Open Thread

DL Open Thread: Sunday, October 2, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 2, 2022 • 6 Comments

Russia, Or Rather, Putin, Is Losing: Lyman, a key supply hub in eastern Ukraine, has been “fully cleared” of Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday, as Western countries cast troops’ withdrawal as a strategic victory that could undermine Russia’s effort to control the Donetsk region. Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian regions that […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Saturday, October 1, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on October 1, 2022 • 1 Comment

Two Bullet-Headed Racists Use Migrants For Target Practice: Authorities identified the alleged shooter as Michael “Mike” Sheppard, the warden of a privately rundetention center that for years held immigrants facing deportation. His twin brother, Mark Sheppard, allegedly was with him. The two 60-year-olds are facing manslaughter charges and are jailed in El Paso County. The […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 30, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 30, 2022 • 11 Comments

 ‘Congressman DeSantis Opposed Federal Aid For Victims Of Hurricane Sandy.’ Claimed it was fiscally irresponsible: As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the “put it on the credit card mentality” he had come to […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 29, 2022 • 7 Comments

Lee County Apparently Hardest Hit By Hurricane Ian: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell has told CNN that Lee County, home to Fort Myers, was the area hit hardest by Hurricane Ian. And she expects the damage is going to be catastrophic. “The area that has been hit the hardest — certainly from what we’re hearing right […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 25, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 25, 2022 • 1 Comment

Russians Stage Sham Votes The GOP Might Soon Emulate: Ukrainians who are in contact with friends and relatives in the occupied territories describe groups of men armed with Kalashnikov rifles, accompanied by a person with a portable ballot box, going door-to-door in apartment buildings and houses. “The referendum is taking place in the occupied city […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 24, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 24, 2022 • 2 Comments

How Hospitals Pressured Those Entitled To Free Care To Pay.  Utterly despicable, utterly predictable: “Ask every patient, every time,” the materials said. Instead of using “weak” phrases — like “Would you mind paying?” — employees were told to ask how patients wanted to pay. Soliciting money “is part of your role. It’s not an option.” […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 23, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 23, 2022 • 2 Comments

Jury Finds Project Veritas To Be–Not Truthful: WASHINGTON — A jury in a federal civil case on Thursday found that Project Veritas, a conservative group known for its deceptive tactics, had violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself as part of a lengthy sting operation against Democratic political consultants. The jury awarded the consulting firm, […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Thursday, September 22, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 22, 2022 • 12 Comments

Russians Turn On Putin.  Who will put the poisoned needle in him?  Young males head for the exits,  prisoners conscripted, protestors arrested.  He’s screwed, all by himself.  Russia’s answer to Speaker Pete: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a partial military mobilization Wednesday to call up as many as 300,000 reservists in a dramatic bid to […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread Wednesday September 21 2022

Filed in National, Open Thread by on September 21, 2022 • 32 Comments

Delawareans: Medicare is great! 

Dems:  Hey guys…Let’s privatize and fuck up Medicare. 

Delaware’s Retirees Utterly Screwed By John Carney 

The change to state pensioners’ health care plan caught both retirees and lawmakers off guard, which led to Democratic Senate leaders asking Gov. John Carney to push the implementation of the new Medicare Advantage plan.

The Carney administration has denied this request, citing contractual obligations among other reasons. Ultimately, according to a letter to lawmakers obtained by Delaware Online/The News Journal, the plan to replace retiree’s Medicare plan is already in motion and it’s too late to stop it.

The plan will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2023.

More Capitalists Behaving Badly

An executive of Beyond Meat is accused of biting a man’s nose. Authorities say …

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022

Filed in Delaware, International, National, Open Thread by on September 18, 2022 • 4 Comments

Wilmington is going to get an economic boost next month when media floods the city for the Elon Musk-Twitter showdown in Chancery Court. Background coverage has already begun, such as this profile of Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick. The bus-the-immigrants stunt has succeeded in bringing national attention to a problem that affects mainly border cities in border […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Sunday, September 11, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 11, 2022 • 2 Comments

Ukraine Offensive: Blip Or New Reality?: As the advancing Ukrainian troops regained lost territory with shocking speed, liberating the town of Balakliya and raising their blue-and-yellow flag over the city of Izyum, jubilant Ukrainians and officials in Kyiv and Western capitals indulged in a daring hope: maybe the grinding, stalemated war was swinging their way. […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Saturday, September 10, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 10, 2022 • 3 Comments

I Finally Cut The Cord!  No, not cable, not yet, although that’s coming soon.  I finally unsubscribed from the Team LBR e-mail list that, come to think of it, I’d never subscribed to in the first place.  I figured that, as a District committee person, I should give the incessant begging the benefit of the […]

Continue Reading »

DL Open Thread: Friday, September 9, 2022

Filed in Featured, Open Thread by on September 9, 2022 • 4 Comments

Isn’t Charles The Guy Nobody Likes?  Oh well, I’ll always have that commemorative bottle opener.  You know the one that reads, ‘Drink Up, Chuck and Di’.  Say it three times fast. Could Be A Blue Wave In Michigan.  ‘Right To Abortion’ will be on the ballot: The Michigan Supreme Courton Thursday ordereda proposal enshrining the […]

Continue Reading »

« Previous Page — Next Page »