Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Sunday, March 6, 2022
Bud Wins. So Do Guinness And Harp’s. 2210 to 1015. IMO, that’s an excellent turnout for a Special Election. Registration is destiny: “This wasn’t something I went looking for,” Freel said. “I was approached and asked to run, and I did. (He could have always said ‘no’.) I’m just anxious to go down to Dover […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 5, 2022
The Roger Stone Tapes. When a vain person participates in a vanity project, the results often don’t paint said person in a positive light: As a mob ransacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Roger Stone, Donald Trump’s longest-serving political adviser, hurried to pack a suitcase inside his elegant suite on the fifth floor of […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., March 3, 2022
Texas Progressives Surge In Primaries: Progressives did very well in three closely watched congressional races. Greg Casar, a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, won a landslide victory in the Democratic primary for the 35th District. Casar received 61 percent of the vote in a four-way race and won every county in the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022
That Black Opry Revue show at the Arden Gild Hall was one for the ages. If you were there, you know. Nights like last night are why I produce/promote shows. Remember these names: Roberta Lea. Aaron Vance. Tylar Bryant. Jett Holden. Lizzie No. They all deserve to be stars. But I digress (waitaminnit, how can […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 26, 2022
Right-Wing ‘Legal Foundation’ Goes After Delaware Voter Rights. (h/t to Matt Bittle) You know because a good man, an honest man, is forced to choose between doing his elections job and, um, honoring the Delaware Constitution: The Foundation’s client is Michael Mennella, an inspector of elections for the Delaware Department of Elections…The Foundation’s client Michael […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Feb. 24, 2022
Putin Starts Shootin’: Early Thursday, just as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia announced on television that he had decided “to carry out a special military operation” in Ukraine, explosions were reported across the country. Blasts were heard in Kyiv, the capital; in Kharkiv, the second largest city; and in Kramatorsk in the region of […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022
The Trumpiest Item Of The Day. Yep, he’s negotiating with the Saudis for them to underwrite at least two yu-u-u-ge golf tourneys at his ailing clubs. The golfers? Multi-millionaires who don’t think they’re getting paid enough by the PGA. Headed by Greg Norman, who uses the typical ‘I’m not a politician’ line to justify forming […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., Feb. 19, 2022
Trump’s MAGA PAC Subsidized Empty Office Space In Trump Towers. The $$’s were supposed to go to Junior Trumps: “It’s a huge scam,” said one former aide with direct knowledge of Trump’s political spending. “I can’t believe his base lets him get away with it.” (He’s kidding, right?) After the 2020 election, the Trump presidential […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 18, 2022
Putin Facing A Personality Crisis? Is he rational, or has he undergone a fundamental change?: In Moscow, many analysts remain convinced that the Russian president is essentially rational, and that the risks of invading Ukraine would be so great that his huge troop buildup makes sense only as a very convincing bluff. But some also […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022
Lawyer With Too Much Time On Her Hands Files Stoopid Lawsuit. No, not Ted Kittila this time: Attorney Janice Lorrah of Hockessin, the mother of a 6-year-old daughter, has filed a lawsuit in Chancery Court against Gov. John Carney, claiming that his unilateral extension of the school masking mandate violates state statutes and due process. […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 11, 2022
Doesn’t Look Like Sarah Palin Starred As Star Witness. How did this case even make it to trial?: No one who has even casually followed the former governor’s career would be surprised at these specifics-free blasts against the media. Yet this time, Palin chose the wrong venue for such a critique. Adoring audiences at Fox […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022
Department Of Corrections Ignored Allegations Against Serial Abuser/Correctional Officer. Hey, Claire DeMatteis‘ job wasn’t ever to stop this stuff, it was to keep it under wraps: For years, men imprisoned by Delaware have accused correctional officer Kirk Neal of using excessive force in the state’s prisons. In the past seven years, at least a dozen […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022
The (Allegedly) Human Paper-Shredder: President Donald Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles and letters, memos both sensitive and mundane. He ripped paper into quarters with two big, clean strokes — or occasionally more vigorously, into smaller scraps. He left the detritus on his desk in the Oval Office, in the trash can of his […]
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