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March 23 Open Thread: Trump Wants Trade Wars and Hot Wars

By Alby March 23, 20187 Comments

Among all the distractions in the 24-hour news cycle, the most important story got buried amid the detritus: Trump slapped tariffs on a bunch of Chinese goods, and the American…

March 22 Open Thread: Facebook Faces the Music

By Alby March 22, 20187 Comments

It's hard not to feel some schadenfreude over Facebook's sudden fall in fortune. Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the issue of privacy with some vague promises, but the potential legal problems…

March 19 Open Thread: Money Is the Root of All Greed

By Alby March 19, 201832 Comments

WDEL's Amy Cherry has the best story on the kerfuffle over the firing of Padua Academy's principal. The Diocese of Wilmington is trying to split hairs about it, but it…

March 16 Open Thread: Go to Jail. Go Directly to Jail.

By Alby March 16, 201825 Comments

The Mueller investigation passed Go and collected $200 yesterday, when it was revealed that Mueller has subpoenaed documents from the Trump Organization. I think Mueller is moving slowly to give…

Ides of March Open Thread: Where’s Brutus When You Need Him?

By Alby March 15, 20188 Comments

The Delaware State News continues to push hard for Dover Downs to get the tax break it's been demanding for the past several years. The paper is so eager it…

Open Thread Feb. 26: Stupidity Springs From the Barrel of a Gun

By Alby February 26, 201814 Comments

Every time America has another mass shooting, gun owners demonstrate that gun ownership is inversely related to intelligence. Or, to paraphrase an old axiom, if all you've got is a…

The NRA Loves School Shootings

By Alby February 24, 20181 Comment

Dana "Super Hot Mom" Loesch tried to score points the other day by claiming the media "loves" school shootings because they like grieving white moms. She claimed it's good for…

Open Thread Feb. 23: Nudists Forced to Run for Cover

By Alby February 23, 201854 Comments

Boy, was I fooled. For a while there I thought Delaware had entered the 21st century -- not on time, mind you, but within the 5-to-10-year lag period it always…

Open Thread Feb. 19: Marching As to War

By Alby February 19, 201815 Comments

The kids at that Florida high school have learned something important: All the talk in the world won't influence politicians. They do a lot of talking themselves, so they know…

Open Thread Feb. 17: The Winning Continues Unabated

By Alby February 17, 201826 Comments

Trump-despising Republican TV fixture Rick Wilson best nailed Trumpworld's response to Robert Mueller's Friday indictment-palooza in a tweetstorm of invective: Sweet Jesus the MAGAS, the clickservatives, and Gentry Breitbart think…

Open Thread Feb. 16: Loathsome Asshole Roundup

By Alby February 16, 20183 Comments

If you had been in a coma until today, you would still be able to figure out there had been another big gun massacre because all news outlets are running…

Open Thread Feb. 15: Insert Thoughts and Prayers Here, Repeat as Often as Necessary

By Alby February 15, 20188 Comments

Unless you're an obsessive consumer of school-shooting stories, there's not much in the news today. White House reporters are keeping up the heat on Sarah Huckabee over the Rob Porter…

Open Thread Feb. 14: Wife-Beaters, Bribes and Bobbleheads

By Alby February 14, 20187 Comments

I must admit I'm surprised that the story this White House can't shrug off is one that, in the scheme of things, doesn't really affect the running of the country.…