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John Carney is Ruth Ann Minner Without the Charm

By Alby June 4, 20184 Comments

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

By Alby June 4, 20181 Comment

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

By Alby June 1, 20182 Comments

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

By Alby June 1, 201811 Comments

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

By Alby May 31, 201831 Comments

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

By Alby May 30, 20182 Comments

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?

By Alby May 30, 201831 Comments

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?

By Alby May 29, 201888 Comments

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

By Alby May 25, 201833 Comments

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

By Alby May 24, 201821 Comments

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

By Alby May 23, 201821 Comments

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%…

Satan Claws Hole in White House Lawn

By Alby May 22, 20184 Comments

An "unexplained" sinkhole opened in the White House lawn, but I think we all know what the explanation is. The devil has come to claim his own. I've read "The…

May 21 Open Thread: School Shootings Caused by Everything But Guns

By Alby May 21, 201813 Comments

Margaret Atwood, most famous for "The Handmaid's Tale," summed up gender relations succinctly when she said, “Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men…