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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

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For years we’ve wondered how bonkers Trump would have to get before mainstream media stopped normalizing him. We might have reached that point now that the brain worms have given up because there was nothing for them to eat in there. Enjoying those low gas prices? You can thank Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024

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Trump cut short his Q&A session in Oaks, Pa., yesterday to – I’m not making this up – stand there and sway to the music. For, like, half an hour. “Let’s not do any more questions. Let’s just listen to music,” he told the crowd. “Who the hell wants to hear questions?” It’s becoming clear […]

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DL Open Thread Monday, Oct. 14, 2024

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Normally if you told me that thousands of people went to a concert in the California desert and then got stuck there for hours because the inept organizers didn’t have enough buses to get them back to civilization, I’d feel sorry for them. But not when they’re MAGAts, because a more gullible bunch of dumbfucks […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 13, 2024

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Yep, JD Vance’s Mom Owes Her Health Insurance To–Obamacare: In Vance’s telling, his family members’ experience reflects Trump’s stewardship of the nation’s health-care markets — a perspective shared by some conservatives, who say that Trump took steps to stabilize the Affordable Care Act after Republican repeal efforts collapsed in 2017. Even as the president publicly […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 12, 2024

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Trump Comes Out For Full-Fledged Fascism.  Not bothering to hide it: Donald Trump wants to immediately invoke a more than 200-year-old wartime law that grants the president unilateral authority to deploy federal law enforcement for rounding up and deporting immigrants as soon as he enters office. The former president, speaking from Aurora, Colorado on Friday, […]

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DL Open Thread Friday, Oct. 11, 2024

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Computer problems and scheduling problems today, so you folks are on your own today. The floor is truly yours. Play nice.

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 10, 2024

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Yes, It’s Horrific.  Just don’t say ‘climate change’.  Or (coming soon), ‘I wonder if my insurance will cover this’.  Over 3 million customers w/o power as I post this.  Don’t think anyone anticipated the severity of the tornadoes, which resulted in multiple deaths. Delaware Tries To ‘Big-Time’ NCC On Behalf Of Port Expansion.  Aided and […]

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DL Open Thread Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024

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Florida is about to get whacked with a second major hurricane in the past two weeks as the rapidly-developing Milton bears down on Tampa Bay. It’s expected to be the worst storm to hit that area since 1921. About 120,000 people lived there then; nearly 3 million live there now. The only good thing about […]

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DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 6, 2024

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Feckless Joe Done Got Played.  ‘Some’ people are placing him in the pantheon of great presidents.  Here’s why he’s not: When Israel defied America’s appeals for restraint by invading Lebanon a few days ago, a reporter asked President Biden if he was comfortable with what had unfolded. “I’m comfortable with them stopping,” Biden replied plaintively. […]

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DL Open Thread: Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

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55,000 Bibles.  The Oklahoma Superintendent has ordered a Bible in every classroom.  The RFP limits the Bible that must be purchased to, wait for it: Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the […]

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DL Open Thread: Friday, October 4, 2024

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Bad Day For Trump Evildoers: Tina Peters: DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the first local election official to be charged with a security breach after the 2020 election as unfounded conspiracy theories swirled, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday. Peters, a one-time hero to election deniers, was accused […]

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DL Open Thread: Thursday, October 3, 2024

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Unsure of your Presidential pick?  Might I suggest–Vermin Supreme?  He is somehow on Delaware’s ballot as a candidate for the ‘Conservative Party Of DE’, which doesn’t strike me as particularly conservative: Vermin Love Supreme (1960 or 1961) is an American performance artist and activist who has run as a novelty candidate in various local, state, […]

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DL Open Thread Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024

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Now that Israel has decapitated Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, Iran itself has decided to get into the act, firing off almost 200 missiles at Israel. You don’t have to be Nostradamus to see this won’t end well for Iran, or anyone else. Is a proportional response too much to hope for? Media spin is that Tim […]

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