Open Thread
DL Open Thread: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Drink Coffee. Don’t Die. My kind of scientific study: That morning cup of coffee may be linked to a lower risk of dying, researchers from a study published Monday in The Annals of Internal Medicine concluded. Those who drank 1.5 to 3.5 cups of coffee per day, even with a teaspoon of sugar, were up […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 29, 2022
Company That Made The Texas Killer’s Assault Weapon Marketed It To Kids. Hey, it’s just like vaping: The Texas shooting, which left 19 schoolchildren and two teachers dead and more than a dozen wounded, has put a national spotlight on Daniel Defense, a family-owned business in Georgia that has emerged as a trailblazer in an […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., May 28, 2022
Police Were Slow To Engage Because They ‘Could’ve Been Shot’: Olivarez said that, while the goal for law enforcement during active-shooter situations such as the one this week in Uvalde is to stop the killing and preserve life, officers did not initially know where Ramos was located when they were shot at. “At that point, […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 27, 2022
Stealing This From Jason: The Rev And Karl Discuss WFP. The Delaware Working Families Party is utterly indispensable when it comes to promoting the progressive cause in Delaware. And, most importantly, helping to elect progressive candidates in Delaware. Listen to the podcast, then get involved. Chickenshit Cops Let Kids Die. They knew how dangerous the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 26, 2022
Which Senator Has Taken The Most NRA $$’s? Pretty much all the R’s have cashed in. Doubt that you can guess #1. When Rethugs talk about ‘politicizing’ the issue of gun massacres, they’ve already been totally politicized. As in ‘in their pockets’. Annnd, Right On Cue, NRA To Convene In Texas. Yes, Trump will appear […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Finally figured it out: There’s no such thing as a ‘digression’ in an Open Thread. That’s why it’s an Open Thread. Which reminds me, did anybody place a bet on ‘Early Voting’ in the Preakness b/c the horse was named ‘Early Voting’? Were I a wagerer, I would have. Would’ve cashed a winning ticket. Something […]
DL Open Thread: Sat., May 21, 2022
Mastriano Was MAGAt Before MAGAt Was Mainstream. Wrote of left-wing ‘Hitlerian putsch’ back in 2001: Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing “Hitlerian Putsch” that would begin with the dismantling of the U.S. military and end […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 20, 2022
COVID Ain’t Over, Y’All. I think everybody should be a little more cautious. Two of my friends have caught it in the last week or so–one here, one on the west coast. They feel like shit. I’m gonna mask up a little more. And, of course, being naturally anti-social, stay away from people. Which is […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Georgia County Booms, Dispelling ‘Great Replacement’ Theory. A century after whites drove prospering Black farmers out of the county, and kept them out: CUMMING, Ga. — In October 1912, after the raped and brutalized body of Mae Crow, a white 18-year-old, was laid to rest beside the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, the white men of […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Busy, busy busy. No time to waste. Unless you’re the House. In which case, you can consider legislation designating the official dinosaur and reptile of Delaware. To be fair, these bills are likely both the products of school projects. You know, ‘how a bill becomes law’. The dinosaur designation certainly is. In that case, the […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Yes, The Racist Who Massacred Mostly Black Victims In Buffalo Got His ‘Info’ From The Internets: Investigators are reviewing a screed that they suspect was posted by the gunman describing his white-supremacist motivations and ideology. The 180-page document was uploaded to Google Drive and details the author’s radicalization on Internet forums, as well as a […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 14, 2022
Still recovering from producing a great show by Shamarr Allen & The Underdawgs last night. If you ever get a chance to see them, go see them. Thankfully, my Bionic Booty held up well. Even did the Freddie on the dance floor: But, I digress. (Maybe someday I’ll do an entire open thread of digressions…) […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 12, 2022
Georgia Cops, Sheriff, Caught Flat-Out Lying About Stop Of DSU Lacrosse Team: Body camera footage from Georgia deputies who stopped a Delaware State University women’s lacrosse team bus late last month directly contradicts Tuesday statements by the sheriff who defended the stop. In a public address, Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman said “no personal items on the bus […]
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