Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 9, 2024
Matt Meyer Was Right. And, yes, insiders are putting their thumbs on the scale when it comes to the Special Elections: Frustrations over political jockeying and an alleged lack of transparency have emerged among Wilmington-area Democrats in advance of a Monday vote of party insiders that will decide the candidates who will run in special […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Now that Dr. Brian Haimes has dropped out of the race for the SD 5 nomination and has endorsed fellow ChristianaCareCorporocrat Ray Seigfried, the choice for the electors tomorrow night has become clear. I’ll be writing a piece about that choice later today, but Shay Frisby is so clearly the only real Democrat in the […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Did Acadia Healthcare Get Any Of BHL’s Opioid Slush Funds? I’m askin’, because: The for-profit chain of 165 methadone clinics — the country’s largest — has generated more than $1.3 billion in revenue since 2022. It is “a business that we continue to feel great about,” Acadia’s chief executive told investors this year. Methadone is […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 6, 2024
If There Ever Was A Populist Issue To Unite Americans, This Is It: The fatal shooting on Wednesday of a top UnitedHealthcare executive, Brian Thompson, on a Manhattan sidewalk has unleashed a torrent of morbid glee from patients and others who say they have had negative experiences with health insurance companies at some of the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 5, 2024
Josh Marshall–For The Win. It’s a Members-Only article, but we’re allowed to share. Here’s one example why you should ‘join’ for an absurdly-low amount: Before getting to my main point, let me address a subsidiary one. I get people who don’t think Biden should have done this. I disagree. But that’s a respectable opinion. In […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Trump Nominee Deems Himself Unqualified, Withdraws From Consideration. Perhaps Trump’s only nominee capable of self-reflection: Sheriff Chad Chronister, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, withdrew his name from consideration for the office on Tuesday, only three days after he was nominated. Sheriff Chronister, who is in charge of the sheriff’s […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Lotsa Delaware stuff to cover today. Judge To Elon: “No $56 Billion For You. Again.”: A Delaware judge rejected a bid to restore Elon Musk’s record-setting $56 billion pay package, despite Tesla shareholders overwhelmingly voting to award Musk the stock grant earlier this year. Delaware Court of Chancery JudgeKathaleen McCormick originally struck down the controversial […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 2, 2024
Biden Pardons Biden. As well he should have: The charges in his cases came about only after several of my political opponents in Congress instigated them to attack me and oppose my election. Then, a carefully negotiated plea deal, agreed to by the Department of Justice, unraveled in the court room – with a number […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, December 1, 2024
Hmmm, which ugly Christmas sweater to wear for my shift at the Arden Holiday Shop this morning? Can’t go with the Trump and Putin kissing under the mistletoe, as much as I’d like to…saving the most profoundly garish and disturbing one for the Claymont Parade next week…guess I’ll go with the Five Finger Death Punch […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, November 30, 2024
OK, guys, it’s Small Business Saturday. What small local businesses do you plan to visit today? Confused By The Syrian Insurgency? This will clarify everything and/or make it more confusing to you. An excerpt: I would characterise them as a ‘logical result of everybody abandoning Syrians to onslaughts and subversion by Assadism, al-Qaeda, IS/ISIS/IGIL/Daesh, IRGC, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, November 29, 2024
One More Reason To Hate Notre Dame. The football team/school, not the Cathedral: The (Supreme) court’s conservative justices are increasingly hiring the law school’s graduates and faculty to work in their chambers. Two recent graduates are among the four clerks working this term with Justice Amy Coney Barrett, a Notre Dame graduate and longtime law […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, November 28, 2024
We hope you and your families and friends have a very happy Thanksgiving. We’re so happy that we’re no longer hosting. We’ve passed that tradition along to our oldest daughter and son-in-law. In that spirit, please feel free to share your MVP’s (Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause) for 2024. We’ve gotten a lot of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Safe travels, everybody, if you’re traveling. We’re traveling the less than a mile to our daughter’s house in Kingsridge, where I’ll plop myself on a couch and start drinking. Moderately, of course, Even the football games suck this year, but I’ll be with a great group of people, so it won’t matter. Hope you do […]
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