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DL Open Thread: Sun., June 9, 2019
Dover Downs Closes Poker Room. A sign of what’s to come. No more poker tourneys, meaning no more people coming for poker tourneys, meaning fewer overnight stays, dripdripdrip. Not to mention, of course, that NASCAR is long removed from its glory days. Can we finally let this industry sink or swim on its own? I […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., June 8, 2019
Plastic Bag Ban To Become Law. This isn’t just ‘feel-good’ legislation, it’s ‘do-good’ legislation. Michigan Strikes A Blow Against Voter Suppression. Elections matter, and having a D Secretary Of State will help flip this pivotal state. Trump Backs Down On Mexican Tariff Threat. When even the Senate Rethuglicans abandon your cause, you have no choice […]
DL Open Thread: Fri., June 7, 2019
Why Barclays Moved 500 Jobs & What It Means To Delaware: There was, of course, a $4 million bribe from New Jersey, and ‘ 65 acres of developable land on a campus that gives Barclays room to grow’. The article does not say whether that land was also a ‘gift’ from New Jersey. You’ll be […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., June 6, 2019
The big news? The marijuana legalization bill made it out of committee, to my surprise. However, the time for celebration could well be short-lived. Previous legislation was defeated. Not because of opposition from the Delaware Medical Society or AAA, which was public and principled, but because of the stealth lobbying efforts by, of course, the […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., June 6, 2019
Barclays Moves 500 Jobs Out Of Delaware. What’s the matter, wouldn’t the ‘non-public agency’ that doles out your state dollars for blackmail, extortion and bribery payments to companies meet Barclays latest ransom demands? Wouldn’t you like to know? I’d like to know. But, hey, they’re exempt from FOIA. State money being paid out to already obscenely-successful […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 5, 2019
With very little fanfare, legislation legalizing and regulating the sale of marijuana has been scheduled for its committee hearing today. The House Revenue & Finance Committee will meet at 2:30 in the House Chamber to consider the bill. The opponents, aka the self-styled grownups like the Chamber and the Medical Society will be out in […]
DL Open Thread: Weds., June 5, 2019
Oops, He Did It Again: Parts Of Biden’s Green Plan Borrowed Word-For-Word–Without Attribution. Hey, when ya gotta come up with a plan in a hurry about something you’ve never thought about, proper citations are often the first thing to go. So much for learning from your mistakes. Rethugs Demand Disaster Relief–Vote Against Disaster Relief Bill. […]
Breaking: Carney Nominates Claire DeMatteis To Be Correction Head
Here’s the story from the Delaware State News. She’s got quite the job ahead of her. I’m pretty sure that Carney wanted her to replace Phelps ASAP even before Phelps announced his ‘retirement’.
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., June 4, 2019
After a pretty successful election in 2018, the last thing I expected was that progressives would go into June playing defense. But that’s where we are as this abysmal legislative session grinds toward its close. Of all issues, reinstituting the death penalty has become a top priority of all the ex-cops and cop bootlickers who […]
DL Open Thread: Tues., June 4, 2019
How Trump’s Lies–And The Repeating Of Them–Leads To Totalitarianism: Why? “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule,” wrote Hannah Arendt in her 1951 classic “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” “is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between […]
DL Open Thread: Mon., June 3, 2019
Theologians Ponder The Existential Excremental Question: Did Jesus Poop? I’ve long theorized that he did, but that they were the VERY BEST poops, poops to which all human beings should aspire. Trump Creates International Incident Before Touching Down In England. Calls London Mayor a ‘loser’: Sadiq Khan, who by all accounts has done a terrible […]
DL Open Thread: Sun., June 2, 2019
Trump’s Pressure Tactics Are Failing. He’s a one-trick paunchy pony, and the rest of the world has figured him out. Only the D’s still fear his bluster. BTW, India’s Next. Because he can. ‘Radiative’ Wood Could Cut Energy Costs In Half. Hey, we’re looking to expand our scientist demographic. If you ARE a scientist, and […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., June 1, 2019
Trump Ignored Everybody, Imposed Tariffs. Pretty much his entire ‘administration’ counseled against it. Didn’t matter. Biden Launched ‘Tirade’ Against Obamacare. Because he ‘knows people’, he ‘knows politics’. He’s ‘been doing this for 36 years’. Genius. The Debtors’ Prison Of Ferguson, MO. How poor people’s constitutional rights get slow-walked. Photos From The Darkest Corners Of The […]
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