear…