Open Thread – Page 62 – Delaware Liberal

DL Open Thread Monday, July 15, 2024

By Alby July 15, 202422 Comments

And just like that, the media's obsession with giving voice to Democrats quivering with fear over Joe Biden's feebleness is yesterday's news. Well, almost. Axios quoted a "senior House Democrat"…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 12, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 12, 202410 Comments

Karl Baker Deconstructs The Bond Bill. It's not pretty: Signed into law June 30 by Gov. John Carney, Delaware’s billion-dollar bond bill is sending tens of millions of dollars to…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 11, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 11, 202444 Comments

How Texas Kills You. Legally, I mean: The state of Texas, blocked from purchasing lethal injection drugs by major pharmaceutical companies that refuse to participate in executions, bought them instead…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 10, 2024

By Alby July 10, 20247 Comments

Joe Biden gave what even Politico conceded was a forceful speech to open the NATO conference. The president didn’t fumble over words as he often does during remarks. He was…

DL Open Thread Monday, July 8, 2024

By Alby July 8, 202420 Comments

The "Fascism on the Worldwide March" storyline took a major hit the past few days. First voters in England rejected the Tories. Now France's far-right party, Marine LePen's National Rally,…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 7, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 7, 20248 Comments

For the purposes of today's Open Thread, I'm gonna assume that Joe will eventually realize he has no choice but to end his candidacy, so I will discuss it no…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, July 6, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 6, 20241 Comment

I didn't watch last week's debate. I dreaded it, and just tried to ignore it. Wasn't until the next day that I read the virtually 100% consensus that it was…

DL Open Thread: Friday, July 5, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 5, 20245 Comments

The Third Way Comes To England. With a less-charismatic Tony Blair: Ben Riley-Smith, the Telegraph’s political editor, suggests it is “perhaps the most significant phrase” of the speech. He posted:…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, July 4, 2024

By El Somnambulo July 4, 202411 Comments

Typically one of the least-read Open Threads Of The Year. Will this year be different? I write, you decide. Every columnist everywhere has weighed in on whether Biden should step…

DL Open Thread Wednesday, July 3, 2024

By Alby July 3, 202415 Comments

Democrats, faced with adversity, are doing what they do best: Panicking and looking weak. A group of about two dozen House Democrats are planning to call on Biden to drop…

DL Open Thread Tuesday, July 2, 2024

By Alby July 2, 202424 Comments

All you people who were freaking out over Joe Biden's stumblebum debate performance now have something bigger to freak out about, as the nation's corrupt Supreme Court just made Richard…

DL Open Thread Monday, July 1, 2024

By Alby July 1, 202420 Comments

Joe Biden's terrible debate performance set off several days of Democratic soul searching, but sadly, the search has been fruitless. They still haven't found one. Frankly, the widespread panic embodies…

DL Open Thread: Sunday, June 30, 2024

By El Somnambulo June 30, 20243 Comments

An Open Convention? I'm not always in tune with what Ezra Klein proposes, but this at least deserves consideration: In “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of…