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March 20 Open Thread: “If This Is True, It’s Treason”
That’s what Joe Biden said when, two months after the election, “all the pieces came together” for the Obama White House, according to a new book, “Russian Roulette,” reviewed at The Guardian. The folks at Cambridge Analytica apparently don’t believe in their ability to sway elections by legal means, so they also rely on prostitutes, […]
March 19 Open Thread: Money Is the Root of All Greed
WDEL’s Amy Cherry has the best story on the kerfuffle over the firing of Padua Academy’s principal. The Diocese of Wilmington is trying to split hairs about it, but it all boils down to money, as in the family’s of Padua’s students weren’t giving St. Anthony’s any contributions, mainly because 97% of the students’ parents […]
March 16 Open Thread: Go to Jail. Go Directly to Jail.
The Mueller investigation passed Go and collected $200 yesterday, when it was revealed that Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization. I think Mueller is moving slowly to give the feds time to build a new prison. They’ll need one to hold all the Trumpkins who’ll be spending time there. The reason Republicans won’t […]
Legal Pot in Delaware? Don’t Hold Your Breath
State Rep. Helene Keeley’s campaign to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use has taught us many things, but none more basic than this: Delaware will legalize marijuana if and when the State Police say it can. Keeley formed this task force because she couldn’t get her HB 110 to the floor for a vote, which […]
Ides of March Open Thread: Where’s Brutus When You Need Him?
The Delaware State News continues to push hard for Dover Downs to get the tax break it’s been demanding for the past several years. The paper is so eager it ran yet another interview with Sen. Brian Bushweller (D-Dover Downs), who is wasting his talents if he doesn’t go into PR for the racino after […]
March 14 Open Thread: Blame the Pornstache
Republicans have figured out why they lost that special election last night: Rick Saccone’s pornstache. No, I’m not making that up; one GOP operative actually blamed the mustache, as if the rest of Rick Saccone was a fine candidate. Remember, three Republicans ran for this nomination. Their party’s loyalists specifically chose him. Live with it, […]
March 13 Open Thread: Rex T Follows T Rex Into Extinction
Rex Tillerson finally managed to get himself fired yesterday, apparently for telling the obvious truth that the Russians assassinate people in other countries, often England. His no-class piece of shit boss didn’t bother telling him, letting him find out at the same time the rest of the world did. Hey, at least he didn’t get […]
Gun-Hugger John Sigler Working Behind the Scenes to Scuttle HB 300
I hadn’t thought of John Sigler since May 2013, when he abruptly quit as chairman of the state GOP, after overseeing one of the worst periods in the party’s history. Even then he was known mainly for his previous job, President of the National Rifle Association; he still serves on its Board of Directors. He […]
March 12 Open Thread: The Resistance Has Legs, and Knows How to Use Them
The mainstream media has made a gazillion trips to “middle America” trying to understand Trump voters (pro tip, journalists: They’re stupid, no other explanation needed), but this article makes the claim that they’ve missed the bigger, more important picture: suburban women between the ages of 30 and 60 are mobilized politically like never before. Democrats, […]
March 11 Open Thread: Some Delaware Democrats Don’t Like Democracy
The News Journal’s Scott Goss looked at how how DEDO’s replacement, the Delaware Prosperity Partnership, operates, and found there’s a reason their board meetings aren’t open to the public: They don’t really have any, at least not with a quorum. Decisions, including a grant that represents a significant chunk of this year’s funding pool, are […]
March 10 Open Thread: Greedy Landowners Sue NCCo
Supporting “farmland preservation” has become a routine position for Delaware politicians, and with good reason: Farmers love it because they get lots of money and don’t have to give up their land, only delay developing it while they live off the “preservation” cash. Add to that Tom Gordon’s Trump-like treatment of every issue as one […]
Open Thread March 9: Master Negotiator? No, Master Baiter
I have actually read Republican dipshits talking about Donald Trump’s skill at negotiations. This is perhaps the biggest lie Trump tells about himself — quick, name a business he’s been successful at where he doesn’t cheat people or break the law; I can name a dozen he’s failed at, mainly because he overpays Every. Single. […]
March 8 Open Thread: Out of the Mouths of Babes
Quote of the day comes from David Hogg, the 17-year-old Parkland massacre survivor who quickly became a target of the NRA for daring to speak against Moloch, the Gun God. Young Mr. Hogg is learning that most of the adult world is set up to screw the many in service of the few, and this […]
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