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DL Open Thread Tuesday July 4 2023
Happy (?) Age of Enlightenment Day! The enlightenment is always under attack by those more comfortable with blind authority. But for one moment in time, the enlightenment was strong enough to produce and entire country and government. In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course […]
Song of the Day 7/3: Train, “Meet Virginia”
Jason has already addressed the fallout from Virginia’s decision to put the onus of age verification on internet porn suppliers — Pornhub pulled the plug on the whole state. A reminder for those who didn’t pay attention in American history class: The Puritans landed in Massachusetts, not Virginia. The Cavaliers weren’t looking for religious freedom, […]
Virginia Vajayjay Viewing Verboten
Ed Note: If you search for “Virginia + Pornhub” the google will take you to Virginia themed porn clips. Not to news stories about this: Pornhub pulls out of Virginia – blocking users in the state from accessing its website in protest over new state law Virginians are no longer able to access one of […]
Last Week’s Poll Results and This Week’s Poll
According to our highly scientific poll, 35% of DL readers, lurkers and commenters are squarely in the anti-Matt Meyer camp. Which means 65% of us are some flavor of “yes, if it is to be said, so it be, so it is.” This week’s is a placeholder: Which conspiracy theory do you find the most […]
DLOpen Thread Monday July 3 2023
We’re all still squarely in holiday mode but here are some things that happened: It is easy to allow the awfulness of Longhurst to overshadow the significant change that has happened in the Delaware House. Let’s not do that. Sometimes changes comes in like a sudden and irresistible avalanche and sometimes is it inch by […]
Song of the Day 7/1: Jackson Browne, “Call It a Loan”
The Supreme Court hath spoken, and it repeated its mantra: Money talks, everything else walks. Call it American justice: Bankruptcy can wipe out all the loans you can’t repay except the ones you took out when you were in or just out of your teens. The loan Jackson Browne was singing about was emotional, not […]
Song of the Day 6/30: Three Dog Night, “Black and White”
The day of jubilee is upon us! The Supreme Court, convinced of its power to dictate the terms of reality, has proclaimed that the nation is colorblind, so affirmative action is not only no longer necessary, it’s illegal! Note to SCOTUS:If you can’t tell the difference between black and white, that’s not colorblindness. It’s blindness. […]
Comment Rescue – the laughable pretense that the DEGOP is a going enterprise was kept alive by Pete
Republicans have made themselves irrelevant in Delaware politics. We know that looking at statewide races, but even the withered DEGOP rump caucus that hangs on in their creepy garbage filled swamps are irrelevant. Pete has been covering up that fact for some time now. This comment from John Kowalko from prior thread gets to […]
Rumor Alert – Pete Replaced by Pete II
Val (Speaker), Mimi (Majority Leader), KEH (Whip) headed to leadership. Townsquare has a hedgy version. Who knows if this is just to ratfuck proceedings.
Sarah McBride on ABC News Online
It doesn’t seem like this aired like this. Maybe ABCnews online is just trying to get some hits on this headline? Sarah McBride vies to be the nation’s first openly transgender congressperson Also, she appears to be candid about supporting universal healthcare, which is cool. “Ultimately we should have universal coverage in this country and […]
This should really be Ramone’s last lap in the pool
The DEGOP is all about shitting on Biden and being afraid that a trans person is going to try and influence the state softball championship. With that lackluster infrastructure and this being a presidential year, Ramone, Smith and Hensley should be gone, gone, gone after the next election. But there are Democrats that seem vested […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday June 28 2023
Another Seaford self-own: Seaford Lawmaker to Introduce Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act in Delaware SEAFORD, Del. – Delaware Senator Bryant Richardson (R – Seaford) has announced a new bill he plans to introduce in the state called the Fairness in Girls’ Sports Act. The announcement comes as fierce debates around transgender athletes continue to flare […]
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