DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023
Anyone who still thinks Jan. 6 wasn't planned from the top down should take a look at the report from the Inspector General of the Department of Interior. That agency's…
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 18, 2023
Somebody should explain to Benjamin Netanyahu that when you've lost Chris Coons, you've lost the Democratic centrists. It seems even Coons has had enough of the senseless slaughter of Palestinians.…
A Headline I Couldn’t Resist
I know the print/online media love stories that make you go "Click!" but sometimes you just can't resist. This one did it for me: GOPer Goes on Bizarre Rant About…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023
Does what's left of the Republican Party understand it's a wholly owned subsidiary of Russia? On one hand, they're stupid, so they might not realize where that dark money comes…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023
Governments around the world like to pretend they're doing something about global warming, but for all the talk about renewables, 80% of the world's energy is still derived from fossil…
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 11, 2023
Cynics might consider a UN climate conference a study in hypocrisy – thousands of people burned fossil fuel flying to a desolate stretch of sand atop a petroleum patch so…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023
Everyone knows that Donald Trump has never had an original thought and that most of his insults are simply projection. You'd think the mainstream media would have noticed this by…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023
Proof, as if more were needed, that politics is now professional wrestling: Disgraced ex-Rep. George Santos is monetizing his graft in various ways. One of them is selling cameo greetings…
DL Open Thread Monday, Dec. 4, 2023
This story came out a week ago and sank without a trace: The president of the United Nations’ annual climate summit planned to use the talks to lobby dozens of…
DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023
This isn't getting the media play it should: Hunter Biden said he'd testify in the House GOP "investigation" of his business dealings, but only if the session were open to…
DL Open Thread Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023
Good things happen when you get people to stop killing each other, even temporarily: The ceasefire in Gaza has been extend to Thursday, with the option open for further extensions.…
Song of the Day 11/27: Hall & Oates, “Possession Obsession”
We now know what Daryl Hall's lawsuit against John Oates is about: Oates wants to sell his half of their catalog and Hall sued to stop it. A chancery court…
DL Open Thread Monday, Nov. 27, 2023
There's a nasty civil war going in in Sudan, where the ethnic Arabs are slaughtering the ethnic Africans in what looks an awful lot like genocide.. Nobody elsewhere seems to…