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DL Open Thread Saturday, March 1, 2024

By Alby March 1, 20256 Comments

Elect a professional-wrestling president, you get professional-wrestling kayfabe. Everyone knew the moment Trump was elected that the U.S. would abandon Ukraine. Everything else is Trump's reality show. Historian Timothy Snyder's…

DL Open Thread Friday, Feb. 28, 2024

By Alby February 28, 20257 Comments

In case you hadn't heard, you're supposed to refrain from buying anything today, which supposedly will teach Corporate America a lesson. It's a nice thought, but I don't think a…

DL Open Thread Thursday, Feb. 27, 2024

By Alby February 27, 20257 Comments

Progressive politicians' Sisyphean struggle to increase Delaware's tax rate on high earners has resumed. Spotlight Delaware runs down the proposal in Sean Lynn's bill: Income above $250,000 would be taxed…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2024

By Alby February 26, 202512 Comments

Every member of the House GOP folded and voted for Trump's More Money for Billionaires budget. Every one of them should be forced to answer the question, "Why do billionaires…

DL Open Thread Monday, Feb. 24, 2024

By Alby February 24, 20254 Comments

Here's another sterling example of why you shouldn't give the mainstream media your trust or your money: A former KGB spy said that the Russians have cultivated Donald Trump as…

DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 23, 2024

By Alby February 23, 202510 Comments

I'll be filling in for El Som this week, and if you're looking for stories about Fascism on the March, you'll have to look elsewhere for the links. I won't…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, February 19, 2025

By El Somnambulo February 19, 202513 Comments

Fascism On The March. Putin To Join The Musk/Trump Regime? Sure looks like it: Senior officials from Russia and the U.S. met in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to begin talks on improving…

Breaking: Earthquake Strikes California

By El Somnambulo December 5, 20242 Comments

Magnitude 7.0 in northern Cali near Eureka. Tsunami warning issued. Cue Rodney Crowell: Hope everybody's OK. 7.0 is serious.

It’s The Voters, Stupid.

By El Somnambulo December 3, 202422 Comments

Guest Post By Wasabi Peas: This election cycle made me mad. Really, really mad. And not for the reasons folks reading this blog might think. Post-election, many people, mainly liberals,…

Song of the Day 11/22: Was (Not Was), “11 MPH (Abe Zapp Ruder Version)”

By Alby November 22, 20247 Comments

A lot of music has been written about the assassination of John F. Kennedy. In the immediate aftermath songs expressed the shock and grief that enveloped the nation, but within…

America Is…

By Alby November 6, 202413 Comments

...a 10-year-old kid at the amusement park who went on the roller coaster and threw up, then went on the merry-go-round and didn't throw up but just went around in…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024

By Alby November 6, 202437 Comments

Ugh. I can't explain it, other than I guess people enjoy a shit show. Well, they're gonna get one. The floor's yours.

DL National Elections Results Thread: Tuesday, November 5, 2024

By El Somnambulo November 5, 202417 Comments

OK, guys, this is the big one. The night always starts off bad as Kentucky and Indiana report first. But we might at least get a sense as to the…