June 5 Open Thread: All Bets Are On
Today's the day Delaware casinos start losing money by accepting single-game sports bets, according to crybaby Dover Downs CEO Denis McGlynn. "People need to manage their expectations on this," McGynn…
Jesus Says, “No Cake For You!”
Spokesmen for Jesus of Nazareth said the Savior approved of the Supreme Court ruling that bakers don't have to make wedding cakes for gay couples, because he thinks it's a…
John Carney is Ruth Ann Minner Without the Charm
Maybe Gov. John Carney thinks that autocracy is the way all the cool guys are governing these days so he'll give it a try. Why else would his administration be…
June 4 Open Thread: Guess Which Toxic Narcissist Said It
Self-regard and the presidency fit together all too well, as Bill Clinton reminds us with a -- get this -- book tour for a novel. It didn't go all that…
June 1 Open Thread: Florida Jury Values Black Life at $4
Man, I'm glad there's no racism in America, because if there were it would look really, really racist for a Florida jury to award a black family $4 for a…
Ivanka Trump Is Not a Cunt, Motherfucker
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words are micro-aggressions -- especially if the word in question is the original Anglo-Saxon term for the female genitalia. Comedian Samantha Bee…
May 31 Open Thread: Maybe Trump Is Impeachable
Almost everybody assumes that, even if Democrats retake the House in November, impeachment is a non-starter because two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favor of removing him…
May 30 Open Thread: Trump’s Katrina That Wasn’t
When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, I thought it would do to Trump what Katrina did to Bush -- reveal to the broad public the incompetence of a crony-coddling administration.…
Why Are Liberals Obsessed With the Racism of Conservatives?
The swift axing of Roseanne Barr kicked off a Mardi Gras of gloating by liberals, especially those who like to ferret out the racism/sexism/xenophobia of others. If I had a…
May 29 Open Thread: Is Trump Impeachable?
Some people are peddling the notion that there is no "civil war" among Democrats. Their evidence: Candidates who have won primary races span the ideological spectrum from Blue Dogs to…
Coons Picks On Someone His Own Size
Sen. Chris Coons put his foot down yesterday, writing a letter to Chuck Grassley expressing -- I hope you're sitting down -- deep concern that Donald Trump Jr. might have…
May 24 Open Thread: NFL Owners Bow and Scrape, Players Must Stand
The National Football League has a big orange problem, and it's not the Cincinnati Bengals. The league's owners adopted a policy that players who don't want to stand for the…
May 23 Open Thread: NCCo Tax Hike Dies in Fiery Collision With Reality
New Castle County executive Matt Meyer claimed he was confident his proposed 15% tax increase would pass, which makes him 0 for 3 in his arithmetic: Everybody else thought 15%…