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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
How Trump Miscalculated On The War: On Feb. 18, as President Trump weighed whether to launch military attacks on Iran, Chris Wright, the energy secretary, told an interviewer he was not concerned that the looming war might disrupt oil supplies in the Middle East and wreak havoc in energy markets. Even during the Israeli and […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Back in session for three weeks. We reported yesterday on a bill designed to reduce hospital healthcare costs. The irony of two legislators who have carried ChristianaCare’s water, and who are endangered incumbents, co-sponsoring the bill is not lost on me. I would have expected quite a few more sponsors, surprised that there are so […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Trump Plays Wall Street Nitwits For Fools. Because, who else believes anything he says?: Yesterday UN Ambassador Mike Waltz announced that the US was moving ahead rapidly to achieve all its war objectives which he listed as 1) destroying Iran’s missiles, 2) eliminating its nuclear program and 3) ending its ability to do terrorism. So […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 9, 2026
Oil Prices Soar Due To Trump’s War. Who could possibly have foreseen this?: Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel before falling back Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, surged to $119.50 […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: March 8, 2026
McMeh. CEO grudgingly nibbles at McDonald’s new sandwich: Social media can be so cruel…: “When the CEO calls it product instead of food you know its got less nutritional value than the napkin.” (Well, those are whole grain napkins…) “Watching the McDonald’s CEO tentatively nibble on the Big Arch like it’s a radioactive artifact from the dollar […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 7, 2026
What a real President should sound like. What The Pro Rasslin’ Heel Masquerading As President Has Done: Until quite recently, oil and gasoline prices had been a bright spot in the affordability fight, registering modest price declines since Trump took office. But since we bombed Iran, energy costs have risen sharply. To put things in […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, March 6, 2026
Kristi Noem’s Chosen Successor Is…: Quite the shock. Yet another Cosplay Cowboy takes over DHS: “Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, End the Scourge of Illegal Drugs and, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Markwayne will make a spectacular Secretary of Homeland […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending March 5, 2026
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 5, 2026
Look Who’s Funding Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown’s Slush Fund: Phil Shawe, the polarizing New York executive whose financial largesse helped propel Gov. Matt Meyer to victory in 2024, is now throwing his weight behind a new political action committee controlled by Delaware House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown. Shawe has become a controversial figure in Delaware after he […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Talarico Takes Texas D Primary: State Rep. James Talarico defeated U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, emerging victorious over the well-known congresswoman in Texas’ most hotly contested Democratic contest this century with a populist, “top-versus-bottom” message rooted in his Christian faith. “This is a people-powered movement to take on this […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
The Unholy Holy War: Hey, ya gotta get the troops ready to die: A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 2, 2026
“Mideast Conflict Widens Across Multiple Fronts”. That’s the lead headline in today’s NYTimes: Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, traded strikes early Monday after the breakdown of a fragile yearlong truce, opening another front in the widening war in the Middle East following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Hezbollah said it […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 1, 2026
Leave it to Trump to make me deviate from my Sunday Morning format. But when he’s perhaps started WW III without Congressional approval, I’m left with no choice. Meet The New Old Guard, Same As The Old Old Guard?: Iran’s top national security official said that an interim council would be formed on Sunday to […]
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