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Open Thread Dec. 14: Revenge of the Rich
To the horror of a nation still celebrating Roy Moore’s defeat, House and Senate Republicans reached a compromise on their noxious tax plan, putting it on schedule for a vote next week. Liberals might be pleasantly surprised by how liberal Alabama’s senator-elect Doug Jones is for a deep-South Democrat. National Democrats seem particularly impressed that […]
Open Thread Dec. 13: Night of the Long Forks
And you thought Democrats were good at circular firing squads. The results weren’t all in before every Republican who ever thought this was a bad idea — which means most of them — started apportioning blame for screwing the unscrewable pooch. Their prime target was disheveled svengali Steve Bannon, who just 24 hours earlier was […]
The Polling Numbers Democrats Keep Ignoring
I was reading a Frank Rich essay in New York magazine about Trump voters and how their “movement” existed before him and will continue once he’s gone. In passing, he points out that Democrats still have no coherent message to counter with, and cites these numbers, which ought to scare Democrats into change but probably […]
Open Thread Dec. 12: The Devil Fools With the Best Laid Plan
All eyes are on Alabama for the special election, and the polls are all over the place — some have Jones up by several points, others have Moore up by double digits. That’s a sign that pollsters don’t know how to calculate the “probable” voters, not unusual for a special election. Those who specialize in […]
Open Thread Dec. 11: The Women Are Coming for Trump
Denying reality is trending, as the kidz say. Republicans have been doing it for decades, but lots of Democrats are giving them competition. Consider this essay by Sean McElwee, who declares “the Democratic Party is fine,” and argues it is “the most united American party in modern political history.” Given that his head shot makes […]
Open Thread Dec. 10: Feminists Dance on Franken’s Grave
The Democratic Party civil war is in full swing, with the feminist contingent dancing on Al Franken’s grave because — well, let’s face it, because they’re ruled by their emotions (I’m not talking about just the women; this includes their male enablers as well). They have no argument at all about why this should not […]
Open Thread Dec. 9: Another Killer Cop Walks, Trump Mental Breakdown Continues
Wanna kill people without punishment? Become a cop and do it in uniform. Though Michael Slater, the South Carolina cop who gunned down a middle-aged man running away from him and then tried to frame him, got 20 years in prison for it, it took two trials to convict him. Even with videotape clearly showing […]
Open Thread Dec. 8: Safe Injection Sites for Addicts?
A couple of statistics for your consideration: Delaware had 63 murders in 2016. It had 306 deaths by overdose. You don’t need me to tell you which one got more coverage. Virtually all those deaths were the result of people not knowing what they were injecting. One idea for reducing that death rate is safe […]
It’s Official, Franken Resigns
He’s stepping down in the coming months, according to his speech. He also noted that some of the allegations are “not true,” and others have been described in ways he doesn’t remember the incidents. But remember, we must believe the women, because no woman has ever lied for political or financial gain. Ever. Well done, […]
Hartley-Nagle Stripped of Supervisory Powers
WDEL has a big scoop on New Castle County Council’s war with its president, political tyro Karen Hartley-Nagle, who has cost the taxpayers $142,000 by creating a “hostile work environment” for her (female) aide. Let this serve as a reminder than not all harassment is sexual in nature.
Open Thread Dec. 7: Careful What You Wish For
The Al Franken affair should come to its conclusion today. But who engineered his ouster? Wasn’t Republicans. They got more than they ever could have bargained for in raising a fuss about Roy Moore. All they wanted was to get a guy off the ticket because they thought voters would flee from him as they […]
Open Thread Dec. 6: Can’t Anyone Tell the Truth Around Here?
One lie leads to another: The right-wing Washington Examiner, of all news outlets, worked out the math and realized that Roy Moore’s claim about when he met his wife means he must have started dating her while she was still married. How did this guy ever learn the 10 commandments while he was chasing young […]
Even if They Had Never Recruited Trump, Russia Would Still Suck
Russia’s state-run doping program has gotten Putin’s kleptocracy banned from the Winter Olympics. Think about it — how dirty do you have to be to be too dirty for the frickin’ Olympic Committee, the most corrupt agency on the planet? Glad to hear that the athletes — the ones who test clean, anyway — can […]
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