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Open Thread For July 14, 2017
Who Was the 5th Guy At That Meeting? Yes, there was one. A counter-intelligence Russian guy. Fredon neglected to mention it. Oops he did it again. What’s that? Now it looks like there might have been six people in the meeting… Judge Rules Grandparents Not Barred Under Travel Ban. Of course, it’s only temporary, but […]
Open Thread For July 13, 2017
Wilmington Ethics ‘Watchdog’ Disbanded. Nobody Noticed. Correction: Those whose ethics were already in the sewer enabled the demise of the agency. Purzycki’s reconstituting it. Charles Pierce On The Christopher Wray Hearing. Brings some much-needed context to yesterday’s Kabuki Theatre. Plus, he’s always funny. US Border Officials Lying To Asylum Seekers And Turning Them Away. Hey, […]
Open Thread For July 12, 2017
White House & Trump Concocted Phony ‘Orphan’ Cover Story For Fredon Jr.. BTW, they lied. D’s Flip Two Legislative Seats in Oklahoma. BTW, Okie Rethugs appear to be particularly perverted. The R state rep resigned ‘after two former legislative assistants accused him of sexual harassment’. The R state senator resigned b/c he ‘faces three felony […]
Mo’ Better Democrats: RD 4
The Incumbent: Gerald Brady. District Registration: 9024 D; 4548 R; 4347 I. The District: RD 4 runs from western Wilmington, including Trolley Square and the Flats west through Westover Hills, out past Chestnut Run and almost to Hockessin, with Barley Mill Road and Lancaster Pike as the northernmost boundaries and Faulkland Road as the southernmost […]
Open Thread For July 11, 2017
Donnie Jr. Lied Again. A big lie. He’s not as skilled a liar as his pop. Yet. They’re all going down. Firing of Mueller in 3-2-1? Kushner Pushed For Huge Loan From Qatar. Could this be why Trump is putting the screws to Qatar? Blatant conflicts-of-interests everywhere. 666 y’all. Rare Good News For Consumers. Federal […]
Open Thread For July 10, 2017
Trump ‘Brain Trust’ Met With Russian Lawyer To Get Dirt On Hillary Clinton. Trump, Jr., Manafort and Kushner. And Donnie Jr. lied about the purpose of the meeting. Sounds like collusion to me. RussiaRussiaRussia. They’re all going down. A Law Professor Explains It All For You. Read the entire thing. Yes, it’s wonky, but the […]
Open Thread For July 9, 2017: Plain Ol’ Bulo Edition
Chinese Chicken Coming To US Thanks To Trump. Yes, it could make you sick. One More Meeting They Didn’t Tell Us About. RussiaRussiaRussia. Could Brits Never Brexit? Getting more possible every day. Janet Yellen:Unsung Labor Hero? Fed policies designed to get people back in labor force. Looks like it’s working. Why You Shouldn’t Let The […]
Open Thread For July 8, 2017
The Cheeto Stands Alone. US isolated at G-20 summit. Richard Engel: Putin Got Everything He Could Possibly Want From Trump Meeting. Anyone surprised? Yes, Trump Got Played. Another version. AG Routinely Slow-Walks FOIA Requests. Been going on for decades. One reason why it’s hard to have confidence in Delaware government. Gotta go. In Chi-town […]
Open Thread For July 7, 2017
Could It Be…Sater? Trump’s Russia money man is cooperating with the Feds. Sad. Astra Zeneca Selling Campus. All the better to head for the exits, my dear. The Cuomo For President Boomlet Has Begun. Just what we need. A neo-Clintonesque presidency. Denn Joins Robocall Opponents. For all the good it will do. Whatever happened to […]
Open Thread For July 6, 2017
Hobby Lobby Busted! For smuggling Iraqi artifacts into America. You may remember Hobby Lobby for refusing to provide contraceptive coverage b/c of the devout religious beliefs of its owners. We now know that said beliefs don’t apply to “Thou Shalt Not Steal”. Here’s Where The Artifacts Were Headed. A ‘Bible Museum’ that Hobby Lobby is […]
Open Thread For July 5, 2017
Obamacare ‘Working As Intended’. The source? Department of Health & Human Services. Neither Trump nor Tom Price will be pleased. Head Of Phony Voter Fraud Commission Sued For Hatch Act Violation. This Kris Kobach guy thinks he can get away with it. Once Trump packs the courts, he likely will. Blatant Conflict-of-Interest Between Rethugs and […]
Nicole Poore Rides The Gravy Train At Public’s Expense
Been poring through the Budget and Grants-In-Aid bills. My, uh, patriotic duty. There’s a category under Grants-In-Aid entitled ‘Disabled/Health/Labor’. Total appropriations under this line are $2,890,641. That’s for 40 agencies, if my count is correct. One agency’s take dwarfed what any other agency got. Wanna guess? That’s right. Direct from the Grants-In-Aid bill: Jobs For […]
Open Thread For July 4, 2017
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Likely To Retire. Say goodbye to the courts. One more spike through the heart of democracy. Turns Out That Sanders ‘Scandal’ Was Bullshit. Toensing? Toensing? Where have I heard that name before? Oh, yes, Clinton haters Victoria Toensing is his mother and Joe DiGenova is his stepfather. A scum family. […]
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