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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 […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022
Trump-Incited Coup Attempt ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’, According To Rethuglican Party. Censures Cheney and Kinzinger while they’re at it. I know that Jason has posted this, but, if that doesn’t wake people up, then we’ll be living in a totalitarian state before the decade is out. It’s the only way that the shrinking white population can […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, Feb. 4, 2022
Time To Crack Down On Methane ‘Ultra-Emitters’. Satellite technology now enables us to spot these polluters. We have the technology to do something about it. A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers new and disturbing insights into “super emitters” around the globe — from pipelines in Russia to North America’s oil fields. But […]
DL Open Thread: Thurs., Feb. 3, 2022
Did NFL Owners Try To Bribe Coaches To Throw Games? Perhaps I should have written Black coaches. We now have two credible allegations, and the NFL has immediately denied it–as if the Commissioner would know. Before I get into the allegations, first check out exactly who the NFL owners are. 16 of the 32 owners […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022
Delaware Finally Does The Right Thing On Human Trafficking. The General Assembly, led by Sen. Patti Blevins, had already done their job and had passed landmark legislation on the issue. Then, the required follow-up pretty much never happened. Looks like that’s gonna change: The Delaware Department of Justice unveiled Monday the state’s first-ever dedicated Human […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022
Good Enough For The Confederacy, Good Enough For Madison Cawthorn. Several of North Carolina’s leading jurists are trying to remove Cawthorn from office because of his seditionist behavior. They just might have a case: That is because North Carolina’s election statute offers challengers a remarkably low bar to question a candidate’s constitutional qualifications for office. […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., Jan. 29, 2022
National Butterly Center Shut Down By RWNJ’s. QAnoners believe it’s a front for sex trafficking: Center director Marianna Wright “was advised by [a] former state official (whose daughter is the Hidalgo County GOP chairperson) that she should be armed at all times or out of town this weekend,” due to a caravan of attendees at […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 28, 2022
Judge Tosses Out Massive Gulf Of Mexico Oil And Gas Lease Sale. The Biden Administration had been placed in the position of having to go forward with the sale even though they didn’t want to. Why did this judge toss it out?: In his ruling, Judge Rudolph Contreras concluded that the Interior Department’s Bureau of […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 27, 2022
Breyer Foils McConnell’s Plans: Those plans weren’t even secret. McConnell baldly stated last summer that he was “highly unlikely” to allow Biden to fill a vacancy in 2024, should the Senate revert to Republican control in these midterms. He added that he might just refuse to hold hearings in 2023 as well, should a vacancy come […]
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