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DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 20, 2022
There’s No DeJoy In Gasville. Although the rogue head of the Post Office could still insist on a modicum of gas guzzlers: The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed into law this week, includes a windfall for the United States Postal Service: $1.29 billion for the purchase of zero-emission delivery trucks, plus $1.71 billion […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 19, 2022
How Russian Spies Misread Ukraine And Misled the Kremlin. Faulty intelligence is not, as it turns out, the exclusive domain of the U. S.: KYIV, Ukraine —In the final days before the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s security service began sending cryptic instructions to informants in Kyiv. Pack up and get out of the capital, the […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Trump Goes After FBI. Trying to attack the most culturally-conservative, white Christian, Fed agency is kinda ironic: Historically, though, the F.B.I. has been arguably the most culturally conservative and traditionally white Christian institution in the entire U.S. government. It’s an institution so culturally conservative, even by the standards of law enforcement, that Democratic presidents have […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, August 17, 2022
Why Does Mayor Mike Hate Wilmington’s Citizens? I mean, some of its citizens, the ones who don’t live in the Highands. We’re taking about selective towing, aka ‘takings’. The legal issue of ‘can they do it’ is one thing, the question of ‘why would they do it’ is another. We all know the answer, don’t […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 14, 2022
Heat ‘Blob’ To Dominate The Northern Pacific? Which raises at least a couple of questions: (1) When is an anomaly no longer an anomaly?: Of great interest currently is a rapid heat up of sea surface temperatures off the California coast, and across almost the entire North Pacific. The re-emergence of a warm water “blob” […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 13, 2022
.Southern Baptist Convention Covered Up Sex Abuse, Being Investigated By DOJ: The investigation is related to a recent bombshell third-party report commissioned by the SBC, a spokesman said late Friday. The report concluded that sex abuse survivors were often ignored, minimized and “even vilified” by top clergy in the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The third-party […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 12, 2022
Trump Went–Nuclear? Did he take classified information pertaining to nuclear weapons, either ours or from foreign countries from the White House? Could be why the search warrant was granted: Classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items FBI agents sought in a search of former president Donald Trump’s Florida residence on Monday, according […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Trump Schadenfreude: He could be prosecuted under a statute that he made law–in order to go after Hillary Clinton: If Trump is found to have violated federal law in removing and retaining classified documents without authorization, he could be convicted of a felony punishable by five years in prison. And that conviction would be a […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, August 7, 2022
The Devolution Of The Rethuglican Party Began with–Newt Gingrich? This piece makes a pretty good case–although I think Nixon was the beginning of the party’s descent into pure hatred: Rupert Murdoch famously offered Gingrich a $4.5 million book deal in 1994. That started to smell a tad too stinky. If Gingrich writes his memoirs, he […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, August 6, 2022
Indiana Governor First To Sign Abortion Ban Post-Roe. Time for a serious economic boycott of All Things Indiana: The law’s passage came just three days after voters in Kansas, another conservative Midwestern state, overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would have stripped abortion rights protections from their State Constitution, a result seen nationally as a sign […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, August 5, 2022
The Kavanaugh FBI Investigation That Wasn’t. The FBI just forwarded all the tips to–the Trump White House: WHITEHOUSE: As you know, we are entering the fourth year of a frustrating saga […] regarding the Kavanaugh supplemental background investigation, and I’d like to get that matter wrapped up. First, is it true that after Kavanaugh-related tips […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Attention, Dem Officeholders: I don’t care if you just have to reach your fundraising goal–especially when you are either running unopposed or facing negligible opposition–especially when some of the money you’re raising gets passed through to Delaware Way types. Which reminds me, for those of you considering runs for higher office down the line, selling […]
DL Open Thread: Sunday, July 31, 2022
Report: Russian Economy Is Imploding. I know, I know, it runs counter to the media narrative, but it just might be accurate. The conclusions: – Russia’s strategic positioning as a commodities exporter has irrevocably deteriorated, as it now deals from a position of weakness with the loss of its erstwhile main markets, and faces steep […]
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