Open Thread
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 14, 2024
As H.L. Mencken said a century ago, every human problem has a solution that is neat, plausible and wrong. Keep that in mind when you read about the health care cost review board. It looks set to happen after lawmakers amended their bill, which is supposedly going to rein in the state’s hospital costs. I […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 13, 2024
A little wake-up call for anyone who thinks putting Republicans in power would help the Palestinians in Gaza: South Carolina lickspittle Lindsay Graham wants Israel to nuke Gaza. It won’t happen, of course, because if they did Jared Kushner would be deprived of all that waterfront real estate. I’m not saying everyone in MAGA World […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 12, 2024
The Late, Great Hannibal Lecter. More proof irony is dead: Silence of the Lambs. Has anyone ever seen The Silence of the Lambs? The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man. He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? “Excuse me. I’m about to have a friend for dinner,” as […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 11, 2024
State Department As Feckless As Biden On Gaza. Can’t anyone just come out and say the obvious?: The State Department’s report on the war in Gaza — which suggested Israel had likely violated international law yet remained eligible to receive U.S. military aid — has left President Biden increasingly isolated on an issue that has […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 10, 2024
Let Your Grass Grow. Not that kind of grass. Anybody who’s driven past my yard knows why I draw inspiration from this piece: Your vibrant green lawn may look lush, but it’s actually an ecological wasteland. “The idea for that ideal lawn is that nothing else can live in it,” said David Mizejewski, a naturalist […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., May 9, 2024
Everything Falls Apart–In The Carney Administration. Another scandal, another attempted cover-up: A former Delaware Department of Labor supervisor embezzled more than $181,000 from the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund in 2023. The state did not reveal the theft publicly until officials were contacted by WHYY News, following a tip that money had been stolen from […]
DL Open Thread Wednesday, May 8, 2024
If you want to dominate the headlines, it helps to be the defendant in four legal proceedings simultaneously. Luckily for Trump, the one serious crime he’s accused of, stealing top-secret documents, is the one that was paused indefinitely by MAGA judge Aileen Cannon. Meanwhile, the judge in his New York falsifying-business-records case – that’s what […]
DL Open Thread Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Hamas has agreed to a cease-fire proposal put together by Egypt and Qatar. Netanyahu, who faces jail time for corruption as soon as the fighting stops, rejected it. I wish Biden would stop insulting Trump and start insulting Bibi. Bernie Sanders announced he’s running for a fourth term in the Senate. Unlike the two guys […]
DL Open Thread Monday, May 6, 2024
Whatever happened to “the home of the brave”? This country has an entire political party scared to confront the sociopath who leads it, and his lickspittles are vying for a role as his vice-president – as one wag put it, to see who’ll wear the noose the next time he orders his minions to kill […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 5, 2024
A tease: I was witness to the single most visionary speech I’ve ever heard from a Delaware candidate yesterday. End of tease. More to come. Soon. Trump Dumps Top Campaign Lawyer. His ‘crime’? Thinking for himself and saying it out loud: The top lawyer at the Republican Party is resigning after he cited conflicts with […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 4, 2024
Kristi Noem’s at it it again: “I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders — some who wanted our help, and some who didn’t,” Ms. Noem writes. “I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 3, 2024
The Drowning South: Sea level rise could submerge coastal communities: One of the most rapid sea level surges on Earth is besieging the American South, forcing a reckoning for coastal communities across eight U.S. states, a Washington Post analysis has found. At more than a dozen tide gauges spanning from Texas to North Carolina, sea […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Will Biden’s Tone-Deaf Response To Protests Cost Him In November? To me, this is like spring of 1970 all over again. I can only hope that there isn’t another Kent State: The national group representing college Democrats released a statement Tuesday standing with pro-Palestinian campus protesters and criticizing President Joe Biden for his “bear hug” […]
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