DL Open Thread: Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Home Comes The Deranged. Sickly Would-Be Strongman Stages Unmasked And Unhinged Performance. Unmasked and unhinged, maybe…but his tan is back, courtesy of His Tan-ic Majesty’s Request.
Trump Blows Chance For Campaign Reset. Wishful thinking from those who knew better.
The Invisible Staff Who Trump Willingly Endangers. Permanent career staff, all placed at risk by everyone in the Trump orb.
Trump To Rose Garden Attendees: “No Contract Tracing For You”. Well, they all chose to not wear masks.
Supreme Court Seeks To Save Lindsey Graham. Politicians with robes. Oh, and Florida voter registration system crashes on the final day to register.
’29(!) Ways That Rethugs Are Suppressing The Vote’. Know your enemy. Must-reading from Mother Jones. If D’s win, they must put an end to as many of these practices as possible.
These Outlier Polls May Not Be Outliers. I dismissed that Wall Street Journal poll that had Biden up by 14. But we’ve now got a CNN poll that has Biden up by 16. I sorta agree with Tim Alberta at Politico: This year’s silent majority are relatively apolitical types who are just sick of the Trump reality show.
US Supreme Court Hears Delaware’s ‘Judicial Balance’ Case. Only a dutiful centrist like John Carney would have taken it this far. He may win, but his position won’t be exonerated.
What do you want to talk about?
Megachurch Pastor Latest WH Attendee To Test Positive:
https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/10/05/riverside-megachurch-pastor-who-attended-white-house-event-contracts-covid-19-1321259
It dawns on me that perhaps every evil person in America was at this Rose Garden event.
Don Junior Calls For An Intervention. No, not for a coke habit. He wants the family to intervene because his dad is acting strangely. Presumably meaning stranger. With any other President, this would be, what’s the word I’m looking for, ‘news’:
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/10/don-jr-thinks-trump-is-acting-crazy-presidents-covid-joyride-has-family-divided
Ummmmmm….. They’re just now concerned? Where have they been the last few years??
Witless Gun-Wielding Witzke Supporter Finally Indicted:
https://www.wdel.com/news/dover-man-indicted-on-charges-he-pulled-out-handgun-during-political-rally/article_03321940-07f0-11eb-b4d1-8b3bae16fe8b.html
“Hastings was charged with first-degree reckless endangering and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. …minimum mandatory sentence of three years–and a maximum 25-year sentence for the possession of a firearm during commission of a felony charge, while first-degree reckless endangering carries a sentence of 0 to five years if convicted.”
I see a guilty plea to a lesser charge and probation. And I’ve watched a lot of TV crime stuff, so I know about these things.
I think they’ll insist on one felony charge standing so they can take away his guns. At least, they should.
Exactly, personally I enjoy Scandi noir genre. You don’t know anything about “crime stuff” unless you’ve seen every single Wallander episode… Swedish and UK version.
I’ve read a little Scandi noir, as ‘noir’ dovetails perfectly with my pessimistic personality. It just hasn’t taken. Don’t know why.
Thinking of binge-watching ‘Bosch’ though…
Fantasy? Really? You guys are way above my paygrade.
BREAKING: Stephen Miller tests positive. You know, the guy who wants to harm immigrants. And does. I’m becoming more religious, which is not difficult, by the day.
I can’t think of a more deserving (sub)human.
And I thought reptiles had a natural immunity. Well fingers crossed “turtle-man” Mitch there’s a virus looking to infect you.
John Kowalko
I like the story in the Journal since I’m Quoted:)
Seriously this is about more than a red neck bar band bass player being a dangerous idiot. This is largely about DSTA and FOP deciding who is protected by the law and who is not. Remember there were at least 3 Proud Boys there by Witzke’s proud admission. This time it was largely black women and my 69 year old ass that they gave zero F***ks about! Next time it may be you! Thank goodness AG Jennings stepped up!
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2020/10/02/still-no-charges-man-who-drew-gun-rally-near-wilmington-last-week/5877394002/